Oliver Konter

Dr. rer. nat.

Research Associate
Institute of Geography
Room 02-282
Phone: + 49 6131 39-26732
E-mail: konter@uni-mainz.de

Studienfachberatung: Bachelor of Science
Name: A-F + alle Geowissenschaftler

Consultation hours:
Upon agreement only

 

Awards

Lehrpreis der JGU Mainz für herausragende Leistungen in der Lehre 2018 (Teaching award)

ATR-Award - Best oral presentation at the Conference TRACE 2015 (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Sevilla, Spain

Research Interests

Tree growth disturbances along biking and hiking trails

Comparing tree growth in urban and rural environments

Climate-growth-relationships in tree ring width and density time series with focus on most recent warming period including drought events since 2018 in Central Europe

 

Publications

 

In review

Martinez del Castillo E, Torbenson M, Reinig F, Konter O, Ziaco E, Büntgen U, Esper J (in review) Diverging growth trends and climate sensitivities of individual pine trees after the 1976 extreme drought in south-western Germany. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

 

2020

Esper J, Klippel L, Krusic PJ, Konter O, Raible C, Xoplaki E, Luterbacher J, Büntgen U (2020) Eastern Mediterranean summer temperatures since 730 CE from Mt. Smolikas tree-ring densities. Climate Dynamics, 54, 1367-1382. (Esper_2020_CD.pdf)

Konter O, Dienst M (2020) Feldmethoden in der Klimageographie. In: Gebhardt H, Glaser R, Radtke U, Reuber P, Vött A (Hrsg) Geographie - Physische Geographie und Humangeographie. Springer Spektrum.

Konter O, Sommerlad E, Cummings V, Esper J (2020) Bourbon-Vanille aus Madagaskar: Ökologische und ökonomische Einflussfaktoren auf die Ertragsvariabilität eines globalen Handelsprodukts. Geographische Rundschau.

2019

Hartl C, St. George S, Konter O, Harr L, Scholz D, Kirchhefer A, Esper J (2019) Warfare dendrochronology and the German super battleship Tirpitz’s deployment in Norway. Anthropogene 27, 100212. doi: 10.1016/j.ancene.2019.100212. (Hartl_2019_Anthropocene.pdf) (Hartl_2019_Anthropocene_SOM.pdf)

Nagavciuc V, Kern Z, Ionita M, Hartl C, Konter O, Esper J, Popa I (2019) Climate signals in carbon and oxygen isotope ratios of Pinus cembra tree-ring cellulose from Calimani Mountains, Romania. International Journal of Climatology, doi: 10.1002/joc.6349. (Nagavciuc_2019_IJC.pdf)

2018

Klippel L, Krusic PJ, Konter O, St. George S, Trouet V, Esper J (2018) A 1200+ year reconstruction of temperature extremes for the northeastern Mediterranean region. International Journal of Climatology, doi: 10.1002/joc.5955. (Klippel_2018_IJC.pdf)

2017

Büntgen U, Krusic PJ, Verstege A, Sangüesa Barreda G, Wagner S, Camarero JJ, Ljungqvist FC, Zorita E,   Oppenheimer C, Konter O, Tegel W, Gärtner H, Cherubini P, Reinig F, Esper J (2017) New tree-ring evidence from the Pyrenees reveals Western Mediterranean climate variability since medieval times. Journal of Climate, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0526.1. (Buentgen_2017_JClim.pdf)

Hartl-Meier C, Esper J, Liebhold A, Konter O, Rothe A, Büntgen U (2017) Effects of host abundance on larch budmoth outbreaks in the European Alps. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, doi: 10.1111/afe.12216. (Hartl-Meier_2017_AFE.pdf) (Hartl-Meier_2017_AFE_Sup.pdf)

Konter O, Büntgen U, Carrer M, Esper J (2017) Testing for climate signal age effects at two treeline sites in the European Alps and Tatra Mountains. TRACE 15, 59-65. (Konter_2017_Trace.pdf)

Konter O, Krusic PJ, Trouet V, Esper J (2017) Meet Adonis, Europe's oldest dendrochronologically dated tree. Dendrochronologia 42, 12. (Konter_2017_Den.pdf)

2016

Esper J, Krusic PJ, Ljungqvist FC, Luterbacher J, Carrer M, Cook E, Davi NK, Hartl-Meier C, Kirdyanov A, Konter O, Myglan V, Timonen M, Treydte K, Trouet V, Villalba R, Yang B, Büntgen U (2016) Ranking of tree-ring based temperature reconstructions of the past millennium. Quaternary Science Reviews 145, 134-151. (Esper_2016_QSR.pdf)

Konter O, Büntgen U, Carrer M, Timonen M, Esper J (2016) Climate signal age effects in boreal tree-rings: lessons to be learned for paleoclimatic reconstructions. Quaternary Science Reviews 142, 164-172. (Konter_2016_QSR.pdf)

Konter O, Traut J, Schneider L, Büntgen U, Esper J (2016) Evaluating climate sensitivity in tree-ring and Riesling must sugar data from the Palatinate (Germany). TRACE 14, 60-66.(Konter_2016_Trace.pdf)

Riechelmann DFC, Maus M, Dindorf W, Konter O, Schöne B, Esper J (2016) Comparison of δ13C and δ18O from Cellulose, whole wood and resin-free whole wood from a high elevation Pinus uncinata in the Spanish Central Pyrenees. Isotopes in Environmental & Health Studies. (Riechelmann_2016_IEHS.pdf)

2015

Büntgen U, Trnka M, Krusic PJ,  Kyncl T, Kyncl J, Nicolussi K, Luterbacher J, Zorita E, Charpentier Ljungqvist F, Auer I, Konter O, Schneider L, Tegel W, Stepanek P, Brönnimann S, Hellmann L, Nievergelt D, Esper J (2015) Tree-ring amplification of the early-19th century summer cooling in Central Europe. Journal of Climate. (Buentgen_2015_JoC.pdf)

Büntgen U, Trnka M, Krusic PJ,  Kyncl T, Kyncl J, Luterbacher J, Zorita E, Ljungqvist FC, Auer I, Konter O, Schneider L, Tegel W, Stepanek P, Brönnimann S, Hellmann L, Nievergelt D, Esper J (2015) Tree-ring amplification of the early nineteenth-century summer cooling in Central Europe. Journal of Climate 28, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00673.1. (Buentgen_2015_JoC.pdf)

Düthorn E, Schneider L, Konter O, Schön P, Timonen M, Esper J (2015) On the hidden significance of differing micro-sites in dendroclimatology. Silva Fennica 49, doi.org/10.14214/sf.1220. (Düthorn et al. 2015_Silva Fennica.pdf)

Esper J, Konter O, Krusic P, Saurer M, Holzkämper S, Büntgen U (2015) Long-term summer temperature variations in the Pyrenees from detrended stable carbon isotopes. Geochronometria 42, 53-59. (Esper_2015_Geochron.pdf)

Konter O, Esper J, Liebhold A, Kyncl T, Schneider L, Düthorn E, Büntgen U (2015) Tree-ring evidence for the historical absence of cyclic larch budmoth outbreaks in the Tatra Mountains. Trees, doi: 10.1007/s00468-015-1160-0. (Konter_2015_Trees.pdf)

Konter O, Rosner K, Kyncl T, Esper J, Büntgen U (2015) Spatiotemporal variations in the climatic Response of Larix decidua  from the Slovakian Tatra Mountains. TRACE 13, 62-68. (Konter_2015_Trace.pdf)

2014

Cuenca J, Schneider L, Konter O, Düthorn E, Esper J, Patón D (2014) Dendrochronological comparison of Castanea sativa Mill. and Quercus pyrenaica Willd. in Southwest Spain. TRACE 12, 40-45. (Cuenca_2014_Trace.pdf)

Konter O, Holzkämper S, Helle G, Büntgen U, Saurer M, Esper J (2014) Climate sensitivity and parameter coherency in annually resolved δ13C and δ18O from Pinus uncinata tree-ring data in the Spanish Pyrenees. Chemical Geology 377, 12-19. (Konter_ 2014_ ChemGeo.pdf)

2013

Konter O, Holzkämper S, Helle G, Büntgen U, Esper J (2013) Trends and signals in decadally resolved carbon isotopes from the Spanish Pyrenees. In: Helle G et al. (Eds.): Tree-rings in archaelogy, climatology and ecology. TRACE 11, 78-84. (Konter_2013_Trace.pdf)

Talks

05/2022 "Monitoring stations - status update", Kick-off meeting of the ERC project MonoStar during TRACE2022 (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Erlangen, Germany

11/2021 "Trees as climate archives - Introducing various tree-ring proxies for climate reconstructions", lecture Master of Science Klima- und Umweltwandel

11/2020 "Trees as climate archives - Introducing various tree-ring proxies for climate reconstructions", lecture Master of Science Klima- und Umweltwandel

10/2019  "The 2018 heatwave in subarctic Europe and its effect on urban heat island intensities in Haparanda, North Sweden",  38. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Klima der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie, Hamburg, Germany

06/2018   "Der Klimawandel - Natürliche Variabilität und anthropogene Einflüsse", Fridtjof-Nansen-Akademie für politische Bildung, Ingelheim, Germany

10/2017   "Climate change from the perspective of the natural sciences",  Climate Change Fiction Seminar, Department of English and Linguistics, JGU Mainz, Germany

08/2017   "Meet Adonis, Europe's oldest dendrochronologically dated tree", H3 tv- and SWR1 radio interview, Mainz and Frankfurt, Germany

11/2016   "Klimasensitivität von Jahrringbreite- und Weindaten aus der Haardt/Pfalz", 35. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Klima der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie, Bad Dürkheim, Germany

05/2016   "Age-related changes of the climate sensitivity of boreal tree-rings", TRACE 2016 (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Bialowieza, Poland

05/2015   "Integrating tree-ring and Riesling must sugar data from the Palatinate (Germany)", TRACE 2015 (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Seville, Spain

05/2014   "Spatial and temporal climate signal variations in the Tatra", TRACE 2014 (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Aviemore, Scotland

05/2013   "Climate signal age effects of maximum latewood density data from northern Fennoscandia", TRACE2013 (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Viterbo, Italy

05/2012   "Climate signals in annually resolved δ13C and δ18O tree-ring data from Pinus uncinata in the Spanish Pyrenees", TRACE 2012 (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Potsdam, Germany

Poster

05/2019   "Quality, productivity, and risk: A three-step evaluation among small-scale Pinus sylvestris L. provenances", TRACE 2019 (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Naples, Italy

04/2018   "Mid 19th century divergence between tree-ring proxy and instrumental target data at hemispheric scales, EGU 2018 (European Geosciences Union General Assembly), Vienna, Austria

Teaching

Summer 2023:

• M13/M12Ed Empirisches Arbeiten zu aktuellen Forschungsfragen "Störungen des Baumwachstums / tree growth disturbances"
• M11/M9ED Regional Seminar & excursion "Nahraum - Orte der Region"
• M11/M12ED Seminar: Map- and landscape Interpretation B

Winter 2022/23:

• parental leave

Summer 2022:

• M11/M9ED Regional Seminar & excursion "North Scandinavia"
• M11/M12ED Seminar: Map- and landscape Interpretation A

Winter 2021/22:

• M1/M1-ED Climate Geography  B
• M11/M12ED Seminar: Map- and landscape Interpretation

Summer 2021:

• M11/M9ED Regional Seminar & excursion "North Scandinavia"

Winter 2020/21:

• M1/M1-ED Climate Geography  B / C / D
• M11/M12ED Seminar: Map- and landscape Interpretation

Summer 2020:

• M11/M12ED Seminar: Map- and landscape Interpretation B / C
• M11/M9ED Regional Seminar & excursion: Natur- und kulturräumliche Entwicklungen im Mainzer Becken und seiner Umrahmung

Winter 2019/20:

• M1/M1-ED Climate Geography A / B / G / H

Summer 2019:

• M11/M12ED Seminar: Map- and landscape Interpretation B
• M11/M9ED Regional Seminar & excursion "North Scandinavia", registration in advance summer semester 2019

Winter 2018/19:

• M1/M1-ED Climate Geography F
• M1/M1-ED Climate Geography G
• M18/M8ED Course: Lecture Series
• M1-MSc Lecture Series + Lecture
• M11-MSc Project Workshop: Environment Archives & Archaeology

Summer 2018:

• M11/M12-ED Seminar: Map- and landscape interpretation B
• M11/M12-ED Seminar: Map- and landscape interpretation C
• M11/M9-ED Regional Seminar & excursion Andalusia

Winter 2017/18:

• M1/M1-ED Physical Geography I (Climate Geography) B/C/D/E

Summer 2017:

• M11/M9-ED Regional Seminar and excursion "North Scandinavia" A
• M11/M9-ED Regional Seminar and excursion "North Scandinavia" B

Winter 2016/17:

• M1/M1-ED Physical Geography I (Climate Geography) G
• M3-ED Seminar and excursion ref. to Regional Geography , Neustadt/Weinstraße
• M11/M9-ED Seminar: Regional Seminar incl. 14 days field work in Andalusia

Summer 2016:

• M11/M12-ED Map- and landscape interpretation D
• M11/M9 -ED Regional Seminar II incl. 14 field days Northern Scandinavia

Winter 2015/16:

• M1/M1-ED Physical Geography I H
• M3/M5-ED Cartography E / F

Summer 2015:

• M11/M12-ED Map- and landscape interpretation1
• Map- and landscape interpretation2
• Map- and landscape interpretation3

Winter 2014/15:

• Physical Geography I (Climate Geography) incl. 2 field days

Summer 2014:

• M3ED Regional Seminar I incl. 3 field days Palatinate forest
• M18 Lecture Series
• M4-MSc Lecture Series II + Lecture

Winter 2013/14:

• Climate Geography - B.ED ONLY
• Climate Geography

Summer 2013:

• Regional Seminar I incl. 3 field days Palatinate forest
  1-day excursion: Palatinate forest (2x)

Winter 2012/13:

• Physical Geography I Climate

Summer 2012:

• Regional Seminar I incl. 3 field days Palatinate forest
• 1-day excursion: Palatinate forest (2x)

Winter 2011/12:

• Lecture course & Data research
• Project workshop: Environment archives & Archaelogy

Biographical data

since 06/2021: FLL zertifizierter Baumkontrolleur

since 04/2021: elected representative of the Mittelbau des Geographischen Instituts

since 02/2016: Research assistent, Department of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz.

10/2011 - 01/2016 Ph.D. Student , Department of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz. Thesis: Trends and signals in tree-ring parameters

10/2004 - 09/2011 Diploma of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz
Minors: Botany, Meteorology. Thesis: Climate signals in annually resolved δ13C and δ18O tree-ring