• Since 2014: Deputy Coordinator of Working group “Ecology and Silviculture of Oaks”, Silviculture division, International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO), Vienna, Austria
• Since 2016: Task Force Member of IUFRO's Task Force on “Forest Adaptation and Restoration Under Global Change”, Vienna, Austria
• Since 2017: Scientist at Research area Sustainability and environment at ITAS, KIT, Germany in the project “Potential of beech-fir mixed forests to adapt from the climate change impacts in commercial forests (BuTaKli)”
• Since 2018: Project leader of the project „Inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to develop strategies for increasing the resilience of trees in growing cities and urban regions (GreenLung)“

• Challenges in sustainable and multifunctional forest management
• Trade-offs between climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies
• Increasing resilience of forests to climate change impacts
• Meta-analysis and quantitative review in forestry and ecology
• Synthesis of National Forest Inventory data
• Stress ecology (e.g. drought) of trees in forests
• Urban forestry and urban ecology

Scientific networks: ResearchGate

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Saha, S.; Kühne, C.; Bauhus, J. (2017)
Lessons learned from oak cluster planting trials in central Europe. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 47: 139 - 148.
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Skiadaresis, S.; Saha, S.; Bauhus, J. (2016)
Oak group planting produces a higher number of future crop trees, with better spatial distribution, than row planting. Forests, 7: 289 - 304.
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Sohn, JA.; Saha, S.; Bauhus, J. (2016)
Potential of forest thinning to mitigate drought stress: a meta-analysis. Forest Ecology and Management, 380, 261 - 273.
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Saha, S.; Bauhus, J. (2016)
Trade-offs between climate change adaptation and mitigation objectives for forests in south-western Germany. Forstarchiv, 87, 60-61.

Chakraborty, T.; Saha, S.; Reif, A. (2016)
Biomass equations for European beech growing on dry sites. iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry 9, 751 - 757.
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Saha, S.; Kühne, C.; Bauhus, J. (2014)
Growth and stem quality of oaks (Quercus robur and Q. petraea) established in cluster plantings respond differently to intra- and interspecific neighborhood competition. Annals of Forest Science, 71, 381–393.
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Saha, S.; Kuehne, C.; Bauhus, J. (2013)
Tree Species Richness and Stand Productivity in Low-Density Cluster Plantings with Oaks (Quercus robur L. and Q. petraea (Mattuschka) Liebl.). Forests, 4 (3), 650-665.
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Saha, S.; Kuehne, C.; Kohnle, U.; Brang, P.; Ehring, A.; Geisl, J.; Leder, B.; Muth, M.; Petersen, R.; Peter, J.; Ruhm, W.; Bauhus, J. (2012)
Growth and quality of young oaks (Quercus robur and Quercus petraea) grown in cluster plantings in central Europe: A weighted meta-analysis. Forest Ecology and Management, 283, 106-118.
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Chakraborty, A.; Saha, S.; Sachdeva, K.; Joshi, P.K.
Vulnerability of forests in the Himalayan region to climate change impacts and anthropogenic disturbances: A systematic review. Regional Environmental Change (2018), S. 1-17, publ. online, DOI: 10.1007/s10113-018-1309-7

Chakraborty, T.; Saha, S.; Matzarakis, A.; Reif, A.
Biomass, annual growth, c and o isotope signatures in tree rings revealed high ecological plasticity in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees under multiple drought events. Vortrag auf dem 11th International Beech Symposium, Viterbo, Italien, 18.-21.09.2018

Saha, S.; Datta, P.; Rösch, C.
Comparison of ecosystem services from mixed against monospecific forests in the southwest Germany: A survey on public perception. Vortrag auf dem 11th International Beech Symposium, Viterbo, Italien, 18.-21.09.2018

Saha, S.; Datta, P.; Rösch, C.
Silver fir - European beech mixed forests have higher productivity than pure forests of beech in south Germany. Vortrag auf dem 11th International Beech Symposium, Viterbo, Italien, 18.-21.09.2018

Chakraborty, T.; Saha, S.; Bisht, N.S.
First report on the ethnopharmacological uses of medicinal plants by Monpa tribe from the Zemithang region of Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalayas, India. Plants 6(2017)1, S. 1-13

Chakraborty, T.; Saha, S.; Matzarakis, A.; Reif, A.
Influence of multiple biotic and abiotic factors on the crown die-back of European beech trees at their drought limit. Flora (2017)229, S. 58-70

Chakraborty, T.; Saha, S.; Reif, A.
Role of multiple stressors on crown dieback & growth sensitivity of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees under recurrent droughts. In: Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt (FVA) Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.): Book of Abstracts "125th IUFRO Anniversary Congress", Freiburg, 18.-22.09.2017. 2017, S. 163

Chakraborty, T.; Saha, S.; Reif, A.
Young European beech plants had differently tuned root and shoot growth between dry and less-dry forest plots in summer drought of 2003 and 2011: A study on limestone outcrop in Northern Switzerland. In: Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt (FVA) Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.): Book of Abstracts "125th IUFRO Anniversary Congress", Freiburg, 18.-22.09.2017. 2017, S. 362

Cheng, Z.; Saha, S.
Ecology and silviculture of four important oak tree species in East and South Asia: A review. In: Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt (FVA) Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.): Book of Abstracts "125th IUFRO Anniversary Congress", Freiburg, 18.-22.09.2017. 2017, S. 673

Chunling, D.; Saha, S.; Reif, A
Stand structure, vegetation, and regeneration of the semi-natural deciduous mixed oak forests in the western Quinling Mountains, China. In: Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt (FVA) Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.): Book of Abstracts "125th IUFRO Anniversary Congress", Freiburg, 18.-22.09.2017. 2017, S. 464

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