Peer-reviewed articles
Wannenmacher, M., Haberstroh, S., Kreuzwieser, J., Doan, T. H., Niederberger, J., Prietzel, J., Lang, F., Werner, C. (2025): Spatio-Temporal Plasticity of Root Exudation in Three Temperate Tree Species: Effects of Season, Site, and Soil Characteristics, Physioloia Plantarum, 177:e70681. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.70681
Chen, J., Rocaboy, A., Junggebauer, A., Lu J.-Z., Scheu, S. (2025): Depth-dependent dynamics of microarthropods in forest floors along temperature and soil phosphorus gradients, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 210-109922, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109922
Villalba Ayala, G., Colcho Hurtarte, L. C., Klysunbun, W. , Prietzel, J. (2025): Combining Density Fractionation and Ca K-Edge XANES Reveals Contrasting SOM–Mineral Association Patterns Shaped by Parent Material in Forest Soil O Horizons, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 0:1–25, https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.12015
Paulsen, H. and Weiler, M. (2025): Technical note: a Weighing Forest Floor Grid-Lysimeter, HESS 29, pp2309-2319, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2309-2025
- Paulsen, H. and Weiler, M. (2024): Technical note: a Weighing Forest Floor Grid-Lysimeter, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3503
Prietzel, J., Villalba Ayala, G., Häusler, W., Eusterhues, K., Mahakot, S. and Klysunbun, W. (2023): Aluminum speciation in forest soils and forest floor density fractions using synchrotron-based XANES spectroscopy; Geoderma 431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116373
Conference contributions – oral presentations
Wannenmacher, M.; Haberstroh, S.; Kreuzwieser, J.; Niederberger, J.; Prietzel, J., Lang, F.; Werner, C.: Root exudation differs between the forest floor and the mineral soil in Fagus sylvatica, Acer pseudoplatanus and Picea abies, Forstwissenschaftliche Tagung 2025, 29.09.-02.10.2025, Freiburg, Germany.
Niederberger, J., Schilling, L., Hahn, J., Schack-Kirchner, H., Scheu, S., Chen, J., Schulz, S., Schloter, M., Bibinger, S., Prietzel, J., Lang, F.: Buchenwälder zeigen eine beeindruckende Vielfalt von Waldhumusformen, DBG 2025 #GesundeBödenKlimaschutz, 13.-18.09.2025, Tübingen, Germany.
Schilling, L., Villalba, G., Höschen, C., Coloche Hurtarte, L. C., Lang, F., Vesterdal, L., Prietzel, J.: Admixed minerals in the forest floor mediate soil organic matter turnover and phosphorus availability, DBG 2025 #GesundeBödenKlimaschutz, 13.-18.09.2025, Tübingen, Germany.
Wannenmacher, M.; Haberstroh, S.; Kreuzwieser, J.; Niederberger, J.; Prietzel, J., Lang, F.; Werner, C.: How European trees adjust their root exudates based on external and internal factors, GfÖ Annual Meeting 2025, 01.-05.09.2025, Würzburg, Germany.
Bibinger, S., Niederberger; J., Lang, F., Schulz, S., Schloter, M. (2025): Stratification of the prokaryotic forest floor microbiome from beech forests, Ecology of Soil Microorganisms 2025, Helsinki, Finnland, 15. – 19.06.2025.
Villalba Ayala, G., Colocho Hurtarte, L. C., Klysubun, W., Katholnigg, S., and Prietzel, J. (2025): Exploring Bedrock-Driven SOM Dynamics and SOM-Mineral Associations in Forest Soil Organic Surface Layers, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-3848, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-3848.
Doan, T. H., Kohler, M., and Bauhus, J. (2025): The influence of forest floor properties on tree regeneration under changing environmental conditions, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-7587, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-7587.
Lang, F., Niederberger, J., Schilling, L., Scheu, S., Chen, J., Schulz, S., Schloter, M., Bibinger, S., and Prietzel, J. (2025): European beech forests create an impressive diversity of forest floors, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-19450, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-19450.
Wannenmacher, M., Haberstroh, S., Kreuzwieser, J., and Werner, C. (2025): Site, season and soil depth affect the composition of root exudates in three temperate tree species, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-10145, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-10145.
Chen, J., Rocaboy, A., Junggebauer, A., Lu, J., and Scheu, S. (2025): Depth-dependent dynamics of microarthropods in forest floors: interactions with temperature and phosphorus levels, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-3178, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-3178.
Niederberger, J. (2024): “Humus forms: properties, classification, ecology.” HoliSoils workshop training on forest soil sampling design and classification 25.09. – 27.09.2024, Eberswalde, Germany. Three days workshop in collaboration with ISRIC Wageningen and Thünen Institute Eberswalde.
Paulsen, H. (2024): “Development of a Forest Floor Grid Lyimeter Grid-Lysimeter with continous measurement of DOC.”, UGT Lysimeter & Ecotron Workshop Hallbergmoos, March 22, 2024
Conference contributions – poster presentations
Hahn, J., Albrecht, C., Schack-Kirchner, H.: Hysterese der pF-WG-Beziehung als Parameter des Wasserhaushalts von organischen Auflagen in Waldbeständen, Forstwissenschaftliche Tagung 2025, 29.09.-02.10.2025, Freiburg, Germany.
Hahn, J., Albrecht, C., Schack-Kirchner, H.: Hysteresis of the pF-water content relationship as a parameter for the water balance of organic layers in forest stands, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 2025 – #GesundeBödenKlimaschutz, 13.-18.09.2025, Tübingen, Germany.
Neumann, R., Schwärzel, K., and Trinks, S. (2025): Thermal Conductivity of Forest Floor from Temperate Beech Forests: Laboratory Measurements and In Situ Projections, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-5470, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-5470.
Paulsen, H. and Weiler, M. (2025): Storage and redistribution of water in the forest floor influence evaporation, retention and infiltration patterns, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-3185, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-3185.
Niederberger, J. and the DFG Research Group Forest Floor (FOR 5315) (2025): Temperate forest floors: Ecosystem hub in transition?, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-11387, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-11387.
Meier, I. C., Bergmann, M., Buske, B., Dietz, F., Bidartondo, M., and Martinez-Suz, L. (2025): The forest floor as a habitat for mycorrhizae across temperature and P availability gradients, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-17399, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-17399.
Schilling, L., Vesterdal, L., Prietzel, J., and Lang, F. (2025): Resin extractions from forest floors reveal tree specific adaptation to the phosphorus status of the mineral soil in European beech forests, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-18496, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-18496.
de Jong, P., Chen, J., Schleppi, P., Doetterl, S., Scheu, S., and Hagedorn, F. (2025): How soil fauna affects carbon fluxes in forest floors: Insights from size compartmentalized communities, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-18261, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-18261.
Hahn, J., Lang, F., and Schack-Kirchner, H. (2025): In-situ imaging of iron and manganese mobilisation in forest floor layers, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-18998, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-18998.
Villalba Ayala, G., Prietzle, J.: Parent Material Influences SOM-Mineral Association Patterns in O layers of Forest Soils. A close look into the role of Calcium, 9th international symposium on the interactions of soil minerals with organic matter and microbes (ISMOM 2024), 15.-18.10.2028, Tsukuba, Japan.
Wannenmacher, M.; Haberstroh, S.; Kreuzwieser, J.; Werner, C.: Compound-specific difference in root exudates of three tree species at four climatically varying temperate forest sites, Annual Meeting British Ecological Society 2024, 10.-13.12.2024, Liverpool, UK.
Schilling, L., Philippy, N., Kayser, G., Vesterdal, L., Prietzel, J., Schack-Kirchner, H., Lang, F.: Nutrient mobilisation from forest floors in European beech forests, XXVI IUFRO World Congress 2024, 23.-29.06.2024, Stockholm, Sweden.
Villalba Ayala, G., Klysubun, W., Prietzle, J.: SOM-mineral association and interaction in forest floors of silicate vs. calcareous soils, XXVI IUFRO World Congress 2024, 23.-29.06.2024, Stockholm, Sweden.
Bibinger, S., Wannemacher, M., Kublik, S. Werner, C. Lang, F., Schloter, M., Schulz, S.: Tree species specific rhizosphere microbiomes in the forest floor, Annual Conference of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology 2024, 02.-05.06.2024, Würzburg, Germany.
Paulsen, H.: „Development of a Forest Floor Grid Lyimeter“, Tagung: Wasser- und Stoffhaushalt von Wäldern unter Stress” 24.-26. April 2024, Göttingen, Germany.
de Jong, P., Schleppi, P., Koestel, J., Doetterl, S., Hagedorn, F.: The role of earthworms in organic matter cycling in forest floors of temperate forests, EGU General Assembly 2024, 14.-19.04.2024, Vienna, Austria
de Jong, P., Schleppi, P., Hagedorn, F.: Earthworms as double-edged swords for organic matter turnover from forest floor to mineral soil – a mesocosm experiment with labeled beech litter, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft“ 02.-08.09.2023, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Hahn, J., Tiefel, M., Hehl, A.-K., Schack-Kirchner, H., Lang, F.: Fotogrammetrisch-mikrotopografische Analyse der Volumendynamik von Humusauflagen im Mischwald, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft“ 02.-08.09.2023, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Paulsen, H.: „Weighing Forest Floor Grid-Lysimeter with continuous measurement of DOC“, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft“ 02.-08.09.2023, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Schilling, L., Schneider, J., Kayser, G., Vesterdal, L., Prietzel, J., Schack-Kirchner, H., Lang, F.: Forest floor’s role in phosphorus availability along a temperature gradient in the Swiss Jura mountains, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft“ 02.-08.09.2023, Halle (Saale), Germany.
de Jong, P., Schleppi, P., Hagedorn, F.: Earthworms as double-edged swords for organic matter turnover from forest floor to mineral soil – a mesocosm experiment with labeled beech litter, EGU General Assembly 2023, 23.-28.04.2023, Vienna, Austria.
Schilling, L., Philippy, N., Kayser, G., Vesterdal, L., Prietzel, J., Schack-Kirchner, H., Lang, F.: Nutrient dynamics along the forest floor – mineral soil continuum, EGU General Assembly 2023, 23.-28.04.2023, Vienna, Austria.