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Beate Michalzik is affiliated with Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany, conducting research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work focuses extensively on subfields such as Soil Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Water Science and Technology.

Their research covers several key topics, including:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "Advancing ecohydrology in the 21st century: A convergence of opportunities," 2020, Ecohydrology
  • "European beech leads to more bioactive humus forms but stronger mineral soil acidification as Norway spruce and Scots pine - Results of a repeated site assessment after 63 and 82 years of forest conversion in Central Germany," 2020, Forest Ecology and Management
  • "Drought and rewetting events enhance nitrate leaching and seepage-mediated translocation of microbes from beech forest soils," 2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Stemflow Infiltration Hotspots Create Soil Microsites Near Tree Stems in an Unmanaged Mixed Beech Forest," 2021, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • "Nonuniform but highly preferential stemflow routing along bark surfaces and actual smaller infiltration areas than previously assumed: A case study on European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus L.)," 2020, Ecohydrology

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Ecohydrology
  • Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
  • Plant and Soil
  • Forests

In addition to journal articles, Beate Michalzik has contributed to book publications, including the title Forest-Water Interactions released by Springer Nature in 2020.

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Alexander Tischer
  • Karin Potthast
  • Delphis F. Levia
  • Darryl E. Carlyle-Moses
  • S. Iida

Best Publications

  • Controls on the dynamics of dissolved organic matter in soils: a review.

    Karsten Kalbitz;Stephan Solinger;Ji-Hyung Park;Beate Michalzik

  • Fluxes and concentrations of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen - a synthesis for temperate forests

    Beate Michalzik;Karsten Kalbitz;Ji-Hyung Park;Stephan Solinger

  • Dynamics of dissolved organic nitrogen and carbon in a Central European Norway spruce ecosystem

    Beate Michalzik;Egbert Matzner

  • Modelling the production and transport of dissolved organic carbon in forest soils

    Beate Michalzik;Edward Tipping;Jan Mulder;J. F. Gallardo Lancho

  • Factors controlling decomposition rates of fine root litter in temperate forests and grasslands

    Emily F. Solly;Ingo Schöning;Steffen Boch;Ellen Kandeler

  • Effects of an experimental drought on the functioning of a cacao agroforestry system, Sulawesi, Indonesia

    Luitgard Schwendenmann;Edzo Veldkamp;Gerald Moser;Dirk Hölscher

  • Response of cocoa trees (Theobroma cacao) to a 13-month desiccation period in Sulawesi, Indonesia

    G Moser;C Leuschner;D Hertel;D Hölscher

  • Expressing stemflow commensurate with its ecohydrological importance

    Darryl E. Carlyle-Moses;Shin'ichi Iida;Sonja Germer;Pilar Llorens

  • LINKING APHID ECOLOGY WITH NUTRIENT FLUXES IN A CONIFEROUS FOREST

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  • Insect herbivores and the nutrient flow from the canopy to the soil in coniferous and deciduous forests.

    Bernhard Stadler;Stephan Solinger;Beate Michalzik

  • Differential stemflow yield from European beech saplings: the role of individual canopy structure metrics

    D. F. Levia;B. Michalzik;K. Näthe;S. Bischoff

  • Controls on soil carbon storage and turnover in German landscapes

    Nadine Herold;Ingo Schöning;Beate Michalzik;Susan E. Trumbore

  • Dissolved organic matter characteristics of deciduous and coniferous forests with variable management: different at the source, aligned in the soil

    Lisa Thieme;Lisa Thieme;Daniel Graeber;Diana Hofmann;Sebastian Bischoff

  • Advancing ecohydrology in the 21st century: A convergence of opportunities

    Andrew J. Guswa;Doerthe Tetzlaff;Doerthe Tetzlaff;John S. Selker;Darryl E. Carlyle-Moses

  • Investigation of gas exchange processes in peat bog ecosystems by means of innovative Raman gas spectroscopy.

    Torsten Frosch;Robert Keiner;Beate Michalzik;Bernhard Fischer

  • Impact of a pine lappet (Dendrolimus pini) mass outbreak on C and N fluxes to the forest floor and soil microbial properties in a Scots pine forest in Germany

    Anne le MellecA. le Mellec;Beate MichalzikB. Michalzik

  • Forest-water interactions

    Delphis F Levia;Darryl Carlyle-Moses;Shin'ichi Iida;Beate Michalzik

  • Carbon input and crop-related changes in microbial biomarker levels strongly affect the turnover and composition of soil organic carbon

    Jana Schmidt;Elke Schulz;Beate Michalzik;Franҫois Buscot

  • Drought and rewetting events enhance nitrate leaching and seepage-mediated translocation of microbes from beech forest soils

    Markus Krüger;Karin Potthast;Beate Michalzik;Beate Michalzik;Alexander Tischer

  • Microbial respiration and natural attenuation of benzene contaminated soils investigated by cavity enhanced Raman multi-gas spectroscopy

    Tobias Jochum;Beate Michalzik;Anne Bachmann;Jürgen Popp;Jürgen Popp

  • The importance of canopy-derived dissolved and particulate organic matter (DOM and POM) – comparing throughfall solutionfrom broadleaved and coniferous forests

    Anne Le Mellec;Henning Meesenburg;Beate Michalzik

  • Raman spectroscopic investigation of 13CO2 labeling and leaf dark respiration of Fagus sylvatica L. (European beech)

    Robert Keiner;Robert Keiner;Marie-Cécile Gruselle;Marie-Cécile Gruselle;Beate Michalzik;Jürgen Popp;Jürgen Popp

  • European beech leads to more bioactive humus forms but stronger mineral soil acidification as Norway spruce and Scots pine – Results of a repeated site assessment after 63 and 82 years of forest conversion in Central Germany

    Florian Achilles;Alexander Tischer;Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Martin Heinze

  • Importance of canopy herbivores to dissolved and particulate organic matter fluxes to the forest floor

    Beate Michalzik;Bernhard Stadler

Frequent Co-Authors

Delphis F. Levia
Delphis F. Levia University of Delaware
Wolfgang Wilcke
Wolfgang Wilcke Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Ingo Schöning
Ingo Schöning Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Jan Siemens
Jan Siemens University of Giessen
Susan E. Trumbore
Susan E. Trumbore Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Egbert Matzner
Egbert Matzner University of Bayreuth
Pilar Llorens
Pilar Llorens Spanish National Research Council
Kirsten Küsel
Kirsten Küsel Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Doerthe Tetzlaff
Doerthe Tetzlaff Leibniz Association
Marion Schrumpf
Marion Schrumpf Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

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