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Franz Buegger is affiliated with Helmholtz Zentrum München in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with 59 publications in this field, and Environmental Science, which includes 27 publications.

The scientist's work extends into several subfields, notably Plant Science with 29 publications, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics with 11, Soil Science and Cell Biology each with 9, and Ecology with 8 publications. Their research encompasses various topics including Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (28 publications), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (18 publications), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (18 publications), Lichen and Fungal Ecology (14 publications), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (12 publications), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (12 publications), and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (10 publications).

Frequent co-authors in their research include Karin Pritsch (16 collaborations), Mohammad Bahram (12), Rein Drenkhan (11), Niloufar Hagh-Doust (11), and Vladimir Mikryukov (11).

Franz Buegger has published multiple articles in several key scientific journals. The most frequent venues include Global Change Biology with 7 publications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 5, Geoderma and Biology and Fertility of Soils with 3 each, and Document Server@UHasselt (UHasselt) also with 3 publications.

Selected recent papers by Franz Buegger include:

  • Particulate organic matter as a functional soil component for persistent soil organic carbon, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Regional-Scale In-Depth Analysis of Soil Fungal Diversity Reveals Strong pH and Plant Species Effects in Northern Europe, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • The Global Soil Mycobiome consortium dataset for boosting fungal diversity research, 2021, Fungal Diversity
  • Global patterns in endemicity and vulnerability of soil fungi, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • Origin of volatile organic compound emissions from subarctic tundra under global warming, 2020, Global Change Biology

Best Publications

  • Global diversity and geography of soil fungi

    Leho Tedersoo;Mohammad Bahram;Sergei Põlme;Urmas Kõljalg

  • Emission of N2O, N2 and CO2 from soil fertilized with nitrate: effect of compaction, soil moisture and rewetting

    Reiner Ruser;Heinz Flessa;Rolf Russow;Gustav Schmidt

  • Particulate organic matter as a functional soil component for persistent soil organic carbon.

    Kristina Witzgall;Alix Vidal;David I. Schubert;Carmen Höschen

  • Submicron structures provide preferential spots for carbon and nitrogen sequestration in soils

    Cordula Vogel;Carsten W. Mueller;Carmen Höschen;Franz Buegger

  • Tree diversity and species identity effects on soil fungi, protists and animals are context dependent

    Leho Tedersoo;Mohammad Bahram;Tomáš Cajthaml;Sergei Põlme

  • Estimating N rhizodeposition of grain legumes using a 15N in situ stem labelling method

    Jochen Mayer;Franz Buegger;Erik Steen Jensen;Michael Schloter

  • Regional-scale in-depth analysis of soil fungal diversity reveals strong pH and plant species effects in Northern Europe

    Leho Tedersoo;Sten Anslan;Sten Anslan;Mohammad Bahram;Mohammad Bahram;Rein Drenkhan

  • The determination of δ13C in soil microbial biomass using fumigation-extraction

    Martin Potthoff;Norman Loftfield;Franz Buegger;Barbara Wick

  • Enzymatic activities and stable isotope patterns of ectomycorrhizal fungi in relation to phylogeny and exploration types in an afrotropical rain forest

    Leho Tedersoo;Leho Tedersoo;Triin Naadel;Mohammad Bahram;Karin Pritsch

  • Influence of a nitrification inhibitor and of placed N-fertilization on N2O fluxes from a vegetable cropped loamy soil

    Helena Pfab;Iris Palmer;Franz Buegger;Sabine Fiedler

  • The Global Soil Mycobiome consortium dataset for boosting fungal diversity research

    Leho Tedersoo;Vladimir Mikryukov;Sten Anslan;Mohammad Bahram

  • Residual nitrogen contribution from grain legumes to succeeding wheat and rape and related microbial process

    Jochen Mayer;Franz Buegger;Erik Steen Jensen;Michael Schloter

  • Clay mineral composition modifies decomposition and sequestration of organic carbon and nitrogen in fine soil fractions

    Cordula Vogel;Katja Heister;Franz Buegger;Irina Tanuwidjaja

  • Microbial response to exudates in the rhizosphere of young beech trees (Fagus sylvatica L.) after dormancy

    J. Esperschütz;F. Buegger;J.B. Winkler;J.C. Munch

  • Microbial immobilisation of 13C rhizodeposits in rhizosphere and root-free soil under continuous 13C labelling of oats

    Ilya Yevdokimov;Reiner Ruser;Franz Buegger;Marc Marx

  • Degradation kinetics of biochar from pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization in temperate soils

    Mo Bai;Burkhard Wilske;Franz Buegger;Jürgen Esperschütz

  • Changes in microbial community structure in soil as a result of different amounts of nitrogen fertilization

    Ilya Yevdokimov;Andreas Gattinger;Franz Buegger;Jean Charles Munch

  • Turnover of grain legume N rhizodeposits and effect of rhizodeposition on the turnover of crop residues

    Jochen Mayer;Franz Buegger;Erik Steen Jensen;Michael Schloter

  • Earthworm Cast Formation and Development: A Shift From Plant Litter to Mineral Associated Organic Matter

    Alix Vidal;Alix Vidal;Francoise Watteau;Laurent Remusat;Carsten W. Mueller

  • Effects of genetically modified starch metabolism in potato plants on photosynthate fluxes into the rhizosphere and on microbial degraders of root exudates.

    Silvia Gschwendtner;Jürgen Esperschütz;Franz Buegger;Michael Reichmann

  • Dynamics of microbial communities during decomposition of litter from pioneering plants in initial soil ecosystems

    J. Esperschütz;C. Zimmermann;A. Dümig;G. Welzl

  • Origin of volatile organic compound emissions from subarctic tundra under global warming

    Andrea Ghirardo;Frida Lindstein;Kerstin Koch;Franz Buegger

  • DNA-based stable isotope probing enables the identification of active bacterial endophytes in potatoes

    Frank Rasche;Tillmann Lueders;Michael Schloter;Sabine Schaefer

  • Ectomycorrhizal impacts on plant nitrogen nutrition: emerging isotopic patterns, latitudinal variation and hidden mechanisms

    Jordan Mayor;Mohammad Bahram;Terry Henkel;Franz Buegger

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Schloter
Michael Schloter Technical University of Munich
Andreas Gattinger
Andreas Gattinger University of Giessen
Jean Charles Munch
Jean Charles Munch Technical University of Munich
Carsten W. Mueller
Carsten W. Mueller University of Copenhagen
Leho Tedersoo
Leho Tedersoo University of Tartu
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner Technical University of Munich
Urmas Kõljalg
Urmas Kõljalg University of Tartu
Mohammad Bahram
Mohammad Bahram Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Torsten Müller
Torsten Müller University of Hohenheim
Erik Steen Jensen
Erik Steen Jensen Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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