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Environmental Sciences
Germany
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
92
Citations
30070
World Ranking
541
National Ranking
33

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Gerd Gleixner is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Germany. Their research mainly focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant emphasis on ecology, plant science, soil science, nature and landscape conservation, and atmospheric science.

Their research spans several interconnected topics including soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant and animal studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, isotope analysis in ecology, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, and microbial community ecology and physiology.

Gleixner's recent publications highlight their involvement in ecosystem functioning, biodiversity, and carbon storage research. Selected recent papers include:

  • Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • The results of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • An international laboratory comparison of dissolved organic matter composition by high resolution mass spectrometry: Are we getting the same answer?, 2020, Limnology and Oceanography Methods
  • Biodiversity increases multitrophic energy use efficiency, flow and storage in grasslands, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Storage of carbon reserves in spruce trees is prioritized over growth in the face of carbon limitation, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gleixner include Markus Lange, Nico Eisenhauer, Simon Andreas Schroeter, Anne Ebeling, and Bernhard Schmid. These collaborations suggest a research network active in ecological and biogeochemical studies.

The scientist's work has appeared across several key publication venues, reflecting a focus on ecology and environmental studies. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Global Change Biology
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Gerd Gleixner's body of work integrates multidisciplinary approaches to understanding ecosystem dynamics, with a particular emphasis on soil and plant processes. Their research contributes to ongoing discussions in environmental science and related biological disciplines, supporting knowledge transfer in both fundamental science and applied ecological management.

Best Publications

  • Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage

    Markus Lange;Nico Eisenhauer;Carlos Sierra;Holger Bessler

  • Effect of biochar amendment on soil carbon balance and soil microbial activity

    S. Steinbeiss;G. Gleixner;M. Antonietti

  • Variable effects of nitrogen additions on the stability and turnover of soil carbon

    Jason C. Neff;Alan R. Townsend;Gerd Gleixner;Scott J. Lehman

  • How relevant is recalcitrance for the stabilization of organic matter in soils

    Bernd Marschner;Sonja Brodowski;Alexander Dreves;Gerd Gleixner

  • Land use driven change in soil pH affects microbial carbon cycling processes

    Ashish A. Malik;Jeremy Puissant;Kate M. Buckeridge;Tim Goodall

  • The role of biodiversity for element cycling and trophic interactions: an experimental approach in a grassland community

    Christiane Roscher;Jens Schumacher;Jussi Baade;Wolfgang Wilcke

  • Soil organic matter in soil depth profiles: Distinct carbon preferences of microbial groups during carbon transformation

    Christiane Kramer;Gerd Gleixner

  • δD values of individual n-alkanes from terrestrial plants along a climatic gradient – Implications for the sedimentary biomarker record

    Dirk Sachse;Jens Radke;Gerd Gleixner

  • Hydrogen isotope ratios of recent lacustrine sedimentary n-alkanes record modern climate variability

    D. Sachse;J. Radke;G. Gleixner

  • Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis.

    N. Eisenhauer;H. Bessler;C. Engels;G. Gleixner

  • Dissolved carbon leaching from soil is a crucial component of the net ecosystem carbon balance

    Reimo Kindler;Reimo Kindler;Jan Siemens;Jan Siemens;Klaus Kaiser;David Christopher Walmsley

  • Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning in a 15-year grassland experiment: Patterns, mechanisms, and open questions

    Wolfgang W. Weisser;Christiane Roscher;Sebastian T. Meyer;Anne Ebeling

  • Soil fungal : Bacterial ratios are linked to altered carbon cycling

    Ashish A. Malik;Somak Chowdhury;Veronika Schlager;Anna Oliver

  • Persistence of dissolved organic matter explained by molecular changes during its passage through soil

    Vanessa-Nina Roth;Markus Lange;Carsten Simon;Norbert Hertkorn

  • Correlations between the 13C Content of Primary and Secondary Plant Products in Different Cell Compartments and That in Decomposing Basidiomycetes

    G. Gleixner;H. J. Danier;R. A. Werner;H. L. Schmidt

  • Plant diversity positively affects short‐term soil carbon storage in experimental grasslands

    Sibylle Steinbeiss;Holger Bessler;Christof Engels;Vicky M. Temperton

  • Variable use of plant- and soil-derived carbon by microorganisms in agricultural soils

    Christiane Kramer;Gerd Gleixner

  • Molecular dynamics of organic matter in a cultivated soil.

    Gerd Gleixner;Natacha Poirier;Roland Bol;Jérôme Balesdent

  • Soil organic matter dynamics: a biological perspective derived from the use of compound-specific isotopes studies

    Gerd Gleixner

  • Grazing triggers soil carbon loss by altering plant roots and their control on soil microbial community

    Katja Klumpp;Sébastien Fontaine;Eléonore Attard;Xavier Le Roux

Frequent Co-Authors

Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University
Alexandra Weigelt
Alexandra Weigelt Leipzig University
Christiane Roscher
Christiane Roscher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Stefan Scheu
Stefan Scheu University of Göttingen
Dirk Sachse
Dirk Sachse University of Potsdam
Nina Buchmann
Nina Buchmann ETH Zurich
Wolfgang Wilcke
Wolfgang Wilcke Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Tandong Yao
Tandong Yao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Baiqing Xu
Baiqing Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Susan E. Trumbore
Susan E. Trumbore Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

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