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Helmut Elsenbeer

Helmut Elsenbeer

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Earth Science

D-Index
44
Citations
7089
World Ranking
4725
National Ranking
335

Overview

Helmut Elsenbeer is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and agricultural sciences, with particular emphasis on soil and plant-related studies.

Elsenbeer's recent publication record includes a notable paper titled "Evidence for Soil Phosphorus Resource Partitioning in a Diverse Tropical Tree Community", published in 2024 in the journal Forests.

Their work spans several key subfields:

  • Soil Science
  • Plant Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Main areas of study reflect a focus on both fundamental and applied science related to ecosystem functioning. These include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Key research topics Helmut Elsenbeer has investigated are:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Frequent collaborators have included:

  • Robert A. Muller
  • Benjamin L. Turner

The venue for their recent publication is Forests, which is also the most frequent publication outlet identified for their work.

Best Publications

  • Soil organic carbon concentrations and stocks on Barro Colorado Island — Digital soil mapping using Random Forests analysis

    R. Grimm;T. Behrens;M. Marker;Helmut Elsenbeer;Helmut Elsenbeer

  • The influence of land-use changes on soil hydraulic properties: Implications for runoff generation

    Beate Zimmermann;Helmut Elsenbeer;Jorge M. De Moraes

  • How can statistical models help to determine driving factors of landslides

    Peter Vorpahl;Helmut Elsenbeer;Michael Märker;Boris Schröder

  • Hydrologic flowpaths in tropical rainforest soilscapes—a review

    Helmut Elsenbeer

  • Influence of land-use change on near-surface hydrological processes: Undisturbed forest to pasture

    Sonja Germer;Christopher Neill;Alex Vladimir Krusche;Helmut Elsenbeer

  • Spatial and temporal variability of soil saturated hydraulic conductivity in gradients of disturbance

    Beate Zimmermann;Helmut Elsenbeer

  • Land management impacts on runoff sources in small Amazon watersheds

    Joaquín Chaves;Christopher Neill;Sonja Germer;Sérgio Gouveia Neto

  • Scale dependency in spatial patterns of saturated hydraulic conductivity

    J.A. Sobieraj;H. Elsenbeer;G. Cameron

  • Recovery of saturated hydraulic conductivity under secondary succession on former pasture in the humid tropics

    Sibylle K. Hassler;Beate Zimmermann;Beate Zimmermann;Michiel van Breugel;Jefferson S. Hall

  • Mixing Model Approaches to Estimate Storm Flow Sources in an Overland Flow-Dominated Tropical Rain Forest Catchment

    Helmut Elsenbeer;Daniel Lorieri;Mike Bonell

  • Patterns of predictability in hydrological threshold systems

    Erwin Zehe;Helmut Elsenbeer;Falk Lindenmaier;K. Schulz

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of throughfall quantity and quality in a tropical montane forest in Ecuador

    Alexander Zimmermann;Wolfgang Wilcke;Helmut Elsenbeer

  • Phosphorus fractionation in lowland tropical rainforest soils in central Panama

    Daniela Dieter;Helmut Elsenbeer;Helmut Elsenbeer;Benjamin L. Turner

  • Distributed modeling of storm flow generation in an Amazonian rain forest catchment: Effects of model parameterization

    Robert A. Vertessy;Helmut Elsenbeer

  • Hydrometric and hydrochemicai evidence for fast flowpaths at La Cuenca, Western Amazonia

    Helmut Elsenbeer;Andreas Lack

  • Have we underestimated stemflow? Lessons from an open tropical rainforest

    Sonja Germer;Lisa Werther;Helmut Elsenbeer

  • Throughfall and temporal trends of rainfall redistribution in an open tropical rainforest, south-western Amazonia (Rondônia, Brazil)

    Sonja Germer;Helmut Elsenbeer;Jorge M. de Moraes

  • Stormflow generation and flowpath characteristics in an Amazonian rainforest catchment

    Helmut Elsenbeer;Robert A Vertessy;Robert A Vertessy

  • Spatial variability of soil hydraulic conductivity along a tropical rainforest catena

    J.A Sobieraj;H Elsenbeer;R.M Coelho;B Newton

  • Implications of long-term land-use change for the hydrology and solute budgets of small catchments in Amazonia

    Sonja Germer;Christopher Neill;Tobias Vetter;Joaquín Chaves

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Neill
Christopher Neill Woods Hole Research Center
Alex V. Krusche
Alex V. Krusche Universidade de São Paulo
Boris Schröder
Boris Schröder Technische Universität Braunschweig
Jefferson S. Hall
Jefferson S. Hall Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Robert F. Stallard
Robert F. Stallard Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Benjamin L. Turner
Benjamin L. Turner Gyeongsang National University
Stephen Porder
Stephen Porder Brown University
R. M. Lark
R. M. Lark University of Nottingham
Michael T. Coe
Michael T. Coe Woods Hole Research Center
Fred L. Ogden
Fred L. Ogden National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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