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Inger Kappel Schmidt

Inger Kappel Schmidt

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
57
Citations
14315
World Ranking
2676
National Ranking
41

Overview

Inger Kappel Schmidt is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a substantial number of publications in these fields.

The scientist's work spans multiple subfields, including:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Insect Science
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology

Key topics covered by their research include:

  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Plant and animal studies

They have contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • Field experiments underestimate aboveground biomass response to drought (2022), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Rainfall manipulation experiments as simulated by terrestrial biosphere models: Where do we stand? (2020), published in Global Change Biology
  • Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry can reflect microbial resource limitation, substrate quality, or both in forest soils (2022), published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Tree species effects on topsoil carbon stock and concentration are mediated by tree species type, mycorrhizal association, and N-fixing ability at the global scale (2020), published in Forest Ecology and Management

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas
  • Lars Vesterdal
  • Klaus Steenberg Larsen
  • David Bille Byriel
  • Haifeng Zheng

They have published extensively in the following venues:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Global Change Biology
  • ARPHA Conference Abstracts

Best Publications

  • Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming

    Thomas W. Crowther;Katherine E.O. Todd-Brown;Clara W. Rowe;William R. Wieder

  • Carbon and nitrogen in forest floor and mineral soil under six common European tree species

    Lars Vesterdal;Inger K. Schmidt;Ingeborg Callesen;Lars Ola Nilsson

  • Global negative vegetation feedback to climate warming responses of leaf litter decomposition rates in cold biomes

    Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Peter M. van Bodegom;Rien Aerts;Terry V. Callaghan

  • Leaching of nitrate from temperate forests effects of air pollution and forest management

    Per Gundersen;Inger Kappel Schmidt;Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen

  • Temperature response of soil respiration largely unaltered with experimental warming

    Joanna C. Carey;Jianwu Tang;Pamela H. Templer;Kevin D. Kroeger

  • Leaf 15N abundance of subarctic plants provides field evidence that ericoid, ectomycorrhizal and non-and arbuscular mycorrhizal species access different sources of soil nitrogen.

    Anders Michelsen;Inger K. Schmidt;Sven Jonasson;Chris Quarmby

  • Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe

    Francesca Pilotto;Francesca Pilotto;Ingolf Kühn;Ingolf Kühn;Rita Adrian;Renate Alber

  • RESPONSES IN MICROBES AND PLANTS TO CHANGED TEMPERATURE, NUTRIENT, AND LIGHT REGIMES IN THE ARCTIC

    Sven Jonasson;Anders Michelsen;Inger K. Schmidt;Esben V. Nielsen

  • The Response of Soil Processes to Climate Change: Results from Manipulation Studies of Shrublands Across an Environmental Gradient

    Bridget A. Emmett;Claus Beier;Marc Estiarte;Albert Tietema

  • Microbial biomass C, N and P in two arctic soils and responses to addition of NPK fertilizer and sugar: implications for plant nutrient uptake.

    Sven Jonasson;Anders Michelsen;Inger K. Schmidt;Esben V. Nielsen

  • Response of plant species richness and primary productivity in shrublands along a north–south gradient in Europe to seven years of experimental warming and drought: reductions in primary productivity in the heat and drought year of 2003

    Josep Peñuelas;Patricia Prieto;Claus Beier;Carla Cesaraccio

  • Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

    Ika Djukic;Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas;Inger Kappel Schmidt;Klaus Steenberg Larsen

  • Reduced N cycling in response to elevated CO2, warming, and drought in a Danish heathland: Synthesizing results of the CLIMAITE project after two years of treatments

    Klaus Steenberg Larsen;Louise C. Andresen;Claus Beier;Sven Jonasson

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Soil respiration and rates of soil carbon turnover differ among six common European tree species

    Lars Vesterdal;Bo Elberling;Jesper Riis Christiansen;Ingeborg Callesen

  • Mineralization and microbial immobilization of N and P in arctic soils in relation to season, temperature and nutrient amendment

    Inger K. Schmidt;Sven Jonasson;Anders Michelsen

  • NITROGEN UPTAKE BY ARCTIC SOIL MICROBES AND PLANTS IN RELATION TO SOIL NITROGEN SUPPLY

    Annika Nordin;Inger K. Schmidt;Inger K. Schmidt;Gaius R. Shaver

  • Sinks for nitrogen inputs in terrestrial ecosystems: a meta‐analysis of 15N tracer field studies

    P. H. Templer;M. C. Mack;F. S. Chapin;L. M. Christenson

  • Mineralization and distribution of nutrients in plants and microbes in four arctic ecosystems: responses to warming

    I.K. Schmidt;I.K. Schmidt;S. Jonasson;G. R. Shaver;A. Michelsen

  • Coupling of nutrient cycling and carbon dynamics in the Arctic, integration of soil microbial and plant processes

    Sven Jonasson;Anders Michelsen;Inger K Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Claus Beier
Claus Beier University of Copenhagen
Anders Michelsen
Anders Michelsen University of Copenhagen
Klaus Steenberg Larsen
Klaus Steenberg Larsen University of Copenhagen
Albert Tietema
Albert Tietema University of Amsterdam
Marc Estiarte
Marc Estiarte Spanish National Research Council
Josep Peñuelas
Josep Peñuelas Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), CSIC
Bridget A. Emmett
Bridget A. Emmett Natural Environment Research Council
Sven Jonasson
Sven Jonasson University of Copenhagen
Per Gundersen
Per Gundersen University of Copenhagen
Per Ambus
Per Ambus University of Copenhagen

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