Marcel G. A. van der Heijden

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Switzerland Leader Award
• 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Switzerland Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Switzerland Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• The unseen majority: Soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems

  Marcel G. A. Van Der Heijden;Richard D. Bardgett;Nico M. Van Straalen

  5351
  Citations

• A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

  J. H. C. Cornelissen;S. Lavorel;E. Garnier;S. Diaz

  5072
  Citations

• New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

  N. Pérez-Harguindeguy;S. Díaz;E. Garnier;S. Lavorel

  4588
  Citations

• Mycorrhizal fungal diversity determines plant biodiversity, ecosystem variability and productivity

  Marcel G. A. van der Heijden;John N. Klironomos;Margot Ursic;Peter Moutoglis

  4495
  Citations

• Keystone taxa as drivers of microbiome structure and functioning

  Samiran Banerjee;Klaus Schlaeppi;Marcel G. A. van der Heijden;Marcel G. A. van der Heijden

  2670
  Citations

• Soil biodiversity and soil community composition determine ecosystem multifunctionality

  Cameron Wagg;S. Franz Bender;Franco Widmer;Marcel G. A. van der Heijden;Marcel G. A. van der Heijden

  2530
  Citations

• Mycorrhizal ecology and evolution: the past, the present, and the future

  Marcel G A van der Heijden;Marcel G A van der Heijden;Francis M. Martin;Marc André Selosse;Ian R. Sanders

  2230
  Citations

• Fungal-bacterial diversity and microbiome complexity predict ecosystem functioning

  Cameron Wagg;Cameron Wagg;Klaus Schlaeppi;Samiran Banerjee;Eiko E. Kuramae

  1632
  Citations

• Root exudate metabolites drive plant-soil feedbacks on growth and defense by shaping the rhizosphere microbiota

  Lingfei Hu;Christelle A. M. Robert;Selma Cadot;Xi Zhang

  1487
  Citations

• An Underground Revolution: Biodiversity and Soil Ecological Engineering for Agricultural Sustainability

  S. Franz Bender;Cameron Wagg;Marcel G.A. van der Heijden;Marcel G.A. van der Heijden

  1283
  Citations

• Where less may be more: How the rare biosphere pulls ecosystems strings

  Alexandre Jousset;Christina Bienhold;Antonis Chatzinotas;Laure Gallien

  1269
  Citations

• Agricultural intensification reduces microbial network complexity and the abundance of keystone taxa in roots

  Samiran Banerjee;Florian Walder;Lucie Büchi;Marcel Meyer

  1238
  Citations

• DIFFERENT ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL SPECIES ARE POTENTIAL DETERMINANTS OF PLANT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE

  Marcel G. A. van der Heijden;Thomas Boller;Andres Wiemken;Ian R. Sanders

  1023
  Citations

• Agricultural diversification promotes multiple ecosystem services without compromising yield

  Giovanni Tamburini;Giovanni Tamburini;Riccardo Bommarco;Thomas Cherico Wanger;Thomas Cherico Wanger;Claire Kremen;Claire Kremen

  958
  Citations

• Socialism in soil? The importance of mycorrhizal fungal networks for facilitation in natural ecosystems

  Marcel G. A. Van Der Heijden;Thomas R. Horton

  798
  Citations

• Cropping practices manipulate abundance patterns of root and soil microbiome members paving the way to smart farming.

  Kyle Hartman;Marcel G.A. van der Heijden;Marcel G.A. van der Heijden;Raphaël A. Wittwer;Samiran Banerjee

  714
  Citations

• Erosion reduces soil microbial diversity, network complexity and multifunctionality.

  Liping Qiu;Liping Qiu;Liping Qiu;Qian Zhang;Qian Zhang;Hansong Zhu;Hansong Zhu;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich

  708
  Citations

• Climate change effects on beneficial plant–microorganism interactions

  Stéphane Compant;Marcel G.A. Van Der Heijden;Angela Sessitsch

  667
  Citations

• Adapt or disperse: understanding species persistence in a changing world

  Matty P. Berg;E. Toby Kiers;Gerard Driessen;Marcel Van Der Heijden

  660
  Citations

• Soil type and land use intensity determine the composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

  Fritz Oehl;Endre Laczko;Arno Bogenrieder;Karl Stahr

  638
  Citations

• The mycorrhizal contribution to plant productivity, plant nutrition and soil structure in experimental grassland

  Marcel G. A. Van Der Heijden;Ruth Streitwolf‐Engel;Ralph Riedl;Sabine Siegrist

  524
  Citations

• Networking in the Plant Microbiome.

  Marcel G. A. van der Heijden;Marcel G. A. van der Heijden;Martin Hartmann

  495
  Citations

• Positive effects of organic farming on below-ground mutualists: large-scale comparison of mycorrhizal fungal communities in agricultural soils

  Erik Verbruggen;Wilfred F. M. Röling;Hannes A. Gamper;George A. Kowalchuk

  465
  Citations

• Belowground biodiversity effects of plant symbionts support aboveground productivity

  Cameron Wagg;Jan Jansa;Bernhard Schmid;Marcel G. A. van der Heijden

  409
  Citations

• Different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alter coexistence and resource distribution between co-occurring plant

  Marcel G. A. Van Der Heijden;Marcel G. A. Van Der Heijden;Andres Wiemken;Ian R. Sanders

  392
  Citations

• A global meta-analysis of yield stability in organic and conservation agriculture

  Samuel Knapp;Marcel G. A. van der Heijden

  391
  Citations

• Nonlegumes, Legumes, and Root Nodules Harbor Different Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities

  Tanja R. Scheublin;Karyn P. Ridgway;J. Peter W. Young;Marcel G. A. van der Heijden

  338
  Citations

• Mycorrhizal fungal identity and diversity relaxes plant–plant competition

  Cameron Wagg;Jan Jansa;Marina Stadler;Bernhard Schmid

  335
  Citations

• Cropping practices manipulate abundance patterns of root and soil microbiome members paving the way to smart farming (vol 6, 14, 2018)

  Kyle Hartman;Marcel G.A. van der Heijden;Raphaël A. Wittwer;Samiran Banerjee

  6
  Citations