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Ecology and Evolution
Germany
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
130
Citations
60650
World Ranking
68
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Stefan Scheu is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a substantial number of publications focusing on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science, and Genetics.

Their work addresses various topics including Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Plant and Animal Studies, Study of Mite Species, Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies, and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

Stefan Scheu has contributed to a number of scholarly papers, including:

  • Trade-offs between multifunctionality and profit in tropical smallholder landscapes (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Feeding habits and multifunctional classification of soil-associated consumers from protists to vertebrates (2022, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society)
  • The physical structure of soil: Determinant and consequence of trophic interactions (2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)
  • 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)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Stefan Scheu include Mark Maraun, Anton Potapov, Melanie M. Pollierer, Jing-Zhong Lu, and Nico Eisenhauer.

Stefan Scheu's publications are often found in venues such as Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Ecology and Evolution, SSRN Electronic Journal, Geoderma, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

In addition to articles, Stefan Scheu has contributed to book publications under Penerbit BRIN eBooks. Notable titles include:

  • Spiders of Jambi: A guide to the EFForTS collection (2024)
  • A Guide to the Ants of Jambi (Sumatra, Indonesia): Identification Key to Ant Genera and Images of the EFForTS collection (2021)
  • Guidebook of Beetles and Weevils of Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia (Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae, Elateridae, and Staphylinidae) (2022)
  • Keanekaragaman Serangga Hutan Hujan Tropis Dataran Rendah di Provinsi Jambi, Sumatra: Dampak Perubahan Tata Guna Lahan (2022)

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity and Litter Decomposition in Terrestrial Ecosystems

    Stephan Hättenschwiler;Alexei V. Tiunov;Stefan Scheu

  • Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage

    Markus Lange;Nico Eisenhauer;Carlos Sierra;Holger Bessler

  • Organo-mineral associations in temperate soils: Integrating biology, mineralogy, and organic matter chemistry

    Ingrid Kögel-Knabner;Georg Guggenberger;Markus Kleber;Ellen Kandeler

  • Bottom-up effects of plant diversity on multitrophic interactions in a biodiversity experiment

    Christoph Scherber;Nico Eisenhauer;Nico Eisenhauer;Wolfgang W Weisser;Bernhard Schmid

  • Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale

    Johan van den Hoogen;Stefan Geisen;Devin Routh;Howard Ferris

  • Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

    I. Tanya Handa;Rien Aerts;Frank Berendse;Matty P. Berg

  • Trade-offs between multifunctionality and profit in tropical smallholder landscapes

    Ingo Grass;Ingo Grass;Christoph Kubitza;Christoph Kubitza;Vijesh V. Krishna;Marife D. Corre

  • Long-term organic farming fosters below and aboveground biota: Implications for soil quality, biological control and productivity

    Klaus Birkhofer;T. Martijn Bezemer;Jaap Bloem;Michael Bonkowski

  • An inter-laboratory comparison of ten different ways of measuring soil microbial biomass C

    T. Beck;R.G. Joergensen;E. Kandeler;F. Makeschin

  • Non‐native invasive earthworms as agents of change in northern temperate forests

    Patrick J. Bohlen;Stefan Scheu;Cindy M. Hale;Mary Ann McLean

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

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

  • Root biomass and exudates link plant diversity with soil bacterial and fungal biomass

    Nico Eisenhauer;Arnaud Lanoue;Tanja Strecker;Stefan Scheu

  • Effects of earthworms on plant growth: patterns and perspectives

    Stefan Scheu

  • 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

  • Effects of earthworms on plant growth: patterns and perspectivesThe 7th international symposium on earthworm ecology · Cardiff · Wales · 2002

    Stefan Scheu

  • Trophic niche differentiation in soil microarthropods (Oribatida, Acari): evidence from stable isotope ratios (15N/14N)

    Katja Schneider;Sonja Migge;Roy A. Norton;Stefan Scheu

  • The soil food web of two beech forests (Fagus sylvatica) of contrasting humus type: stable isotope analysis of a macro- and a mesofauna-dominated community.

    Stefan Scheu;Marin Falca

  • Feeding habits and multifunctional classification of soil‐associated consumers from protists to vertebrates

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  • Automated measurement of the respiratory response of soil microcompartments: Active microbial biomass in earthworm faeces

    Stefan Scheu

  • The underestimated importance of belowground carbon input for forest soil animal food webs.

    Melanie M. Pollierer;Reinhard Langel;Christian Körner;Mark Maraun

  • Feeding guilds in Collembola based on nitrogen stable isotope ratios

    Masoumeh Chahartaghi;Reinhard Langel;Stefan Scheu;Liliane Ruess

  • Earthworm invasion into previously earthworm-free temperate and boreal forests

    Lee E Frelich;Cynthia M Hale;Stefan Scheu;Andrew R Holdsworth

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Maraun
Mark Maraun University of Göttingen
Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University
Michael Bonkowski
Michael Bonkowski University of Cologne
Liliane Ruess
Liliane Ruess Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Alexandru Milcu
Alexandru Milcu Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Wolfgang W. Weisser
Wolfgang W. Weisser Technical University of Munich
Alexandre Jousset
Alexandre Jousset Blossom Microbial Technologies B.V.
Alexandra Weigelt
Alexandra Weigelt Leipzig University
Christiane Roscher
Christiane Roscher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen

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