Geoökologie und Bodenkunde
Ausgewählte Publikationen (Stand 2026):
- Obersteiner, S., Klein, T., Brunn, M.* (2026) Technical note: Methodological choices influence root carbon exudation measurements. Frontiers in Agronomy.
- Grange, S.K., Girardi, J.P., Mendoza-Lera, C., Dyckmans, J., Muñoz, K., Brunn, M., Jungkunst, H.F. (2025) Stable isotopes as a tool towards a better understanding of the biogeochemical traits of invasive Fallopia japonica: a pot experiment. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10256016.2025.2567068
- Brunn, M.*, Mueller, C.W., Chari, N.R., Meier, I.C., Obersteiner, S., Phillips, R.P., Taylor, B.N., Tumber-Dávila, S.J., Ullah, S., Klein, T. (2025) Tree carbon allocation to root exudates Implications for carbon budgets, soil sequestration, and drought response. Tree Physiology 45(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaf026
- Schnabel, F., Guillemot, J., Barry, K.E., Brunn, M., Cesarz, S., Eisenhauer, N., Gebauer, T., Guerrero-Ramirez, N., Handa, T., Madsen, C., Mancilla, L., Monteza, J., Moore, T., Oelmann, Y., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schwendenmann, L., Wagner, A., Wirth, C., Potvin, C. (2025) Tree diversity increases carbon stocks and fluxes above- but not belowground in a tropical forest experiment. Global Change Biol. 31(2): e70089. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70089
- Brunn, M.*, Billings, S.A., Birke, J., Nielsen, M.W., Kilian Salas, S., Brockmüller, S., Oelmann, Y. (2024) On the importance of diversity in ecological research. Plants, People, Planet 6(6): 1207-1214. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10553
- Chari, N. R., Tumber-Dávila, S.J., Phillips, R.P., Bauerle,T.L., Brunn, M., Hafner, B.D., Klein, T., Obersteiner, S., Reay, M. K., Ullah, S., Taylor, B.N. (2024) Estimating the global root exudate carbon flux. Biogeochemistry 167(7): 895-908. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-024-01161-z
- Bölscher, T., Vogel, C., Meurer, K., Herrmann, A.M., Colombi, T., Brunn, M., Domeignoz-Horta, L.A. (2024) Beyond growth: The significance of non-growth anabolism for microbial carbon-use efficiency in the light of soil carbon stabilisation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 193: 109400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109400
- Manfrin, A., Schirmel, J., Mendoza-Lera, C., Ahmed, A., Bohde, R., Brunn, M., Brühl, C. A., Buchmann, C., Bundschuh, M., Burgis, F., Diehl, D., Entling, M. H., Ganglo, C, Geissler, S., Gerstle, V., Girardi, J. P., Graf, T., Huszarik, M, Jamin, J., Joschko, T. J., Jungkunst, H. F., Knäbel, A., Kolbenschlag, S., Lorke, A., Muñoz, K., Ogbeide, C., Osakpolor, S. E., Pietz, S., Riess, K., Roodt, A. P., Rovelli, L., Röder, N., Rösch, V., Schaumann, G. E., Schäfer, R. B., Schmitt, T., Schmitz, D., Schützenmeister, K., Schwenk, K., Stehle, S., Schulz, R. (2023) SystemLink: moving beyond aquatic-terrestrial interactions to incorporate food web studies. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 32(2): 77-81. https://doi.org/10.1002/lob.10557
- Brunn, M.*, Krüger, J, Lang, F. (2023) Experimental drought increased the belowground sink strength towards higher topsoil organic carbon stocks in a temperate mature forest. Geoderma 431: 116356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116356
- Girardi, J.P., Korz, S., Muñoz, K., Jamin, J., Schmitz, D., Rösch, V., Riess, K., Schützenmeister, K., Jungkunst, H.F., Brunn, M.* (2022) Nitrification inhibition by polyphenols from invasive Fallopia japonica under copper stress. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 185(6): 923-934. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.202200255
- Hikino, K., Danzberger, J., Riedel, V.P., Hesse, B.D., Hafner, B.D., Gebhardt, T., Rehschuh, R., Ruehr, N.K., Brunn, M., Bauerle, T.L., Landhäusser, S.M., Lehmann, M.M., Rötzer, T., Pretzsch, H., Buegger, F., Weikl, F., Pritsch, K., Grams, T.E.E. (2022) Dynamics of initial carbon allocation after drought release in mature Norway spruce - Increased belowground allocation of current photoassimilates covers only half of the carbon used for fine-root growth. Global Change Biology 28 (23): 6889-6905. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16388
- Jungkunst, H.F., Göpel, J., Horvath, T., Ott, S., Brunn, M. (2022) Global soil organic carbon-climate interactions: Why scales matter. WIREs Climate Change 13 (4): e780. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.780
- Brunn, M.*, Hafner, B.D., Zwetlsloot, M.J., Weikl, F., Pritsch, K., Hikino, K., Ruehr, N.K., Sayer, E.J., Bauerle, T.L. (2022) Carbon allocation to root exudates is maintained in mature temperate tree species under drought. New Phytologist 235 (3). https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18157
- Jungkunst, H.F., Goepel, J., Horvath, T., Ott, S., Brunn, M. (2021) New uses for old tools: Reviving Holdridge Life Zones in soil carbon persistence research. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 184, 5–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.202100008
- Grams T.E.E, Hesse, B.D., Gebhardt, T., Weikl, F., Rötzer, T., Kovacs, B., Hikino, K., Hafner, B.D., Brunn, M., Bauerle, T., Häberl, K.-H., Pretzsch, H., Pritsch, K. (2021) The Kroof experiment – realization and efficacy of a recurrent drought experiment plus recovery in a beech/spruce forest. Ecosphere 12 (3), 20. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3399
- Brunn, M.*, Brodbeck, S., Oelmann, Y. (2017) Three decades following afforestation are sufficient to yield δ13C depth profiles in soil. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 180, 643-647. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.201700015
- Brunn, M.*, Condron, L., Wells, A., Spielvogel, S., Oelmann, Y. (2016) Vertical distribution of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in topsoils across a temperate rainforest dune chronosequence in New Zealand. Biogeochemistry 129 (1-2): 37-51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-016-0218-4
- Brunn, M.*, Spielvogel, S., Sauer, T., Oelmann, Y. (2014) Temperature and precipitation effects on δ13C depth profiles in SOM under temperate beech forests. Geoderma 235, 146-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.07.007
- * Corresponding author: Melanie Brunn