About Us

The Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research aims to advance the fundamental understanding of how soil microorganisms and plants respond to and in turn shape their abiotic and biotic environment, and what consequences these interactions have for the functioning of the Earth’s ecosystems.

Researchers at TER address pressing environmental issues, such as the impact of climate change on ecosystem functioning and the role of soils in the global carbon cycle and in food security.

 News

04.09.2024
 

Congratulations to Mona Lena Lauritz, who successfully defended her MSc thesis on Wednesday September 4th, 2024.

Her thesis on “Cell division and...

08.08.2024
 

Congratulations to Monika Schmoll (TER) for receiving a FWF Standalone funding for her project “EndoFUNclimate – ENDOfungal bacteria and the early...

26.06.2024
 

Congratulations to Dr. Xiaofei Liu, who successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Long-term soil warming effects on root tissue and root exudate...

 Events

11.07.2024 15:00
 

Josh Schimel

Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

UBB HS 2

27.06.2019
 

Yong-Guan Zhu

Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences & Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Lecture Hall HS5, UZA2...

15.11.2018
 

Ivan Janssens

Centre of Excellence of Global Change Ecology, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Lecture Hall HS2, UZA 1

 Latest Publications

Zientek A, Schagerl M, Nagy M, Wanek W, Heinz P, Ali SS et al. Effect of micro-plastic particles on coral reef foraminifera. Scientific Reports. 2024 Dec;14(1):12423. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-63208-3

Lee U-J, Gwak J-H, Choi S, Jung M-Y, Lee TK, Ryu H et al. "Ca. Nitrosocosmicus" members are the dominant archaea associated with plant rhizospheres. mSphere. 2024 Nov 12;e0082124. Epub 2024 Nov 12. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00821-24

Liu X, Heinzle J, Tian Y, Salas E, Kwatcho Kengdo S, Borken W et al. Long-term soil warming changes the profile of primary metabolites in fine roots of Norway spruce in a temperate montane forest. Plant Cell and Environment. 2024 Nov;47(11):4212-4226. doi: 10.1111/pce.15019

Fuchslueger L, Solly EF, Canarini A, Brangari AC. Overview: Global change effects on terrestrial biogeochemistry at the plant–soil interface. Biogeosciences. 2024 Sep 6;21(17):3959-3964. 21. doi: 10.5194/bg-21-3959-2024

Schaap KJ, Fuchslueger L, Hofhansl F, Valverde-Barantes O, Quesada CA, Hoosbeek MR. Intra‐annual dynamics of soil and microbial C, N, and P pools in a Central Amazon Terra Firme forest. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 2024 Sep 3. doi: 10.1002/jpln.202300107