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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.
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Dahl MB, Brachmann S, Söllinger A, Schnell M, Ahlers L, Wutkowska M et al. Quantifying Soil Microbiome Abundance by Metatranscriptomics and Complementary Molecular Techniques-Cross-Validation and Perspectives. Molecular Ecology Resources. 2025 Jun 3;e14130. Epub 2025 Jun 3. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.14130
Schärer ML, Fuchslueger L, Canarini A, Richter A, Lüscher A, Kahmen A. Post-drought organic carbon mineralization leads to high productivity and nutrient uptake efficiency of perennial grassland after rewetting. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2025 May;204:109744. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109744
Cordeiro AL, Cusack DF, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Norby RJ, Toro L, Wong MY et al. TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments. Ecology. 2025 May;106(5):e70074. e70074. doi: 10.1002/ecy.70074
Nemetschek D, Fortunel C, Marcon E, Auer J, Badouard V, Baraloto C et al. Love Thy Neighbour? Tropical Tree Growth and Its Response to Climate Anomalies Is Mediated by Neighbourhood Hierarchy and Dissimilarity in Carbon- and Water-Related Traits. Ecology Letters. 2025 Apr 8;28(4):e70028. doi: 10.1111/ele.70028
Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Figueiredo Lugli L, Fuchslueger L, Hofhansl F, Martins NP, Cordeiro AL et al. Rainfall seasonality shapes belowground root trait dynamics in an Amazonian tropical rainforest: A test of the stress-dominance hypothesis. Functional Ecology. 2025 Mar 1;39(3):799-812. Epub 2025 Jan 26. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.14744