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01.03.2018

TER retreat at the Kahlenberg

TER - the Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research met at the Kahlenberg in the Vienna Woods for a one-day retreat on Monday February 26, 2018....

16.02.2018

New Paper in Environmental Research Letters: Amino acid production exceeds plant nitrogen demand in Siberian tundra

Arctic plant productivity is often limited by low soil N availability. This has been attributed to slow breakdown of N-containing polymers in litter...

22.12.2017

Congratulations - MSc Stefan Gorka

Congratulations to Stefan Gorka, who successfully defended his Master thesis "Carbon and nitrogen exchange between plant roots, ectomycorrhizal fungi...

07.12.2017

SEACUE: New FWF Project for Jörg Schnecker

Jörg Schnecker has recently received funding for a new project called "SEACUE - Seasonal dynamics of soil microbial carbon sequestration" from the...

13.11.2017

SINA 2017

The 15th Stable Isotope Network Austria (SINA) Meeting is organized by the Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science and the Department of...

25.08.2017

New Paper in Ecology Letters: Optimal metabolic regulation along resource stoichiometry gradients

Most heterotrophic organisms feed on substrates that are poor in nutrients compared to their demand, leading to elemental imbalances that may...

04.08.2017

DD - Day for Daniel & David

Congratulations to Daniel Wasner and David Zezula, who successfully defended their Master thesis on ecological and physiological aspects of the...

29.06.2017

NUNATARYUK – A new EU - Horizon 2020 project

A new Horizon 2020 project has been granted to a large European consortium for researching into “Permafrost thaw and the changing Arctic coast”....

22.06.2017

TER excursion: Canoeing the Danube river

TER discovered the UNESCO World Heritage Site Wachau, a stretch of the Danube valley north of Vienna, by canoe on the hottest days of the year so far....

26.05.2017

SPACE: New FWF Project for Christina Kaiser

Christina Kaiser has recently received funding for a new project called "SPACE - The spatial aspect of rhizosphere priming" from the Austrian Science...

05.05.2017

New paper in Science Advances: Decoupling of microbial carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycling in response to extreme temperature events

Predicted changes in the intensity and frequency of climate extremes urge a better mechanistic understanding of the stress response of...

01.05.2017

New Paper in Scientific Reports: Global patterns of phosphatase activity in natural soils (by O. Margalef et al.)

Soil phosphatase levels strongly control the biotic pathways of phosphorus (P), an essential element for life, which is often limiting in terrestrial...

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