TER

Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research

Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science

About TER

The Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research | TER at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science | CeMESS 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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François-Xavier Joly starts as new Junior Research Group Leader @TER

We are very happy that François-Xavier will join TER as a CMESS Junior Research Group Leader. He will strengthen our team with his expertise in Soil…

Lilian-Lee B. Müller-Fischer receives Lise Meitner Fellowship

Lili has been awarded a 2-year Lise Meitner Postdoc Fellowship by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) for research into a hitherto unexplored and…

Nicolas Valiente Parra receives EU Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoc Fellowship

Nicolas was awarded a highly competitive, 2-year Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoc fellowship from the European Commission. He also receives funding for…

Empirical support for the biogeochemical niche hypothesis in forest trees

The possibility of using the elemental composition of species as a tool to identify species/genotype niches has been tested at the global scale by…

Congratulations – MSc Alexander König

Congratulations to Alex, who successfully defended his MSc thesis on Thursday, December 10th 2020. His thesis on “Soil Microscale Priming: Concept and…

Andreas Richter and Wolfgang Wanek are Highly Cited Researchers 2020

Congratulations to Andreas and Wolfgang, who are listed among the top-cited scientists internationally. In total 37 scientists from Austria are on…

Latest Publications at TER

Allagui, W., Brahim, N., Allani, M., Zougari, B., Ibrahim, H., Bol, R., Aichi, H., & Wanek, W. (2026). Oasis management and topography interactively shape soil inorganic carbon dynamics in hyper-arid soils. Geoderma, 471, 1-12. Article 117865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2026.117865

Dolschak, K., Winter Artusio, E., Mayer, M., Grabner, M., Tatzber, M., Ahmed, I. U., Wächter, E., Berger, I. K., Berger, P., Wanek, W., & Berger, T. W. (2026). Climate drivers of historic tree growth in the Vienna Woods and prediction of future performance of eight selected tree species. Forest Ecology and Management, 610, Article 123674. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123674

Waschk, P., Spiegel, P., Gessler, A., Saurer, M., Bock, B. M., Hinterdobler, W., & Anthony, M. A. (2026). Evidence for resource transfer via common endophyte networks. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-56653-9

Lintner, M., Golen, J., Schagerl, M., Wildner, M., Wanek, W., Cyran, N., & Tyszka, J. (2026). Reversible bleaching of photobionts in marine protists to a chemical stress - A case study of Amphistegina lobifera. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 279, 1-9. Article 113454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2026.113454

Pan, W., Tang, S., Wanek, W., Liu, X., Zhou, J., Gregory, A. S., Marsden, K. A., Chadwick, D. R., Liang, Y., Wu, L., Jones, D. L., & Ma, Q. (2026). Organic Fertilization Promotes the Microbial Formation of Moderately Active Soil Phosphorus Pools to Sustain Phosphorus Availability: Insights from 180 years of Fertilization. Environmental Science and Technology, 60(17), 12918-12929. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c12810

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