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Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research

Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science

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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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Latest Publications at TER

Dolschak, K., Artusio, E. W., 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, 123674. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123674

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 & Technology, 60(17), 12918-12929. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c12810

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, 113454. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2026.113454

Pan, W., Tang, S., Wanek, W., Luo, Z., Chen, J., Yang, Y., Ge, T., Marsden, K. A., Liang, G., Chadwick, D. R., Chen, X., Gregory, A. S., Wu, L., Liang, Y., Jones, D. L., & Ma, Q. (2026). Microbial Community Traits and Necromass Dynamics Shape Soil Carbon Accumulation. Global Change Biology, 32(5), e70906. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70906

Martin, V., Rottensteiner, C., Schmidt, H., Mohrlok, M., Horak, J., Urbina-Malo, C., Wagner, J., A'Campo, W., Durstewitz, L., Speetjens, N. J., Lodi, R., Hausmann, B., Fritz, M., Hugelius, G., & Richter, A. (2026). Spatial heterogeneity of soil organic matter and microbial community composition across ice-wedge polygons and soil layers in Arctic lowland tundra. Biogeosciences, 23(8), 2761-2785. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-2761-2026

Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science

University of Vienna

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