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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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, 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

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

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, Article 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

Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science

University of Vienna

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