Publications

Zhou, J, Liu, S, van Groenigen, KJ, Mueller, C, Ochoa-Hueso, R, Fanin, N, Ren, Z, Zhang, Y, Ma, Y, Sun, S, Hu, J, Zhang, Y, Yahdjian, L, Wanek, W, Olesen, J, Kuzyakov, Y, Liu, J & Chen, J 2026, 'Contrasting responses of particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon stocks to grazing exclusion in an alpine meadow', Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, vol. 400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2026.110227

Hansen, PM, Zhang, Y, Guseva, K, Kaiser, C & Francesca Cotrufo, M 2026, 'Microbial community regulation of extracellular enzyme production can mediate patterns of particulate and mineral-associated organic matter accumulation in undersaturated soils', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 214, 110056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.110056

Liu, M, Xu, X, Jin, P, Bruelheide, H, Kuzyakov, Y, Bardgett, RD & Wanek, W 2026, 'Advancing predictive understanding of tree organic and inorganic nitrogen uptake across forest biomes', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 213, 110027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.110027

Nottingham, AT, Karhu, K, Salinas, N, Schnecker, J, Sietiö, OM, Martin-Vivanco, AK, Wanek, W & Meir, P 2026, 'Microbial death in the Andes: necromass declines despite growth and carbon-use-efficiency increases with decadal soil warming', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 213, 110002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.110002

Yao, R, Fu, H, Liu, X, Liu, F, Wanek, W, Liang, G, Chadwick, DR, Jones, DL, Wu, L & Ma, Q 2026, 'Meta-analysis of the accumulation and stabilisation of particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon by fertilization', Soil and Tillage Research, vol. 255, 106770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2025.106770

Ferrín, M, Peñuelas, J, Asensio, D, Bréchet, L, Fernàndez, P, Fuchslueger, L, Gargallo-Garriga, A, Lugli, LF, Llusià, J, Márquez, L, Murienne, J, Ogaya, R, Orivel, J, Sardans, J, Vallicrosa, H, Janssens, IA & Peguero, G 2026, 'Beyond N and P fertilization: Tropical ground hexapod communities are tied to micronutrients', Applied Soil Ecology, vol. 217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2025.106604

Zevenhuizen, AL, Richter, A, Fuchslueger, L, Prommer, J, Janssens, IA, Verbrigghe, N, Peñuelas, J, Sigurdsson, BD & Marañón-Jiménez, S 2025, 'Microbial Nitrogen Cycling Becomes Conservative and Resilient to Long-Term Warming in High-Latitude Carbon-Limited Soils', Global Change Biology, vol. 32, no. 1, e70673, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70673

Anthony, M, Röckel, N, Traistaru, A, Krishna, A, Meesenburg, H, Wagner, M, Jacob, F, Gessler, A, Waldner, P, Schaub, M, Ferretti, M, Schmitz, A, van den Bulk, P, Hensen, A, Hupperts, SF, Bialic-Murphy, L & Averill, C 2025, 'Soil microbial community differences drive variation in Pinus sylvestris physiology, productivity, and responses to elevated CO2', Environmental Microbiome. https://doi.org/10.1186/

Krasenbrink, J, Hanson, BT, Weiss, AS, Borusak, S, Tanabe, TS, Lang, M, Aichinger, G, Hausmann, B, Berry, D, Richter, A, Marko, D, Mussmann, M, Schleheck, D, Stecher, B & Loy, A 2025, 'Sulfoquinovose is exclusively metabolized by the gut microbiota and degraded differently in mice and humans', Microbiome, vol. 13, no. 1, 184. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-025-02175-x

Liu, X, Tang, S, Tou, C, Chen, J, Wanek, W, Kuzyakov, Y, Chadwick, DR, Jones, DL, Wu, L & Ma, Q 2025, 'Opposite roles of plant quality and soil exoenzymes in regulation of litter carbon transfer to fungal and bacterial necromass', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 210, 109940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109940

Li, Z, Kang, L, Wang, L, Wanek, W, Zhang, D, Wang, G, Lambers, H, Peñuelas, J, Jiang, M & Yang, Y 2025, 'Accelerated soil phosphorus cycling upon abrupt permafrost thaw', Nature Climate Change, vol. 15, no. 11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02445-4

Hu, P, Zhang, W, Wanek, W, Chen, J, Abalos, D, Zhao, J, Xiao, D, Hou, X, Li, J, Chen, H, Xiao, J, Liao, X, Tang, T, Wu, H & Wang, K 2025, 'Calcium-rich parent materials enhance multiple soil functions and bacterial network complexity', Communications Earth and Environment, vol. 6, no. 1, 797, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02761-9

Winter Artusio, E, Dolschak, K, Mayer, M, Grabner, M, Tatzber, M, Ahmed, IU, Wächter, E, Berger, IK, Berger, P, Wanek, W & Berger, TW 2025, 'Ranked growth response to drought for 14 tree species in a temperate forested landscape in Austria', Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 593, 122860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122860

Wang, X, Wang, J, Chen, J, Bezemer, TM, Song, Z, Wanek, W, Liu, G & Zhang, C 2025, 'Environmental Stresses Constrain Soil Microbial Community Functions by Regulating Deterministic Assembly and Niche Width', Molecular Ecology, vol. 34, no. 20, e70096. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70096

Schindlbacher, A, Kwatcho Kengdo, S, Heinzle, J, Tian, Y, Mayer, M, Gadermaier, J, Shi, C, Urbina Malo, C, Liu, X, Inselsbacher, E, Jandl, R, Sierra, CA, Wanek, W & Borken, W 2025, 'Increased Belowground Carbon Allocation Reduces Soil Carbon Losses Under Long-Term Warming', Global Change Biology, vol. 31, no. 10, e70561. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70561

Sun, L, Wanek, W, Moorhead, DL, Yang, X, Gao, W & Domeignoz-Horta, LA 2025, 'Interpreting differences in microbial carbon and nitrogen use efficiencies estimated by isotope methods and the ecoenzyme stoichiometry model', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 209, 109914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109914

Tang, S, Pan, W, Yang, Y, Luo, Z, Wanek, W, Kuzyakov, Y, Marsden, KA, Liang, G, Chadwick, DR, Gregory, AS, Wu, L, Liang, Y, Ma, Q & Jones, DL 2025, 'Soil carbon sequestration enhanced by long-term nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization', Nature Geoscience, vol. 18, no. 10, pp. 1005-1013. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-025-01789-y

Gorka, S, Canarini, A, Schmidt, H & Kaiser, C 2025, 'Soil bacterial neutral lipid fatty acids: Markers for carbon storage or necromass?', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 208, 109855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109855

Liu, X, Tou, C, Tang, S, Chen, J, Wanek, W, Chadwick, DR, Jones, DL, Liang, Y, Wu, L & Ma, Q 2025, 'Regulation of straw-derived nitrogen dynamics by its quality: Implications for N2O mitigation', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 211, 109989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109989

Wang, H, Lindemann, E, Liebmann, P, Varsadiya, M, Svenning, MM, Waqas, M, Petters, S, Richter, A, Guggenberger, G, Barta, J & Urich, T 2025, 'Methane-cycling microbiomes in soils of the pan-Arctic and their response to permafrost degradation', Communications Earth and Environment, vol. 6, no. 1, 748, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02765-5