Scientific Publications

Lunow, J.; Pollierer, M. M.; Ammer, C.; Schall, P.; Scheu, S.; Schöning, I.; Schrumpf, M.; Seibold, S.; Weisser, W. W.; Wöllauer, S. et al.; Simons, N. K.; Staab, M.: Contrasting responses of above-and belowground carbon stocks and arthropods in relation to forest management. Forest Ecosystems 16, 100482 (2026)

Bebber, A.; Gutknecht-Gmeiner, M.; Rzanny, M.; Fiebelkorn, F.; Mäder, P.; Wäldchen, J.: Integrating identification apps into university plant identification courses: implications for teaching and learning. Journal of Biological Education (2026)

Duncanson, L.; Montesano, P.M.; Neuenschwander, A.; Zarringhalam, A.; Thomas, N.; Minor, D.M.; Wulder, M.A.; White, J.C.; Guenther, E.; Feng, T. et al.; Leitold, V.; Hancock, S.; Armston, J.; Puliti, S.; Mandel, A.I.; Shah, S.; Silva, C.; Purslow, M.; Bruening, J.; Breidenbach, J.; Næsset, E.; Saarela, S.; Hunka, N.; Kellner, J.R.; Healey, S.P.; Schepaschenko, D.; Wallerman, J.; Neigh, C.S.R.; Carvalhais, N.; Dubayah, R.: Global and boreal estimates of woody aboveground biomass for 2020: Filling GEDI'S northern data gap with ICESat-2 and harmonized landsat sentinel-2. Remote Sensing of Environment 340, 115406 (2026)

Tissink, M.; Radolinski, J.; Cunow, J.; Schaumberger, A.; Joseph, L. S. K.; Migliavacca, M.; Reichstein, M.; Bahn, M.: Synergistic effects of warming and elevated CO₂ intensify drought impacts on grassland carbon and water fluxes. Science Advances 12 (26), eaea8988 (2026)

Kang, W.; Bonfils, C.; Li, R.; Rioual, P.; Liu, J.; Anslan, S.; Echeverría-Galindo, P.; Schwarz, A.; Wünnemann, B.; Hoelzmann, P. et al.; Lami, A.; Huang, L.; Börner, N.; Wang, J.; Chen, G.; Chen, F.; Schwalb, A.: Forced changes in a Tibetan lake ecosystem over the past millennium. Nature Communications (2026)

De, R.; Brenning, A.; Reichstein, M.; Sigut, L.; Reverter, B. R.; Korkiakoski, M.; Paul-Limoges, E.; Blanken, P. D.; Black, T. A.; Gielen, B. et al.; Tagesson, T.; Wohlfahrt, G.; Montagnani, L.; Wolf, S.; Chen, J.; Liddell, M.; Desai, A.; Koirala, S.; Carvalhais, N.: Inter–annual variability of model parameters improves simulation of annual gross primary production. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 18 (6), e2025MS005116 (2026)

Ritter, F.; Ciais, P.; Senf, C.; Santoro, M.; Xu, Y.; Pelissier-Tanon, A.; Schwartz, M.; Fayad, I.; Carvalhais, N.; Brandt, M. et al.; Fensholt, R.; Besnard, S.; Avitabile, V.: Alarming decline in the carbon sink of European forests driven by disturbances. National Science Review (accepted)

Curasi, S.; Melton, J.; Humphreys, E.; Arora, V.; Beaver, J.; Cannon, A.; Chen, J.; Hermosilla, T.; Lee, S.-C.; Wulder, M.: Canada's forests are shifting from a recovery-driven carbon sink to a disturbance-driven carbon source. Global Change Biology 32 (6), e70958 (2026)

Nadolski, L.; Wesselkamp, M.; El-Madany, T. S.; Lange, M.; Nelson, J. A.; Carrara, A.; Wieckowski, A.; Hildebrandt, A.; Reichstein, M.; Lee, S.-C.: Impacts of precipitation variability on carbon flux dynamics of global semi‐arid savannas. Global Change Biology 32 (6), e70954 (2026)

Shi, K.; Liao, J.; Delgado-Baquerizo, M.; Zou, X.; Chen, H. Y.H.; Bi, Q.-F.; Fang, Y.; Yan, Z.; Ren, T.; Ruan, H.: Forest development and seasonal variation drive functional reorganization of soil microbiomes and enzymatic activities. Catena 267, 109976 (2026)

Baghirov, Z.; Reichstein, M.; Kraft, B.; Ahrens, B.; Körner, M.; Jung, M.: H2CM (v1.0): hybrid modeling of global water–carbon cycles constrained by atmospheric and land observations. Geoscientific Model Development 19 (10), pp. 4467 - 4496 (2026)

Li, J.; Zhang, Y.; Bevacqua, E.; Jiang, S.; Yuan, X.; Zhou, S.; Qiu, J.; Wang, Z.; Zscheischler, J.; Wang, K. et al.; Piao, S.: Warming and vegetation greening drive recent surge in flash droughts. Science Advances 12 (22), eaea8452 (2026)

Schackow, A. T.; Steele-Dunne, S. C.; Milodowski, D. T.; Limousin, J.-M.; Bastos, A.: Detection of tree stress from sub-daily sap flow variability. Biogeosciences 23 (10), pp. 3365 - 3386 (2026)

Kreibich, H.; Swain, D. L.; Chang, F.-J.; Reichstein, M.; Benson, V.; Holden, P.; Yang, T.; Sultana, F.; Funk, C.; Kobei, D.: Stewardship under shifting drought baselines. One Earth 9 (5), 101707 (2026)

Morris, K.; Nair, R.: Below the leaves: Integrating above- and below-ground phenology for earth-system predictability. Functional Ecology 40 (5), pp. 1251 - 1269 (2026)

Pu, J.; Gao, S.; Yan, K.; Sun, X.; Winkler, A.; Wang, Q.; Mynen, R. B.: Disentangling the effects of FPAR, CO₂, and climate on terrestrial vegetation productivity trends over two decades (2001–2023). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 382, 111122 (2026)

Wang, H.; Maestre, F. T.; Lu, N.; Zhao, G.; Zhang, Y.; Asensio, S.; Bramble, D. S.; Chen, W.; Dippold, M. A.; Eldridge, D. J. et al.; Gaitán, J. J.; García-Gómez, M.; Gozalo, B.; Gross, N.; Guirado, E.; Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y.; Martínez-Valderrama, J.; Mendoza, B. J.; Ochoa, V.; Plaza, C.; Saiz, H.; Schrumpf, M.; Sierra, C. A.; Tangarife-Escobar, A.; Valencia, E.; von Fromm, S. F.; Wang, C.; Wang, K.; Wang, Y.; Zaehle, S.; Fu, B.; Trumbore, S. E.; Huang, J.: Persistence and turnover of soil organic carbon in global drylands. Nature Communications 17, 3565 (2026)

Moreno-Martínez, Á.; Muñoz-Marí, J.; Adsuara, J. E.; Dechant, B.; Kattge, J.; Kattenborn, T.; Sabatini, F. M.; Schneider, F. D.; Duveiller, G.; van Bodegom, P. M. et al.; Butler, E. E.; Mahecha, M. D.; Izquierdo-Verdiguier, E.; Peñuelas, J.; Boenisch, G.; Pavlick, R.; Townsend, P. A.; Carvalhais, N.; Lusk, D.; Camps-Valls, G.: Leveraging remote sensing and crowd-sourced biodiversity data for enhanced plant functional trait mapping. Nature Communications 17, 5488 (2026)

Tiggeloven, T.; Raymond, C.; Ruiter, M. C. d.; Sillmann, J.; Thieken, A. H.; Buijs, S. L.; Ciurean, R.; Cordier, E.; Crummy, J. M.; Cumiskey, L. et al.; De Polt, K.; Duncan, M.; Ferrario, D. M.; Jäger, W. S.; Koks, E. E.; van Maanen, N.; Murdock, H. J.; Mysiak, J.; Nirandjan, S.; Poschlod, B.; Priesmeier, P.; Sairam, N.; Schweizer, P.-J.; Stolte, T. R.; Zenker, M.-L.; Daniell, J. E.; Fekete, A.; Geiß, C. M.; van den Homberg, M. J. C.; Juhola, S. K.; Kuhlicke, C.; Lebek, K.; Trogrlić, . Š.; Schneiderbauer, S.; Torresan, S.; van Westen, C. J.; Claassen, J. N.; Khazai, B.; Murray, V.; Schlumberger, J.; Ward, P. J.: Multi-hazard risk assessment and management: pathways for the Sendai Framework and beyond. Geoscience communication 9 (2), pp. 185 - 221 (2026)

Pereira Santos, A.; De Angeli, S.; Hanf, F. S.; Mirbach, C.; van Maanen, N.; Benson, V.; de Ruiter, M. C.; Dunant, A.; Terzi, S.; Schweizer, P.-J. et al.; Carvalho, T. M. N.; de Brito, M. M.; De Polt, K.; Trogrlic, R. S.; van den Homberg, M.: Workshop report—Vulnerability in multi-hazard risks: Addressing its complexity and dynamics. iScience 29 (4), 115250 (2026)