Caldararu, S.; Rolo, V.; Stocker, B. D.; Gimeno, T. E.; Nair, R.: Ideas and perspectives: Beyond model evaluation – combining experiments and models to advance terrestrial ecosystem science. Biogeosciences 20 (17), pp. 3637 - 3649 (2023)
Nair, R.; Strube, M.; Hertel, M.; Kolle, O.; Rolo, V.; Migliavacca, M.: High frequency root dynamics: sampling and interpretation using replicated robotic minirhizotrons. Journal of Experimental Botany 74 (3), pp. 769 - 785 (2023)
Dursow, A.; Morris, K. A.; Nair, R.: Direct observation of subterranean refugium use by Epidalea calamita (Natterjack Toad) in a dehesa ecosystem in Extremadura, Spain. Herpetology Notes 14, pp. 1203 - 1205 (2021)
Nair, R. K. F.; Morris, K. A.; Migliavacca, M.; Moreno, G.; Schrumpf, M.: Plant‐available N:P alters root litter N recycling in a Mediterranean tree–grass ecosystem. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 183 (4), pp. 517 - 529 (2020)
Luo, Y.; El-Madany, T. S.; Ma, X.; Nair, R. K. F.; Jung, M.; Weber, U.; Filippa, G.; Bucher, S. F.; Moreno, G.; Cremonese, E.et al.; Carrara, A.; Gonzalez‐Cascon, R.; Escudero, Y. C.; Galvagno, M.; Pacheco-Labrador, J.; Martín, M. P.; Perez‐Priego, O.; Reichstein, M.; Richardson, A. D.; Menzel, A.; Römermann, C.; Migliavacca, M.: Nutrients and water availability constrain the seasonality of vegetation activity in a Mediterranean ecosystem. Global Change Biology 26 (8), pp. 4379 - 4400 (2020)
Nair, R. K. F.; Perks, M. P.; Mencuccini, M.: Decomposition nitrogen is better retained than simulated deposition from mineral amendments in a temperate forest. Global Change Biology 23 (4), pp. 1711 - 1724 (2017)
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In the annual ranking of the world's most cited and thus most influential scientists, five authors from our institute are once again represented in 2023.