Ahrens, B.; Reichstein, M.; Borken, W.; Muhr, J.; Trumbore, S. E.; Wutzler, T.: Bayesian calibration of a soil organic carbon model using delta14C measurements of soil organic carbon and heterotrophic respiration as joint constraints. Biogeosciences 11 (8), S. 2147 - 2168 (2014)
Hopkins, F.; Filley, T. R.; Gleixner, G.; Lange, M.; Top, S. M.; Trumbore, S. E.: Increased belowground carbon inputs and warming promote loss of soil organic carbon through complementary microbial responses. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 76, S. 57 - 69 (2014)
Keiner, R.; Frosch, T.; Massad, T.; Trumbore, S. E.; Popp, J.: Enhanced Raman multigas sensing - a novel tool for control and analysis of 13CO2 labeling experiments in environmental research. Analyst 139, 16, S. 3813 - 4090 (2014)
Marra, D. M.; Chambers, J. Q.; Higuchi, N.; Trumbore, S. E.; Ribeiro, G. H. P. M.; Santos, J. d.; Negrón-Juárez, R. I.; Reu, B.; Wirth, C.: Large-scale wind disturbances promote tree diversity in a Central Amazon Forest. PLoS One 9 (8), e103711 (2014)
Massad, T.; Trumbore, S. E.; Ganbat, G.; Reichelt, M.; Unsicker, S.; Boeckler, A.; Gleixner, G.; Gershenzon, J.; Ruehlow, S.: An optimal defense strategy for phenolic glycoside production in Populus trichocarpa — isotope labeling demonstrates secondary metabolite production in growing leaves. New Phytologist 203 (2), S. 607 - 619 (2014)
Sierra, C.; Müller, M.; Trumbore, S. E.: Modeling radiocarbon dynamics in soils: SoilR version 1.1. Geoscientific Model Development 7 (5), S. 1919 - 1931 (2014)
Torn, M. S.; Kleber, M.; Zavaleta, E. S.; Zhu, B.; Field, C. B.; Trumbore, S. E.: A dual isotope approach to isolate carbon pools of different turnover times. Biogeosciences 10, S. 8067 - 8081 (2013)
Muhr, J.; Angert, A.; Negrón-Juárez, R. I.; Muñoz, W. A.; Kraemer, G.; Chambers, J. Q.; Trumbore, S. E.: Carbon dioxide emitted from live stems of tropical trees is several years old. Tree Physiology 33, S. 743 - 752 (2013)
Solly, E.; Schöning, I.; Boch, S.; Müller, J.; Socher, S. A.; Trumbore, S. E.; Schrumpf, M.: Mean age of carbon in fine roots from temperate forests and grasslands with different management. Biogeosciences 10 (7), S. 4833 - 4843 (2013)
Seifert, A.-G.; Trumbore, S. E.; Xu, X.; Zhang, D.; Gleixner, G.: Variable effects of plant colonization on black slate uptake into microbial PLFAs. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 106, S. 391 - 403 (2013)
Malghani, S.; Gleixner, G.; Trumbore, S. E.: Chars produced by slow pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization vary in carbon sequestration potential and greenhouse gases emissions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 62, S. 137 - 146 (2013)
Chambers, J. Q.; Negron-Juarez, R. I.; Marra, D. M.; Di Vittorio, A.; Tews, J.; Roberts, D.; Ribeiro, G. H. P. M.; Trumbore, S. E.; Higuchi, N.: The steady-state mosaic of disturbance and succession across an old-growth Central Amazon forest landscape. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110 (10), S. 3949 - 3954 (2013)
Graven, H. D.; Xu, X.; Guilderson, T. P.; Keeling, R. F.; Trumbore, S. E.; Tyler, S.: Comparison of independent delta 14CO2 records at point barrow, Alaska. Radiocarbon 55 (2-3), S. 1541 - 1545 (2013)
Hartmann, H.; Ziegler, W.; Trumbore, S. E.: Lethal drought leads to reduction in nonstructural carbohydrates in Norway spruce tree roots but not in the canopy. Functional Ecology 27 (2), S. 413 - 427 (2013)
Savage, K. E.; Parton, W. J.; Davidson, E. A.; Trumbore, S. E.; Frey, S. D.: Long-term changes in forest carbon under temperature and nitrogen amendments in a temperate northern hardwood forest. Global Change Biology 19 (8), S. 2389 - 2400 (2013)
Trumbore, S. E.; Angert, A.; Kunert, N.; Muhr, J.; Chambers, J. Q.: What's the flux? Unraveling how CO2 fluxes from trees reflect underlying physiological processes. New Phytologist 197 (2), S. 353 - 355 (2013)
Zhao, J.; Hartmann, H.; Trumbore, S. E.; Ziegler, W.; Zhang, Y.: High temperature causes negative whole-plant carbon balance under mild drought. New Phytologist 200 (2), S. 330 - 339 (2013)
A new study shows that future ecosystem functioning will increasingly depend on water availability. Using recent simulations from climate models, an international team of scientists found several “hot spot regions” where increasing water limitation strongly affects ecosystems. These include Central Europe, the Amazon, and western Russia.
You can't see them with the naked eye, but our forest ground is littered with microorganisms. They decompose falling leaves, thereby improving soil quality and counteracting climate change. But how do these single-celled organisms coordinate their tasks? An international research team has been looking into this little-understood process. The results of the study were recently published in Scientific Reports.
Scientists have succeeded in detecting changes in carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels much faster than before. Using a new method, they combined atmospheric measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen (O2) from the north coast of the United Kingdom. The study, with the participation of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, was published Apr. 22 in Science Advances.
International researchers found a pattern of extreme climate conditions leading to forest dieback. To do this, the team had collected worldwide records of climate-related tree and forest dieback events over the past nearly five decades. The results, recently published in Nature Communications, reveal an ominous scenario for forests in the context of ongoing global warming.
International forest experts analyzed major tree and forest dieback events that occurred globally in the last decades in response to climate extremes. To their surprise many forests were strongly affected that were not considered threatened based on current scientific understanding. The study, led by the MPI-BGC and published in Annual Reviews in Plant Biology, underscores also that further tree and forest dieback is likely to occur.
An international research team succeeded in identifying global factors that explain the diversity of form and function in plants. Led by the University of Zurich, the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena and the University of Leipzig, the researchers collected and analyzed plant data from around the world.
Precisely how does a forest system and the individual plants within it react to extreme drought? Understanding the processes involved is crucial to making forests more resilient in the increasingly dry climate that will result from climate change, and also important for refining climate models. A research team led by Prof. Dr. Christiane Werner from the University of Freiburg has conducted the most extensive experiment to date into this subject using stable isotopes to trace flows of water and carbon through a forest.
The increasing amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is causing our climate to warm at an alarming rate. Information is vital for societies who must decide on pathways to climate neutrality. The European ICOS research structure, including Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, provides this information, as described in a recent article.
Ecosystems provide multiple services for humans. However, these services depend on basic ecosystem functions which are shaped by natural conditions like climate and species composition, and human interventions. A large international research team, led by the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, identified three key indicators that together summarize the integrative function of terrestrial ecosystems.
The recent Greenhouse gas Bulletin, published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), highlights the importance of measuring greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to monitor emissions of such climate-threatening compounds.
A new study shows that, in addition to species richness, plant evolutionary history plays a critical role in regulating year-to-year variation of biomass production in grasslands. In the face of climate change, understanding the causes of variability in key ecosystem services such as biomass production is essential.
For a long time, the Montreal protocol has been taken as a success story on how to implement an international agreement on environmental sustainability. It was key to protect the Earth's ozone layer. Recently, however, researchers found out that chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) emissions have been increasing again.