• Input of easily available organic C and N stimulates microbial decomposition of soil organic matter in arctic permafrost soil 

      Wild, Birgit; Schnecker, Jörg; Alves, Ricardo J. Eloy; Barsukov, Pavel; Bárta, Jiří; Čapek, Petr; Gentsch, Norman; Gittel, Antje; Guggenberger, Georg; Lashchinskiy, Nikolay; Mikutta, Robert; Rusalimova, Olga; Šantrůčková, Hana; Shibistova, Olga; Urich, Tim; Watzka, Margarete; Zrazhevskaya, Galina; Richter, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08)
      Rising temperatures in the Arctic can affect soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition directly and indirectly, by increasing plant primary production and thus the allocation of plant-derived organic compounds into the soil. ...
    • Lignin Preservation and Microbial Carbohydrate Metabolism in Permafrost Soils 

      Dao, Thao Thi; Mikutta, Robert; Sauheitl, Leopold; Gentsch, Norman; Shibistova, Olga; Wild, Birgit; Schnecker, Jörg; Bárta, Jiří; Čapek, Petr; Gittel, Antje; Lashchinskiy, Nikolay; Urich, Tim; Šantrůčková, Hana; Richter, Andreas; Guggenberger, Georg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Permafrost-affected soils in the northern circumpolar region store more than 1,000 Pg soil organic carbon (OC), and are strongly vulnerable to climatic warming. However, the extent to which changing soil environmental ...
    • Microbial nitrogen dynamics in organic and mineral soil horizons along a latitudinal transect in western Siberia 

      Wild, Birgit; Schnecker, Jörg; Knoltsch, Anna; Takriti, Mounir; Mooshammer, Maria; Gentsch, Norman; Mikutta, Robert; Alves, Ricardo J. Eloy; Gittel, Antje; Lashchinskiy, Nikolay; Richter, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05-12)
      Soil N availability is constrained by the breakdown of N-containing polymers such as proteins to oligopeptides and amino acids that can be taken up by plants and microorganisms. Excess N is released from microbial cells ...
    • Site- and horizon-specific patterns of microbial community structure and enzyme activities in permafrost-affected soils of Greenland 

      Gittel, Antje; Barta, Jiri; Kohoutova, Iva; Schnecker, Jörg; Wild, Birgit; Čapek, Petr; Kaiser, Christina; Torsvik, Vigdis Lid; Richter, Andreas; Schleper, Christa Maria; Urich, Tim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10-16)
      Permafrost-affected soils in the Northern latitudes store huge amounts of organic carbon (OC) that is prone to microbial degradation and subsequent release of greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere. In Greenland, the consequences ...