Soil Science of Tropical and Subtropical Ecosystems

Peer-reviewed International Journals (selected from 2007 to present; for complete list see Staff > name > publications):


  • Paterno, G. B., F. Brambach, N. Guerrero-Ramírez, D. C. Zemp, A. F. Cantillo, N. Camarretta, C. C. M. Moura, O. Gailing, J. Ballauff, A. Polle, M. Schlund, S. Erasmi, N. A. Iddris, W. Khokthong, L. Sundawati, B. Irawan, D. Hölscher, and H. Kreft. 2024. Diverse and larger tree islands promote native tree diversity in oil palm landscapes. 2024. Science 386: 795–802.
  • Renner, S., A. Ruml,T. Lakemann, N. Nuryartono, A. Tjoa, M. D. Corre, and J. Lay. 2024. Smallholder RSPO certification, economic benefits and agrochemical use. Environmental Research Letters 19: 114093. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad8367.
  • Manu, R., N. A. Iddris, M. D. Corre, A. Aleeje, M. J. G. Mwanjalolo, O. van Straaten, and E. Veldkamp. 2024. Response of tropical forest productivity to seasonal drought mediated by potassium and phosphorus availability. Nature Geoscience. DOI:10.1038/s41561-024-01448-8.
  • Manu, R., E. Veldkamp, D. Eryenyu, M. D. Corre, and O. van Straaten. 2024. Nitrogen and potassium limit fine root growth in a humid Afrotropical forest. Scientific Reports 14:13154. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-63684-7.
  • Chen, G., E. Veldkamp, M. Damris, B. Irawan, A. Tjoa, and M. D. Corre. 2024. Large contribution of soil N2O emission to the global warming potential of a large-scale oil palm plantation despite changing from conventional to reduced management practices. Biogeosciences 21: 513–529. DOI: 10.5194/bg-21-513-2024.
  • Molina, A., V. Vanacker, O. Chadwick, S. Zhiminaicela, M. D. Corre, and E. Veldkamp. 2024. Vegetation patterns associated with nutrient availability and supply in high-elevation tropical Andean ecosystems. Biogeosciences 21: 3075–3091. DOI: 10.5194/bg-21-3075-2024.
  • Luo, J., L. Beule, G. Shao, D. Niu, E. Veldkamp, and M. D. Corre. 2024. Soil gross N2O emission and uptake under two contrasting agroforestry systems: riparian tree buffer vs. alley-cropping tree row. Biogeochemistry. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-024-01141-3.
  • Wenzel, A., C. Westphal, J. Ballauff, D. Berkelmann, F. Brambach, D. Buchori, N. Camarretta, M. D. Corre, R. Daniel, K. Darras, S. Erasmi, G. Formaglio, D. Hölscher, N. A. Iddris, B. Irawan, A. Knohl, M. M. Kotowska, V. Krashevska, H. Kreft, Y. Mulyani, O. Mußhoff, G. Paterno, A. Polle, A. Potapov, A. Röll, S. Scheu, M. Schlund, D. Schneider, K. T. Sibhatu, C. Stiegler, L. Sundawati, A. Tjoa, T. Tscharntke, E. Veldkamp, P. A. Waite, M. Wollni, D. C. Zemp, and I. Grass. 2024. Balancing economic and ecological functions in smallholder and industrial oil palm plantations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 121. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2307220121.
  • von Groß, V., K. T. Sibhatu, A. Knohl, M. Qaim, E. Veldkamp, D. Hölscher, D. C. Zemp, M. D. Corre, I. Grass, S. Fiedler, C. Stiegler, B. Irawan, L. Sundwati, K. Husmann, and C. Paul. 2024. Transformation scenarios towards multifunctional landscapes: a simulation approach based on multi-criteria optimization. Journal of Environmental Management 356: 120710. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120710.
  • Iddris, N. A., G. Formaglio, C. Paul, V. von Groß, G. Chen, A. Angulo-Rubiano, D. Berkelmann, F. Brambach, K. Darras, V. Krashevska, A. Potapov, A. Wenzel, B. Irawan, M. Damris, R. Daniel, I. Grass, H. Kreft, S. Scheu, T. Tscharntke, A. Tjoa, E. Veldkamp, and M. D. Corre. 2023. Mechanical weeding enhances ecosystem multifunctionality and profit in industrial oil palm. Nature Sustainability. DOI: 10.1038/s41893-023-01076-x.
  • Veldkamp, E., M. Schmidt, C. Markwitz, L. Beule, R. Beuschel, A. Biertümpfel, X. Bischel, X. Duan, R. Gerjets, L. Göbel, R. Graß, V. Guerra, F. Heinlein, M. Komainda, M. Langhof, J. Luo, M. Potthoff, J. G. V. van Ramshorst, C. Rudolf, D.-M. Seserman, G. Shao, L. Siebicke, N. Svoboda, A. Swieter, A. Carminati, D. Freese, T. Graf, J. M. Greef, J. Isselstein, M. Jansen, P. Karlovsky, A. Knohl, N. Lamersdorf, E. Priesack, C. Wachendorf, M. Wachendorf, and M. D. Corre. 2023. Multifunctionality of temperate alley-cropping agroforestry outperforms open cropland and grassland. Communications Earth and Environment 4: 20. DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-00680-1.
  • Stiegler,C., F. Koebsch, A. A. Ali, T. June, E. Veldkamp, M. D. Corre, J. Koks, A. Tjoa, and A. Knohl. 2023. Temporal variation in nitrous oxide (N2O) fluxes from an oil palm plantation in Indonesia: an ecosystem-scale analysis. Global Change Biology–Bioenergy. DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.13088.
  • Shao, G., G. O. Martinson, M. D. Corre, L. Luo, D. Niu, X. Bischel, and E. Veldkamp. 2022. Impacts of monoculture cropland to alley cropping agroforestry conversion on soil N2O emissions. Global Change Biology–Bioenergy 15: 58-71. DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.13007.
  • Quiñones, C. M. O., E. Veldkamp, S. B. Lina, M. J. M. Bande, A. O. Arribado, and M. D. Corre. 2022. Soil greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical vegetable farms, using forest as a reference. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 124: 59-79. DOI: 10.1007/s10705-022-10222-4.
  • Luo, J., L. Beule, G. Shao, E. Veldkamp, and M. D. Corre. 2022. Reduced soil gross N2O emission driven by substrates rather than denitrification gene abundance in cropland agroforestry and monoculture. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences DOI: 10.1029/2021JG006629.
  • Manu, R., M. D. Corre, A. Aleeje, M. J. G. Mwanjalolo, F. Babweteera, E. Veldkamp, and O. van Straaten. 2022. Responses of tree growth and biomass production to nutrient addition in a semi-deciduous tropical forest in Africa. Ecology DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3659.
  • Ali, A. A., Y. Fan, M. D. Corre, M. M. Kotowska, E. Hassler, A. N. Cahyo, F. E. Moyano, C. Stiegler, A. Röll, A. Meijide, A. Olchev, A. Ringeler, C. Leuschner, R. Ariani, T. June, S. Tarigan, H. Kreft, D. Hölscher, C. Xu, C. D. Koven, K. Dagon, R. A. Fisher, E. Veldkamp, and A. Knohl. 2022. Implementing a new rubber plant functional type in the Community Land Model (CLM5) improves the accuracy of carbon and water flux estimation. Land 11, 183. DOI: 10.3390/land11020183.
  • Iddris, N. A., M. D. Corre, O. van Straaten, R. Tchiofo Lontsi, and E. Veldkamp. 2021. Substantial stem methane emissions from rainforest and cacao agroforest partly negate soil uptake in the Congo Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126, e2021JG006312. DOI: 10.1029/2021JG006312.
  • Martinson, G. O., A. K. Müller, A. L. Matson, M. D. Corre, and E. Veldkamp. 2021. Nitrogen and phosphorus control soil methane uptake in tropical montane forests. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 126, e2020JG005970. DOI: 10.1029/2020JG005970.
  • Formaglio, G., E. Veldkamp, M. Damris, A. Tjoa, and M. D. Corre. 2021. Mulching with pruned fronds promotes the internal soil N cycling and soil fertility in a large-scale oil palm plantation. Biogeochemistry 154: 63–80. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-021-00798-4.
  • Brumme, R., B. Ahrends , J. Block, C. Schulz, H. Meesenburg, U. Klinck, M. Wagner, and P. K. Khanna. 2021. Cycling and retention of nitrogen in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) ecosystems under elevated fructification frequency. Biogeosciences 18: 3763–3779. DOI: 10.5194/bg-18-3763-2021.
  • Hapsari, K. A., S. Biagioni, T. C. Jennerjahn, A. Saad, S. Sabihame, M. D. Corre, E. Veldkamp, and H. Behling. 2021. Late Holocene ENSO-related fire impact on vegetation, nutrient status and carbon accumulation of peatlands in Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 293: 104482. DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2021.104482.
  • Ali, A. A., B. Nugroho, F. E. Moyano, F. Brambach, M. W. Jenkins, R. Pangle, C. Stiegler, E. Blei, A. Nur Cahyo, A. Olchev, B. Irawan, R. Ariani, T. June, S. Tarigan, M. D. Corre, E. Veldkamp and A. Knohl. 2021. Using a bottom-up approach to scale leaf photosynthetic traits of oil palm, rubber, and two coexisting tropical woody species. Forests 12: 359. DOI: 10.3390/f12030359.
  • Veldkamp, E., M. Schmidt, J. S. Powers, and M. D. Corre. 2020. Deforestation and reforestation impacts on soils in the tropics. Nature Reviews Earth and Environment 1: 590–605. DOI: 10.1038/s43017-020-0091-5.
  • Formaglio, G., E. Veldkamp, X. Duan, A. Tjoa, and M. D. Corre. 2020. Herbicide weed control increases nutrient leaching compared to mechanical weeding in a large-scale oil palm plantation. Biogeosciences 17: 5243–5262. DOI: 10.5194/bg-17-5243-2020.
  • Tchiofo Lontsi, R., M. D. Corre, N. A. Iddris, and E. Veldkamp. 2020. Soil greenhouse gas fluxes following conventional selective and reduced-impact logging in a Congo Basin rainforest. Biogeochemistry 151: 153-170. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-020-00718-y.
  • Iddris, N. A., M. D. Corre, M. Yemefack, O. van Straaten, and E. Veldkamp. 2020. Stem and soil nitrous oxide fluxes from rainforest and cacao agroforest on highly weathered soils in the Congo Basin. Biogeosciences 17: 5377–5397. DOI: 10.5194/bg-17-5377-2020.
  • Schmidt, M., M. D. Corre, B. Kim, J. Morley, L. Göbel, A. S. I. Sharma, S. Setriuc, and E. Veldkamp. 2020. Nutrient saturation of crop monocultures and agroforestry indicated by nutrient response efficiency. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. DOI: 10.1007/s10705-020-10113-6.
  • Finstad, K., O.van Straaten, E. Veldkamp, and K. McFarlane. 2020. Soil carbon dynamics following land use changes and conversion to oil palm plantations in tropical lowlands inferred from radiocarbon. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 34: e2019GB006461. DOI: 10.1029/2019GB006461.
  • Grass, I., C. Kubitza, V. V. Krishna, M. D. Corre, O. Mußhoff, P. Pütz, J. Drescher, K. Rembold, E. S. Ariyanti, A. D. Barnes, N. Brinkmann, U. Brose, B. Brümmer, D. Buchori, R. Daniel, K. F. A. Darras, H. Faust, L. Fehrmann, J. Hein, N. Hennings, P. Hidayat, D. Hölscher, M. Jochum, A. Knohl, M. M. Kotowska, V. Krashevska, H. Kreft, C. Leuschner, N. J. S. Lobite, R. Panjaitan, A. Polle, A. M. Potapov, E. Purnama, M. Qaim, A. Röll, S. Scheu, D. Schneider, A. Tjoa, T. Tscharntke, E. Veldkamp, and M. Wollni. 2020. Trade-offs between multifunctionality and profit in tropical smallholder landscapes. Nature Communications 11:1186. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15013-5.
  • Meijide, A., C. de la Rua, T. Guillaume, A. Röll, E. Hassler, C. Stiegler, A. Tjoa, T. June, M. D. Corre, E. Veldkamp, and A. Knohl. 2020. Measured greenhouse gas budgets challenge emission savings from palm-oil biodiesel. Nature Communications11:1089. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14852-6.
  • Techen, A.-K., K. Helming, N. Brüggemann, E. Veldkamp, B. Reinhold-Hurek, M. Lorenz, S. Bartke, U. Heinrich, W. Amelung, K. Augustin, J. Boy, M. D. Corre, R. Duttman, R. Gebbers, N. Gentsch, R. Grosch, G. Guggenberger, J. Kern, R. Kiese, M. Kuhwald, P. Leinweber, M. Schloter, M. Wiesmeier, T. Winkelmann, and H.-J. Vogel. 2020. Soil research challenges in response to emerging agricultural soil management practices. Advances in Agronomy 161: 179-240. DOI: 10.1016/bs.agron.2020.01.002.
  • Beule, L., E. Lehtsaar, M. D. Corre, M. Schmidt, E. Veldkamp, P. Karlovsky. 2020. Poplar rows in temperate agroforestry croplands promote bacteria, fungi, and denitrification genes in soils. Frontiers in Microbiology 10:3108. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.03108.
  • Beule, L., M. D. Corre, M. Schmidt, L. Göbel, E. Veldkamp, and P. Karlovsky. 2019. Conversion of monoculture cropland and open grassland to agroforestry alters the abundance of soil bacteria, fungi and soil-N-cycling genes. PLoS ONE 14: e0218779. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218779.
  • Darras, K. F. A., M. D. Corre, G. Formaglio, A. Tjoa, A. Potapov, F. Brambach, K. T. Sibhatu, I. Grass, A. A. Rubiano, D.i Buchori, J. Drescher, R. Fardiansah, D. Hölscher, B. Irawan, T. Kneib, V. Krashevska, A. Krause, H. Kreft, K. Li, M. Maraun, A. Polle, A. R. Ryadin, K. Rembold, C. Stiegler, S. Scheu, S. Tarigan, A. Valdés-Uribe, S. Yadi, T. Tscharntke, and E. Veldkamp. 2019. Reducing fertilizer and avoiding herbicides in oil palm plantations - ecological and economic valuations. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 2:65. DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2019.00065.
  • Tchiofo Lontsi, R., M. D. Corre, O. van Straaten, and E. Veldkamp. 2019. Changes in soil organic carbon and nutrient stocks in conventional selective logging versus reduced-impact logging in rainforests on highly weathered soils in Southern Cameroon. Forest Ecology and Management 451. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117522.
  • Dukunde, A., D. Schneider, M. Schmidt, E. Veldkamp, and R. Daniel. 2019. Tree species shape soil bacterial community structure and function in temperate deciduous forests. Frontiers in Microbiology 10:1519. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01519.
  • Molina, A., V. Vanacker, M. D. Corre, and E. Veldkamp. 2019. Patterns in soil chemical weathering related to topographic gradients and vegetation structure in a high Andean tropical ecosystem. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 124. DOI: 10.1029/2018JF004856.
  • van Straaten, O., S. W. M. F. Doamba, M. D. Corre, and E. Veldkamp. 2019. Impacts of burning on soil trace gas fluxes in two wooded savanna sites in Burkina Faso. Journal of Arid Environments 165: 132-140.
  • Kurniawan, S., M. D. Corre, A. L. Matson, H. Schulte-Bisping, S. R. Utami, O. van Straaten, and E. Veldkamp. 2018. Conversion of tropical forests to smallholder rubber and oil palm plantations impacts nutrient leaching losses and nutrient retention efficiency in highly weathered soils. Biogeosciences 15: 5131–5154. DOI: 10.5194/bg-15-5131-2018.
  • Allen, K., E. Hassler, S. Kurniawan, E. Veldkamp, and M. D. Corre. 2018. Canopy soil of oil palm plantations emits methane and nitrous oxide. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 122: 1-6.
  • Wanger, T. C., D. Hölscher, E. Veldkamp, and T. Tscharntke. 2018. Cocoa production: monocultures are not the solution to climate adaptation - Response to Abdulai et al. 2017. Global Change Biology 24: 561–562. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14005.
  • Barnes, A. D., K. Allen, H. Kreft, M. D. Corre, M. Jochum, E. Veldkamp, Y. Clough, R. Daniel, K. Darras, L. H. Denmead, N. F. Haneda, D. Hertel, A. Knohl, M. M. Kotowska, S. Kurniawan, A. Meijide, K. Rembold, W. E. Prabowo, D. Schneider,T. Tscharntke, and U. Brose. 2017. Direct and cascading impacts of tropical land-use change on multi-trophic biodiversity. Nature Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0275-7.
  • Wen, Y., M. D. Corre, C. Rachow, L. Chen, and E. Veldkamp. 2017. Nitrous oxide emissions from stems of alder, beech and spruce in a temperate forest. Plant and Soil 420: 423-434. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-017-3416-5.
  • Matson, A. L., M. D. Corre, K. Langs, and E. Veldkamp. 2017. Soil trace gas fluxes along orthogonal precipitation and soil fertility gradients in tropical lowland forests of Panama. Biogeosciences 14: 3509-3524. DOI: 10.5194/bg-14-3509-2017.
  • de Blécourt, M., M. D. Corre, E. Paudel, R. D. Harrison, R. Brumme, E. Veldkamp. 2017. Spatial variability in soil organic carbon in a tropical montane landscape: associations between soil organic carbon and land use, soil properties, vegetation, and topography vary across plot to landscape scales. SOIL 3: 123-137. DOI: 10.5194/soil-3-123-2017.
  • Wen, Y., M. D. Corre, W. Schrell, and E. Veldkamp. 2017. Gross N2O emission and gross N2O uptake in soils under temperate spruce and beech forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 112: 228-236. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.05.011.
  • Hassler, E., M. D. Corre, S. Kurniawan, and E. Veldkamp. 2017. Soil nitrogen oxide fluxes from lowland forests converted to smallholder rubber and oil palm plantations in Sumatra, Indonesia. Biogeosciences 14: 2781-2798. DOI: 10.5194/bg-14-2781-2017.
  • Matson, A. L., M. D. Corre, and E. Veldkamp. 2017. Canopy soil greenhouse gas dynamics in response to indirect fertilization across an elevation gradient of tropical montane forests. Biotropica 49: 153-159. DOI: 10.1111/btp.12413.
  • Dislich, C., A. C. Keyel, J. Salecker, Y. Kisel, K. M.Meyer, M. Auliya, A. D. Barnes, M. D. Corre, K. Darras, H. Faust, B. Hess, S. Klasen, A. Knohl, H. Kreft, A. Meijide, F. Nurdiansyah, F. Otten, G. Pe'er, S. Steinebach, S. Tarigan, M. H. Tölle, T. Tscharntke, and K. Wiegand. 2017. A review of the ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations, using forests as a reference system. Biological Reviews 92: 1539-1569. DOI: 10.1111/brv.12295.
  • Clough, Y., V. V. Krishna, M. D. Corre, K. Darras, L. H. Denmead, A. Meijide, S. Moser, O. Musshoff, S. Steinebach, E. Veldkamp, K. Allen, A. Barnes, N. Breidenbach, U. Brose, D. Buchori, R. Daniel, R. Finkeldey, I. Harahap, D. Hertel, A. M. Holtkamp, E. Hörandl, B. Irawan, I N. S. Jaya, M. Jochum, B. Klarner, A. Knohl, M. M. Kotowska, V. Krashevska, H. Kreft, S. Kurniawan, C. Leuschner, M. Maraun, D. N. Melati, N. Opfermann, C. Pérez-Cruzado, W. E. Prabowo, K. Rembold, A. Rizali, R. Rubiana, D. Schneider, S. S. Tjitrosoedirdjo, A. Tjoa, T. Tscharntke, and S. Scheu. 2016. Land-use choices follow profitability at the expense of ecological functions in Indonesian smallholder landscapes. Nature Communications 7: 13137. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13137.
  • Wen, Y., Z. Chen, M. Dannenmann, A. Carminati, G. Willibald, R. Kiese, B. Wolf, E. Veldkamp, K. Butterbach-Bahl, and M. D. Corre. 2016. Disentangling gross N2O production and consumption in soil. Scientific Reports 6:36517. DOI: 10.1038/srep36517.
  • Allen, K., M. D. Corre, S. Kurniawan, S. R. Utami, E. Veldkamp. 2016. Spatial variability surpasses land-use change effects on soil biochemical properties of converted lowland landscapes in Sumatra, Indonesia. Geoderma 284: 42-50.
  • Schmidt, M., E. Veldkamp, M. D. Corre. 2016. Tree-microbial biomass competition for nutrients in a temperate deciduous forest, central Germany. Plant and Soil 408: 227-242. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-016-2923-0.
  • Drescher, J., K. Rembold, K. Allen, P. Beckschäfer, D. Buchori, Y. Clough, H. Faust, A. M. Fauzi, D. Gunawan, D. Hertel, B. Irawan, I. N. S. Jaya, B. Klarner, C. Kleinn, A. Knohl, M. M. Kotowska, V. Krashevska, V. Krishna, C. Leuschner, W. Lorenz, A. Meijide, D. Melati, M. Nomura,C. Perez-Cruzado, M. Qaim, I. Z. Siregar, S. Steinebach, A. Tjoa, T. Tscharntke, B. Wick, K. Wiegand, H. Kreft, and S. Scheu. 2016. Ecological and socio-economic functions across tropical land use systems after rainforest conversion. Philosophical Transactions Royal Society B 371: 20150275. DOI: org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0275.
  • Hombegowda, H. C., O. van Straaten, M. Köhler, and D. Hölscher. 2016. On the rebound: soil organic carbon stocks can bounce back to near forest levels when agroforests replace agriculture in southern India. Soil 2: 13-23. DOI: 10.5194/soil-2-13-2016.
  • van Straaten, O., M. D. Corre , K. Wolf, M. Tchienkoua, E. Cuellar, R. Matthews, and E. Veldkamp. 2015. Conversion of lowland tropical forests to tree cash crop plantations loses up to one-half of stored soil organic carbon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 112: 9956-9960. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1504628112.
  • Hassler, E., M. D. Corre, A. Tjoa, M. Damris, S. R. Utami, and E. Veldkamp. 2015. Soil fertility controls soil-atmosphere carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in a tropical landscape converted from lowland forest to rubber and oil palm plantations. Biogeosciences 12: 5831-5852. DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-5831-2015
  • Müller, A. K., A. L. Matson, M. D. Corre, and E. Veldkamp. 2015. Soil N2O fluxes along an elevation gradient of tropical montane forests under experimental nitrogen and phosphorus addition. Frontiers in Earth Science 3: 66. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2015.00066.
  • Allen, K., M. D. Corre , A. Tjoa, and E. Veldkamp. 2015. Soil nitrogen-cycling responses to conversion of lowland forests to oil palm and rubber plantations in Sumatra, Indonesia. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0133325. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0133325.
  • Sahner, J., S. W. Budi, H. Barus, N. Edy, M. Meyer, M. D. Corre, and A. Polle. 2015. Degradation of root community traits as indicator for transformation of tropical lowland rain forests into oil palm and rubber plantations. PLoS ONE 10(9): e0138077. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0138077.
  • Schneider, D., M. Engelhaupt, K. Allen, S. Kurniawan, V. Krashevska, M. Heinemann, H. Nacke, M. Wijayanti, A. Meryandini, M. D. Corre, S. Scheu, and R. Daniel. 2015. Impact of lowland rainforest transformation on diversity and composition of soil prokaryotic communities in Sumatra (Indonesia). Frontiers in Microbiology 6:1339. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01339.
  • Heineman, K. D., P. Caballero, A. Morris, C. Velasquez, K. Serrano, N. Ramos, J. Gonzalez, L. Mayorga, M. D. Corre, and J. W. Dalling. 2015. Variation in canopy litterfall along a precipitation and soil fertility gradient in a Panamanian lower montane forest. Biotropica 47: 300-309. DOI: 10.1111/btp.12214.
  • Baldos, A. P., M. D. Corre, and E. Veldkamp. 2015. Response of N cycling to nutrient inputs in forest soils across a 1000-3000 m elevation gradient in the Ecuadorian Andes. Ecology 96: 749-761.
  • Matson, A. L., M. D. Corre, J. I. Burneo, and E. Veldkamp. 2015. Free-living nitrogen fixation responds to elevated nutrient inputs in tropical montane forest floor and canopy soils of southern Ecuador. Biogeochemistry 122:281-294. DOI 10.1007/s10533-014-0041-8.
  • Schmidt, M., E. Veldkamp, and M. D. Corre. 2015. Tree species diversity effects on productivity, soil nutrient availability and nutrient response efficiency in a temperate deciduous forest. Forest Ecology and Management 338: 114-123.
  • Roeder, M., M. McLeish, P. Beckschäfer, M. de Blécourt, E. Paudel, R. D. Harrison, and F. Slik. 2015. Phylogenetic clustering increases with succession for lianas in a Chinese tropical montane rain forest Ecography 38: 832–841.
  • Paudel, E., G. G. O. Dossa, M. de Blécourt, P. Beckschäfer, J. Xu, and R. D. Harrison. 2015. Quantifying the factors affecting leaf litter decomposition across a tropical forest disturbance gradient. Ecosphere 6(12):267. DOI: org/10.1890/ES15-00112.1.
  • Yang, C., X. Wang, J. A. Miller, M. de Blécourt, Y. Ji, C. Yang, R. D. Harrison, and D. W. Yu. 2014. Using metabarcoding to ask if easily collected soil and leaf-litter samples can be used as a general biodiversity indicator. Ecological Indicators 46: 379–389.
  • Matson, A. L., M. D. Corre , and E. Veldkamp. 2014. Nitrogen cycling in canopy soils of tropical montane forests responds rapidly to indirect N and P fertilization. Global Change Biology 20: 3802-3813. DOI:10.1111/gcb.12668.
  • Navarrete, I. A., and V. B. Asio. 2014. Research productivity in soil science in the Philippines. Scientometrics 100: 261-272. DOI 10.1007/s11192-013-1202-6.
  • Thonhofer , J., D. Getto, O. van Straaten, D. Cicuzza, and M. Kessler. 2014. Influence of spatial and environmental variables on rattan palm (Arecaceae) assemblage composition in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Plant Ecology DOI: 10.1007/s11258-014-0416-x.
  • Matthews, R. B., M. van Noordwijk, E. Lambin, P. Meyfroidt, J. Gupta, L. Verchot, K. Hergoualch, and E. Veldkamp. 2014. Implementing REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation): evidence on governance, evaluation and impacts from the REDD-ALERT project. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 19: 907-925. DOI: 10.1007/s11027-014-9578-z.
  • Hoeft, I., A. Keuter, C. M. Quiñones, P. Schmidt-Walter, E. Veldkamp, and M. D. Corre. 2014. Nitrogen retention efficiency and nitrogen losses of a managed and phytodiverse temperate grassland. Basic and Applied Ecology 15: 207-218.
  • Jones, M. M., D. Cicuzza, O. van Straaten, E. Veldkamp, and M. Kessler. 2014. Determinants of fern and angiosperm herb community structure in lower montane rainforest in Indonesia. Journal of Vegetation Science 25: 1216-1224. DOI:10.1111/jvs.12181.
  • Corre, M. D., J. P. Sueta, and E. Veldkamp. 2014. Nitrogen-oxide emissions from tropical forest soils exposed to elevated nitrogen input strongly interact with rainfall quantity and seasonality. Biogeochemistry 118:103-120. DOI:10.1007/s10533-013-9908-3.
  • Keuter, A., E. Veldkamp, and M. D. Corre. 2014. Asymbiotic biological nitrogen fixation in a temperate grassland as affected by management practices. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 70: 38-46.
  • de Blécourt, M. , V. M. Hänsel, R. Brumme, M. D. Corre, and E. Veldkamp. 2014. Soil redistribution by terracing alleviates soil organic carbon losses caused by forest conversion to rubber plantation. Forest Ecology and Management 313: 26-33.
  • Vicca, S., M. Bahn, M. Estiarte, E. E. van Loon, R. Vargas, G. Alberti, P. Ambus, M. A. Arain, C. Beier, L. P. Bentley, W. Borken, N. Buchmann, S. L. Collins, G. de Dato, J. S. Dukes, C. Escolar, P. Fay, G. Guidolotti, P. J. Hanson, A. Kahmen, G. Kröel-Dulay, T. Ladreiter-Knauss, K. S. Larsen, E. Lellei-Kovacs, E. Lebrija-Trejos, F. T. Maestre, S. Marhan, M. Marshall, P. Meir, Y. Miao, J. Muhr, P. A. Niklaus, R. Ogaya, J. Peñuelas, C. Poll, L. E. Rustad, K. Savage, A. Schindlbacher, I. K. Schmidt, A. R. Smith, E. D. Sotta, V. Suseela, A. Tietema, N. van Gestel, O. van Straaten, S. Wan, U. Weber, and I. A. Janssens. 2014. Can current moisture responses predict soil CO2 efflux under altered precipitation regimes? A synthesis of manipulation experiments. Biogeosciences 11: 2991-3013. DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-2991-2014.
  • Veldkamp, E., B. Koehler, and M. D. Corre. 2013. Indications of nitrogen-limited methane uptake in tropical forest soils. Biogeosciences 10: 5367–5379. DOI:10.5194/bg-10-5367-2013.
  • de Blécourt, M. , R. Brumme, J. Xu, M. D. Corre, and E. Veldkamp. 2013. Soil carbon stocks decrease following conversion of secondary forests to rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations. PLoS ONE 8(7): e69357. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0069357.
  • Martinson, G., M. D. Corre, and E. Veldkamp. 2013. Responses of nitrous oxide fluxes and soil nitrogen cycling to nutrient additions in montane forests along an elevation gradient in southern Ecuador. Biogeochemistry 112:625-636. DOI 10.1007/s10533-012-9753-9.
  • Eickenscheidt, N., and R. Brumme. 2013. Regulation of N2O and NOx emission patterns in six acid temperate beech forest soils by soil gas diffusivity, N turnover, and atmospheric NOx concentrations. Plant and Soil 369:515–529. DOI 10.1007/s11104-013-1602-7.
  • Keuter, A., I. Hoeft, E. Veldkamp, and M. D. Corre. 2013. Nitrogen response efficiency of a managed and phytodiverse temperate grassland. Plant and Soil 364: 193-206.
  • Vicca, S., A. K. Gilgen, M. C. Serrano, F. E. Dreesen, J. S. Dukes, M. Estiarte, S. B. Gray, G. Guidolotti, S. S. Hoeppner, A. D. B. Leakey, R. Ogaya, D. R. Ort, M. Z. Ostrogovic, S. Rambal, J. Sardans, M. Schmitt, M. Siebers, L. van der Linden, O. van Straaten, and A. Granier. 2012. Urgent need for a common metric to make precipitation manipulation experiments comparable. New Phytologist 195: 518-522.
  • Homeier, J., D. Hertel, T. Camenzind, N. Cumbicus, M. Maraun, G. O. Martinson, N. Poma, M. C. Rillig, D. Sandmann, S. Scheu, E. Veldkamp, W. Wilcke, H. Wullaert, C. Leuschner. 2012. Tropical Andean forests are highly susceptible to nutrient inputs - Rapid effects of experimental N and P addition to an Ecuadorian montane forest. PLoS ONE 7(10): e47128. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047128.
  • Eickenscheidt, N., and R. Brumme. 2012. NOx and N2O fluxes in a nitrogen-enriched European spruce forest soil under experimental long-term reduction of nitrogen depositions. Atmospheric Environment 60: 51-58.
  • Eickenscheidt, N. and R. Brumme. 2013. Contribution of 15N labelled leaf litter to N turnover, nitrous oxide emissions and N sequestration in a beech forest during eleven years. Plant and Soil 362:67–77 DOI 10.1007/s11104-012-1245-0.
  • Koehler, B., M. D. Corre, K. Steger, R. Well, E. Zehe, J. P. Sueta and E. Veldkamp. 2012. An in-depth look into a tropical lowland forest soil: how 9-11 years experimental nitrogen addition affected the contents of N2O, CO2 and CH4 down to 2-m depth. Biogeochemistry 111: 695-713. Erratum in 111: 715-717.
  • Hoeft, I., K. Steude, N. Wrage, and E. Veldkamp. 2012. Response of nitrogen oxide emissions to grazer species and plant species composition in temperate agricultural grassland. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 151: 34-43.
  • Wolf, K., H. Flessa, and E. Veldkamp. 2012. Atmospheric methane uptake by tropical montane forest soils and the contribution of organic layers. Biogeochemistry 111: 469-483. DOI 10.1007/s10533-011-9681-0.
  • Mekuria W., and E. Veldkamp. 2012. Restoration of native vegetation following exclosure establishment in communal grazing lands and the controlling factors in Tigray, Ethiopia. Applied Vegetation Science 15: 71-83.
  • Wolf, K., E. Veldkamp, J. Homeier, and G.O. Martinson. 2011. Nitrogen availability links forest productivity, soil nitrous oxide and nitric oxide fluxes of a tropical montane forest in southern Ecuador. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 25: GB4009, doi:10.1029/2010GB003876.
  • Schuldt, B., C. Leuschner, V. Horna, G. Moser, M. Köhler, O. van Straaten, and H. Barus. 2011. Change in hydraulic properties and leaf traits in a tall rainforest tree species subjected to long-term throughfall exclusion in the perhumid tropics. Biogeosciences 8: 2179-2194.
  • van Straaten, O., E. Veldkamp, and M. D. Corre. 2011. Simulated drought reduces soil CO2 efflux and production in a tropical forest in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Ecosphere 2(10):119. doi:10.1890/ES11-00079.1.
  • Knohl, A. and E. Veldkamp. 2011. Indirect feedbacks to rising CO2. Nature 475: 177-178.
  • Powers, J. S., M. D. Corre, T. E. Twine, and E. Veldkamp. 2011. Geographic bias of field observations of soil carbon stocks with tropical land-use changes precludes spatial extrapolation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 108: 6318-6322.
  • Eickenscheidt, N., R. Brumme, and E. Veldkamp. 2011. Direct contribution of nitrogen deposition to nitrous oxide emissions in a temperate beech and spruce forest – A 15N tracer study. Biogeosciences 8: 621–635.
  • Wright, S. J., J. B. Yavitt , N. Wurzburger, B. L. Turner, E. V. J. Tanner, E. J. Sayer, L. S. Santiago, M. Kaspari, L. O. Hedin, K. E. Harms, M. N. Garcia, and M. D. Corre. 2011. Potassium, phosphorus or nitrogen limit root allocation, tree growth and litter production in a lowland tropical forest. Ecology 92:1616-1625.
  • Adamek, M., M. D. Corre, and D. Hölscher. 2011. Responses of fine roots to experimental nitrogen addition in a tropical lower montane rain forest, Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology 27: 73-81.
  • Mekuria, W., E. Veldkamp, M. Tilahun, and R. Olschewski. 2011. Economic valuation of land restoration: the case of exclosures established on communal grazing lands in Tigray, Ethiopia. Land Degradation and Development 22:334-344.
  • Tscharntke, T., Y. Clough, S. A. Bhagwat, D. Buchori, H. Faust, D. Hertel, D. Holscher, J. Juhrbandt, M. Kessler, I. Perfecto, C. Scherber, G. Schroth, E. Veldkamp, and T. C. Wanger. 2011. Multifunctional shade-tree management in tropical Agroforestry landscapes – a review. Journal of Applied Ecology 48: 619–629 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01939.x.
  • Mekuria, W., E. Veldkamp, M. D. Corre, and M. Haile. 2011. Restoration of ecosystem carbon stocks following exclosure establishment in communal grazing lands in Tigray, Ethiopia. Soil Science Society of America Journal 75: 246-256.
  • Andersen, K. M., M. D. Corre, B. L. Turner, and J. W. Dalling. 2010. Plant-soil associations in a lower montane tropical forest: Physiological acclimation and herbivore-mediated responses to nitrogen addition. Functional Ecology 24: 1171-1180.
  • Corre, M. D., E. Veldkamp, J. Arnold, and S. J. Wright. 2010. Impact of elevated N input on soil N cycling and losses in lowland and montane forests in Panama. Ecology 91: 1715-1729.
  • Guckland, A., M. D. Corre, and H. Flessa. 2010. Variability of soil N cycling and N2O emission in a mixed deciduous forest with different abundance of beech. Plant and Soil 336: 25-38.
  • Koehler, B., E. Zehe, M. D. Corre, and E. Veldkamp. 2010. An inverse analysis reveals limitations of the soil-CO2 profile method to calculate CO2 production for well-structured soils. Biogeosciences 7: 2311–2325.
  • Martinson, G. O., F. A. Werner, C. Scherber, R. Conrad, M. D. Corre, H. Flessa, K. Wolf, M. Klose, S. R. Gradstein, and E. Veldkamp. 2010. Methane emissions from tank bromeliads in neotropical forests. Nature Geoscience 3: 766-769.
  • Schwendenmann, L., E. Veldkamp, G. Moser, D. Hölscher, M. Köhler, Y. Clough, I. Anas, G. Djajakirana, S. Erasmi, D. Hertel, D. Leitner, C. Leuschner, B. Michalzik, P. Propastin, A. Tjoa, T. Tscharntke, and O. van Straaten. 2010. Effects of an experimental drought on the functioning of a cacao agroforestry system, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Global Change Biology 16: 1515–1530.
  • Van Straaten, O., E. Veldkamp, M. Koehler, and I. Anas. 2010. Spatial and temporal effects of drought on soil CO2 efflux in a cacao agroforestry system in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Biogeosciences 7: 1223–1235.
  • Adamek, M., M. D. Corre, and D. Hölscher. 2009. Early effect of elevated nitrogen input on above-ground net primary production of a lower montane rain forest, Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology 25: 637–647.
  • Arnold, J., M. D. Corre, and E. Veldkamp. 2009. Soil N cycling in old-growth forests across an Andosol toposequence in Ecuador. Forest Ecology and Management 257: 2079-2087.
  • Brumme, R., and P. K. Khanna. 2009. Functioning and Management of European Beech Ecosystems. Ecological Studies 208. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
  • Hölscher, D., B. Dunker, M. Harbusch, and M. D. Corre. 2009. Fine root distribution in a lower montane rainforest in Panama. Biotropica 41: 312-318.
  • Koehler, B., M. D. Corre, E. Veldkamp, H. Wullaert, and S. J. Wright. 2009. Immediate and long-term nitrogen oxide emissions from tropical forest soils exposed to elevated nitrogen input. Global Change Biology 15: 2049-2066.
  • Koehler, B., M. D. Corre, E. Veldkamp, and J. P. Sueta. 2009. Chronic nitrogen addition causes a reduction in soil carbon dioxide efflux during the high stem-growth period in a tropical montane forest but no response from a tropical lowland forest in decadal scale. Biogeosciences 6: 2973-2983.
  • Mekuria, W., E. Veldkamp, M. Haile, K. Gebrehiwot, B. Muys, and J. Nyssen. 2009. Effectiveness of exclosures to control soil erosion and local community perception on soil erosion in Tigray, Ethiopia. African Journal of Agricultural Research 4: 365-377.
  • Haro-Carrion, X., T. Lozada, H. Navarrete, and G. H. J. de Koning. 2009. Conservation of vascular epiphyte diversity in shade cacao plantations in the Choco Region of Equador. Biotropica 41: 520-529.
  • Arnold, J., M. D. Corre, and E. Veldkamp. 2008. Cold storage and laboratory incubation of intact soil cores do not reflect in-situ nitrogen cycling rates of tropical forest soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40: 2480-2483.
  • Brumme, R., and P. K. Khanna. 2008. Ecological and site historical aspects of N dynamics and current N status in temperate forests. Global Change Biology 14: 125-141.
  • Feng, Z., R. Brumme, Y.-J. Xu, and N. Lamersdorf. 2008. Tracing the fate of mineral N compounds under high ambient N deposition in a Norway spruce forest at Solling, Germany. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 2061-2073.
  • Paul, S., E. Veldkamp, and H. Flessa. 2008. Differential response of mineral-associated organic matter in tropical soils formed in volcanic ashes and marine Tertiary sediment to treatment with HCl, NaOCl, and Na4P2O7. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40: 1846-1855.
  • Paul, S., E. Veldkamp, and H. Flessa. 2008. Soil organic carbon in density fractions of two tropical soil types under forest – pasture – secondary forest land use changes. European Journal of Soil Science 59: 359-371.
  • Paul, S., G. O. Martinson, E. Veldkamp, and H. Flessa. 2008. Sample pretreatment affects the distribution of organic carbon in aggregates of tropical grassland soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal 72: 500-506.
  • Paul, S., H. Flessa, E. Veldkamp, and M. López-Ulloa. 2008. Stabilization of recent soil carbon in the humid tropics depends on soil type: evidence from aggregate fractionation and stable isotope analyses. Biogeochemistry 87: 247-263.
  • Sotta, E. D., M. D. Corre, and E. Veldkamp. 2008. Differing N status and N retention processes of soils under old-growth lowland forest in Eastern Amazonia, Caxiuanã, Brazil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40: 740-750.
  • Tauchnitz, N., R. Brumme, S. Bernsdorf, and R. Meissner. 2008. Nitrous oxide and methane fluxes of a pristine slope mire in the German National Park Harz Mountains. Plant and Soil 303: 131-138.
  • Trabucco, A., R. Zomer, D. Bossio, O. van Straaten, and L. Verchot. 2008. Climate change mitigation through afforestation/reforestation: A global analysis of hydrologic impacts with four case studies. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 126: 81-97.
  • Veldkamp, E., J. Purbopuspito, M. D. Corre, and R. Brumme. 2008. Land-use change effects on trace gases fluxes in the forest margins of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Journal of Geophysical Research 113: G02003, doi:10.1029/2007JG000522.
  • Lozada, T., G. H. J. de Koning, M. Kessler, A. M. Klein, and T. Tscharntke. 2008. Geographical range size of tropical plants influences their response to anthropogenic activities. Diversity and Distribution 14: 59-68.
  • Sah, S. P., R. Brumme, and N. Lamersdorf N. 2008. Natural abundance of 15N of a spruce forest ecosystem under acid rain and manipulated clean rain field conditions. Journal of Forest Science 54: 377-387.
  • Corre, M. D., R. Brumme, E. Veldkamp, and F. O. Beese. 2007. Changes in nitrogen cycling and retention processes in soils under spruce forests along a nitrogen enrichment gradient in Germany. Global Change Biology 13: 1509-1527.
  • Haileslassie, A., J. A. Priess, E. Veldkamp, and J. P. Lesschen. 2007. Nutrient flows and balances at the field and farm scale: Exploring effects of land-use strategies and access to resources. Agricultural Systems 94: 459-470.
  • Kleber, M., L. Schwendenmann, E. Veldkamp, J. Rößner, and R. Jahn. 2007. Halloysite versus gibbsite: Silicon cycling as a pedogenetic process in two lowland neotropical rain forest soils of La Selva, Costa Rica. Geoderma 138: 1-11.
  • Mekuria, W., E. Veldkamp, M. Haile, J. Nyssena, B. Muys, and K. Gebrehiwot. 2007. Effectiveness of exclosures to restore degraded soils as a result of overgrazing in Tigray, Ethiopia. Journal of Arid Environments 69: 270–284.
  • Sotta, E. D., E. Veldkamp, L. Schwendenmann, B. R. Guimarães, R .K. Paixão, P. Meir, M.L. Ruivo, and A.C. Lola da Costa. 2007. Effects of an induced drought on soil CO2 efflux and soil CO2 production in an Eastern Amazonian rainforest, Brazil. Global Change Biology 13: 2218–2229.
  • Verchot, L., R. Zomer, O. van Straaten, and B. Muys. 2007. Implications of country-level decisions on the specification of crown cover in the definition of forests for land area eligible for afforestation and reforestation activities in the CDM. Climatic Change 81: 415–430.