Gerrit Angst

Microenvironmental variability differently predicts microorganism‐ and fauna‐driven litter decomposition Our study focused on local-scale variation in litter decomposition using a spatially explicit and untargeted network of 113 plots across a 9-ha Chinese fir forest. Interestingly, we found variation i....

📄 New paper out in @journalofecology.bsky.social

...where we show an unexpectedly high variation in litter decomposition rates within a 9-ha forest, despite keeping macroclimate, vegetation and litter quality constant!

🍃🍂🦠🪱🌲

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Un(der)explored links between plant diversity and particulate and mineral-associated organic matter in soil - Nature Communications Plant-diversity effects on particulate and mineral-associated organic matter in soil remain underexplored. The authors propose that elucidating the mechanisms underlying these effects can help explain...

‼️In case you missed our article published during the summer break:
nature.com/articles/s41...

The mechanisms underlying #plant-diversity effects on #soil #C remain elusive.

We argue that #POM + #MAOM are key to disentangling these effects.

@eisenhauerlab.bsky.social

Nice to see that our article already has some impact :)

(c) The Jena Experiment

➡️Here's also a summary of our article on how
#plant-diversity effects on #soil #C storage differ across #ecosystems depending on #POM+#MAOM:

www.idiv.de/plant-divers...

Article doi.org/10.1038/s414...

@natcomms.nature.com @idiv-research.bsky.social
@charlesuni.cuni.cz @akademievedcr.bsky.social

thinking about plant diversity + soil organic matter with Šárka & Gerrit was fun!

"We hypothesize that:

(i) net effects of plant diversity on C contents are the most positive, and result in accrual of both POM and MAOM, for soils whose C storage is limited primarily by plant inputs, and ..."

(c) The Jena Experiment

‼️Fresh out @natcomms.nature.com

Un(der)explored links between #plant #diversity and #POM and #MAOM in soil

nature.com/articles/s41...

@idiv-research.bsky.social
@eisenhauerlab.bsky.social
@akademievedcr.bsky.social
@charlesuni.cuni.cz
@kevin-e-mueller.bsky.social

‼️New in
@SoilBiolBiochem

authors.elsevier.com/c/1kyZz8g13f...

We show that marcescent 🍃 #leaves pre-exposed to☀️#radiation and 🌧️precipitation (common for beech and oak) #decompose quicker in 6 months than non-exposed leaves in 12 months.

@akademievedcr.bsky.social @charlesuni.cuni.cz

📢 🪱 Earthworms enthusiasts 😁 : The official website for the 13th Symposium on Earthworm Ecology is now live! ✨ 🪱
📅 SAVE THE DATE: August 23-28, 2026 in Wageningen, the Netherlands
🔗 Check it out and stay tuned for updates!
event.wur.nl/isee13/home-2
📸Amazing pictures @frankashwood.bsky.social

📣We're currently recruiting a soil biology postdoc interested in nutrient cycling in grassland systems at Teagasc Johnstown Castle, Wexford, Ireland with @aaronfoxirl.bsky.social #TeagascJC Further details and link to apply topjobs-teagasc.thehirelab.com/LiveJobs/Job... closing date 13/02/2025

Post-doctoral Researcher (ReGeNL line 3): Monitoring outcomes of regenerative agriculture

Are you a post-doc interested in monitoring soil health and other dimensions of regenerative agriculture? We have a 4.5 yr position to lead a monitoring programme at 1000 farms across the Netherlands. This is part of a large project on regenerative agriculture. For more details see the link below.

Welch liebliche Stimme!

Linking effect traits of soil fauna to processes of organic matter transformation Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

‼️Recently published in
@funecology.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1111/1365...

We developed a conceptual framework for linking effect traits of #soil #fauna to the transformation of #SOM (including a section on #POM #MAOM😀)

with
@eisenhauerlab.bsky.social et al

Sustainable Land Use Strengthens Microbial and Herbivore Controls in Soil Food Webs in Current and Future Climates Our study examines how climate change and farming practices impact soil ecosystems, focusing on energy flux through the soil food web. We found that less intensive, sustainable farming methods help m...

New paper out in Global Change Biology, led by Marie Sünnemann:
Sustainable Land Use Strengthens Microbial & Herbivore Controls in Soil Food Webs in Current and Future Climates

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#GCEF @barnesecodiv.bsky.social @amyntas.bsky.social @benrosenbaum.bsky.social

Trees in an upland valley in Scotland, UK

I am offering a PhD opportunity at University of Edinburgh as part of the E5 DTP. CASE partner: Forest Research

On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Application deadline: 6th Jan. Please share with your network.

e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...

‼Now out in @NatureComms

doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

In our review we show that #diverse🐛🐌#soil faunal taxa🐜🪱can fundamentally affect labile and stabilized #SOM, with huge research gaps remaining

#POM #MAOM #earthworms #springtails #mites #woodlice #nematodes #beetles #snails et al.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038071724000853?via%3Dihub

📣Happy that our review on soil structure formation in the rhizosphere, led by @cwmsoils.bsky.social, is out
in the Soil Biology and Biochemistry Journal! This has been a long journey, but we made it 😆! doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

📢New paper out:

We find in a field experiment that microbial necromass in MAOM is tightly related to microbial diversity but hardly to litter quality.

🔽POM contained high necromass as well.🔽
doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

📢New paper out:

We find in a field experiment that microbial necromass in MAOM is tightly related to microbial diversity but hardly to litter quality.

🔽POM contained high necromass as well.🔽
doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

📢Soil fauna peeps 🪱

Visit #EGU24 in wonderful #Vienna and submit an abstract to our session:

"Linkages Between #Soil Fauna and Biogeochemical Cycles"

Deadline: 10 January

meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/sessio...

@JWvanGroenigen

Soil fauna peeps: please consider submitting an abstract to our #EGU24 session: "Linkages Between #Soil Fauna and Biogeochemical Cycles"
Gerrit Angst, Ingrid Lubbers, Robert Bradley
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/sessio... #soilscience @eurogeosciences.bsky.social