Sophia Leimer

Publications

Contributions in peer-reviewed journals

2022Gonzalez Sarango, E. M., Leimer, S., Valarezo, C., Wilcke, W. (2022): Does biochar improve nutrient availability in Ultisols of tree plantations in the Ecuadorian Amazonia? Soil Science Society of America Journal 86(4), pp. 1072–1085. 10.1002/saj2.20421

2021Bandowe, B. A. M., Shukurov, N., Leimer, S., Kersten, M., Steinberger, Y., Wilcke, W. (2021): Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils of an industrial area in semi-arid Uzbekistan: spatial distribution, relationship with trace metals and risk assessment. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 10.1007/s10653-021-00974-3

Leimer, S., Berner, D., Birkhofer, K., Boeddinghaus, R. S., Fischer, M., Kandeler, E., Kuka, K., Marhan, S., Prati, D., Schäfer, D., Schöning, I., Solly, E. F., Wolters, V., Wilcke, W. (2021): Land-use intensity and biodiversity effects on infiltration capacity and hydraulic conductivity of grassland soils in southern Germany. Ecohydrology. 10.1002/eco.2301

Oelmann, Y., Lange, M., Leimer, S., Roscher, C., Aburto, F., Alt, F., Bange, N., Berner, D., Boch, S., Boeddinghaus, R. S., Buscot, F., Dassen, S., De Deyn, G., Eisenhauer, N., Gleixner, G., Goldmann, K., Hölzel, N., Jochum, M., Kandeler, E., Klaus, V. H., Kleinebecker, T., Le Provost, G., Manning, P., Marhan, S., Prati, D., Schäfer, D., Schöning, I., Schrumpf, M., Schurig, E., Wagg, C., Wubet, T., Wilcke, W. (2021): Above- and belowground biodiversity jointly tighten the P cycle in agricultural grasslands. Nature Communications. 10.1038/s41467-021-24714-4

2020Felipe-Lucia, M. R., Soliveres, S., Penone, C., Fischer, M., Ammer, C., Boch, S., Boeddinghaus, R. S., Bonkowski, M., Buscot, F., Fiore-Donno, A. M., Frank, K., Goldmann, K., Gossner, M. M., Hölzel, N., Jochum, M., Kandeler, E., Klaus, V. H., Kleinebecker, T., Leimer, S., Manning, P., Oelmann, Y., Saiz, H., Schall, P., Schloter, M., Schöning, I., Schrumpf, M., Solly, E. F., Stempfhuber, B., Weisser, W. W., Wilcke, W., Wubet, T., Allan, E. (2020): Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services. PNAS 117(45), pp. 28140–28149. 10.1073/pnas.2016210117

Lama, S., Velescu, A., Leimer, S., Weigelt, A., Chen, H., Eisenhauer, N., Scheu, S., Oelmann, Y., Wilcke, W. (2020): Plant diversity influenced gross nitrogen mineralization, microbial ammonium consumption and gross inorganic N immobilization in a grassland experiment. Oecologia 193, pp. 731–748. 10.1007/s00442-020-04717-6

van der Plas, F., Schröder-Georgi, T., Weigelt, A., Barry, K. E., Meyer, S. T., Alzate, A., Barnard, R. L., Buchmann, N., de Kroon, H., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Engels, C., Fischer, M., Gleixner, G., Hildebrandt, A., Koller-France, E., Leimer, S., Milcu, A., Mommer, L., Niklaus, P. A., Oelmann, Y., Roscher, C., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Schulze, E., Temperton, V., Tscharntke, T., Voigt, W., Weisser, W. W., Wilcke, W., Wirth, C. (2020): Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4(12), pp. 1602–1611. 10.1038/s41559-020-01316-9

Wilcke, W., Velescu, A., Leimer, S., Blotevogel, S., Alvarez, P., Valarezo, C. (2020): Total organic carbon concentrations in ecosystem solutions of a remote tropical montane forest respond to global environmental change. Global Change Biology 26(12), pp. 6989–7005. 10.1111/gcb.15351

2019Bandowe, B. A. M., Leimer, S., Meusel, H., Velescu, A., Dassen, S., Eisenhauer, N., Hoffmann, T., Oelmann, Y., Wilcke, W. (2019): Plant diversity enhances the natural attenuation of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAHs and oxygenated PAHs) in grassland soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 129, pp. 60–70. 10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.10.017

Bandowe, B. A. M., Nkansah, M. A., Leimer, S., Fischer, D., Lammel, G., Han, Y. M. (2019): Chemical (C, N, S, black carbon, soot and char) and stable carbon isotope composition of street dusts from a major West African metropolis: Implications for source apportionment and exposure. Science of the Total Environment 655, pp. 1468–1478. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.089

Fischer, C., Leimer, S., Roscher, C., Ravenek, J., de Kroon, H., Kreutziger, Y., Baade, J., Beßler, H., Eisenhauer, N., Weigelt, A., Mommer, L., Lange, M., Gleixner, G., Wilcke, W., Schröder, B., Hildebrandt, A. (2019): Plant species richness and functional groups have different effects on soil water content in a decade‐long grassland experiment. Journal of Ecology 107, pp. 127–141. 10.1111/1365-2745.13046

Wilcke, W., Velescu, A., Leimer, S., Bigalke, M., Boy, J., Valarezo, C. (2019): Temporal trends of phosphorus cycling in a tropical montane forest in Ecuador during 14 years. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 124, pp. 1329–1386. 10.1029/2018JG004942

2018Leimer, S., Bischoff, S., Boch, S., Busch, V., Escher, P., Fischer, M., Hänsel, F., Hölzel, N., Kerber, K., Klaus, V. H., Kleinebecker, T., Michalzik, B., Nauss, T., Schäfer, D., Schöning, I., Schwarz, M. T., Siemens, J., Thieme, L., Wöllauer, S., Wilcke, W. (2018): Does plant diversity affect the water balance of established grassland systems? Ecohydrology 11, e1945. 10.1002/eco.1945

2017Weisser, W. W., Roscher, C., Meyer, S. T., Ebeling, A., Luo, G., Allan, E., Beßler, H., Barnard, R. L., Buchmann, N., Buscot, F., Engels, C., Fischer, C., Fischer, M., Gessler, A., Gleixner, G., Halle, S., Hildebrandt, A., Hillebrand, H., de Kroon, H., Lange, M., Leimer, S., Le roux, X., Milcu, A., Mommer, L., Niklaus, P. A., Oelmann, Y., Proulx, R., Roy, J., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Tscharntke, T., Wachendorf, M., Wagg, C., Weigelt, A., Wilcke, W., Wirth, C., Schulze, E., Schmid, B., Eisenhauer, N. (2017): Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning in a 15-year grassland experiment: Patterns, mechanisms, and open questions. Basic and Applied Ecology 23, pp. 1–73. 10.1016/j.baae.2017.06.002

Wilcke, W., Velescu, A., Leimer, S., Bigalke, M., Boy, J., Valarezo, C. (2017): Biological vs. geochemical control and environmental change drivers of the base metal budgets of a tropical montane forest in Ecuador during 15 years. Biogeochemistry 136, pp. 167–189. 10.1007/s10533-017-0386-x

2016Leimer, S., Oelmann, Y., Eisenhauer, N., Milcu, A., Roscher, C., Scheu, S., Weigelt, A., Wirth, C., Wilcke, W. (2016): Mechanisms behind plant diversity effects on inorganic and organic N leaching from temperate grassland. Biogeochemistry 131, pp. 339–353. 10.1007/s10533-016-0283-8

Meyer, S. T., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Hertzog, L., Hillebrand, H., Milcu, A., Pompe, S., Abbas, M., Beßler, H., Buchmann, N., De Luca, E., Engels, C., Fischer, M., Gleixner, G., Hudewenz, A., Klein, A., de Kroon, H., Leimer, S., Loranger, H., Mommer, L., Oelmann, Y., Ravenek, J., Roscher, C., Rottstock, T., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Schulze, E., Staudler, A., Strecker, T., Temperton, V., Tscharntke, T., Vogel, A., Voigt, W., Weigelt, A., Wilcke, W., Weisser, W. W. (2016): Biodiversity effects strengthen over time as ecosystem functioning declines at low and increases at high biodiversity. Ecosphere 7, e01619. 10.1002/ecs2.1619

2015Leimer, S., Oelmann, Y., Wirth, C., Wilcke, W. (2015): Time matters for plant diversity effects on nitrate leaching from temperate grassland. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 211, pp. 155–163. 10.1016/j.agee.2015.06.002

Wright, A. J., Ebeling, A., de Kron, H., Roscher, C., Weigelt, A., Buchmann, N., Buchmann, T., Fischer, C., Hacker, N., Hildebrandt, A., Leimer, S., Mommer, L., Oelmann, Y., Scheu, S., Steinauer, K., Strecker, T., Weisser, W. W., Wilcke, W., Eisenhauer, N. (2015): Flooding disturbances increase resource availability and productivity but reduce stability in diverse plant communities. Nature Communications 6, pp. 6092. 10.1038/ncomms7092

2014Leimer, S., Kreutziger, Y., Rosenkranz, S., Beßler, H., Engels, C., Hildebrandt, A., Oelmann, Y., Weisser, W. W., Wirth, C., Wilcke, W. (2014): Plant diversity effects on the water balance of an experimental grassland. Ecohydrology 7(5), pp. 1378–1391. 10.1002/eco.1464

Leimer, S., Wirth, C., Oelmann, Y., Wilcke, W. (2014): Biodiversity effects on nitrate concentrations in soil solution: a Bayesian model. Biogeochemistry 118(1-3), pp. 141–157. 10.1007/s10533-013-9913-6

2013Wilcke, W., Leimer, S., Peters, T., Emck, P., Rollenbeck, R., Trachte, K., Valarezo, C., Bendix, J. (2013): The nitrogen cycle of tropical montane forest in Ecuador turns inorganic under environmental change. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 27(4), pp. 1194–1204. 10.1002/2012gb004471

2011Leimer, S., Pohlert, T., Pfahl, S., Wilcke, W. (2011): Towards a new generation of high-resolution meteorological input data for small-scale hydrologic modeling. Journal of Hydrology 402(3-4), pp. 317–332. 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.03.026

Contributions in journals and series (not peer-reviewed)

Book chapters

2018Leimer, S. (2018): Model-assisted study of plant diversity effects on nitrate leaching from grassland (Chapter I/67). pp. 348–352. In: Sychev, V. G., Mueller, L. (ed.): Novel methods and results of landscape research in Europe, Central Asia and Siberia. 10.25680/7314.2018.17.76.067