Wolfgang Wilcke

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wilcke

  • Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
    Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie
    Reinhard-Baumeister-Platz 1
    76131 Karlsruhe
    Germany 

Wolfgang Wilcke

Professor of Geomorphology and Soil Science

Topics

  • Soil biogeochemistry
  • Ecosystem research
  • Pollutant dynamics

Curriculum Vitae

Professional experience

Since 2014 Professor of Geomorphology and Soil Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
2009-2014 Professor of Soil Science, University of Berne, Switzerland
2005-2009 Professor of Soil Geography/Soil Science, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2000-2005 Heisenberg Scholar at the University of Bayreuth and the Berlin University of Technology
1995-2000 Postdoc at the Universities of Bayreuth and Hohenheim
1993-1995 Doctoral student at the University of Bayreuth and the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus

Education

1999 Habilitation in Soil Science, University of Bayreuth
1995 Dr. rer. nat., University of Bayreuth
1993 Diplom (corresponds to M.Sc.) in Geoecology, University of Bayreuth
1988 - 1993 Studies of Geoecology, University of Bayreuth

Community Service

Member of the editorial boards of Geoderma and Plant and Soil.

List of Publications

Referenced journal articles

2024
Argens, L.; Weisser, W. W.; Ebeling, A.; Eisenhauer, N.; Lange, M.; Oelmann, Y.; Roscher, C.; Schielzeth, H.; Schmid, B.; Wilcke, W.; Meyer, S. T. (2024). Relationships between ecosystem functions vary among years and plots and are driven by plant species richness. Oikos, 2024 (1), e10096. doi:10.1111/oik.10096Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Barczyk, M. K.; Acosta-Rojas, D. C.; Iván Espinosa, C.; Homeier, J.; Tinoco, B. A.; Velescu, A.; Wilcke, W.; Schleuning, M.; Neuschulz, E. L. (2024). Environmental conditions differently shape leaf, seed and seedling trait composition between and within elevations of tropical montane forests. Oikos, Art-Nr.: 10421. doi:10.1111/oik.10421Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Zhang, J.; Han, Y.; Wei, C.; Bandowe, B. A. M.; Lei, D.; Wilcke, W. (2024). Sediment record of polycyclic aromatic compounds and black carbon over the last ~400 years in Sanjiaolongwan Maar Lake, northeast China. Science of The Total Environment, 906, Art.-Nr.: 167438. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167438
2023
Acosta-Rojas, D. C.; Barczyk, M. K.; Espinosa, C. I.; Farwig, N.; Homeier, J.; Tiede, Y.; Tinoco, B. A.; Velescu, A.; Wilcke, W.; Neuschulz, E. L.; Schleuning, M. (2023). Abiotic factors similarly shape the distribution of fruit, seed and leaf traits in tropical fleshy-fruited tree communities. Acta Oecologica, 121, Art.-nr.: 103953. doi:10.1016/j.actao.2023.103953
Alvarez, P.; Velescu, A.; Pierick, K.; Homeier, J.; Wilcke, W. (2023). Carbon Stable Isotope Ratio of Dissolved Organic Matter as a Tool To Identify Its Sources and Transformations in a Tropical Montane Forest in Ecuador. Environmental Science & Technology, 57 (40), 14983–14993. doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c01623
Basdediós, N.; Wu, Y.; Wilcke, W. (2023). Magnesium Isotope Ratios Reflect the Size and Source of Mg Loss along a Glacial Retreat Chronosequence. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 7 (5), 1151–1161. doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00049
Merseburger, S.; Kessler, A.; Oelmann, Y.; Wilcke, W. (2023). Equilibrium isotope fractionation factors of H exchange between steam and soil clay fractions. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 37 (10), Art.-Nr. e9499. doi:10.1002/rcm.9499Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Merseburger, S.; Kessler, A.; Ojoatre, S.; Berthold, C.; Oelmann, Y.; Wilcke, W. (2023). Global distribution of nonexchangeable stable hydrogen isotope ratios of topsoil clay fractions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 347, 72–87. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2023.02.007
Sentek, V.; Velescu, A.; Wilcke, W.; Henke, C.; Peters, N.; Welp, G.; Amelung, W. (2023). Nitrogen release from different polymer‐coated urea fertilizers in soil is affected by soil properties. Soil Use and Management. doi:10.1111/sum.12905Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
van der Plas, F.; Schröder-Georgi, T.; Weigelt, A.; Barry, K.; Meyer, S.; 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.-D.; Temperton, V.; Tscharntke, T.; Voigt, W.; Weisser, W.; Wilcke, W.; Wirth, C. (2023). Reply to: Plant traits alone are good predictors of ecosystem properties when used carefully. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 7 (3), 335–336. doi:10.1038/s41559-022-01957-y
2022
Basdediós, N.; Wu, Y.; Wilcke, W. (2022). Base cations release in soils along the 127‐year Hailuogou glacial retreat chronosequence. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 86 (6), 1692–1706. doi:10.1002/saj2.20473Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Gonzalez Sarango, E. M.; Leimer, S.; Valarezo Manosalvas, 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), 1072–1085. doi:10.1002/saj2.20421Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Kessler, A.; Merseburger, S.; Kappler, A.; Wilcke, W.; Oelmann, Y. (2022). Incorporation of Ambient Water-H into the C-Bonded H Pool of Bacteria during Substrate-Specific Metabolism. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 6 (9), 2180–2189. doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00085
Le Provost, G.; Schenk, N. V.; Penone, C.; Thiele, J.; Westphal, C.; Allan, E.; Ayasse, M.; Blüthgen, N.; Boeddinghaus, R. S.; Boesing, A. L.; Bolliger, R.; Busch, V.; Fischer, M.; Gossner, M. M.; Hölzel, N.; Jung, K.; Kandeler, E.; Klaus, V. H.; Kleinebecker, T.; Leimer, S.; Marhan, S.; Marhan, S.; Morris, K.; Müller, S.; Neff, F.; Neyret, M.; Oelmann, Y.; Perović, D. J.; Peter, S.; Prati, D.; Rillig, M. C.; Saiz, H.; Schäfer, D.; Scherer-Lorenzen, M.; Schloter, M.; Schöning, I.; Schrumpf, M.; Steckel, J.; Steffan-Dewenter, I.; Tschapka, M.; Vogt, J.; Weiner, C.; Weisser, W.; Wells, K.; Werner, M.; Wilcke, W.; Manning, P. (2022). The supply of multiple ecosystem services requires biodiversity across spatial scales. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 7 (2), 236–249. doi:10.1038/s41559-022-01918-5
Liptzin, D.; Boy, J.; Campbell, J. L.; Clarke, N.; Laclau, J.-P.; Godoy, R.; Johnson, S. L.; Kaiser, K.; Likens, G. E.; Karlsson, G. P.; Markewitz, D.; Rogora, M.; Sebestyen, S. D.; Shanley, J. B.; Vanguelova, E.; Verstraeten, A.; Verstraeten, A.; Wilcke, W.; Worrall, F.; McDowell, W. H. (2022). Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Atmospheric Deposition of Dissolved Organic Carbon. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 36 (10), Art.: e2022GB007393. doi:10.1029/2022GB007393Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Merseburger, S.; Kessler, A.; Oelmann, Y.; Wilcke, W. (2022). Non‐exchangeable stable hydrogen isotope ratios in clay minerals and soil clay fractions: A method test. European Journal of Soil Science, 73 (4), Art.Nr. e13289. doi:10.1111/ejss.13289Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
2021
Bendix, J.; Aguire, N.; Beck, E.; Bräuning, A.; Brandl, R.; Breuer, L.; Böhning-Gaese, K.; Dantas de Paula, M.; Hickler, T.; Homeier, J.; Inclan, D.; Leuschner, C.; Neuschulz, E. L.; Schleuning, M.; Suarez, J. P.; Trachte, K.; Wilcke, W.; Windhorst, D.; Farwig, N. (2021). A research framework for projecting ecosystem change in highly diverse tropical mountain ecosystems. Oecologia, 549, 589–600. doi:10.1007/s00442-021-04852-8Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Dantas de Paula, M.; Forrest, M.; Langan, L.; Bendix, J.; Homeier, J.; Velescu, A.; Wilcke, W.; Hickler, T. (2021). Nutrient cycling drives plant community trait assembly and ecosystem functioning in a tropical mountain biodiversity hotspot. The new phytologist, 232 (2), 551–566. doi:10.1111/nph.17600Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Gonzalez Sarango, E. M.; Valarezo Manosalvas, C.; Mora, M.; Villamagua, M. Á.; Wilcke, W. (2021). Biochar amendment did not influence the growth of two tree plantations on nutrient-depleted Ultisols in the south Ecuadorian Amazon region. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 85 (3), 862–878. doi:10.1002/saj2.20227Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Han, Y.; Bandowe, B. A. M.; Schneider, T.; Pongpiachan, S.; Ho, S. S. H.; Wei, C.; Wang, Q.; Xing, L.; Wilcke, W. (2021). A 150-year record of black carbon (soot and char) and polycyclic aromatic compounds deposition in Lake Phayao, north Thailand. Environmental pollution, 269, Art.-Nr.: 116148. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116148
Kessler, A.; Kreis, K.; Merseburger, S.; Wilcke, W.; Oelmann, Y. (2021). Incorporation of hydrogen from ambient water into the C-bonded H pool during litter decomposition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 162, Art.-Nr.: 108407. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108407
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, 14 (6), Art.Nr. e2301. doi:10.1002/eco.2301Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
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, 12 (1), Art. Nr.: 4431. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24714-4Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Velescu, A.; Homeier, J.; Bendix, J.; Valarezo, C.; Wilcke, W. (2021). Response of water-bound fluxes of potassium, calcium, magnesium and sodium to nutrient additions in an Ecuadorian tropical montane forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 501, Art.-Nr.: 119661. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119661
Wang, L.; Jin, Y.; Weiss, D. J.; Schleicher, N. J.; Wilcke, W.; Wu, L.; Guo, Q.; Chen, J.; O’Connor, D.; Hou, D. (2021). Possible application of stable isotope compositions for the identification of metal sources in soil. Journal of hazardous materials, 407, Art. Nr.: 124812. doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124812
Wei, C.; Bandowe, B. A. M.; Han, Y.; Cao, J.; Watson, J. G.; Chow, J. C.; Wilcke, W. (2021). Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAHs, oxygenated PAHs, nitrated PAHs, and azaarenes) in air from four climate zones of China: Occurrence, gas/particle partitioning, and health risks. Science of the Total Environment, 786, Art.-Nr.: 147234. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147234
Wilcke, W.; Bigalke, M.; Wei, C.; Han, Y.; Musa Bandowe, B. A. (2021). Global distribution of oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mineral topsoils. Journal of Environmental Quality, 50 (3), 717–729. doi:10.1002/jeq2.20224Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
2020
Bigalke, M.; Imseng, M.; Schneider, S.; Schwab, L.; Wiggenhauser, M.; Keller, A.; Müller, M.; Frossard, E.; Wilcke, W. (2020). Uranium Budget and Leaching in Swiss Agricultural Systems. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 8, Art. Nr.: 54. doi:10.3389/fenvs.2020.00054Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Felipe-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. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117 (45), 28140–28149. doi:10.1073/pnas.2016210117
Jochum, M.; Fischer, M.; Isbell, F.; Roscher, C.; Plas, F. van der; Boch, S.; Boenisch, G.; Buchmann, N.; Catford, J. A.; Cavender-Bares, J.; Ebeling, A.; Eisenhauer, N.; Gleixner, G.; Hölzel, N.; Kattge, J.; Klaus, V. H.; Kleinebecker, T.; Lange, M.; Le Provost, G.; Meyer, S. T.; Molina-Venegas, R.; Mommer, L.; Oelmann, Y.; Penone, C.; Prati, D.; Reich, P. B.; Rindisbacher, A.; Schäfer, D.; Scheu, S.; Schmid, B.; Tilman, D.; Tscharntke, T.; Vogel, A.; Wagg, C.; Weigelt, A.; Weisser, W. W.; Wilcke, W.; Manning, P. (2020). The results of biodiversity–ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic. Nature ecology & evolution, 4, 1485–1494. doi:10.1038/s41559-020-1280-9
Knoke, T.; Paul, C.; Rammig, A.; Gosling, E.; Hildebrandt, P.; Härtl, F.; Peters, T.; Richter, M.; Diertl, K.-H.; Castro, L. M.; Calvas, B.; Ochoa, S.; Valle-Carrión, L. A.; Hamer, U.; Tischer, A.; Potthast, K.; Windhorst, D.; Homeier, J.; Wilcke, W.; Velescu, A.; Gerique, A.; Pohle, P.; Adams, J.; Breuer, L.; Mosandl, R.; Beck, E.; Weber, M.; Stimm, B.; Silva, B.; Verburg, P. H.; Bendix, J. (2020). Accounting for multiple ecosystem services in a simulation of land‐use decisions: Does it reduce tropical deforestation?. Global change biology, 26 (4), 2403–2420. doi:10.1111/gcb.15003Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Lama, S.; Kuhn, T.; Lehmann, M. F.; Müller, C.; Gonzalez, O.; Eisenhauer, N.; Lange, M.; Scheu, S.; Oelmann, Y.; Wilcke, W. (2020). The biodiversity - N cycle relationship: a N tracer experiment with soil from plant mixtures of varying diversity to model N pool sizes and transformation rates. Biology and fertility of soils, 56, 1047–1061. doi:10.1007/s00374-020-01480-xFull textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Plas, F. van der; Schröder-Georgi, T.; Weigelt, A.; Barry, K.; Meyer, S.; Alzate, A.; Barnard, R. L.; Buchmann, N.; Kroon, H. de; 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.-D.; Temperton, V.; Tscharntke, T.; Voigt, W.; Weisser, 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), 1602–1611. doi:10.1038/s41559-020-01316-9
Reiner, J. E.; Geiger, K.; Hackbarth, M.; Fink, M.; Lapp, C. J.; Jung, T.; Dötsch, A.; Hügler, M.; Wagner, M.; Hille-Reichel, A.; Wilcke, W.; Kerzenmacher, S.; Horn, H.; Gescher, J. (2020). From an extremophilic community to an electroautotrophic production strain: identifying a novel Knallgas bacterium as cathodic biofilm biocatalyst. The ISME journal, 14 (5), 1125–1140. doi:10.1038/s41396-020-0595-5Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
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), 6989–7005. doi:10.1111/gcb.15351Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
2019
Bandowe, 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 & biochemistry, 129, 60–70. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.10.017
Fischer, C.; Leimer, S.; Roscher, C.; Ravenek, J.; Kroon, H. de; 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 (1), 127–141. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13046
Imseng, M.; Wiggenhauser, M.; Keller, A.; Müller, M.; Rehkämper, M.; Murphy, K.; Kreissig, K.; Frossard, E.; Wilcke, W.; Bigalke, M. (2019). Towards an understanding of the Cd isotope fractionation during transfer from the soil to the cereal grain. Environmental pollution, 244, 834–844. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2018.09.149
Imseng, M.; Wiggenhauser, M.; Müller, M.; Keller, A.; Frossard, E.; Wilcke, W.; Bigalke, M. (2019). The Fate of Zn in Agricultural Soils: A Stable Isotope Approach to Anthropogenic Impact, Soil Formation, and Soil-Plant Cycling. Environmental science & technology, 53, 4140–4149. doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b03675
Morris, E. K.; Morris, D. J. P.; Vogt, S.; Gleber, S.-C.; Bigalke, M.; Wilcke, W.; Rillig, M. C. (2019). Visualizing the dynamics of soil aggregation as affected by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. The ISME journal, 13 (7), 1639–1646. doi:10.1038/s41396-019-0369-0
Plas, F.; Allan, E.; Fischer, M.; Alt, F.; Arndt, H.; Binkenstein, J.; Blaser, S.; Blüthgen, N.; Böhm, S.; Hölzel, N.; Klaus, V. H.; Kleinebecker, T.; Morris, K.; Oelmann, Y.; Prati, D.; Renner, S. C.; Rillig, M. C.; Schaefer, H. M.; Schloter, M.; Schmitt, B.; Schöning, I.; Schrumpf, M.; Solly, E. F.; Sorkau, E.; Steckel, J.; Steffan-Dewenter, I.; Stempfhuber, B.; Tschapka, M.; Weiner, C. N.; Weisser, W. W.; Werner, M.; Westphal, C.; Wilcke, W.; Manning, P. (2019). Towards the development of general rules describing landscape heterogeneity–multifunctionality relationships. Journal of applied ecology, 56 (1), 168–179. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13260
Thieme, L.; Graeber, D.; Hofmann, D.; Bischoff, S.; Schwarz, M. T.; Steffen, B.; Meyer, U.-N.; Kaupenjohann, M.; Wilcke, W.; Michalzik, B.; Siemens, J. (2019). Dissolved organic matter characteristics of deciduous and coniferous forests with variable management: different at the source, aligned in the soil. Biogeosciences, 16 (7), 1411–1432. doi:10.5194/bg-16-1411-2019Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Wang, J.; Huang, S.; He, Q.; Bing, H.; Chen, X.; Zhang, X.; Tian, X.; Zhou, J.; Wilcke, W.; Wu, Y. (2019). Microplate fluorimetric assay of soil leucine aminopeptidase activity: alkalization is not needed before fluorescence reading. Biology and fertility of soils, 56, 281–285. doi:10.1007/s00374-019-01419-x
Wiggenhauser, M.; Bigalke, M.; Imseng, M.; Keller, A.; Rehkämper, M.; Wilcke, W.; Frossard, E. (2019). Using isotopes to trace freshly applied cadmium through mineral phosphorus fertilization in soil-fertilizer-plant systems. The science of the total environment, 648, 779–786. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.127
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 (5), 1370–1386. doi:10.1029/2018JG004942
2018
Bandowe, B. A. M.; Bigalke, M.; Kobza, J.; Wilcke, W. (2018). Sources and fate of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAHs, oxygenated PAHs and azaarenes) in forest soil profiles opposite of an aluminium plant. The science of the total environment, 630, 83–95. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.109
Buchmann, T.; Schumacher, J.; Ebeling, A.; Eisenhauer, N.; Fischer, M.; Gleixner, G.; Hacker, N.; Lange, M.; Oelmann, Y.; Schulze, E.-D.; Weigelt, A.; Weisser, W. W.; Wilcke, W.; Roscher, C. (2018). Connecting experimental biodiversity research to real-world grasslands. Perspectives in plant ecology, evolution and systematics, 33, 78–88. doi:10.1016/j.ppees.2018.06.002
Imseng, M.; Wiggenhauser, M.; Keller, A.; Müller, M.; Rehkämper, M.; Murphy, K.; Kreissig, K.; Frossard, E.; Wilcke, W.; Bigalke, M. (2018). Fate of Cd in Agricultural Soils : A Stable Isotope Approach to Anthropogenic Impact, Soil Formation, and Soil-Plant Cycling. Environmental science & technology, 52 (4), 1919–1928. doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b05439
Leimer, 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 (4), Art.-Nr.: e1945. doi:10.1002/eco.1945
Meyer, S. T.; Ptacnik, R.; Hillebrand, H.; Bessler, H.; Buchmann, N.; Ebeling, A.; Eisenhauer, N.; Engels, C.; Fischer, M.; Halle, S.; Klein, A.-M.; Oelmann, Y.; Roscher, C.; Rottstock, T.; Scherber, C.; Scheu, S.; Schmid, B.; Schulze, E.-D.; Temperton, V. M.; Tscharntke, T.; Voigt, W.; Weigelt, A.; Wilcke, W.; Weisser, W. W. (2018). Biodiversity–multifunctionality relationships depend on identity and number of measured functions. Nature ecology & evolution, 2 (1), 44–49. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0391-4
Wiggenhauser, M.; Bigalke, M.; Imseng, M.; Keller, A.; Archer, C.; Wilcke, W.; Frossard, E. (2018). Zinc isotope fractionation during grain filling of wheat and a comparison of zinc and cadmium isotope ratios in identical soil-plant systems. The new phytologist, 219 (1), 195–205. doi:10.1111/nph.15146
2017
Chen, H.; Oram, N. J.; Barry, K. E.; Mommer, L.; Ruijven, J. van; Kroon, H. de; Ebeling, A.; Eisenhauer, N.; Fischer, C.; Gleixner, G.; Gessler, A.; González Macé, O.; Hacker, N.; Hildebrandt, A.; Lange, M.; Scherer-Lorenzen, M.; Scheu, S.; Oelmann, Y.; Wagg, C.; Wilcke, W.; Wirth, C.; Weigelt, A. (2017). Root chemistry and soil fauna, but not soil abiotic conditions explain the effects of plant diversity on root decomposition. Oecologia, 185 (3), 499–511. doi:10.1007/s00442-017-3962-9
Henne, P. D.; Bigalke, M.; Büntgen, U.; Colombaroli, D.; Conedera, M.; Feller, U.; Frank, D.; Fuhrer, J.; Grosjean, M.; Heiri, O.; Luterbacher, J.; Mestrot, A.; Rigling, A.; Rössler, O.; Rohr, C.; Rutishauser, T.; Schwikowski, M.; Stampfli, A.; Szidat, S.; Theurillat, J.-P.; Weingartner, R.; Wilcke, W.; Tinner, W. (2017). An empirical perspective for understanding climate change impacts in Switzerland. Regional environmental change, 1–17. doi:10.1007/s10113-017-1182-9
Kusonwiriyawong, C.; Bigalke, M.; Cornu, S.; Montagne, D.; Fekiacova, Z.; Lazarov, M.; Wilcke, W. (2017). Response of copper concentrations and stable isotope ratios to artificial drainage in a French Retisol. Geoderma, 300, 44–54. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.04.003
Kusonwiriyawong, C.; Bigalke, M.; Abgottspon, F.; Lazarov, M.; Schuth, S.; Weyer, S.; Wilcke, W. (2017). Isotopic variation of dissolved and colloidal iron and copper in a carbonatic floodplain soil after experimental flooding. Chemical geology, 459, 13–23. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.03.033
Rehmus, A.; Bigalke, M.; Boy, J.; Valarezo, C.; Wilcke, W. (2017). Aluminum cycling in a tropical montane forest ecosystem in southern Ecuador. Geoderma, 288, 196–203. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.11.002
Weisser, 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.; Kroon, H. de; 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.-D.; 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, 1–73. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2017.06.002Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Wilcke, W.; Velescu, A.; Leimer, S.; Bigalke, M.; Boy, J.; Valarezo, C. (2017). Biological versus geochemical control and environmental change drivers of the base metal budgets of a tropical montane forest in Ecuador during 15 years. Biogeochemistry, 136 (2), 167–189. doi:10.1007/s10533-017-0386-x
2016
Bast, A.; Wilcke, W.; Graf, F.; Luscher, P.; Gartner, H. (2016). Does mycorrhizal inoculation improve plant survival, aggregate stability, and fine root development on a coarse-grained soil in an alpine eco-engineering field experiment?. Journal of geophysical research / Biogeosciences, 121 (8), 2158–2171. doi:10.1002/2016JG003422
Guiz, J.; Hillebrand, H.; Borer, E. T.; Abbas, M.; Ebeling, A.; Weigelt, A.; Oelmann, Y.; Fornara, D.; Wilcke, W.; Temperton, V. M.; Weisser, W. W. (2016). Long-term effects of plant diversity and composition on plant stoichiometry. Oikos, 125 (5), 613–621. doi:10.1111/oik.02504
Han, Y. M.; Wei, C.; Huang, R.-J.; Bandowe, B. A. M.; Ho, S. S. H.; Cao, J. J.; Jin, Z. D.; Xu, B. Q.; Gao, S. P.; Tie, X. X.; An, Z. S.; Wilcke, W. (2016). Reconstruction of atmospheric soot history in inland regions from lake sediments over the past 150 years. Scientific reports, 6, Art. Nr.: 19151. doi:10.1038/srep19151Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Kusonwiriyawong, C.; Bigalke, M.; Abgottspon, F.; Lazarov, M.; Wilcke, W. (2016). Response of Cu partitioning to flooding: A δ65Cu approach in a carbonatic alluvial soil. Chemical geology, 420, 69–76. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.11.005
Leimer, 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 (3), 339–353. doi:10.1007/s10533-016-0283-8
Messmer, T.; Wiggenhauser, M.; Ortega, H. E.; Albrecht, L.; Tschapka, M.; Wilcke, W. (2016). Base metal fluxes from fig trees to soil on Barro Colorado Island, Panama: potential contribution of the common frugivorous bat Artibeus jamaicensis. Biogeochemistry, 130 (1-2), 13–30. doi:10.1007/s10533-016-0236-2
Mestrot, A.; Ji, Y.; Tandy, S.; Wilcke, W. (2016). A novel method to determine trimethylantimony concentrations in plant tissue. Environmental chemistry, 13 (6), 919–926. doi:10.1071/EN16018
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.-M.; De Kroon, H.; Leimer, S.; Loranger, H.; Mommer, L.; Oelmann, Y.; Ravenek, J. M.; Roscher, C.; Rottstock, T.; Scherber, C.; Scherer-Lorenzen, M.; Scheu, S.; Schmid, B.; Schulze, E.-D.; Staudler, A.; Strecker, T.; Temperton, V.; Tscharntke, T.; Vogel, A.; Voigt, W.; Weigelt, A.; Wilcke, W.; Weisser, W. W. (2016). Effects of biodiversity strengthen over time as ecosystem functioning declines at low and increases at high biodiversity. Ecosphere, 7 (12), Art.Nr.: 1619. doi:10.1002/ecs2.1619
Schaller, J.; Roscher, C.; Hillebrand, H.; Weigelt, A.; Oelmann, Y.; Wilcke, W.; Ebeling, A.; Weisser, W. W. (2016). Plant diversity and functional groups affect Si and Ca pools in aboveground biomass of grassland systems. Oecologia, 182 (1), 277–286. doi:10.1007/s00442-016-3647-9
Schwarz, M. T.; Bischoff, S.; Blaser, S.; Boch, S.; Grassein, F.; Klarner, B.; Schmitt, B.; Solly, E. F.; Ammer, C.; Michalzik, B.; Schall, P.; Schall, P.; Schoning, I.; Schrumpf, M.; Schulze, E.-D.; Siemens, J.; Wilcke, W. (2016). Drivers of nitrogen leaching from organic layers in Central European beech forests. Plant and soil, 403 (1-2), 343–360. doi:10.1007/s11104-016-2798-0
Soliveres, S.; Van Der Plas, F.; Manning, P.; Prati, D.; Gossner, M. M.; Renner, S. C.; Alt, F.; Arndt, H.; Baumgartner, V.; Binkenstein, J.; Birkhofer, K.; Blaser, S.; Blüthgen, N.; Boch, S.; Böhm, S.; Börschig, C.; Buscot, F.; Diekötter, T.; Heinze, J.; Hölzel, N.; Jung, K.; Klaus, V. H.; Kleinebecker, T.; Klemmer, S.; Krauss, J.; Lange, M.; Morris, E. K.; Müller, J.; Oelmann, Y.; Overmann, J.; Pašalić, E.; Rillig, M. C.; Schaefer, H. M.; Schloter, M.; Schmitt, B.; Schöning, I.; Schrumpf, M.; Sikorski, J.; Socher, S. A.; Solly, E. F.; Sonnemann, I.; Sorkau, E.; Steckel, J.; Steffan-Dewenter, I.; Stempfhuber, B.; Tschapka, M.; Türke, M.; Venter, P. C.; Weiner, C. N.; Weisser, W. W.; Werner, M.; Westphal, C.; Wilcke, W.; Wolters, V.; Wubet, T.; Wurst, S.; Fischer, M.; Allan, E. (2016). Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature, 536 (7617), 456–459. doi:10.1038/nature19092
Soliveres, S.; Manning, P.; Prati, D.; Gossner, M. M.; Alt, F.; Arndt, H.; Baumgartner, V.; Binkenstein, J.; Birkhofer, K.; Blaser, S.; Blüthgen, N.; Boch, S.; Böhm, S.; Börschig, C.; Buscot, F.; Diekötter, T.; Heinze, J.; Hölzel, N.; Jung, K.; Klaus, V. H.; Klein, A.-M.; Kleinebecker, T.; Klemmer, S.; Krauss, J.; Lange, M.; Morris, E. K.; Müller, J.; Oelmann, Y.; Overmann, J.; Pašalić, E.; Renner, S. C.; Rillig, M. C.; Schaefer, H. M.; Schloter, M.; Schmitt, B.; Schöning, I.; Schrumpf, M.; Sikorski, J.; Socher, S. A.; Solly, E. F.; Sonnemann, I.; Sorkau, E.; Steckel, J.; Steffan-Dewenter, I.; Stempfhuber, B.; Tschapka, M.; Türke, M.; Venter, P.; Weiner, C. N.; Weisser, W. W.; Werner, M.; Westphal, C.; Wilcke, W.; Wolters, V.; Wubet, T.; Wurst, S.; Fischer, M.; Allan, E. (2016). Locally rare species influence grassland ecosystem multifunctionality. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London / B: Biological Sciences, 371 (1694), 20150269/1–10. doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0269
Wiggenhauser, M.; Bigalke, M.; Imseng, M.; Müller, M.; Keller, A.; Murphy, K.; Kreissig, K.; Rehkämper, M.; Wilcke, W.; Frossard, E. (2016). Cadmium isotope fractionation in soil-wheat systems. Environmental science & technology, 50 (17), 9223–9231. doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b01568
2015
Allan, E.; Manning, P.; Alt, F.; Binkenstein, J.; Blaser, S.; Bluethgen, N.; Boehm, S.; Grassein, F.; Hoelzel, N.; Klaus, V. H.; Kleinebecker, T.; Morris, E. K.; Oelmann, Y.; Prati, D.; Renner, S. C.; Rillig, M. C.; Schaefer, M.; Schloter, M.; Schmitt, B.; Schoening, I.; Schrumpf, M.; Solly, E.; Sorkau, E.; Steckel, J.; Steffen-Dewenter, I.; Stempfhuber, B.; Tschapka, M.; Weiner, C. N.; Weisser, W. W.; Werner, M.; Westphal, C.; Wilcke, W.; Fischer, M. (2015). Land use intensification alters ecosystem multifunctionality via loss of biodiversity and changes to functional composition. Ecology letters, 18 (8), 834–843. doi:10.1111/ele.12469
Bast, A.; Wilcke, W.; Graf, F.; Lüscher, P.; Gärtner, H. (2015). A simplified and rapid technique to determine an aggreagte stability coefficient in coarse grained soils. Catena, 127, 170–176. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2014.11.017
Hacker, N.; Ebeling, A.; Gessler, A.; Gleixner, G.; González Macé, O.; Kroon, H. de; Lange, M.; Mommer, L.; Eisenhauer, N.; Ravenek, J.; Scheu, S.; Weigelt, A.; Wagg, C.; Wilcke, W.; Oelmann, Y. (2015). Plant diversity shapes microbe-rhizosphere effects on P mobilisation from organic matter in soil. Ecology letters, 18 (12), 1356–1365. doi:10.1111/ele.12530
Han, Y. M.; Wei, C.; Bandowe, B. A. M.; Wilcke, W.; Cao, J. J.; Xu, B. Q.; Gao, S. P.; Tie, X. X.; Li, G. H.; Jin, Z. D.; An, Z. S. (2015). Elemental carbon and polycyclic aromatic compounds in a 150-year sediment core from Lake Qinghai, Tibetan plateau, China: Influence of regional and local sources and transport pathways. Environmental science & technology, 49 (7), 4176–4183. doi:10.1021/es504568m
Han, Y. M.; Bandowe, B. A. M.; Wei, C.; Cao, J.-J.; Wilcke, W.; Wang, G. H.; Ni, H. Y.; Jin, Z. D.; An, Z. S.; Yan, B. Z. (2015). Stronger association of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with soot than with char in soils and sediments. Chemosphere, 119, 1335–1345. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.02.021
Leimer, S.; Oelmann, Y.; Wirth, C.; Wilcke, W. (2015). Time matters for plant diversity effects on nitrate leaching from temperate grassland. Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 211, 155–163. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2015.06.002
Rehmus, A.; Bigalke, M.; Valarezo, C.; Castillo, J. M.; Wilcke, W. (2015). Aluminum toxicity to tropical montane forest tree seedlings in southern Ecuador: Response of nutrient status to elevated Al concentrations. Plant and soil, 338 (1-2), 87–97. doi:10.1007/s11104-014-2276-5
Wei, C.; Han, Y.; Bandowe, B. A. M.; Cao, J.; Huang, R.-J.; Ni, H.; Tian, J.; Wilcke, W. (2015). Occurrence, gas/particle partitioning and carcinogenic risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their oxygen and nitrogen containing derivatives in Xi’an, central China. Science of the Total Environment, 505, 814–822. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.054
Wilcke, W. (2015). Adventure Earth - Fertile Earth. Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern, 72, 91–97.
Wright, A. J.; Ebeling, A.; De Kroon, 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.; Wilcke, W.; Eisenhauer, N. (2015). Flooding disturbances increase resource availability and productivity but reduce stability in diverse plant communities. Nature Communications, 6, 6092. doi:10.1038/ncomms7092
2014
Bandowe, B. A. M.; Bigalke, M.; Boamah, L.; Nyarko, E.; Saalia, F. K.; Wilcke, W. (2014). Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAHs and oxygenated PAHs) and trace metals in fish species from Ghana (West Africa): Bioaccumulation and health risk assessment. Environment international, 65, 135–146. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2013.12.018
Bandowe, B. A. M.; Meusel, H.; Huang, R.- jin; Ho, K.-F.; Cao, J.-J.; Hoffmann, T.; Wilcke, W. (2014). PM-bound oxygenated PAHs (OPAHs), nitro-PAHs and parent-PAHs from the atmosphere of a Chinese megacity: Seasonal variation, sources and cancer risk assessment. The science of the total environment, 473-474, 77–87. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.108
Bandowe, B. A. M.; Srinivasan, P.; Seelge, M.; Sirocko, F.; Wilcke, W. (2014). A 2600-year record of past polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) deposition at Holzmaar (Eifel, Germany). Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 401, 111–121. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.02.021
Bast, A.; Wilcke, W.; Graf, F.; Lüscher, P.; Gärtner, H. (2014). The use of mycorrhiza for ecoengineering measures in steep alpine environments: Effects on soil aggregate formation and fine-root development. Earth surface processes and landforms, 39 (13), 1753–1763. doi:10.1002/esp.3557
Camenzind, T.; Hempel, S.; Homeier, J.; Horn, S.; Velescu, A.; Wilcke, W.; Rillig, M. C. (2014). Nitrogen and phosphorus additions impact arbuscular mycorrhizal abundance and molecular diversity in a tropical montane forest. Global Change Biology, 20 (12), 3646–3659. doi:10.1111/gcb.12618
Herold, N.; Schöning, I.; Gutknecht, J.; Alt, F.; Boch, S.; Müller, J.; Oelmann, Y.; Socher, S. A.; Wilcke, W.; Wubet, T.; Schrumpf, M. (2014). Soil property and management effects on grassland microbial communities across a latitudinal gradient in Germany. Applied soil ecology, 73, 41–50. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2013.07.009
Lange, M.; Habekost, M.; Eisenhauer, N.; Roscher, C.; Beßler, H.; Engels, C.; Oelmann, Y.; Scheu, S.; Wilcke, W.; Schulze, E.-D.; Gleixner, G. (2014). Biotic and abiotic properties mediating plant diversity effects on soil microbial communities in an experimental grassland. PLOS ONE, 9 (5), e96182. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096182Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Leimer, 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), 1378–1391. doi: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, 141–157. doi:10.1007/s10533-013-9913-6
Lundstedt, S.; Bandowe, B. A. M.; Wilcke, W.; Boll, E.; Christensen, J. H.; Vila, J.; Grifoll, M.; Faure, P.; Biache, C.; Lorgeoux, C.; Larsson, M.; Irgum, K. F.; Ivarsson, P.; Ricci, M. (2014). First intercomparison study on the analysis of oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (oxy-PAHs) and nitrogen heterocyclic polycyclic aromatic compounds (N-PACs) in contaminated soil. Trends in analytical chemistry, 57, 83–92. doi:10.1016/j.trac.2014.01.007
Meßmer, T.; Elsenbeer, H.; Wilcke, W. (2014). High exchangeable calcium concentrations in soils on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Geoderma, 217-218, 212–224. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.10.021
Schwarz, M. T.; Bischoff, S.; Blaser, S.; Boch, S.; Schmitt, B.; Thieme, L.; Fischer, M.; Michalzik, B.; Schulze, E.-D.; Siemens, J.; Wilcke, W. (2014). More efficient aboveground nitrogen use in more diverse Central European forest canopies. Forest ecology and management, 313, 274–282. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2013.11.021
Tuthorn, M.; Zech, M.; Ruppenthal, M.; Oelmann, Y.; Kahmen, A.; Valle, H. F. del; Wilcke, W.; Glaser, B. (2014). Oxygen isotope ratios (O/O) of hemicellulose-derived sugar biomarkers in plants, soils and sediments as paleoclimate proxy. II. Insight from a climate transect study. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 126, 624–634. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2013.11.002
Wilcke, W.; Bandowe, B. A. M.; Lueso, M. G.; Ruppenthal, M.; Valle, H. F. del; Oelmann, Y. (2014). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their polar derivatives (oxygenated PAHs, azaarenes) in soils along a climosequence in Argentina. The science of the total environment, 473-474, 317–325. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.037
2013
Abbas, M.; Ebeling, A.; Oelmann, Y.; Ptacnik, R.; Roscher, C.; Weigelt, A.; Weisser, W. W.; Wilcke, W.; Hillebrand, H. (2013). Biodiversity effects on plant stoichometry. PLOS ONE, 8. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058179Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Ferger, S. W.; Böhning-Gaese, K.; Wilcke, W.; Oelmann, Y.; Schleuning, M. (2013). Distinct carbon sources indicate strong differentiation between tropical forest and farmland bird communities. Oecologia, 171 (2), 473–486. doi:10.1007/s00442-012-2422-9
Oelmann, Y.; Wilcke, W.; Alt, F.; Schöning, I. (2013). Phosphate release kinetics in calcareous grassland and forest soils in response to H+ addition. Soil Science Society of America journal, 77 (6), 2060–2070. doi:10.2136/sssaj2013.02.0072
Ruppenthal, M.; Oelmann, Y.; Wilcke, W. (2013). Optimized demineralization technique for the measurement of stable isotope ratios of nonexchangeable H in soil organic matter. Environmental science & technology, 47 (2), 949–957. doi:10.1021/es303448g
Sprenger, M.; Oelmann, Y.; Weihermüller, L.; Wolf, S.; Wilcke, W.; Potvin, C. (2013). Tree species and diversity effects on soil water seepage in a tropical plantation. Forest ecology and management, 309, 76–86. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2013.03.022
Wilcke, W.; Bigalke, M.; Kersten, M.; Weyer, S. (2013). Isotopes trace biogeochemistry and sources of Cu and Zn in an intertidal soil. Soil Science Society of America journal, 77, 680–691. doi:10.2136/sssaj2012.0225
Wilcke, 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), 1194–1204. doi:10.1002/2012gb004471
Wilcke, W.; Schilling, K.; Johnson, T. M. (2013). Isotope fractionation of selenium by biomethylation in microcosm incubations of soil. Chemical geology, 352, 101–107. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.05.013
Wilcke, W.; Valarezo, C.; Homeier, J.; Bigalke, M.; Wullaert, H.; Cumbicus, N. (2013). Short-term response of the Ca cycle of a montane forest in Ecuador to low experimental CaCl₂ additions. Journal of plant nutrition and soil science, 176 (6), 892–903. doi:10.1002/jpln.201300146
Wirth, C.; Oelmann, Y.; Wilcke, W.; Beßler, H.; Engels, C.; Weisser, W. W.; Ebeling, A.; Roscher, C.; Weigelt, A.; Buchmann, N.; Scheu, S.; Eisenhauer, N.; Allan, E.; Fischer, M.; Schulze, E.-D.; Baade, J.; Barnard, R. L.; Fergus, A. J. F.; Gleixner, G.; Gubsch, M.; Halle, S.; Kertscher, I.; Kuu, A.; Lange, M.; Xavier Le roux; Meyer, S. T.; Migunova, V. D.; Milcu, A.; Niklaus, P. A.; Pašalic, E.; Petermann, J. S.; Poly, F.; Rottstock, T.; Sabais, A. C. W.; Scherber, C.; Scherer-Lorenzen, M.; Steinbeiss, S.; Schwichtenberg, G.; Temperton, V.; Tscharntke, T.; Voigt, W.; Schmid, B.; Klein, A.-M. (2013). A comparison of the strength of biodiversity effects across multiple functions. Oecologia, 173, 223–237. doi:10.1007/s00442-012-2589-0
2011
Leimer, S.; Wilcke, W.; Pohlert, T.; Pfahl, S. (2011). Towards a new generation of high-resolution meteorological input data for small-scale hydrologic modeling. Journal of hydrology, 402, 317–332. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.03.026
1994
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Non-referenced journal articles

2023
Fabian, T.; Velescu, A.; Espinosa, C. I.; Wilcke, W. (2023). Nitrogen supply in the soils of the tropical montane dry forest in the Laipuna Reserve. Tabebuia Bulletin - DFG Research Unit 2730, 10, 10–11. doi:10.5678/9xpj-5b08
2019
Fabian, T.; Velescu, A.; Wilcke, W. (2019). Soil development on heterogeneous parent material under tropical montane forest in South Ecuador. Tabebuia Bulletin - DFG Research Unit 2730, 6, 8. doi:10.5678/lcrs/for2730.cit.1736
2015
Fabian, T.; Velescu, A.; Wilcke, W. (2015). Canopy Organisms Retain Sodium in the Tropical Montane Forest. Tabebuia Bulletin - DFG Research PAK 823-825, 4, 14–15. doi:10.5678/lcrs/pak823-825.cit.1412
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Velescu, A.; Valarezo, C.; Wilcke, W. (2012). Response of the forest to elevated nitrogen deposition. TMF Newsletter of the DFG Research Unit 816, 16, 12. doi:10.5678/lcrs/for816.cit.1081

Book chapters

2024
Velescu, A.; Fabian, T.; Wilcke, W. (2024). Soil properties and development in the tropical dry forest. Biodiversity Hotspot : Tropical Seasonal Dry Forests. Ed. F.X. Bogner & E. Beck, 70–77, Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional. doi:10.5678/sypj-xq74
2021
Wilcke, W. (2021). Litterfall in Andean Forests: Quantity, Composition, and Environmental Drivers. The Andean Cloud Forest. Ed: R. W. Myster, 89–110, Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-57344-7_5
2019
Lange, M.; Koller-France, E.; Hildebrandt, A.; Oelmann, Y.; Wilcke, W.; Gleixner, G. (2019). How plant diversity impacts the coupled water, nutrient and carbon cycles. Mechanisms underlying the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function. Ed.: N. Eisenhauer, 185–219, Elsevier. doi:10.1016/bs.aecr.2019.06.005
Vogel, A.; Ebeling, A.; Gleixner, G.; Roscher, C.; Scheu, S.; Ciobanu, M.; Koller-France, E.; Lange, M.; Lochner, A.; Meyer, S. T.; Oelmann, Y.; Wilcke, W.; Schmid, B.; Eisenhauer, N. (2019). A new experimental approach to test why biodiversity effects strengthen as ecosystems age. Mechanisms underlying the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function. Ed. N. Eisenhauer, 221–264, Elsevier. doi:10.1016/bs.aecr.2019.06.006
2016
Velescu, A.; Wilcke, W. (2016). Rising Nitrogen Inputs to the Tropical Mountain Rain Forests. Biodiversity Hotspot : tropical mountain rainforest. Ed.: F.X. Bogner, 80–85, Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional.