Werner Borken

University of Bayreuth — Germany

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

53h-index9.8kcitations192works4.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics(92), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology(81), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics(26), Soil and Unsaturated Flow(26), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics(24)

Publications192 total

Primary metabolites in root exudates are not affected by long‐term soil warming in a temperate forest
Functional Ecology·2025Open Access
Peatland Mid-Infrared Database 1.0.0
2025Open Access
Increased Belowground Carbon Allocation Reduces Soil Carbon Losses Under Long‐Term Warming
Global Change Biology·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Greenhouse gas fluxes from two drained pond sediments: a mesocosm study
Biogeochemistry·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
A mesocosm study on carbon transfer mechanisms from deadwood to litter through fungal hyphal growth
Applied Soil Ecology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
A mesocosm study on carbon transfer mechanisms from deadwood to litter through fungal hyphal growth
EPub Bayreuth (University of Bayreuth)·2025Open Access
Changes in natural 15N abundance highlight warming-induced stimulation of soil nitrate losses by coupled nitrification-denitrification in an old-growth montane forest
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
sulfur fate in the peatlands: an in-depth analysis on a global scale
2025
Long‐term soil warming changes the profile of primary metabolites in fine roots of Norway spruce in a temperate montane forest
Plant Cell & Environment·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Long‐term soil warming decreases soil microbial necromass carbon by adversely affecting its production and decomposition
Global Change Biology·2024· 43 cited
Long-term soil warming causes acceleration of soil nitrogen losses in a temperate forest studied by 15N isotope fractionation
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Long-term soil warming decreases soil microbial necromass carbon by adversely affecting its production and decomposition 
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Enzymatic machinery of wood-inhabiting fungi that degrade temperate tree species
The ISME Journal·2024· 13 citedOpen Access
Does Carbon Transfer from Deadwood to Litter by Fungal Hyphae Increase Litter Decomposition?
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024Open Access
Biological nitrogen fixation, diversity and community structure of diazotrophs in two mosses in 25 temperate forests
Environmental Microbiology·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Tree species-specific wood traits control diazotrophic community composition in deadwood
International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation·2023· 3 cited
Active soil microbial composition and proliferation are directly affected by the presence of biocides from building materials
The Science of The Total Environment·2023· 14 cited
Wood decomposition is increased by insect diversity, selection effects, and interactions between insects and microbes
Ecology·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Nitrogen addition increases mass loss of gymnosperm but not of angiosperm deadwood without changing microbial communities
The Science of The Total Environment·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Long-term warming of a forest soil reduces microbial biomass and its carbon and nitrogen use efficiencies
Soil Biology and Biochemistry·2023· 58 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Egbert Matzner(14), Jan Muhr(8), R. Brumme(7), K. E. Savage(6), Eric A. Davidson(6), Andreas Schindlbacher(6), F. Beese(5), Susan Trumbore(4), Y. Jun Xu(4), Wolfgang Wanek(4), Stefanie D Goldberg(3), Gerhard Gebauer(3), Keith A. Smith(2), K. E. Dobbie(2), Ernst‐Detlef Schulze(2), Wolfgang W. Weisser(2), Ivika Ostonen(2), Heljä‐Sisko Helmisaari(2), Leho Tedersoo(2), Mai Kukumägi(2)