Gabriele Broll

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Gabriele Broll is a scholar working on Soil Science, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gabriele Broll has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Soil Science, 33 papers in Atmospheric Science and 30 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Gabriele Broll's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (27 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (21 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (17 papers). Gabriele Broll is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (27 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (21 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (17 papers). Gabriele Broll collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and Italy. Gabriele Broll's co-authors include Friedrich‐Karl Holtmeier, C. Tarnocai, Dieter Trautz, Markus Reichstein, Peter Kuhry, Josep G. Canadell, Gustaf Hugelius, David K. Swanson, Mark Overesch and Thomas Kätterer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Gabriele Broll

95 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Sensitivity and response of northern hemisphere altitudinal and polar treelines to environmental change at landscape and local scales

2005 519 citations Friedrich‐Karl Holtmeier, Gabriele Broll profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gabriele Broll Germany	28	1.5k	1.2k	771	624	589	99	3.2k
José A. Carreira Spain	28	733 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	644 1.0×	1.1k 1.9×	65	3.2k
Chuanyan Zhao China	30	700 0.5×	1.8k 1.5×	407 0.5×	780 1.3×	638 1.1×	131	3.2k
Daniel Houle Canada	33	1.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.5×	1.2k 1.5×	934 1.5×	870 1.5×	165	3.9k
Rock Ouimet Canada	33	663 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 1.6×	596 1.0×	949 1.6×	106	3.1k
Étienne Dambrine France	35	715 0.5×	905 0.7×	1.0k 1.3×	991 1.6×	1.1k 1.8×	108	3.9k
Louis Duchesne Canada	30	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.5×	506 0.8×	469 0.8×	106	2.8k
Xianguo Lü China	40	838 0.5×	1.8k 1.5×	463 0.6×	2.6k 4.1×	661 1.1×	199	4.6k
Gengxin Zhang China	28	921 0.6×	1.8k 1.5×	430 0.6×	2.2k 3.6×	446 0.8×	73	4.4k
Joel A. Biederman United States	31	955 0.6×	2.3k 1.9×	354 0.5×	968 1.6×	412 0.7×	94	3.4k
Mary C. Scholes South Africa	29	734 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	493 0.6×	771 1.2×	621 1.1×	90	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gabriele Broll

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All Works

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Broll, Gabriele, et al.. (2025). Natural but threatening? (II) A systematic terrestrial ecotoxicity evaluation of biopolymers and modified natural polymers. Environmental Research. 278. 121665–121665. 2 indexed citations

Jarmer, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Site-specific mechanical weed management in maize (Zea mays) in North-West Germany. Crop Protection. 190. 107123–107123. 2 indexed citations

Broll, Gabriele, et al.. (2025). Predicting Water Distribution and Optimizing Irrigation Management in Turfgrass Rootzones Using HYDRUS-2D. Hydrology. 12(3). 53–53.

Kühling, Insa, et al.. (2024). Impact of mechanical weed control on soil N dynamics, soil moisture, and crop yield in an organic cropping sequence. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 2 indexed citations

Wachendorf, Christine, et al.. (2023). A Concept for a Consolidated Humus Form Description—An Updated Version of German Humus Form Systematics. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14(3). 658–686. 4 indexed citations

Broll, Gabriele, et al.. (2023). Humus Forms of Moist and Wet Forest Stands. A Review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14(3). 780–796. 1 indexed citations

Mühling, Karl H., et al.. (2020). Iodine biofortification of field-grown strawberries – Approaches and their limitations. Scientia Horticulturae. 269. 109317–109317. 27 indexed citations

Broll, Gabriele, et al.. (2020). Organic matter and sediment properties determine in-lake variability of sediment CO ₂ and CH ₄ production and emissions of a small and shallow lake. Biogeosciences. 17(20). 5057–5078. 36 indexed citations

Hölzel, Norbert, et al.. (2016). Potential of temperate agricultural soils for carbon sequestration: A meta-analysis of land-use effects. The Science of The Total Environment. 566-567. 428–435. 70 indexed citations

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Broll, Gabriele, et al.. (2016). A Fuzzy Logic Based Method for Modeling the Spatial Distribution of Indicators of Decomposition in a High Mountain Environment. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 48(4). 623–635. 5 indexed citations

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Hugelius, Gustaf, C. Tarnocai, Gabriele Broll, et al.. (2013). The Northern Circumpolar Soil Carbon Database: spatially distributed datasets of soil coverage and soil carbon storage in the northern permafrost regions. Earth system science data. 5(1). 3–13. 240 indexed citations

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Broll, Gabriele, et al.. (2007). Landscape mosaic in the treeline ecotone on Mt Rodjanoaivi, Subarctic Finland. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 185(2). 89–105. 19 indexed citations

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Overesch, Mark, Jörg Rinklebe, Gabriele Broll, & H. U. Neue. (2006). Metals and arsenic in soils and corresponding vegetation at Central Elbe river floodplains (Germany). Environmental Pollution. 145(3). 800–812. 137 indexed citations

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Broll, Gabriele, et al.. (2005). Soil Ecological Processes in Vegetation Patches of Well Drained Permafrost Affected Sites (Kangerlussuaq - West Greenland). Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 9 indexed citations

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Spurgeon, David J., Gabriele Broll, Claus Svendsen, et al.. (2004). Metal Effects on Soil Invertebrate Feeding: Measurements Using the Bait Lamina Method. Ecotoxicology. 13(8). 807–816. 57 indexed citations

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Holtmeier, Friedrich‐Karl, et al.. (2003). Regeneration of trees in the treeline ecotone: northern Finnish Lapland. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 47 indexed citations

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Broll, Gabriele, W. Merbach, & Eva‐Maria Pfeiffer. (2002). Wetlands in Central Europe : soil organisms, soil ecological processes, and trace gas emissions. Springer eBooks. 22 indexed citations

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Oelmann, Yvonne, Gabriele Broll, J. Durand, et al.. (2002). Nutrient dynamics in wet grassland under different management in Northwest-Germany.. 718–719. 1 indexed citations

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Zimmer, Martin, et al.. (2000). Correspondence analytical evaluation of factors that influence soil macro-arthropod distribution in abandoned grassland. Pedobiologia. 44(6). 695–704. 27 indexed citations

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Holtmeier, Friedrich‐Karl & Gabriele Broll. (1992). The Influence of Tree Islands and Microtopography on Pedoecological Conditions in the Forest-Alpine Tundra Ecotone on Niwot Ridge, Colorado Front Range, U.S.A.. Arctic and Alpine Research. 24(3). 216–228. 12 indexed citations

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