Holger Beßler

5.7k citations

16 papers · 2.6k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 13

Impact in

Soil Science top 0.5%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 1%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Papers in ⓘ

Soil Science 12
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 12
Forestry 4
- Pasture and Agricultural Systems 4

Co-authors: Gerd Gleixner (6 shared papers)Nico Eisenhauer (7 shared papers)Stefan Scheu (6 shared papers)Christof Engels (14 shared papers)Sibylle Steinbeiss (3 shared papers)Markus Lange (3 shared papers)Christiane Roscher (9 shared papers)Susan Trumbore (1 shared paper)
Journals: Plant and Soil (2 papers)Journal of Ecology (2 papers)PLoS ONE (2 papers)Ecology (1 paper)Journal of Plant Ecology (1 paper)
Partner nations: Germany Switzerland United Kingdom

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Holger Beßler

16 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage 2015 · 1.2k citations

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16 of 16 papers shown

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1	Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage Nature Communications ·Markus Lange, Nico Eisenhauer, Carlos A. Sierra, Holger Beßler, Christoph Engels, Robert I. Griffiths, Perla Griselle Mellado-Vázquez, Ashish A. Malik, Jacques Roy, Stefan Scheu, Sibylle Steinbeiss, Bruce C. Thomson, Susan Trumbore, Gerd Gleixner Hit paper breakdown →	2015	1209
2	Plant diversity positively affects short‐term soil carbon storage in experimental grasslands Global Change Biology ·Sibylle Steinbeiss, Holger Beßler, Christof Engels, Vicky M. Temperton, Nina Buchmann, Christiane Roscher, Yvonne Kreutziger, Jussi Baade, Maike Habekost, Gerd Gleixner	2008	262
3	Biotic and Abiotic Properties Mediating Plant Diversity Effects on Soil Microbial Communities in an Experimental Grassland PLoS ONE ·Markus Lange, Maike Habekost, Nico Eisenhauer, Christiane Roscher, Holger Beßler, Christof Engels, Yvonne Oelmann, Stefan Scheu, Wolfgang Wilcke, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze, Gerd Gleixner	2014	184
4	Long‐term study of root biomass in a biodiversity experiment reveals shifts in diversity effects over time Oikos ·Janneke Ravenek, Holger Beßler, Christof Engels, Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen, Arthur Geßler, Annette Gockele, Enrica De Luca, Vicky M. Temperton, Anne Ebeling, Christiane Roscher, Bernhard Schmid, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Christian Wirth, Hans de Kroon, Alexandra Weigelt, Liesje Mommer	2014	169
5	Plant Diversity Surpasses Plant Functional Groups and Plant Productivity as Driver of Soil Biota in the Long Term PLoS ONE ·Nico Eisenhauer, Alexandru Milcu, Alexander C.W. Sabais, Holger Beßler, Johanna Brenner, Christof Engels, Bernhard Klarner, Mark Maraun, Stephan Partsch, Christiane Roscher, Felix Schonert, Vicky M. Temperton, Karolin Thomisch, Alexandra Weigelt, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Stefan Scheu	2011	168
6	Mechanisms linking plant community properties to soil aggregate stability in an experimental grassland plant diversity gradient Plant and Soil ·Guenola Pérès, D. Cluzeau, Safya Menasseri, Jean‐François Soussana, Holger Beßler, Christof Engels, Maike Habekost, Gerd Gleixner, Alexandra Weigelt, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Stefan Scheu, Nico Eisenhauer	2013	125
7	Aboveground overyielding in grassland mixtures is associated with reduced biomass partitioning to belowground organs Ecology ·Holger Beßler, Vicky M. Temperton, Christiane Roscher, Nina Buchmann, Bernhard Schmid, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Christof Engels	2009	106
8	Plant species richness and functional groups have different effects on soil water content in a decade‐long grassland experiment Journal of Ecology ·Christine Fischer, Sophia Leimer, Christiane Roscher, Janneke Ravenek, Hans de Kroon, Yvonne Kreutziger, Jussi Baade, Holger Beßler, Nico Eisenhauer, Alexandra Weigelt, Liesje Mommer, Markus Lange, Gerd Gleixner, Wolfgang Wilcke, Boris Schröder, Anke Hildebrandt	2018	88
9	Plant community impacts on the structure of earthworm communities depend on season and change with time Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Nico Eisenhauer, Alexandru Milcu, Alexander C.W. Sabais, Holger Beßler, Alexandra Weigelt, Christof Engels, Stefan Scheu	2009	69
10	Nitrogen uptake by grassland communities: contribution of N2 fixation, facilitation, complementarity, and species dominance Plant and Soil ·Holger Beßler, Yvonne Oelmann, Christiane Roscher, Nina Buchmann, Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze, Vicky M. Temperton, Wolfgang Wilcke, Christof Engels	2012	59
11	Resources, recruitment limitation and invader species identity determine pattern of spontaneous invasion in experimental grasslands Journal of Ecology ·Christiane Roscher, Holger Beßler, Yvonne Oelmann, Christof Engels, Wolfgang Wilcke, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze	2008	54
12	Plant diversity effects on the water balance of an experimental grassland Ecohydrology ·Sophia Leimer, Yvonne Kreutziger, Stephan Rosenkranz, Holger Beßler, Christof Engels, Anke Hildebrandt, Yvonne Oelmann, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Christian Wirth, Wolfgang Wilcke	2013	31
13	Biodiversity and belowground interactions mediate community invasion resistance against a tall herb invader Journal of Plant Ecology ·Christoph Scherber, Peter Mwangi, Martin Schmitz, Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen, Holger Beßler, Christof Engels, Nico Eisenhauer, В. Д. Мигунова, Stefan Scheu, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze, Bernhard Schmid	2010	19
14	Combining a root exclusion technique with continuous chamber and porous tube measurements for a pin‐point separation of ecosystem respiration in croplands Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science ·Mathias Hoffmann, Stephan Wirth, Holger Beßler, Christof Engels, Hubert Jochheim, Michael Sommer, Jürgen Augustin	2017	9
15	Plant Biodiversity Positively Affects Short-term Soil Carbon Storage in Experimental Grasslands AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Sibylle Steinbeiss, Holger Beßler, Christof Engels, Vicky M. Temperton, Nina Buchmann, Christiane Roscher, Yvonne Kreutziger, Jussi Baade, Maike Habekost, Gerd Gleixner	2007	4
16	Processing Municipal Waste for Phytostabilization of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils Soil Systems ·Shohnazar Hazratqulov, Georgina von Ahlefeldt, Rui Liu, Holger Beßler, Hernán Almuiña-Villar, Alba Dieguez-Alonso, Christof Engels	2024	1

About Holger Beßler

Holger Beßler is a scholar working on Soil Science, Forestry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Geochemistry and Petrology, having authored 16 papers that have together received 2.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (12 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (9 papers), Pasture and Agricultural Systems (4 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (4 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (3 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (3 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (2 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (1.5k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (853 citations), Forestry (163 citations), Ecology (900 citations) and Agronomy and Crop Science (297 citations). Holger Beßler has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Gerd Gleixner, Nico Eisenhauer, Stefan Scheu, Christof Engels, Sibylle Steinbeiss, Markus Lange, Christiane Roscher, Susan Trumbore, Jacques Roy and Carlos A. Sierra. Their work appears in journals such as Plant and Soil, Journal of Ecology, PLoS ONE, Ecology and Journal of Plant Ecology.

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