Ivano Brunner

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
138 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Ivano Brunner is a scholar working on Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ivano Brunner has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Plant Science, 36 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 31 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Ivano Brunner's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (36 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (30 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (23 papers). Ivano Brunner is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (36 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (30 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (23 papers). Ivano Brunner collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, China and United Kingdom. Ivano Brunner's co-authors include Beat Frey, Christoph Sperisen, Claude Herzog, Melissa A. Dawes, Matthias Arend, Douglas L. Godbold, Jörg Luster, Yasuhiro Hirano, Beat Stierli and Ivika Ostonen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Ivano Brunner

135 papers receiving 5.6k citations

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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.

How tree roots respond to drought

2015 593 citations Ivano Brunner, Claude Herzog et al. profile →
Specific root length as an indicator of environmental change

2007 525 citations Ivika Ostonen, Ülle Püttsepp et al. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ivano Brunner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ivano Brunner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ivano Brunner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ivano Brunner. Ivano Brunner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Comparing soil microarthropod communities derived directly from soil DNA metabarcoding with those from morphological assessment in a drought-prone and irrigated pine forest 2025 ·Applied Soil Ecology ·Jessica Cuartero, Ivano Brunner, Marcus Schaub, Dariusz J. Gwiazdowicz, Piotr Skubała, (unknown), Paul Henning Krogh, Beat Frey	1
2	Polystyrene microplastic pollution induces species-specific shifts in root traits and rhizosphere conditions in a temperate forest 2025 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·(unknown), Guo Wei, Ivano Brunner, Jiaxin Liu, Xiaodong Na, (unknown), (unknown), Cunguo Wang, Mai‐He Li	1
3	A global synthesis reveals that environmental factors drive the proportion of ectomycorrhizal exploration types 2025 ·Geoderma ·Wei Guo, Cunguo Wang, Ivano Brunner, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mai‐He Li	0
4	Searching for new plastic-degrading enzymes from the plastisphere of alpine soils using a metagenomic mining approach 2024 ·PLoS ONE ·Beat Frey, (unknown), (unknown), Joel Rüthi, (unknown), Beat Stierli, Weihong Qi, Ivano Brunner	7
5	Linking fine‐root diameter across root orders with climatic, biological and edaphic factors in the Northern Hemisphere 2024 ·Oikos ·Guo Wei, Cunguo Wang, Ivano Brunner, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mai‐He Li	4
6	Climatic shifts threaten alpine mycorrhizal communities above the treeline 2023 ·Fungal ecology ·(unknown), Martin I. Bidartondo, Tuula Niskanen, Ivano Brunner, Stephan Zimmermann, Béatrice Senn-Irlet, Beat Frey, Ursula Peintner, Tanja Mrak, Laura M. Suz	3
7	Soil fauna drives vertical redistribution of soil organic carbon in a long‐term irrigated dry pine forest 2022 ·Global Change Biology ·Claudia Guidi, Beat Frey, Ivano Brunner, Katrin Meusburger, (unknown), Xiaomei Chen, (unknown), Dariusz J. Gwiazdowicz, Piotr Skubała, Arun K. Bose, Marcus Schaub, Andreas Rigling, Frank Hagedorn	29
8	Effects of long-term water reduction and nitrogen addition on fine roots and fungal hyphae in a mixed mature Pinus koraiensis forest 2021 ·Plant and Soil ·Cunguo Wang, Ivano Brunner, Wei Guo, Chen Zhao, Mai‐He Li	7
9	Drought alters the carbon footprint of trees in soils—tracking the spatio‐temporal fate of ¹³C‐labelled assimilates in the soil of an old‐growth pine forest 2021 ·Global Change Biology ·Decai Gao, Jobin Joseph, Roland A. Werner, Ivano Brunner, (unknown), Christian Hug, Ao Wang, Chunhong Zhao, Edith Bai, Katrin Meusburger, Arthur Geßler, Frank Hagedorn	38
10	Habitat specialisation controls ectomycorrhizal fungi above the treeline in the European Alps 2020 ·New Phytologist ·(unknown), Martin I. Bidartondo, Tuula Niskanen, James J. Clarkson, Ivano Brunner, Stephan Zimmermann, Béatrice Senn-Irlet, Beat Frey, Ursula Peintner, Tanja Mrak, Laura M. Suz	30
11	The Dynamics of Living and Dead Fine Roots of Forest Biomes across the Northern Hemisphere 2019 ·Forests ·Cunguo Wang, Ivano Brunner, Shengwei Zong, Mai‐He Li	14
12	Cultural ecosystem services provided by the biodiversity of forest soils: A European review 2019 ·Geoderma ·Jurga Motiejūnaitė, Isabella Børja, Ivika Ostonen, Mark R. Bakker, Brynhildur Bjarnadóttir, Ivano Brunner, Reda Iršėnaitė, Tanja Mrak, Edda S. Oddsdóttir, Tarja Lehto	17
13	Microbial succession on decomposing root litter in a drought-prone Scots pine forest 2019 ·The ISME Journal ·Claude Herzog, Martin Hartmann, Beat Frey, Beat Stierli, Cornélia Rumpel, Nina Buchmann, Ivano Brunner	88
14	The Responses of Forest Fine Root Biomass/Necromass Ratio to Environmental Factors Depend on Mycorrhizal Type and Latitudinal Region 2018 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Cunguo Wang, (unknown), Hong Yin, Wei Guo, Ying Cao, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jiandong Li, Tianhong Zhao, Ivano Brunner, Guanhua Dai, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mai‐He Li	14
15	12 years of irrigation in a drought stressed pine forest speeds up carbon cycling and alters the soil biome but has negligible effects on soil organic matter storage 2017 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Frank Hagedorn, Martin Hartmann, Ivano Brunner, Andreas Rigling, Claude Herzog, Marcus Schaub, (unknown)	1
16	Soil acidity affects fine root turnover of European beech 2012 ·Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology ·(unknown), Irka Hajdas, Emmanuel Frossard, Ivano Brunner	21
17	Specific root length as an indicator of environmental change breakdown → 2007 ·Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology ·Ivika Ostonen, Ülle Püttsepp, C. Biel, Odair Alberton, Mark R. Bakker, Krista Lõhmus, Hooshang Majdi, D. B. Metcalfe, A.F.M. Olsthoorn, A.A. Pronk, Elena Vanguelova, Martin Weih, Ivano Brunner	525
18	Tree fine root Ca/Al molar ratio – Indicator of Al and acidity stress 2007 ·Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology ·Elena Vanguelova, Yasuhiro Hirano, T. D. Eldhuset, Lidia Sas‐Paszt, Mark R. Bakker, Ülle Püttsepp, Ivano Brunner, Krista Lõhmus, Douglas L. Godbold	56
19	The platform for European root science, COST action E38: An introduction and overview 2007 ·Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology ·Douglas L. Godbold, Ivano Brunner	9
20	Variation in fine root biomass of three European tree species: Beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.), Norway spruce ( Picea abies L. Karst.), and Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris L.) 2007 ·Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology ·Leena Finér, Heljä‐Sisko Helmisaari, Krista Lõhmus, Hooshang Majdi, Ivano Brunner, Isabella Børja, T. D. Eldhuset, Douglas L. Godbold, Tine Grebenc, Bohdan Konôpka, Hojka Kraigher, (unknown), Mizue Ohashi, Jacek Oleksyn, Ivika Ostonen, Veiko Uri, Elena Vanguelova	190

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