Klemens Ekschmitt

7.8k citations

51 papers · 5.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Soil Science top 0.1%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Environmental Chemistry top 0.5%
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Papers in

Soil Science 21
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 21
Ecological Modeling 7
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 7

Co-authors: Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner Bernd Marschner Egbert Matzner Georg Guggenberger Margit von Lützow Heinz Flessa Volkmar Wolters Tom Bongers
Journals: Soil Biology and Biochemistry (7 papers)Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science (5 papers)Applied Soil Ecology (3 papers)Ecological Indicators (2 papers)Geoderma (2 papers)
Partner nations: Germany Netherlands United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Klemens Ekschmitt

51 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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SOM fractionation methods: Relevance to functional pools and to stabilization mechanisms 2007 · 1.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2007 Soil Biology and Biochemistry
2006 European Journal of Soil Science

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1	Forest fire induces short‐term shifts in soil food webs with consequences for carbon cycling Ecology Letters ·Konstantin B. Gongalsky, Andrey S. Zaitsev, Daniil I. Korobushkin, Ruslan A. Saifutdinov, Michał Goncerz, Franciska T. de Vries, Klemens Ekschmitt, Maxim I. Degtyarev, Humberto Jiménez, Н. В. Костина, Michelle Beauchesne, Oliveira Liliana, Justin Beal, Volkmar Wolters, Richard D. Bardgett	2020	28
2	Cutting reduces variation in biomass production of forage crops and allows low‐performers to catch up: A case study of Trifolium pratense L. (red clover) Plant Biology ·Jiří Žák, Klemens Ekschmitt, Volker Wissemann, Annette Becker	2018	7
3	Belowground Tritrophic Food Chain Modulates Soil Respiration in Grasslands Pedosphere ·Andrey S. Zaitsev, Klaus Birkhofer, Klemens Ekschmitt, Volkmar Wolters	2018	7
4	Recovery dynamics of prokaryotes and extracellular enzymes during sediment rewetting after desiccation Hydrobiologia ·Dan Högberga, 義智佐々木, Klemens Ekschmitt, Jürgen Marxsen	2018	8
5	Forest fires alter the trophic structure of soil nematode communities Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Michał Goncerz, Konstantin B. Gongalsky, Daniil I. Korobushkin, Klemens Ekschmitt, Andrey S. Zaitsev	2017	38
6	Reduction of metal exposure of Daubenton's bats (Myotis daubentonii) following remediation of pond sediment as evidenced by metal concentrations in hair The Science of The Total Environment ·D. McVey, Klemens Ekschmitt, Uwe Kierdorf, شيخ ناجية, Rolf‐Alexander Düring, Jorge A. Encarnação	2016	15
7	Variability of higher trophic level stable isotope data in space and time – a case study in a marine ecosystem Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry ·Petra Quillfeldt, Klemens Ekschmitt, Paul Brickle, Rona A. R. McGill, Volkmar Wolters, Nina Dehnhard, Juan F. Masello	2015	29
8	Modelling land-use sustainability using farmland birds as indicators Ecological Indicators ·Thomas K. Gottschalk, Ralf Dittrich, Tim Diekötter, Patrick J. Sheridan, Volkmar Wolters, Klemens Ekschmitt	2009	34
9	Stabilization mechanisms of organic matter in four temperate soils: Development and application of a conceptual model Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science ·Margit von Lützow, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Bernard Ludwig, Egbert Matzner, Heinz Flessa, Klemens Ekschmitt, Georg Guggenberger, Bernd Marschner, Karsten Kalbitz	2008	367
10	Assessing the potential distribution of the Caucasian black grouse Tetrao mlokosiewiczi in Turkey through spatial modelling Journal für Ornithologie ·Thomas K. Gottschalk, Klemens Ekschmitt, Katlego Lentswe, Khaledian, Volkmar Wolters	2007	17
11	Increased density of honeybee colonies affects foraging bumblebees Apidologie ·D A Plotkin, Yichen Jiang, Robert Frankl, Ralph Büchler, Klemens Ekschmitt, Volkmar Wolters	2007	3
12	A GIS-based model of Serengeti grassland bird species Ostrich ·Thomas K. Gottschalk, Klemens Ekschmitt, Franz Bairlein	2007	4
13	SOM fractionation methods: Relevance to functional pools and to stabilization mechanisms Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Margit von Lützow, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Klemens Ekschmitt, Heinz Flessa, Georg Guggenberger, Egbert Matzner, Bernd Marschner Hit paper breakdown →	2007	1234
14	Design and evaluation of nematode 18S rDNA primers for PCR and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of soil community DNA Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Ian Waite, Anthony G. O’Donnell, K. Delkeskamp, John T. Davies, Sergio Coto Hernández, Klemens Ekschmitt, Hülya Doğan, Volkmar Wolters, Tom Bongers, Marina Bongers, Gábor Bakonyi, Péter Tamás Nagy, Efimia M. Papatheodorou, George P. Stamou, Sven Boström	2003	59
15	ACUTE SENSITIVITY OF NEMATODE TAXA TO CuSO4 AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH FEEDING-TYPE AND LIFE-HISTORY CLASSIFICATION Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry ·Tom Bongers, Krassimira Ilieva‐Makulec, Klemens Ekschmitt	2001	11
16	Biodiversity and functioning of ecological communities — why is diversity important in some cases and unimportant in others? Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science ·Klemens Ekschmitt, Annette M. Klein, Barbara Pieper, Volkmar Wolters	2001	20
17	Acute sensitivity of nematode taxa to CuSO4 and relationships with feeding-type and life-history classification Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry ·Tom Bongers, Krassimira Ilieva‐Makulec, Klemens Ekschmitt	2001	46
18	Effects of the nematofauna on microbial energy and matter transformation rates in European grassland soils Plant and Soil ·Klemens Ekschmitt, Gábor Bakonyi, Marina Bongers, Tom Bongers, Sven Boström, Hülya Doğan, K. Delkeskamp, Athanasios S. Kallimanis, Péter Tamás Nagy, Anthony G. O’Donnell, Björn Sohlenius, George P. Stamou, Volkmar Wolters	1999	54
19	Global change, soil biodiversity, and nitrogen cycling in terrestrial ecosystems: three case studies Global Change Biology ·M. J. Swift, Olof Andrén, L. Brussaard, Tomas Bruna, M. M. Coûteaux, Klemens Ekschmitt, Annelise Kjøller, P Loiseau, Pete Smith	1998	108
20	Soil biodiversity and its implications for ecosystem functioning in a heterogeneous and variable environment Applied Soil Ecology ·Klemens Ekschmitt, Bryan S. Griffiths	1998	72

About Klemens Ekschmitt

Klemens Ekschmitt is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 51 papers that have together received 5.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (21 papers), Nematode management and characterization studies (13 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers), Plant and animal studies (8 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (7 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (7 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (7 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (3.9k citations), Environmental Chemistry (1.3k citations), Ecology (2.4k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (537 citations) and Biomaterials (560 citations). Klemens Ekschmitt has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Bernd Marschner, Egbert Matzner, Georg Guggenberger, Margit von Lützow, Heinz Flessa, Volkmar Wolters, Tom Bongers, Thomas K. Gottschalk and Karsten Kalbitz. Their work appears in journals such as Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Applied Soil Ecology, Ecological Indicators and Geoderma.

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