Michael Bonkowski

20.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
216 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Bonkowski is a scholar working on Ecology, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Bonkowski has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Ecology, 92 papers in Plant Science and 67 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Bonkowski's work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (63 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (58 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (50 papers). Michael Bonkowski is often cited by papers focused on Protist diversity and phylogeny (63 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (58 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (50 papers). Michael Bonkowski collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Vietnam and United States. Michael Bonkowski's co-authors include Stefan Scheu, Bryan S. Griffiths, Stefan Geisen, Kenneth Dumack, Alexandre Jousset, Anna Maria Fiore‐Donno, Robert Koller, Cécile Villenave, Jörn Alphei and Matthias C. Rillig and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Michael Bonkowski

214 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

Protozoa and plant growth: the microbial loop in soil revisited

2004 567 citations Michael Bonkowski New Phytologist profile →
Soil protists: a fertile frontier in soil biology research

2018 445 citations Stefan Geisen, Edward A. D. Mitchell et al. FEMS Microbiology Reviews profile →
Long-term organic farming fosters below and aboveground biota: Implications for soil quality, biological control and productivity

2008 441 citations Michael Bonkowski, Stefan Scheu et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
Legume rhizodeposition promotes nitrogen fixation by soil microbiota under crop diversification

2024 72 citations Ruibo Sun, Zixuan Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Biotic interactions explain seasonal dynamics of the alpine soil microbiome 2024 ·ISME Communications ·Anna Maria Fiore‐Donno, (unknown), Mathilde Borg Dahl, Christian Rixen, Tim Urich, Michael Bonkowski	4
2	Two-way NxP fertilisation experiment on barley (Hordeum vulgare) reveals shift from additive to synergistic N-P interactions at critical phosphorus fertilisation level 2024 ·Frontiers in Plant Science ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Vicky M. Temperton, Michael Bonkowski	2
3	Shifts in plant functional trait dynamics in relation to soil microbiome in modern and wild barley 2024 ·Plants People Planet ·Amit Kumar, (unknown), Silvia Gschwendtner, Hewei Chen, (unknown), Mohammad Yusuf, Stefanie Schulz, Michael Bonkowski, Michael Schloter, Vicky M. Temperton	4
4	Legume rhizodeposition promotes nitrogen fixation by soil microbiota under crop diversification breakdown → 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Ruibo Sun, Zixuan Wang, Kenneth Dumack, Xing‐Guang Xie, Chuan‐Chao Dai, Ertao Wang, Jizhong Zhou, Bo Sun, Xinhua Peng, Michael Bonkowski, Yan Chen	72
5	Responses of root architecture and the rhizosphere microbiome assembly of maize (Zea mays L.) to a soil texture gradient 2023 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·(unknown), Kai Feng, Yan Chen, Ruibo Sun, Bo Sun, Ye Deng, Doris Vetterlein, Michael Bonkowski	16
6	Root cap is an important determinant of rhizosphere microbiome assembly 2023 ·New Phytologist ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jan Jansa, Anna Heintz‐Buschart, Mika Tarkka, Michael Bonkowski	22
7	On the phenology of protists: recurrent patterns reveal seasonal variation of protistan (Rhizaria: Cercozoa and Endomyxa) communities in tree canopies 2021 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·(unknown), (unknown), Kai Feng, Anna Maria Fiore‐Donno, Kenneth Dumack, (unknown), Ronny Wolf, Martin Schlegel, Michael Bonkowski	10
8	Root ethylene mediates rhizosphere microbial community reconstruction when chemically detecting cyanide produced by neighbouring plants 2020 ·Microbiome ·Yan Chen, Michael Bonkowski, Yi Shen, Bryan S. Griffiths, Yuji Jiang, Xiaoyue Wang, Bo Sun	156
9	Cascading effects from plants to soil microorganisms explain how plant species richness and simulated climate change affect soil multifunctionality 2018 ·Global Change Biology ·Enrique Valencia, Nicolas Gross, José L. Quero, Carlos P. Carmona, Victoria Ochoa, Beatriz Gozalo, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Kenneth Dumack, Kelly Hamonts, Brajesh K. Singh, Michael Bonkowski, Fernando T. Maestre	130
10	Soil protists: a fertile frontier in soil biology research breakdown → 2018 ·FEMS Microbiology Reviews ·Stefan Geisen, Edward A. D. Mitchell, Sina M. Adl, Michael Bonkowski, Micah Dunthorn, Flemming Ekelund, Leonardo D. Fernández, Alexandre Jousset, Valentyna Krashevska, David Singer, Frederick W. Spiegel, Julia Walochnik, Enrique Lara	445
11	New barcoded primers for efficient retrieval of cercozoan sequences in high‐throughput environmental diversity surveys, with emphasis on worldwide biological soil crusts 2017 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·Anna Maria Fiore‐Donno, Christian Rixen, Martin Rippin, Karin Glaser, Elena Samolov, Ulf Karsten, Burkhard Becker, Michael Bonkowski	66
12	Phylogeny of the Highly Divergent Echinosteliales (Amoebozoa) 2015 ·Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology ·Martin Kretzschmar, (unknown), Michael Bonkowski, Anna Maria Fiore‐Donno	16
13	The soil food web revisited: Diverse and widespread mycophagous soil protists 2015 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Stefan Geisen, Robert Koller, (unknown), Kenneth Dumack, Tim Urich, Michael Bonkowski	153
14	Not all are free‐living: high‐throughput DNA metabarcoding reveals a diverse community of protists parasitizing soil metazoa 2015 ·Molecular Ecology ·Stefan Geisen, Ivo Laros, (unknown), Michael Bonkowski, G.A. de Groot	103
15	Organic matter composition and the protist and nematode communities around anecic earthworm burrows 2015 ·Biology and Fertility of Soils ·Walter S. Andriuzzi, Phuong-Thi Ngo, Stefan Geisen, Aidan M. Keith, Kenneth Dumack, Thomas Bolger, Michael Bonkowski, L. Brussaard, J.H. Faber, Abad Chabbi, Cornélia Rumpel, Olaf Schmidt	31
16	Current status of the Crocodile Lizard Shinisaurus crocodilurus Ahl, 1930 in Vietnam with implications for conservation measures 2014 ·Revue suisse de zoologie ·Mona van Schingen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael Bonkowski, Thomas Ziegler	15
17	New data of three rare belondirid species (Nematoda, Dorylaimida, Belondiridae) from Vietnam, with the first record and description of the male of Oxybelondira paraperplexa Ahmad & Jairajpuri, 1979 2014 ·ZooKeys ·Thi Anh Duong Nguyen, Vũ Thị Thanh Tâm, Michael Bonkowski, Reyes Peña‐Santiago	2
18	A new species of the <i>Gekko japonicus</i> group (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the border region between China and Vietnam 2013 ·Zootaxa ·Truong Quang Nguyen, (unknown), Jian-Huan Yang, (unknown), Minh Đức Lê, (unknown), Michael Bonkowski	17
19	New country records of reptiles from Laos 2013 ·ZooKeys ·Vinh Quang Luu, Truong Quang Nguyen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael Bonkowski, Thomas Ziegler	13
20	Predator-Prey Chemical Warfare Determines the Expression of Biocontrol Genes by Rhizosphere-Associated Pseudomonas fluorescens 2010 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Alexandre Jousset, Laurène Rochat, Stefan Scheu, Michael Bonkowski, Christoph Keel	62

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