Nico Eisenhauer

44.1k total citations · 12 hit papers
435 papers, 18.5k citations indexed

About

Nico Eisenhauer is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nico Eisenhauer has authored 435 papers receiving a total of 18.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 198 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 176 papers in Soil Science and 167 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Nico Eisenhauer's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (197 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (172 papers) and Plant and animal studies (90 papers). Nico Eisenhauer is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (197 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (172 papers) and Plant and animal studies (90 papers). Nico Eisenhauer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Nico Eisenhauer's co-authors include Stefan Scheu, Peter B. Reich, Simone Cesarz, Forest Isbell, Madhav P. Thakur, Gerd Gleixner, Alexandra Weigelt, Alexandre Jousset, Wolfgang W. Weisser and Christiane Roscher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nico Eisenhauer

415 papers receiving 18.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage

2015 1.2k citations Markus Lange, Nico Eisenhauer et al. profile →
Impacts of Biodiversity Loss Escalate Through Time as Redundancy Fades

2012 605 citations Peter B. Reich, David Tilman et al. Science profile →
Biodiversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality across trophic levels and habitats

2015 548 citations Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Forest Isbell et al. profile →
Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis

2010 413 citations Nico Eisenhauer, Gerd Gleixner et al. profile →
Benefits of increasing plant diversity in sustainable agroecosystems

2017 401 citations Forest Isbell, Nico Eisenhauer et al. Journal of Ecology profile →
Root biomass and exudates link plant diversity with soil bacterial and fungal biomass

2017 371 citations Nico Eisenhauer, Tanja Strecker et al. profile →
The proportion of soil-borne pathogens increases with warming at the global scale

2020 352 citations Carlos A. Guerra, Nico Eisenhauer et al. profile →
Probiotic Diversity Enhances Rhizosphere Microbiome Function and Plant Disease Suppression

2016 279 citations Nico Eisenhauer, Alexandre Jousset et al. profile →
Biodiversity promotes ecosystem functioning despite environmental change

2021 165 citations Bernhard Schmid, Nico Eisenhauer et al. profile →
Biodiversity–stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment

2022 98 citations Cameron Wagg, Christiane Roscher et al. profile →
Conceptualizing soil fauna effects on labile and stabilized soil organic matter

2024 51 citations Nico Eisenhauer et al. profile →
Global engineering effects of soil invertebrates on ecosystem functions

2025 17 citations Donghao Wu, Enzai Du et al. Nature profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nico Eisenhauer

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Soil depth shapes the microbial response to land use and climate change in agroecosystems 2025 ·Applied Soil Ecology ·(unknown), Marie Sünnemann, Martin Schädler, Еvgenia Blagodatskaya, Mika Tarkka, Nico Eisenhauer, Thomas Reitz	4
2	Global engineering effects of soil invertebrates on ecosystem functions breakdown → 2025 ·Nature ·Donghao Wu, Enzai Du, Nico Eisenhauer, Jérôme Mathieu, Chengjin Chu	17
3	Microhabitat properties explain variations in soil nematode communities across climate conditions in cropland, but not in grassland 2024 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Thomas Reitz, Еvgenia Blagodatskaya, Nico Eisenhauer, Martin Schädler, Steffen Schlüter	2
4	Grasslands support more diverse and resilient earthworm communities to climate change than croplands in Central Europe 2024 ·Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·(unknown), Nico Eisenhauer, Stefan Scheu, Thomas Reitz, Martin Schädler	4
5	Forest growth resistance and resilience to the 2018–2020 drought depend on tree diversity and mycorrhizal type 2024 ·Journal of Ecology ·(unknown), Florian Schnabel, Peter Dietrich, Nico Eisenhauer, Olga Ferlian, (unknown), Ronny Richter, Christian Wirth	17
6	Effects of earthworm invasion on soil properties and plant diversity after two years of field experiment 2024 ·NeoBiota ·Lise Thouvenot, Olga Ferlian, (unknown), Malte Jochum, Nico Eisenhauer	2
7	The interactive effect of tree mycorrhizal type, mycorrhizal type mixture and tree diversity shapes rooting zone soil fungal communities in temperate forest ecosystems 2024 ·Functional Ecology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Simone Cesarz, Nico Eisenhauer, Olga Ferlian, Helge Bruelheide, Tesfaye Wubet	7
8	Effects of climate on the distribution and conservation of commonly observed European earthworms 2023 ·Conservation Biology ·(unknown), María J.I. Briones, Jérôme Mathieu, Ângela Lomba, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nico Eisenhauer, Carlos A. Guerra	12
9	Young mixed planted forests store more carbon than monocultures—a meta-analysis 2023 ·Frontiers in Forests and Global Change ·(unknown), Susan C. Cook‐Patton, Owen T. Lewis, Nick Brown, Julia Koricheva, Nico Eisenhauer, Olga Ferlian, Dominique Gravel, Jefferson S. Hall, Hervé Jactel, (unknown), Céline Meredieu, Christian Messier, Alain Paquette, William C. Parker, Catherine Potvin, Peter B. Reich, Andy Hector	29
10	Niche complementarity among plants and animals can alter the biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationship 2023 ·Functional Ecology ·(unknown), Emilio Berti, Benoît Gauzens, (unknown), Wentao Yu, Aleksandra Werner, Nico Eisenhauer, Ulrich Brose	12
11	Invasive earthworms modulate native plant trait expression and competition 2023 ·Oikos ·(unknown), Nico Eisenhauer, Olga Ferlian, Fernando T. Maestre, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Henriette Uthe, Lise Thouvenot	1
12	Distinct effects of host and neighbour tree identity on arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal fungi along a tree diversity gradient 2021 ·ISME Communications ·Olga Ferlian, Kezia Goldmann, Nico Eisenhauer, Mika Tarkka, François Buscot, Anna Heintz‐Buschart	30
13	Plant diversity effects on plant longevity and their relationships to population stability in experimental grasslands 2021 ·Journal of Ecology ·Anna Roeder, Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Anne Ebeling, Nico Eisenhauer, Markus Fischer, Christiane Roscher	11
14	Plant diversity enhances production and downward transport of biodegradable dissolved organic matter 2020 ·Journal of Ecology ·Markus Lange, Vanessa-Nina Roth, Nico Eisenhauer, Christiane Roscher, Thorsten Dittmar, Christine Fischer, (unknown), Anke Hildebrandt, Alexandru Milcu, Liesje Mommer, Natalie J. Oram, Janneke Ravenek, Stefan Scheu, Bernhard Schmid, Tanja Strecker, Cameron Wagg, Alexandra Weigelt, Gerd Gleixner	39
15	Invasive earthworms reduce chemical defense and increase herbivory and pathogen infection in native trees 2020 ·Journal of Ecology ·Madhav P. Thakur, (unknown), Sybille B. Unsicker, Arjen Biere, Olga Ferlian, (unknown), Lise Thouvenot, Manfred Türke, Nico Eisenhauer	10
16	Interactions between functionally diverse fungal mutualists inconsistently affect plant performance and competition 2019 ·Oikos ·Madhav P. Thakur, (unknown), Nicole M. van Dam, Nico Eisenhauer, Christiane Roscher, Arjen Biere, Ainhoa Martínez‐Medina	13
17	Energy Flux: The Link between Multitrophic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning 2018 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Andrew D. Barnes, Malte Jochum, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Nico Eisenhauer, Christoph Scherber, Mary I. O’Connor, Peter de Ruiter, Ulrich Brose	230
18	Nitrogen deposition cancels out exotic earthworm effects on plant‐feeding nematode communities 2017 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Yuanhu Shao, Weixin Zhang, Nico Eisenhauer, (unknown), Yanmei Xiong, Chenfei Liang, Shenglei Fu	48
19	Impacts of Biodiversity Loss Escalate Through Time as Redundancy Fades breakdown → 2012 ·Science ·Peter B. Reich, David Tilman, Forest Isbell, Kevin E. Mueller, Sarah E. Hobbie, Dan F. B. Flynn, Nico Eisenhauer	605
20	Niche dimensionality links biodiversity and invasibility of microbial communities 2012 ·Functional Ecology ·Nico Eisenhauer, (unknown), Stefan Scheu, Alexandre Jousset	127

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