Olaf Butenschoen

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

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Olaf Butenschoen is a scholar working on Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Olaf Butenschoen has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Soil Science, 13 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 13 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Olaf Butenschoen's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (13 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (8 papers). Olaf Butenschoen is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (13 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (8 papers). Olaf Butenschoen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and France. Olaf Butenschoen's co-authors include Stefan Scheu, Nico Eisenhauer, Matty P. Berg, Stephan Hättenschwiler, Rien Aerts, I. Tanya Handa, Marika Makkonen, Jasper van Ruijven, Brendan G. McKie and Sven Marhan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Olaf Butenschoen

31 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

2014 597 citations I. Tanya Handa, Rien Aerts et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Olaf Butenschoen Germany	19	876	692	645	427	352	31	1.7k
Ashley D. Keiser United States	15	1.0k 1.2×	859 1.2×	388 0.6×	461 1.1×	189 0.5×	26	1.8k
Lucía Vivanco Argentina	10	846 1.0×	579 0.8×	621 1.0×	323 0.8×	216 0.6×	19	1.6k
Matthieu Chauvat France	27	846 1.0×	492 0.7×	559 0.9×	404 0.9×	572 1.6×	64	1.7k
Rodney T. Simpson United States	11	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	430 0.7×	563 1.3×	248 0.7×	13	2.2k
Mathieu Santonja France	23	538 0.6×	427 0.6×	444 0.7×	506 1.2×	320 0.9×	63	1.4k
Maja K. Sundqvist Sweden	21	682 0.8×	826 1.2×	778 1.2×	626 1.5×	489 1.4×	35	2.2k
Samantha Chapman United States	22	699 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	642 1.0×	668 1.6×	274 0.8×	50	2.1k
Gregory S. Newman United States	13	732 0.8×	632 0.9×	460 0.7×	493 1.2×	205 0.6×	17	1.6k
Benjamin G. Jackson Sweden	12	600 0.7×	495 0.7×	561 0.9×	695 1.6×	324 0.9×	13	1.6k
Thibaud Decaëns France	18	863 1.0×	621 0.9×	527 0.8×	293 0.7×	914 2.6×	26	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Olaf Butenschoen

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Santonja, Mathieu, Xu Pan, Pierre‐Emmanuel Courty, et al.. (2025). Why oaks should stay with their close relatives: growing in a distantly related neighbourhood delays and reorganizes nutrient recycling during litter decomposition. Oikos. 2025(4). 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Shixing, Olaf Butenschoen, I. Tanya Handa, et al.. (2024). Litter mixture effects on nitrogen dynamics during decomposition predominantly vary among biomes but little with litter identity, diversity and soil fauna. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 199. 109602–109602. 4 indexed citations

Zhou, Shixing, Olaf Butenschoen, Sandra Barantal, et al.. (2020). Decomposition of leaf litter mixtures across biomes: The role of litter identity, diversity and soil fauna. Journal of Ecology. 108(6). 2283–2297. 79 indexed citations

Butenschoen, Olaf, et al.. (2019). Effects of root and leaf litter identity and diversity on oribatid mite abundance, species richness and community composition. PLoS ONE. 14(7). e0219166–e0219166. 13 indexed citations

Yang, Nan, Olaf Butenschoen, Lars Köhler, et al.. (2018). Leaf litter species identity influences biochemical composition of ectomycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhiza. 29(2). 85–96. 9 indexed citations

Ai, Fuxun, Nico Eisenhauer, Alexandre Jousset, et al.. (2018). Elevated tropospheric CO2 and O3 concentrations impair organic pollutant removal from grassland soil. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 5519–5519. 8 indexed citations

Müller, Karolin, Olaf Butenschoen, Ellen Kandeler, et al.. (2017). Disentangling the root- and detritus-based food chain in the micro-food web of an arable soil by plant removal. PLoS ONE. 12(7). e0180264–e0180264. 20 indexed citations

Butenschoen, Olaf, et al.. (2016). Understanding earthworm – Collembola interactions and their importance for ecosystem processes needs consideration of species identity. European Journal of Soil Biology. 77. 60–67. 13 indexed citations

Pan, Xu, Matty P. Berg, Olaf Butenschoen, et al.. (2015). Larger phylogenetic distances in litter mixtures: lower microbial biomass and higher C/N ratios but equal mass loss. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 282(1806). 20150103–20150103. 18 indexed citations

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Pausch, Johanna, S. Krämer, Nicole Scheunemann, et al.. (2015). Small but active – pool size does not matter for carbon incorporation in below‐ground food webs. Functional Ecology. 30(3). 479–489. 99 indexed citations

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Scheunemann, Nicole, Christoph Digel, Stefan Scheu, & Olaf Butenschoen. (2015). Roots rather than shoot residues drive soil arthropod communities of arable fields. Oecologia. 179(4). 1135–1145. 29 indexed citations

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Handa, I. Tanya, Rien Aerts, Frank Berendse, et al.. (2014). Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes. Nature. 509(7499). 218–221. 597 indexed citations breakdown →

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Butenschoen, Olaf & Stefan Scheu. (2014). Climate change triggers effects of fungal pathogens and insect herbivores on litter decomposition. Acta Oecologica. 60. 49–56. 11 indexed citations

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Scheunemann, Nicole, Mark Maraun, Stefan Scheu, & Olaf Butenschoen. (2014). The role of shoot residues vs. crop species for soil arthropod diversity and abundance of arable systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 81. 81–88. 27 indexed citations

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Scheu, Stefan, et al.. (2012). Connecting litter quality, microbial community and nitrogen transfer mechanisms in decomposing litter mixtures. Oikos. 121(10). 1649–1655. 90 indexed citations

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Butenschoen, Olaf, Stefan Scheu, & Nico Eisenhauer. (2011). Interactive effects of warming, soil humidity and plant diversity on litter decomposition and microbial activity. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 43(9). 1902–1907. 117 indexed citations

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Scheunemann, Nicole, Stefan Scheu, & Olaf Butenschoen. (2010). Incorporation of decade old soil carbon into the soil animal food web of an arable system. Applied Soil Ecology. 46(1). 59–63. 16 indexed citations

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Eisenhauer, Nico, et al.. (2008). Direct and indirect effects of endogeic earthworms on plant seeds. Pedobiologia. 52(3). 151–162. 66 indexed citations

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Butenschoen, Olaf, Christian Poll, Reinhard Langel, et al.. (2007). Endogeic earthworms alter carbon translocation by fungi at the soil–litter interface. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 39(11). 2854–2864. 53 indexed citations

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Butenschoen, Olaf, Sven Marhan, & Stefan Scheu. (2007). Response of soil microorganisms and endogeic earthworms to cutting of grassland plants in a laboratory experiment. Applied Soil Ecology. 38(2). 152–160. 19 indexed citations

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