Werner Borken

9.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
118 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Werner Borken is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Werner Borken has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Soil Science, 59 papers in Ecology and 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Werner Borken's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (70 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (54 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (23 papers). Werner Borken is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (70 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (54 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (23 papers). Werner Borken collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Werner Borken's co-authors include Egbert Matzner, R. Brumme, Eric A. Davidson, F. Beese, K. E. Savage, Jan Muhr, Susan Trumbore, Y. Jun Xu, Andreas Schindlbacher and Wolfgang Wanek and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Werner Borken

115 papers receiving 7.1k citations

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Reappraisal of drying and wetting effects on C and N mineralization and fluxes in soils

2008 962 citations Werner Borken, Egbert Matzner Global Change Biology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Increased Belowground Carbon Allocation Reduces Soil Carbon Losses Under Long‐Term Warming 2025 ·Global Change Biology ·Andreas Schindlbacher, Steve Kwatcho Kengdo, Jakob Heinzle, Ye Tian, Mathias Mayer, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Xiaofei Liu, Erich Inselsbacher, Robert Jandl, Carlos A. Sierra, Wolfgang Wanek, Werner Borken	0
2	Greenhouse gas fluxes from two drained pond sediments: a mesocosm study 2025 ·Biogeochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lisa Hülsmann, Klaus‐Holger Knorr, Werner Borken	0
3	Long‐term soil warming decreases soil microbial necromass carbon by adversely affecting its production and decomposition 2024 ·Global Change Biology ·Xiaofei Liu, Ye Tian, Jakob Heinzle, (unknown), Steve Kwatcho Kengdo, Werner Borken, Andreas Schindlbacher, Wolfgang Wanek	29
4	Active soil microbial composition and proliferation are directly affected by the presence of biocides from building materials 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), (unknown), Witoon Purahong, Werner Borken, Stefan Kalkhof, Matthias Noll	7
5	Long-term warming of a forest soil reduces microbial biomass and its carbon and nitrogen use efficiencies 2023 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Ye Tian, Andreas Schindlbacher, (unknown), (unknown), Jakob Heinzle, Steve Kwatcho Kengdo, Erich Inselsbacher, Werner Borken, Wolfgang Wanek	44
6	Regional variation in deadwood decay of 13 tree species: Effects of climate, soil and forest structure 2023 ·Forest Ecology and Management ·(unknown), Wolfgang W. Weisser, Didem Ambarlı, Claus Bässler, François Buscot, Martin Hofrichter, Björn Hoppe, Harald Kellner, (unknown), Julia Moll, Derek Peršoh, Sebastian Seibold, (unknown), Ernst‐Detlef Schulze, Stephan Wöllauer, Werner Borken	20
7	Long-term soil warming decreases microbial phosphorus utilization by increasing abiotic phosphorus sorption and phosphorus losses 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Ye Tian, (unknown), (unknown), Steve Kwatcho Kengdo, Jakob Heinzle, Erich Inselsbacher, Franz Ottner, Werner Borken, Kerstin Michel, Andreas Schindlbacher, Wolfgang Wanek	78
8	Biological nitrogen fixation, diversity and community structure of diazotrophs in two mosses in 25 temperate forests 2023 ·Environmental Microbiology ·(unknown), Shakhawat Hossen, Sebastian Dittrich, Klaus‐Holger Knorr, Werner Borken, (unknown)	4
9	Tree species-specific wood traits control diazotrophic community composition in deadwood 2023 ·International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation ·Shakhawat Hossen, (unknown), (unknown), Werner Borken, Matthias Noll	2
10	Increase in fine root biomass enhances root exudation by long-term soil warming in a temperate forest 2023 ·Frontiers in Forests and Global Change ·Jakob Heinzle, Xiaofei Liu, Ye Tian, Steve Kwatcho Kengdo, Berthold Heinze, (unknown), Werner Borken, Erich Inselsbacher, Wolfgang Wanek, Andreas Schindlbacher	14
11	Soil CH4 and N2O response diminishes during decadal soil warming in a temperate mountain forest 2022 ·Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·Jakob Heinzle, Barbara Kitzler, Sophie Zechmeister‐Boltenstern, Ye Tian, Steve Kwatcho Kengdo, Wolfgang Wanek, Werner Borken, Andreas Schindlbacher	16
12	Biological nitrogen fixation and nifH gene abundance in deadwood of 13 different tree species 2022 ·Biogeochemistry ·(unknown), Shakhawat Hossen, Henrik Hartmann, Matthias Noll, Werner Borken	16
13	Long‐term soil warming alters fine root dynamics and morphology, and their ectomycorrhizal fungal community in a temperate forest soil 2022 ·Global Change Biology ·Steve Kwatcho Kengdo, Derek Peršoh, Andreas Schindlbacher, Jakob Heinzle, Ye Tian, Wolfgang Wanek, Werner Borken	58
14	Increase in carbon input by enhanced fine root turnover in a long-term warmed forest soil 2022 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Steve Kwatcho Kengdo, Bernhard Ahrens, Ye Tian, Jakob Heinzle, Wolfgang Wanek, Andreas Schindlbacher, Werner Borken	22
15	No effect of long-term soil warming on diffusive soil inorganic and organic nitrogen fluxes in a temperate forest soil 2021 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Jakob Heinzle, Wolfgang Wanek, Ye Tian, Steve Kwatcho Kengdo, Werner Borken, Andreas Schindlbacher, Erich Inselsbacher	16
16	Control of carbon and nitrogen accumulation by vegetation in pristine bogs of southern Patagonia 2021 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Klaus‐Holger Knorr, Christian Blodau, Mariusz Gałka, Werner Borken, Verónica Pancotto, Till Kleinebecker	7
17	A multi-proxy analysis of hydroclimate trends in an ombrotrophic bog over the last millennium in the Eastern Carpathians of Romania 2019 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Andrei‐Cosmin Diaconu, Ioan Tanţău, Klaus‐Holger Knorr, Werner Borken, Angelica Feurdean, (unknown), Mariusz Gałka	13
18	Redistribution of soil water by a saprotrophic fungus enhances carbon mineralization 2015 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Alexander Guhr, Werner Borken, Marie Spohn, Egbert Matzner	115
19	Contribution of carbonate weathering to the CO2 efflux from temperate forest soils 2015 ·Biogeochemistry ·Andreas Schindlbacher, Werner Borken, Ika Djukic, Christian Brandstätter, Christoph Spötl, Wolfgang Wanek	30
20	Manipulative lowering of the water table during summer does not affect CO₂emissions and uptake in a fen in Germany 2010 ·Ecological Applications ·Jan Muhr, (unknown), Dennis Otieno, Werner Borken	37

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