Prof. Dr. Till Kleinebecker

Memberships in Scientific Organisations

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Moor- und Torfkunde e.V. ( DGMT )
• Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft ( DBG )
• Gesellschaft für Ökologie ( GfÖ )
• International Mire Conservation Group ( IMCG )
• International Peat Society ( IPS )
• Society for Ecological Restoration International ( SER ), European Chapter
• Society of Wetland Scientists ( SWS )
• Zentrum für internationale Entwicklungs- und Umweltforschung (ZEU) , JLU Giessen
• International Giessen Graduate Centre for the Life Sciences (GGL)

Commetees and University Self-Administration

• Member of the senate, JLU (since 2021)
• Deputy member of the faculty council  (FB 09) (since 2019)
• Member of the Center for international Development and Environmental Research, JLU (since 2019)
• Board member of the iFZ (since 2021)
• Member of the sustainability commission, JLU (seit 04/2021)
• Advisory board for nature conservation city of Gießen (since 2021)

Accepted papers and preprints

• Safaei M, Kleinebecker T, Weis M, Große-Stoltenberg A (accepted) Tracking effects of extreme drought on coniferous forests from space using Dynamic Habitat Indices. Heliyon
• Saiz H, Neuenkamp L, Penone C, Birkhofer K, Blüthgen N, Boch S, Bonkowski M, Buscot F, Felipe-Lucía M, Fiore-Donno A-M, Fischer M, Freitag M, Godoy O, Goldmann K, Gossner M, Hamer U, Hölzel N, Jung K, Kandeler E, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Leimer S, Marhan S, Oelmann Y, Overmann J, Prati D, Renner S, Rillig M, Seibold S, Schloter M, Schöning I, Sikorski J, Socher S, Solly E, Steffan-Dewenter I, Stempfhuber B, Westpha C, Wilcke W, Wubet T, Wurst S, Allan E (2022) Land use intensification results in abrupt transitions between contrasting grassland states. Authorea Preprints

2024

• Neyret M, Le Provost G, Boesing AL, Schneider FD, Baulechner D, Bergmann J, de Vries F, Fiore-Donno AM, Geisen S, Goldmann K, Merges A, Saifutdinov RA, Simons NK, Tobias JA, Zaitsev AS, Gossner MM, Jung K, Kandeler E, Krauss J, Penone C, Schloter M, Schulz S, Staab M, Wolters V, Apostolakis A, Birkhofer K, Boch S, Boeddinghaus RS, Bolliger R, Bonkowski M, Buscot F, Dumack K, Fischer M, Gan HY, Heinze J, Hölzel N, John K, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Marhan S, Müller J, Renner SC, Rillig M, Schenk NV, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Seibold S, Socher S, Solly EF, Teuscher M, van Kleunen M, Wubet T, Manning P (2024) A fast-slow trait continuum at the level of entire. Nature Communications 15: 1251 [ doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45113-5 ]
• Pichon N, Cappelli S, Soliveres S, Manall T, Nwe TZ, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Vincent H, Allan E (2024) Nitrogen availability and plant functional composition modify biodiversity-multifunctionality relationships. Ecology Letters 27: e14361 [ doi.org/10.1111/ele.14361 ]

2023

• Freitag M, Hölzel N, Neuenkamp L, van der Plas F, Manning P, Abrahão A, Bergmann J, Boeddinghaus R, Bolliger R, Hamer U, Kandeler E, Kleinebecker T, Knorr K-H, Marhan S, Neyret M, Prati D, Le Provost G, Saiz H, van Kleunen M, Schäfer D, Klaus VH (2023) Increasing plant species richness by seeding has marginal effects on ecosystem functioning in agricultural grasslands . Journal of Ecology 111: 1968-1984 [doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.14154 ]
• Klinger, YP, Eckstein, RL, Kleinebecker, T (2023) iPhenology – using open-access citizen science photos to track plant phenology at continental scale. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 14: 1424-1431 [doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.14114 ]
• Le Provost G, Schenk NV, Penone C, Thiele J, Westphal C, Allan E, Ayasse M, Blüthgen N, Böddinghaus RS, Bösing AL, Bolliger R, Busch V, Fischer M, Gossner MM, Hölzel N, Jung K, Kandeler E, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Leimer S, Marhan S, Morris K, Müller S, Neff F, Neyret M, Oelmann Y, Perović DJ, Peter S, Prati D, Rillig MC, Saiz H, Schäfer D, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schloter M, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Steckel J, Steffan-Dewenter I, Tschapka M, Vogt J, Weiner C, Weisser WW, Wells K, Werner M, Wilcke W, Manning P (2023) The supply of multiple ecosystem services requires biodiversity across spatial scales. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7: 236–249 [doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01918-5 ]
• Neff F, Prati D, Achury R, Ambarli D, Bolliger R, Brändle M, Freitag M, Hölzel N, Kleinebecker T, Knecht A, Schäfer D, Schall P, Seibold S, Staab M, Weisser WW, Pellissier L, Gossner MM (2023) Reduction of invertebrate herbivory by land use is only partly explained by changes in plant and insect characteristics. Ecological Monographs 93: e1571 (doi: 10.1002/ecm.1571 )
• Neyret M, Peter S, Le Provost G, Boch S, Boesing AL, Bullock JM, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Krauss J, Müller J, Müller S, Ammer C, Buscot F, Ehbrecht M, Fischer M, Goldmann K, Jung K, Mehring M, Müller T, Renner SC, Schall P, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Westphal C, Wubet T, Manning P (2023) Landscape management strategies for multifunctionality and social equity. Nature Sustainability 6: 391-402 (doi: 10.1038/s41893-022-01045-w )
• Safaei M, Bashari H, Kleinebecker T, Fakheran S, Jafari R, Große-Stoltenberg A (2023) Mapping terrestrial ecosystem health in drylands: Comparison of field-based information with remotely sensed data at watershed level. Landscape Ecology 38: 705-724 [ doi: 10.1007/s10980-022-01454-4]
• Safaei M, Kleinebecker T, Große-Stoltenberg A (2023) Potential of the satellite-based Dynamic Habitat Index (DHI) to capture changes in soil properties and drought conditions across Land Use/ Land Cover types. Geocarto International 38: 2292162 [ doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2023.2292162 ]
• Sommer L, Castro Campos, B, Harvolk-Schöning S, Donath TW, Kleinebecker T, Klinger Y (2023) Practitioner knowledge on grassland restoration – bridging the knowledge gap to science. Global Ecology and Conservation 47, e02638 [doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02638 ]
• Sommer L, Klinger YP, Donath TW, Kleinebecker T, Harvolk-Schöning S (2023) Long-term success of floodplain meadow restoration on species-poor grassland. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 1061484 (doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.1061484 )

2022

• Abrahão A, Marhan S, Boeddinghaus R, Nawaz A, Wubet T, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Freitag M, Hamer U, Oliveira R, Lambers H, Kandeler E (2022) Microbial drivers of plant richness and productivity in a grassland restoration experiment along a gradient of land-use intensity . New Phytologist 236: 1936-950
• Apostolakis A, Schöning I, Michalzik B, Klaus VH, Boeddinghaus RS, Kandeler E, Marhan S, Bollinger R, Fischer M, Prati D, Hänsel F, Nauss T, Hölzel N, Kleinebecker T, Schrumpf M (2022) Drivers of soil respiration across a management intensity gradient in temperate grasslands under drought . Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 124: 101-116
• Apostolakis A, Schöning I, Klaus VH, Michalzik B, Bischoff W-A, Boeddinghaus RS, Bolliger R, Fischer M, Hölzel N, Kandeler E, Kleinebecker T, Manning P, Marhan S, Neyret M, Oelmann Y, Prati D, van Kleunen M, Schwarze A, Schurig E, Schrumpf M (2022) Direct and plant community mediated effects of management intensity on annual nutrient leaching risk in temperate grasslands . Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 123: 83-104
• Lachaise T, Bergmann J, Hölze N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Rillig MC, van Kleunen M (2022) Soil conditions drive belowground trait space in temperate agricultural grasslands . Journal of Ecology 110: 1189-1200 [doi: doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13862 ]
• Meyer U-N, Tischer A, Freitag M, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Oelmanne Y, Kandeler E, Hölzel N, Hamer U (2022) Tea bags and enzyme kinetics as indicators for land-use intensity effects on litter decomposition in grasslands in Central Germany. Science of the Total Environment 836: 155748
• Scherreiks P, Gossner MM, Ambarlı D, Ayasse M, Blüthgen N, Fischer M, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Neff F, Prati D, Seibold S, Simons NK, Weisser WW, Wells K, Westphal C, Thiele J (2022) Present and historical landscape structure shapes current species richness in Central European grasslands . Landscape Ecology 37: 745–762
• Schuster W, Knorr H-H, Blodau C, Gałka M, Borken W, Pancotto VA, Kleinebecker T (2022) Control of carbon and nitrogen accumulation by vegetation in pristine bogs of southern Patagonia. Science of the Total Environment 810: 151293 [doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151293 ]
• Sikorski J, Baumgartner V, Birkhofer K, Boeddinghaus RS, Bunk B, Fischer M, Fösel BU, Friedrich MW, Göker M, Hölzel N, Huang S, Huber KJ, Kandeler E, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Marhan S, Von Mering C, Oelmann Y, Prati D, Regan KM, Richter-Heitmann T, Matias Rodrigues JF, Schmitt B, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Schurig E, Solly EF, Wolters V, Overmann J (2022) The evolution of ecological diversity in Acidobacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology 13, section Terrestrial Microbiology: 715637 [ doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.715637 ]

• Felipe-Lucia M, Soliveres S, Penone C, Fischer M, Ammer C, Boch S, Boeddinghaus RS, Bonkowski M, Buscot F, Fiore-Donno AM, Frank K, Goldmann K, Gossner MM, Hölzel N, Jochum M, Kandeler E, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Leimer S, Manning P, Oelmann Y, Saiz H, Schall P, Schloter M, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Solly EF, Stempfhuber B, Weiser WW, Wilcke W, Wubet T, Allan E (2021) Land-use intensity alters biodiversity - ecosystem function - service networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117: 28140-28149

• Freitag, M, Klaus VH, Bolliger R, Hamer U, Kleinebecker T, Prati D, Schäfer D, Hölzel N (2021) Restoration of plant diversity in permanent grassland by seeding: assessing the limiting factors along land-use gradients. Journal of Applied Ecology 58 (8):1681-1692

• Golicz K, Ghazaryan G, Niether W, Wartenberg AC, Breuer L, Gattinger A, Jacobs SR, Kleinebecker T, Weckenbrock P, Große-Stoltenberg A (2021) The Role of Small Woody Landscape Features and Agroforestry Systems for National Carbon Budgeting in Germany. Land 10: 1028

• Klinger YP, Eckstein RL, Hansen W, Kleinebecker T, Otte A, Ludewig K (2021) Mowing machinery and migratory sheep herds are complementary dispersal vectors for grassland species. Applied Vegetation Science 24 (2): e12579

• Kraft P, Rezaei EE, Breuer L, Ewert F, Große‐Stoltenberg A, Kleinebecker T, Seserman D‐M, Nendel C (2021) Modelling Agroforestry’s Contributions to People — A Review of Available Models. Agronomy 11: 2106

• Kwon T, Shibata H, Kepfer-Rojas S, Schmidt IK, Larsen KS, Beier C, Berg B, Verheyen K, Lamarque J-F, Hagedorn F, Eisenhauer N, Djukic I, TeaComposition Network (among others: Kleinebecker T) (2021) Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 4: 678480

• Le Provost G, Thiele J, Westphal C, Penone C, Allan E, Neyret M, van der Plas F, Ayasse M, Bardgett RD, Birkhofer K, Boch S, Bonkowski M, Buscot F, Feldhaar H, Gaulton R, Goldmann K,. Gossner MM, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Krauss J, Renner S, Scherreiks P, Sikorski J, Baulechner D, Blüthgen N, Bolliger R, Börschig C, Busch V, Chisté M, Fiore-Donno AM, Fischer M, Arndt H, Hoelzel N, Jung K, Lange M, Marzini C, Overmann J, Paŝalić E, PerovićDJ, Prati D, Schäfer D, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Sonnemann I, Steffan-Dewenter I, Tschapka M, Türke M, Vogt J, Wehner K, Weiner C, Weisser WW, Werner M, Wolters V, Wubet T, Wurst S, Manning P (2021) Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity. Nature Communications 12: 3918

• Neff F, Prati D, Achury R, Ambarli D, Ammer C, Bolliger R, Brändle M, Hölzel N, Kleinebecker T, Schäfer D, Schall P, Seibold S, Staab M, Weisser WW, Pellissier L, Gossner MM (2021) Changes in plant-herbivore network structure and robustness along land-use intensity gradients in grasslands and forests . Science Advances 7 (20): eabf3985

• Neyret M, Fischer M, Allan E, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Krauss J, Le Provost G, Peter S, Schenk S, Simons NK, van der Plas F, Binkenstein J, Börshig C, Jung K, Prati D, Schäfer M, Schäfer D, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Tschapka M, Westphal C, Manning P (accepted) Assessing the impacts of landscape management on grassland multifunctionality in Germany. Ecosystem Services 52:101366
• Oelmann Y, Lange M, Leimer S, Roscher C, Aburto F, Alt F, Bange N, Berner D, Boch S, Boeddinghaus R, Buscot F, Dassen S, De Deyn G, Eisenhauer N, Gleixner G, Goldmann K, Hölzel N, Jochum M, Kandeler E, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Le Provost G, Manning P, Marhan S, Prati D, Schäferfer D, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Schurig E, Wagg C, Wubet T, Wilcke W (2021) Above- and belowground biodiversity jointly tighten the P cycle in agricultural grasslands. Nature Communications 12: 4431

2020

• Jochum M, Fischer M, Isbell F, Roscher C, van der Plas F, Boch S, Boenisch G, Buchmann N, Catford JA, Cavender-Bares J, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, Gleixner G, Hölzel N, Kattge J, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Lange M, Le Provost G, Meyer ST, Molina-Venegas R, Mommer L, Oelmann Y, Penone C, Prati D, Reich PB, Rindisbacher A, Schäfer D, Scheu S, Schmid B, Tilman D, Tscharntke T, Vogel A, Wagg C, Weigelt A, Weisser, WW, Wilcke W, Manning P (5 August 2019). The results of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4: 1485–1494
  
• Klaus VH, Friedritz L, Hamer U, Kleinebecker T (2020) Drought boosts risk of nitrate leaching from grassland fertilisation. Science of the Total Environment 726: 137877
• Pichon N, Cappelli S, Soliveres S, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Allan E (2020) Decomposition disentangled: a test of the multiple mechanisms by which nitrogen enrichment alters litter decomposition. Functional Ecology 34 (7), 1485-1496
• Pichon N, Cappelli S, Soliveres S, Manall T, Nwe TZ, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Vincent H, Allan E (2020) Context-dependency in biodiversity-multifunctionality relationships is driven by nitrogen availability and plant functional composition. bioRχiv 10.1101/2020.08.17.254086

2019

• Boeddinghaus R, Marhan S, Berner D, Boch S, Fischer M, Hoelzel N, Kattge J, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Oelmann Y, Prati D, Schäfer D, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Sorkau E, Kandeler E, Manning P (2019) Plant functional trait shifts explain concurrent changes in the structure and function of grassland soil microbial communities. Journal of Ecology. Journal of Ecology 107: 2197–2210 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2745.13182

• Busch V, Klaus VH, Schäfer D, Prati D, Boch S, Müller J, Christé M, Mody K, Blüthgen N, Fischer M, Hölzel N, Kleinebecker T (2019) Will I stay or will I go? Plant species specific response and tolerance to high land-use intensity in temperate grassland ecosystems.  Journal of Vegetation Science 30: 674-686 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jvs.12749

• Münchberger W, Knorr KH, Blodau C, Pancotto VA, Kleinebecker T (2019) Zero to moderate methane emissions in a densely rooted, pristine Patagonian bog – biogeochemical controls as revealed from isotopic evidence. Biogeosciences 16: 541-559 .
• Schäfer D, Klaus V, Kleinebecker T, Boeddinghaus R, Hinderling J, Kandeler E, Marhan S, Nowak S, Sonnemann I, Wurst S, Fischer M, Hölzel N, Hamer U, Prati D (2019) Recovery of ecosystem functions after experimental disturbance in 73 grasslands differing in land-use intensity, plant species richness and community composition. Journal of Ecology [doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13211]
• Tischer A, Sehl L, Meyer U-N, Kleinebecker T, Klaus VH, Hamer U (2019) Land-use intensity shapes kinetics of extracellular enzymes in rhizosphere soil of agricultural grassland plant species. Plant and Soil 437:215-239. doi: 10.1007/s11104-019-03970-w
• van der Plas F, Allan E, Fischer M, Alt F, Arndt H, Binkenstein J, Blaser S, Blüthgen N, Böhm S, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinbecker T, Morris EK, Oelmann Y, Prati D, Renner S, Rillig MC, Schaefer HM, Schloter M, Schmitt B, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Solly E, Sorkau E, Steckel J, Steffan-Dewenter I, Stempfhuber B, Tschapka M, Weiner CN, Weisser WW, Werner M, Westphal C, Wilcke W, Manning P (2019) Towards the development of general rules describing landscape heterogeneity-multifunctionality relationships. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2664.13260

• Vogt J, Gockel S, Hemp A, Lilienthal M, Schumacher U, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Lorenzen K, Simons NK, Ayasse M, Both S, Heinze J, Prati D, Gossner MM, Kalko E, Lauterbach R, Otto N, Wiesner K, Blüthgen N, Fischer M, Hölzel N, Weisser WW (2019) Eleven years´ data of grassland management in Germany. Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e36387

2018

• Busch V, Klaus VH, Penone C, Schäfer D, Boch S, Prati D, Müller J, Socher S, Niinemets Ü, Peñuelas J, Hölzel N, Fischer M, Kleinebecker T (2018) Nutrient stoichiometry and land use rather than species richness determine plant functional diversity. Ecology and Evolution 8 (1): 601–616 [ doi:10.1002/ece3.3609 ] Open Access
• Djukic I, Kepfer-Rojas S, Schmidt IK, Larsen KS, Beier C, Berg B, Verheyend K, TeaComposition (among others: Busch V, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T) (2018) Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science of the Total Environment 628-629: 1369-1394 [ doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012 ]
• Heer N, Klimmek F, Zwahlen C, Fischer M, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Prati D, Boch S (2018) Hemiparasite-density effects on grassland plant diversity, composition and biomass. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 32: 22-29 [ doi:10.1016/j.ppees.2018.01.004 ]
• Klaus VH, Hoever CJ, Fischer M, Hamer U, Kleinebecker T, Mertens D, Schäfer D, Prati D, Hölzel N (2018) Contribution of the soil seed bank to the restoration of temperate grasslands by mechanical sward disturbance. Restoration Ecology 28 (S2): S114-S122 [ doi:10.1111/rec.12626 ]
• Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Busch V, Fischer M, Hölzel N, Nowak S, Prati D, Schäfer D, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Hamer U (2018) Land use intensity, rather than plant species richness, affects the leaching risk of multiple nutrients from permanent grasslands . Global Change Biology 24 (7): 2828-2840 [ doi:10.1111/gcb.14123 ]
• Klaus VH, Schäfer D, Prati D, Busch V, Hamer U, Hoever CJ, Kleinebecker T, Mertens D, Fischer M, Hölzel N (2018) Effects of mowing, grazing and fertilization on soil seed banks in temperate grasslands in Central Europe. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 256: 211-217 [ doi:10.1016/j.agee.2017.11.008 ]
• Kleinebecker T, Busch V, Hölzel N, Hamer U, Schäfer D, Prati D, Fischer M, Hemp A, Lauterbach R, Klaus VH (2018) And the winner is … ! A test of simple predictors of plant species richness in agricultural grasslands. Ecological Indicators 87: 296-301 [ doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.12.031 ]
• Leimer S, Bischoff S, Boch S, Busch V, Escher P, Fischer M, Hänsel F, Hölzel N, Kerber K, VH Klaus, Kleinebecker T, Michalzik B, Nauss T, Schäfer D, Schöning I, Schwarz MT, Siemens J, Thieme L, Wöllauer S, Wilcke W (2018) Does plant diversity affect the water balance of established grassland systems? Ecohydrology 11 (4): e1945 [ doi:10.1002/eco.1945 ]
• Sorkau E, Boch S, Boeddinghaus RS, Bonkowski M, Fischer M, Kandeler E, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Marhan S, Müller J, Prati D, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Weinert J, Oelmann Y (2018) The role of soil chemical properties, land use and plant diversity for microbial phosphorus in forest and grassland soils. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 181 (2): 185-197 [ doi: 10.1002/jpln.201700082 ]

2017

• Gilhaus K, Boch S, Fischer M, Hölzel, N, Kleinebecker T, Prati D, Rupprecht D, Schmitt B, Klaus VH (2017) Grassland management in Germany: effects on plant diversity and vegetation composition. Tuexenia 37: 379-397 [ doi:10.14471/2017.37.0 10 ]
• Klaus VH, Schäfer D, Kleinebecker T, Fischer M, Prati D, Hölzel N (2017) Enriching plant diversity in grasslands by large-scale experimental sward disturbance and seed addition along gradients of land-use intensity. Journal of Plant Ecology 10 (4): 581-591 [ doi:10.1093/jpe/rtw062 ]
• Rudolph M, Velbert F, Schwenzfeier S, Kleinebecker T, Klaus VH (2017) Patterns and potentials of plant species richness in high- and low-maintenance urban grasslands. Applied Vegetation Science 20 (1): 18–27 [ doi: 10.1111/avsc.12267 ]
• Velbert F, Kleinebecker T, Mudrák O, Schwartze P, Hölzel N (2017) Time lags in functional response to management regimes – evidence from a 26-year field experiment in wet meadows. Journal of Vegetation Science 28 (2): 313–324 [ doi: 10.1111/jvs.12497 ]
• Wertebach T-M, Hölzel N, Kämpf I, Yurtaev A, Tupitsin S, Kiehl K, Kamp J, Kleinebecker T (2017) Soil carbon sequestration due to post-Soviet cropland abandonment: estimates from a large-scale soil organic carbon field inventory. Global Change Biology 23 (9): 3729-3741 [ doi:10.1111/gcb.13650 ]

2016

• Blüthgen N, Simons N, Jung K, Prati D, Renner S, Boch S, Fischer M, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Tschapka M, Weisser WW, Gossner MM (2016) Land use imperils plant and animal community stability through changes in asynchrony rather than diversity. Nature Communications 7: 10697 [ doi:10.1038/ncomms10697 ]
• Klaus VH, Boch S, Boeddinghaus RS, Hölzel N, Kandeler E, Marhan S, Oelmann Y, Prati D, Regan KM, Schmitt B, Sorkau E, Kleinebecker T (2016) Temporal and small-scale spatial variation in grassland productivity, biomass quality and nutrient limitation. Plant Ecology 217 (7): 843-856 [ doi:10.1007/s11258-016-0607-8 ]
• Klaus VH*, Hölzel N, Prati D, Schmitt B, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Solly EF, Hänsel F, Fischer M, Kleinebecker T* (2016) Plant diversity moderates drought stress in grasslands: Implications from a large real-world study on 13C natural abundances. Science of the Total Environment 566–567: 215–222 [ doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.008 ] (* equal authorship)
• Lehmann, JRK*, Münchberger W*, Knoth C,  Blodau C, Nieberding F, Prinz T, Pancotto VA, Kleinebecker T (2016) High-Resolution Classification of South Patagonian Peat Bog Microforms Reveals Potential Gaps in Up-Scaled CH ₄ Fluxes by use of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) and CIR Imagery. Remote Sensing  8: 173 [doi: 10.3390/rs8030173 ] * (equal authorship)
• Mathar W, Kämpf I, Kleinebecker T, Kuzmin I, Tolstikov A, Tupitsin S, Hölzel N (2016) Floristic diversity of meadow steppes in the Western Siberian Plain: effects of abiotic site conditions, management and landscape structure. Biodiversity & Conservation 25 (12): 2361–2379 [ doi:10.1007/s10531-015-1023-4 ] - Special Issue
• Soliveres S, Manning P, Prati D, Gossner MM, Alt F, Arndt H, Baumgartner V, Binkenstein J, Birkhofer K, Blaser S, Blüthgen N, Boch S, Böhm S, Börschig C, Buscot F, Diekötter T, Heinze J, Hölzel N, Jung K, Klaus VH, Klein A-M, Kleinebecker T, Klemmer S, Krauss J, Lange M, Morris EK, Müller J, Oelmann Y, Overmann J, Pašalić E, Renner SC, Rillig MC, Schaefer HM, Schloter M, Schmitt B, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Sikorski J, Socher SA, Solly EF, Sonnemann I, Sorkau E, Steckel J, Steffen-Dewenter I, Stempfhuber B, Tschapka M, Türke M, Venter P, Weiner CN, Weisser WW, Werner M, Westphal C, Wilcke W, Wolters V, Wubet T, Wurst S, Fischer M, Allan E (2016) Locally rare species influence grassland ecosystem multifunctionality. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 371: 20150269 [ doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0269 ]
• Soliveres S, van der Plas F, Manning P, Prati D, Gossner MM, Renner SC, Alt F, Arndt H, Baumgartner V, Binkenstein J, Birkhofer K, Blaser S, Blüthgen N, Boch S, Böhm S, Börschig C, Buscot F, Diekötter T, Heinze J, Hölzel N, Jung K, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Klemmer S, Krauss J, Lange M, Morris EK, Müller J, Oelmann Y, Overmann J, Pašalić E, Rillig MC, Schaefer HM, Schloter M, Schmitt B, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Sikorski J, Socher SA, Solly EF, Sonnemann I, Sorkau E, Steckel J, Steffan-Dewenter I, Stempfhuber B, Tschapka M, Türke M, Venter P, Weiner CN, Weisser WW, Werner M, Westphal C, Wilcke W, Wolters V, Wubet T, Wurst S, Fischer M, Allan E (2016) Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature 536: 456–459 [ doi:10.1038/nature19092 ]
• Wertebach T-M, Knorr K-H, Lordieck M, Tretiakov N, Blodau C, Hölzel N, Kleinebecker T (2016) Relationships between vegetation succession, pore water chemistry and CH₄ and CO₂ production in a transitional mire of Western Siberia (Tyumen Oblast). Wetlands 36 (5): 836-874 [ doi:10.1007/s13157-016-0798-8 ] [ free online access via Springer Nature SharedIt ]

2015

• Allan E, Manning P, Prati D, Grassein F, Alt F, Binkenstein J, Blaser S, Blüthgen N, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Morris E-K, Oelmann Y, Renner SC, Rillig MC, Schäfer M, Schloter M, Schmitt B, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Solly E, Sorkau E, Steckel J, Steffen-Dewenter I, Stempfhuber B, Trumbore S, Weiner CN, Weisser WW, Werner W, Westphal C, Wilcke W, Fischer M (2015) Land use intensification alters ecosystem multifunctionality via loss of biodiversity and changes to functional composition. Ecology Letters 18: 834–843 [ doi: 10.1111/ele.12469 ]
• Manning P, Gossner M, Bossdorf O, Allan E, Prati D, Blüthgen N, Boch S, Böhm S, Börschig C, Hölzel N, Jung K, Klaus VH, Klein A, Kleinebecker T, Krauss J, Lange M, Müller J, Pašalić E, Socher S, Tschapka M, Türke M, Weiner C, Werner M, Gockel S, Hemp A, Renner S, Wells K, Buscot F, Kalko E, Linsenmair KE, Weisser WW, Fischer M (2015) Grassland management intensification weakens the associations among the diversities of multiple plant and animal taxa. Ecology 96:1492–1501 [ http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1307.1 ]
• Mathar W, Kleinebecker T, Hölzel N (2015), Environmental variation as a key process of co-existence in flood-meadows. Journal of Vegetation Science, 26: 480–491. [ doi:10.1111/jvs.12254 ]

2014

• Allan E, Bossdorf O, Dormann CF, Prati D, Gossner M, Tscharntke T, Blüthgen N, Bellach M, Birkhofer K, Boch S, Böhm S, Börschig C, Chatzinotas A, Christ S, Daniel R, Diekoetter T, Fischer C, Friedl T, Glaser K, Hallman C, Hodac L, Hölzel N, Jung K, Klein A-M, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Krauss J, Lange M, Morris EK, Müller J, Nacke H, Pašalic E, Rillig M, Rothenwöhrer C, Schall P, Scherber C, Schulze W, Socher S, Steckel J, Steffan-Dewenter I, Türke M, Weiner CN, Werner M, Westphal C, Wolters V, Wubet T, Gocke S, Gorke M, Hemp A, Renner SC, Schöning I, Pfeiffer S, König-Ries B, Buscot F, Linsenmair K-E, Schulze E-D, Weisser WW, Fischer M (2014) Inter-annual variation in land-use intensity enhances grassland multidiversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111 (1):  308–313[ doi:10.1073/pnas.1312213111 ]
• Kleinebecker T, Hölzel N, Prati D, Schmitt B, Fischer M, Klaus VH (2014) Evidence from the real world: ¹⁵ N natural abundances reveal enhanced nitrogen use at high plant diversity in Central European grasslands. Journal of Ecology 102 2: 456-465 [ doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12202 ]
• Wertebach T-M, Hölzel N, Kleinebecker T (2014) Birch encroachment affects the base cation chemistry in a restored bog. Ecohydrology 7 (4): 1163-1171 [ doi:10.1002/eco.1447 ]

2013

• Klaus VH, Hölzel N, Boch S, Müller J, Socher SA, Prati D, Fischer M, Kleinebecker T (2013) Direct and indirect associations between plant species richness and productivity in grasslands: regional differences preclude simple generalization of productivity-biodiversity relationships. Preslia 85: 97–112 [ link open access pdf ]
• Klaus VH, Hölzel N, Prati D, Schmitt B, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Fischer M, Kleinebecker T (2013) Organic vs. conventional grassland management: Do 15N and 13C isotopic signatures of hay and soil samples differ? PLoS ONE 8(10): e78134 [ doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078134 ]
• Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Prati D, Fischer M, Alt F, Boch S, Gockel S, Gossner M, Hemp A, Lange M, Müller J, Oelmann Y, Pašalić E, Renner SC, Socher SA, Türke M, Weisser WW, Hölzel N (2013) Does organic grassland farming benefit plant and arthropod diversity at the expense of yield and soil fertility? Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 177:1-9 [ doi:10.1016/j.agee.2013.05.019 ]
• Kleinebecker T, Poelen MDM, Smolders AJP, Lamers LPM, Hölzel N (2013) Fast and Inexpensive Detection of Total and Extractable Element Concentrations in Aquatic Sediments Using Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS). PLoS ONE 8(7): e70517 [ doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070517 ]
• Knoth C, Klein B, Prinz T, Kleinebecker T (2013) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles as an innovative remote sensing platform to use close range infrared imagery for restoration monitoring in cut-over bogs. Applied Vegetation Science 16 (3): 509-517 [ doi:10.1111/avsc.12024 ]

2012

• Blüthgen N, Dormann C, Prati D, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Hölzel N, Alt F, Boch S, Gockel S, Hemp A,  Müller J, Nieschulze J, Renner SC, Schöning I, Schumacher U, Socher SA, Wells K, Birkhofer K, Buscot F,  Oelmann Y, Rothenwöhrer C, Scherber C, Tscharntke T,  Weiner C, Fischer M, Kalko EKV, Linsenmair KE, Schulze E-D & Weisser WW (2012) A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization. Basic and Applied Ecology 13: 207-220
  [ doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2012.04.001 ]
• Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Boch S, Müller J, Socher AS, Prati D, Fischer M & Hölzel N (2012) NIRS meets Ellenberg's indicator values: Prediction of moisture and nitrogen values of agricultural grassland vegetation by means of near-infrared spectral characteristics. Ecological Indicators 14: 82-86
  [ doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.07.016 ]
• Müller J, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Prati D, Hölzel N, Fischer M (2012) Impact of Land-Use Intensity and Productivity on Bryophyte Diversity in Agricultural Grasslands. PLoS ONE 7(12): e51520 [ doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051520 ]

2011

• Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Hölzel N, Blüthgen N, Boch S, Müller J, Socher SA, Prati D & Fischer M (2011) Nutrient concentrations and fibre contents of plant community biomass reflect species richness patterns along a broad range of land-use intensities among agricultural grasslands. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 13: 287-295
  [ doi:10.1016/j.ppees.2011.07.001 ]
• Klaus VH, Sintermann J, Kleinebecker T & Hölzel N (2011) Sedimentation-induced eutrophication in large river floodplains - an obstacle to restoration? Biological Conservation 144: 451–458
  [ doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2010.09.031 ]
• Kleinebecker T, Klaus VH & Hölzel N (2011) Reducing sample quantity and maintaining high prediction accuracy of quality parameters in grassland biomass with near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS). Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy 19: 495-505 [ DOI 10.1255/jnirs.957 ]
• Kleinebecker T, Weber H & Hölzel N (2011) Effects of grazing on seasonal variation of aboveground biomass quality in calcareous grasslands. Plant Ecology 212: 1563-1576
  [ DOI 10.1007/s11258-011-9931-1 ]

2010

• Kleinebecker T, Hölzel N & Vogel A (2010) Patterns and gradients of diversity in South Patagonian ombrotrophic peat bogs. Austral Ecology 35: 1-12 [ doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02003.x ]
• Schmidt SR, Kleinebecker T, Vogel A & Hölzel N (2010) Interspecific and geographical differences of plant tissue nutrient concentrations along an environmental gradient in Southern Patagonia, Chile. Aquatic Botany 92: 149-156 [ doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2009.11.002 ]

2009

• Kleinebecker T, Schmidt SR, Fritz C, Smolders AJP, Hölzel N (2009) Prediction of δ ¹³ C and δ ¹⁵ N in plant tissues with near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy. New Phytologist 184: 732-739 [ doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02995.x ]
• Oelmann Y, Broll G, Hölzel N, Kleinebecker T, Vogel A & Schwartze P (2009) Nutrient impoverishment and limitation of productivity after 20 years of conservation management in wet grasslands of north-western Germany. Biological Conservation 142: 2941-2948 [ abstract ScienceDirect]
• Poptcheva K, Schwartze P, Vogel A, Kleinebecker T & Hölzel N (2009) Changes in wet meadow vegetation after 20 years of different management in a field experiment (North-West Germany). Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 134: 108-114. [ abstract ScienceDirect]

2008

• Kleinebecker T, Hölzel N & Vogel A (2008) South Patagonian ombrotrophic bog vegetation reflects biogeochemical gradients at the landscape level. Journal of Vegetation Science 19: 151-160 [ pdf 191 KB]

2007

• Kleinebecker T, Hölzel N & Vogel A (2007) Gradients of continentality and moisture in South Patagonian ombrotrophic peatland vegetation. Folia Geobotanica 42: 363–382 [ pdf 585 KB]

Other Publications

• Große-Stoltenberg A, Hanzl A, Schnepel N, Kleinebecker T (2023) Entwicklung eines fernerkundungsbasierten Monitoringsystems für Streuobstwiesen in Hessen mit Fokus auf 3D-Laserscanningdaten (Projekt MOST 3D ). Jahrbuch Naturschutz in Hessen. [ Link to PDF on ResearchGate ]
• Große-Stoltenberg A, Dogotari M, Harvolk-Schöning S, Kleinebecker T (2023) Monitoring von Zielarten des Naturschutzes und von invasiven Arten per Fernerkundung (MonA). Jahrbuch Naturschutz in Hessen. [ Link to PDF on ResearchGate ]
• Hölzel N, Kleinebecker T, Knorr K, Raabe P, Gramann G (2019): Leitfaden zur Torfmoosvermehrung für Renaturierungszwecke. – Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, Osnabrück [ link ]
• Boch S, Allan E, Birkhofer K, Blüthgen N, Christ-Breulmann S, Diekoetter T, Dormann CF, Gossner MM, Hallmann C, Hemp A,  Hölzel N, Jung K, Klaus VH,  Klein A-M, Kleinebecker T, Lange M, Müller J, Nacke H, Prati D, Renner SC, Rothenwöhrer C, Schall P, Schulze E-D, Socher SA, Tscharntke T, Türke M, Weiner CN, Weisser WW, Westphal C, Wolters V, Wubet T, Fischer M (2016): Extensive und jährlich wechselnde Nutzungsintensität fördert den Artenreichtum im Grünland. ANLiegen Natur 38(1): online, 10pp [ download ]
• Middleton BA, Kleinebecker T (2012) The Effects of Climate-Change-Induced Drought and Freshwater Wetlands. In: Middleton BA (ed.) Global Change and the Function and Distribution of Wetlands, Global Change Ecology and Wetlands 1: 117-147 [doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-4494-3_4 ]
• Sieg B, Kleinebecker T & Hölzel N (2010) Evaluation of large scale bog restoration in North-Western Germany. Lessons from 30 years of practice. Extended abstract 7th European Conference on Ecological Restoration, Avignon, France. SER Europe Knowledge Base (www.ser.org/europe), 4 pp
• Kleinebecker T (2010) Bericht zur Fachtagung "Für die Neubegründung eines ganzheitlichen Moorschutzes" am 10. und 11. Mai in Schneverdingen. Telma 40: 271-276
• Kleinebecker T, Vogel A & Hölzel N (2008) Die Vegetation ombrotropher Moore Südpatagoniens. Abhandlungen aus dem Westfälischen Museum für Naturkunde 70: 439-452 [ pdf 1,1 MB]

PhD Thesis

• Kleinebecker T (2007) Patterns and gradients in South Patagonian ombrotrophic peatland vegetation. Dissertation, University of Münster, Germany [ summary 319 KB pdf 2,8 MB]

Diploma Thesis

• Hanneforth T (2003) Untersuchungen zur Standortvariabilität im südpatagonischen Regenwald. Diplomarbeit, Universität Münster [ abstract 61 KB]