Dr. Melanie Brunn

Grange, S.K., Girardi, J.P., Mendoza-Lera, C., Dyckmans, J., Muñoz, K., Brunn, M., Jungkunst, H.F. (in press): Stable isotopes as a tool towards a better understanding of the biogeochemical traits of invasive Fallopia japonica: a pot experiment. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies. doi.org/10.1080/10256016.2025.2567068

Brunn, M., Mueller, C.W., Chari, N.R., Meier, I.C., Obersteiner, S., Phillips, R.P., Taylor, B.N., Tumber-Dávila, S.J., Ullah, S., Klein, T. (2025) Tree carbon allocation to root exudates Implications for carbon budgets, soil sequestration, and drought response. Tree Physiology 45(4).

Schnabel, F., Guillemot, J., Barry, K.E., Brunn, M., Cesarz, S., Eisenhauer, N., Gebauer, T., Guerrero-Ramirez, N., Handa, T., Madsen, C., Mancilla, L., Monteza, J., Moore, T., Oelmann, Y., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schwendenmann, L., Wagner, A., Wirth, C., Potvin, C. (2025) Tree diversity increases carbon stocks and fluxes above- but not belowground in a tropical forest experiment. Global Change Biol. 31(2): e70089.

Brunn, M.*, Billings, S.A., Birke, J., Nielsen, M.W., Kilian Salas, S., Brockmüller, S., Oelmann, Y. (2024) On the importance of diversity in ecological research. Plants, People, Planet 6(6): 1207-1214.

Chari, N. R., Tumber-Dávila, S.J., Phillips, R.P., Bauerle,T.L., Brunn, M., Hafner, B.D., Klein, T., Obersteiner, S., Reay, M. K., Ullah, S., Taylor, B.N. (2024) Estimating the global root exudate carbon flux. Biogeochemistry 167(7): 895-908.

Bölscher, T., Vogel, C., Meurer, K., Herrmann, A.M., Colombi, T., Brunn, M., Domeignoz-Horta, L.A. (2024) Beyond growth: The significance of non-growth anabolism for microbial carbon-use efficiency in the light of soil carbon stabilisation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 193: 109400.

Manfrin, A., Schirmel, J., Mendoza-Lera, C., Ahmed, A., Bohde, R., Brunn, M., Brühl, C. A., Buchmann, C., Bundschuh, M., Burgis, F., Diehl, D., Entling, M. H., Ganglo, C, Geissler, S., Gerstle, V., Girardi, J. P., Graf, T., Huszarik, M, Jamin, J., Joschko, T. J., Jungkunst, H. F., Knäbel, A., Kolbenschlag, S., Lorke, A., Muñoz, K., Ogbeide, C., Osakpolor, S. E., Pietz, S., Riess, K., Roodt, A. P., Rovelli, L., Röder, N., Rösch, V., Schaumann, G. E., Schäfer, R. B., Schmitt, T., Schmitz, D., Schützenmeister, K., Schwenk, K., Stehle, S., Schulz, R. (2023) SystemLink: moving beyond aquatic-terrestrial interactions to incorporate food web studies. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 32(2): 77-81.

Brunn, M.*, Krüger, J, Lang, F. (2023) Experimental drought increased the belowground sink strength towards higher topsoil organic carbon stocks in a temperate mature forest. Geoderma 431: 116356.

Girardi, J.P., Korz, S., Muñoz, K., Jamin, J., Schmitz, D., Rösch, V., Riess, K., Schützenmeister, K., Jungkunst, H.F., Brunn, M.* (2022) Nitrification inhibition by polyphenols from invasive Fallopia japonica under copper stress. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 185(6): 923-934.

Hikino, K., Danzberger, J., Riedel, V.P., Hesse, B.D., Hafner, B.D., Gebhardt, T., Rehschuh, R., Ruehr, N.K., Brunn, M., Bauerle, T.L., Landhäusser, S.M., Lehmann, M.M., Rötzer, T., Pretzsch, H., Buegger, F., Weikl, F., Pritsch, K., Grams, T.E.E. (2022) Dynamics of initial carbon allocation after drought release in mature Norway spruce - Increased belowground allocation of current photoassimilates covers only half of the carbon used for fine-root growth. Global Change Biology 28 (23): 6889-6905.

Jungkunst, H.F., Göpel, J., Horvath, T., Ott, S., Brunn, M. (2022) Global soil organic carbon-climate interactions: Why scales matter. WIREs Climate Change 13 (4): e780.

Brunn, M.*, Hafner, B.D., Zwetlsloot, M.J., Weikl, F., Pritsch, K., Hikino, K., Ruehr, N.K., Sayer, E.J., Bauerle, T.L. (2022) Carbon allocation to root exudates is maintained in mature temperate tree species under drought. New Phytologist 235 (3).

Jungkunst, H.F., Goepel, J., Horvath, T., Ott, S., Brunn, M. (2021) New uses for old tools: Reviving Holdridge Life Zones in soil carbon persistence research. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 184, 5–11.

Grams T.E.E, Hesse, B.D., Gebhardt, T., Weikl, F., Rötzer, T., Kovacs, B., Hikino, K., Hafner, B.D., Brunn, M., Bauerle, T., Häberl, K.-H., Pretzsch, H., Pritsch, K. (2021) The Kroof experiment – realization and efficacy of a recurrent drought experiment plus recovery in a beech/spruce forest. Ecosphere 12 (3), 20.

Brunn, M.*, Brodbeck, S., Oelmann, Y. (2017) Three decades following afforestation are sufficient to yield δ¹³C depth profiles in soil. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 180, 643-647.

Brunn, M.*, Condron, L., Wells, A., Spielvogel, S., Oelmann, Y. (2016) Vertical distribution of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in topsoils across a temperate rainforest dune chronosequence in New Zealand. Biogeochemistry 129 (1-2): 37-51.

Brunn, M.*, Spielvogel, S., Sauer, T., Oelmann, Y. (2014) Temperature and precipitation effects on δ¹³C depth profiles in SOM under temperate beech forests. Geoderma 235, 146-153.