Key Publications of AG Weber:
Reis Ely, C.R., Perakis, S.S., Cleveland, C.C., Menge, D.N.L., Reed, S.C., Taylor, B.N., Batterman , S.A., Clark, C.M., Crews, T.E., Dynarski, K.A., Gei, M., Gundale, M.J., Herridge, D.F., Jovan, S.E., Kou-Giesbrecht, S., Peoples, M.B., Pipponen, J., Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Salmon, V.G., Soper, F.M., Staccone, A.P., Weber, B., Williams, C.A., Wurzburger, N. (2025) Global terrestrial nitrogen fixation and its modification by agriculture. Nature 643: 705-711. doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09201-w
Praeg, N., Steinwandter, M., Urbach, D., Snethlage, M.A., Alves, R.P., Apple, M.E., Bilovitz, P., Britton, A.J., Bruni, E.P., Chen, T.-W., Dumack, K., Fernandez-Mendoza, F., Freppaz, M., Frey, B., Fromin, N., Geisen, S., Grube, M., Guariento, E., Guisan, A., Ji, Q.-Q., Jiménez, J.J., Maier, S., Malard, L.A., Minor, M.A., Mc Lean, C.C., Mitchell, E.A.D., Peham, T., Pizzolotto, R., Taylor, A.F.S., Vernon, P., van Tol, J.J., Wu, D., Wu, Y., Xie, Z., Weber, B., Illmer, P., Seeber, J. (2025) Biodiversity in mountain soils above the treeline. Biological Reviews. doi: 10.1111/brv.70028.
Kim, M., Lopez-Canfin, C., Lázaro, R., Sánchez-Canete, E., Weber, B. (2024) Unravelling the main mechanism responsible for nocturnal CO2 uptake by dryland soils. Science of the Total Environment, 926, 171751. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171751
Herdy, S., Rodriguez-Caballero, E., Pock, T., Weber, B. (2024) Utilisation of deep learning tools to map and monitor biological soil crusts. Ecol. Inform. 79, 102417. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102417
Kratz, A., Maier, S., Weber, J., Kim, M., Mele G., Gargiulo, L., Leifke, A.L., Prass, M., Abed R.M.M., Cheng, Y., Su, H., Pöschl, U., Weber, B. (2022) Reactive nitrogen hotspots related to microscale heterogeneity in biological soil crusts. Environmental Science and Technology 56: 11865-11877. doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c02207
Weber, B., Belnap, J., Büdel, B., Antoninka, A.J., Barger, N.N., Chaudhary, V.B., Darrouzet-Nardi, A., Eldridge, D.J., Faist, A.M., Ferrenberg, S., Havrilla, C.A., Huber-Sannwald, E., Malam Issa, O., Maestre, F.T., Reed, S.C., Rodriguez-Caballero, E., Tucker, C., Young, K.E., Zhang, Y., Zhao, Y., Zhou, X., Bowker, M.A. (2022) What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community. Biological Reviews 97: 1768-1785. doi: 10.1111/brv.12862
Rodriguez-Caballero, E., Stanelle, T., Egerer, S., Cheng, Y., Su, H., Canton, Y., Belnap, J., Andreae, M.O., Tegen, I., Reick, C., Pöschl, U., Weber, B. (2022) Global cycling and climate effects of aeolian dust controlled by biological soil crusts. Nature Geoscience 15, 458-463. doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00942-1
Maier, S., Kratz, A., Weber, J., Prass, M., Liu, F., Clark, A. T., Abed, R. M. M., Su, H., Cheng, Y., Eickhorst, T., Fiedler, S., Pöschl, U,. Weber, B. (2022) Water-driven microbial nitrogen transformations in biological soil crusts causing atmospheric nitrous acid and nitric oxide emissions. ISME 16, 1012–1024.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01127-1
Edtbauer, A., Pfannerstill, E.Y., Pires Florentino, A.P., Barbosa, C.G.G., Rodriguez-Caballero, E., Zannoni, N., Alves, R.P., Wolff, S., Tsokankunku, A., Aptroot, A., Sá, M.O., Araújo, A.C., Sörgel, M., Oliveira, S.M., Weber, B., Williams, J. (2021) Cryptogamic organisms are a substantial source and sink for volatile organic compounds in the Amazon region. Commun Earth Environ 2, 258. doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00328-y
Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Belnap, J., Büdel, B., Crutzen, P., Andreae, M.O., Pöschl, U., Weber, B. (2018) Microbial surface communities on dryland soils endangered by global change. Nature Geoscience 11: 185-189. doi. org/10.1038/s41561-018-0072-1
Maier, S., Tamm, A., Caesar, J., Grube, M., Weber, B. (2018) Photoautotrophic organisms control microbial abundance, diversity, and physiology in biological soil crusts. ISME 12: 1032-1046. doi. org/10.1038/s41396-018-0062-8
Weber, B., Berkemeier, Th., Ruckteschler, N., Caesar, J., Heintz, H., Ritter, H. & Braß, H. (2016) Development and calibration of a novel sensor to analyse the water content of biological soil crusts and surface soils. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 7(1): 14-22. doi. org/10.1111/2041-210X.12459
Weber, B., Belnap, J., Büdel, B. (eds.): Biological soil crusts: an organising principle in drylands, Ecological Studies 226. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp. 3-13. link. springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0
Rodriguez-Caballero, E., Knerr, T., Weber, B. (2015) Importance of biocrusts in dryland monitoring using spectral indices. Remote Sensing of Environment 170: 32-39. doi. org/10.1016/j.rse.2015.08.034
Elbert, W., Weber, B., Burrows, S., Steinkamp, J., Büdel, B., Andreae, M.O. & Pöschl, U. (2012): Contribution of cryptogamic covers to the global cycles of carbon and nitrogen. Nature Geosciences 5: 459-462. doi. org/10.1038/ngeo1486