Melanie Brunn
@melaniebrunn.bsky.social
Geographer and geoecologist excited to work interdisciplinary on plant-soil interactions across scales | soil organic matter | climate change | roots
Root Exudation Dynamics in Forest Ecosystems www.nature.com/nature-index...
Root Exudation Dynamics in Forest Ecosystems | Forest Ecosystems | Forestry Sciences | Applied sciences | Topics | Nature Index
Forest roots actively secrete a complex blend of organic compounds into the surrounding soil, a process known as root exudation. These exudates serve as ke...
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Honoured to receive the 2025 Graduate Prize from Tree Physiology for our article on tree carbon allocation to root exudates. Root exudation is a hidden carbon flux to soils, with important implications for carbon cycling, nutrient acquisition and drought responses. academic.oup.com/treephys/art...
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Frontiers | Coordination of Nutrient Recycling and Acquisition Strategies in Plants: Root and Leaf Trait Interactions
Nutrient acquisition, conservation, and recycling underpin plant fitness and the functioning of forest ecosystems. Under ongoing global change, these process...
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Vielfalt ist mehr als ein gesellschaftliches Thema: Im Seminar Physische Geographie & Nachhaltigkeit @uni-bamberg.de diskutieren wir zum #DDT26, wie Diversität Ökosysteme prägt – von Wäldern, Böden und Wasserhaushalten bis zu Klimawandel und nachhaltigem Landmanagement #SDGs
High-Impact Research academic.oup.com/treephys/pag... Thrilled that our article is among the journal’s most cited and most read! Also looking forward to #EGU26 and our session on root exudates (BG3.29) this Friday, with a great and interesting program.
Correctly quantifying root exudation is key to understanding soil processes, nutrient cycling, and ecosystem functioning. In our cross-biome study, we show that the collection approach for trees is generally robust but sensitive to methodological choices that can strongly affect exudation estimates.
Frontiers | Technical note: methodological choices influence root carbon exudation measurements
Root exudation is an important pathway of belowground carbon (C) allocation in forest ecosystems, with profound implications for soil processes, nutrient cyc...
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Calling all #rootexudate researchers — reminder! Our @egubg.bsky.social #EGU26 session includes a keynote by Eva Oburger (BOKU Vienna) on #rootexudation, #rhizosphere biogeochemistry & #root–microbe interactions. Abstract deadline: 15 Jan!
Calling all #rootexudate enthusiasts! Join our @egubg.bsky.social session (with Taryn Bauerle, @melaniebrunn.bsky.social, Maire Holz & Sami Ullah) at the @egu.eu 2026 General Assembly on exudate composition, function & persistence. Submit by 15 Jan meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
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Stable isotopes as a tool towards a better understanding of the biogeochemical traits of invasive Fallopia japonica
Invasive plants pose a significant threat to ecosystems by disrupting the ecological balance, which includes the alteration of biogeochemical processes. Among the most aggressive invaders is Fallop...
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Thank you to all our amazing speakers at the YPSS event Meet the Professionals at #DBG2025! 🌍 Career insights from environmental planning, groundwater protection, research, and more 💬 Discussions on applications, salaries & job opportunities
📢 YPSS lunchtime program at #DBG2025! 🤝 Networking & discussions 🍽 Food & drinks provided Grow your research network with us!
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Tree carbon allocation to root exudates: implications for carbon budgets, soil sequestration and drought response
Abstract. Root carbon (C) exudation plays a central role in nutrient acquisition, microbially mediated organic matter decomposition and many other critical
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Interested in #forest restoration and #carbon sequestration? 🚨 In our new study in @globalchangebio.bsky.social we show that 🌳 Tree diversity 🌲 increases carbon stocks and fluxes in a tropical forest experiment. #TreeDivNet, @uni-freiburg.de onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Tree Diversity Increases Carbon Stocks and Fluxes Above—But Not Belowground in a Tropical Forest Experiment
We examined the potential of mixed-species planted forests compared to monospecific forests to act as a nature-based solution to climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration. By analysing m....
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The cuvettarians vs dunkers vs isotopians debate will be one to follow!
On the train back after a very inspiring workshop on root exudation in Berlin, funded by @newphyt.bsky.social What is it, is it important, where should we be in 10 years time, and how do we get there? Stay tuned for the answers!
