Mesofauna

Team

Die toten Vögel sind oben Plakat
Dr. David Russell
Head of section

born 17/08/1959

Professional life

since 2009
Scientific head of the department of soil zoology and
Head of the Mesofauna Section
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
 
since 2008
Teaching activity
International University Institute Zittau
in the Master’s programme of the Institute for Environmental Biotechnology
 
2005 – 2008
Chief Curator of the Department of Soil Zoology
State Museum of Natural History Görlitz
 
since 2001
Curator of the Mesofauna Section
State (from 1/2009: Senckenberg) Museum of Natural History Görlitz
 
2000 – 2001
Research assistant
Zoological Institute and Museum, University of Greifswald
Project management and processing of Collembola and Actinedida in the BMBF project:
“Future-oriented forest management” project
 
1997 – 2001
Lektor
Julius Springer Verlag, Heidelberg
For Cell and Tissue Research, Experimental Brain Research, Biology and Fertility of Soils

1994 – 1995
Teaching activity
University of Maryland – European Division
(Biology / Ecology)
 
1991 – 1992
Research assistant
Zoological Institute, University of Heidelberg
Investigation of the effects of chronic heavy metal pollution on Collembola communities and decomposition processes of natural beech forests

1990 – 1993
Freelancer
WWF Floodplain Institute, Rastatt
Effects of various forestry and renaturation methods on soil-ecological parameters

Education

1994 – 1998
University of Heidelberg
Degree: Dissertation (Biology)

1984 – 1993
University of Heidelberg
Degree: Diploma Biology

1983 – 1984
University of Maryland (Heidelberg, BRD)
Degree: Associate in Arts

1980 – 1982
Language courses in Europe
 
1977- 1979
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (U.S.A.)

 

Training courses

2006
Academy for Public Administration of the Free State of Saxony
Moderation and meeting technology

2006
Academy for Public Administration of the Free State of Saxony
Communication and conversation management
 
1994
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Acarology Summer Program
Course: Soil Acarology; Drs. Kethley, Johnston, Norton
 
1993
Osnabrück
Summer Academy for Systematic Zoology
Course: Collembola (Arthropleona); Prof. Dr. W. Dunger

 

2023

Le Guillarme, N., Hedde, M., Potapov, A.M., Martínez-Muñoz, C.A., Berg, M.B., Briones, M.J.I., Calderón-Sanou, I., Degrune, F., Hohberg, K., Martinez-Almoyna, C., Pey, B., Russell, D.J., Thuiller, W. (2023): The soil food web ontology: Aligning trophic groups, processes, resources, and dietary traits to support food-web research. Ecological Informatics 102360, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102360

Scheuemann, N., Russell, D. J. (2023): Hydrological regime and forest development have indirect effects on soil fauna feeding activity in Central European hardwood floodplain forests. Nature Conservation 53: 257-278 https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.53.106260

Roeder, M., Binder, F., Reif, A., Unseld, R., Dichtl, T., Schneider, E., Mailänder, S., Stöger, W., Russell, D., Egger G. (2023): Auwaldbewirtschaftung in unsicheren Zeiten – die Suche nach Baumarten für den Auwald der Zukunft. Auenmagazin 23: 43-50

Lang, B., Betancur-Corredor, B., Russell, D.J. (2023): Soil mineral nitrogen content is increased by soil mesofauna and nematodes – a meta-analysis. Soil Organisms 95(2): 117-128 https://doi.org/10.25674/so95iss2id310

Salako, G., Russell, D.J., Stucke, A., Eberhardt, E. (2023): Assessment of multiple model algorithms to predict earthworm geographic distribution range and biodiversity in Germany: implications for soil‑monitoring and species‑conservation needs. Biodiversity and Conservation 32: 2365–2394  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02608-9

Lang, B., Betancur-Corredor, B., Russell, D.J. (2023): Earthworms increase soil mineral nitrogen content – a meta-analysis. Soil Organisms 95(1): 1-16 https://doi.org/10.25674/so95iss1id308

Potapov, A.M., Guerra, C.A., van den Hoogen, J., Babenko, A., Bellini, B.C., Berg, M.P., Chown, S.L., Deharveng, L., Kovac, L., Kuznetsova, N.A., Ponge, J.-F., Potapov, M.B., Russell, D.J., Alexander, D., et al.  (2023): Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails. Nature communications 14: 374, 13 pp., https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36216-6

2022

Betancur-Corredor, B., Lang, B., Russell, D.J. (2022): Reducing tillage intensity benefits the soil micro- and mesofauna in a global meta-analysis. European Journal of Soil Science 73:e13321. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13321

Betancur-Corredor, B., Lang, B., Russell, D.J. (2022): Organic nitrogen fertilization benefits selected soil fauna in global agroecosystems. Biology and Fertility of Soils

Tsiafouli, M.A., Cortet, J., Russell, D. (2022). A call for collaboration to create the European Atlas of Soil Fauna. Soil Organisms 94(3): 175-181

Lang, B., Russell, D. J. (2022): Excretion of nitrogenous waste by soil fauna and assessment of the contribution to soil nitrogen pools. Soil Organism, 94 (2):  69 -83

2021

Phillips, H.R.P., Bach, E.M., Bartz, M.L.C, Bennett, J.M., Beugnon, R., Briones, M.J.I., Brown, G.G., Ferlian, O., Gongalsky, K.B., Guerra, C.A. König-Ries, B.-, Krebs, J.J., Orgiazzi, A., Ramirez, K.S., Russell, D.J., et al. … (110 further Authors), Eisenhauer, N. (2021): Global data on earthworm abundance, biomass, diversity and corresponding environmental properties. Scientific Data 8:136 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13399118

Toschki, A., Burkhardt, U. Haase, H., Höfer, H., Jänsch, S., Oellers, J., Römbke, J., Roß-Nickoll, M., Salamon, J.A., Schmelz, R., Scholz-Starke, B., Russell, D.J. (2021): Die Edaphobase-Länderstudien Synökologische Untersuchungen von Bodenorganismen in einem Biotop- und Standortgradienten in Deutschland 2014–2018. Peckiana 14 367 S, SMNG Görlitz

Gotelli, N. J., Booher, D. B., Urban, M. C., Ulrich, W., Suarez, A. V., Skelly, D. J., Russell, D. J., Rowe, R. J., Rothendler, M., Rios, N., Rehan, S. M., Ni, G., Moreau, C. S., Magurran, A. E., Jones, F. A. M., Graves, G. R., Fiera, C., Burkhardt, U., Primack, R. B. (2021): Estimating species relative abundances from museum records. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 00: 1– 13. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13705

2020

Potapov, A., Bellini, B.C., Chown, S.L., Deharveng, L., Janssens, F., Kováč, L., Kuznetsova, N., Ponge, J.-F., Potapov, M., Querner, P., Russell, D., Sun, X., Zhang, F., Berg, M.B. (2020): Towards a global synthesis of Collembola knowledge – challenges and potential solutions. Soil Organisms 92: 161–188

Russell, D.J., Heynen, S. (2020) Die komplexe Biodiversität des Bodens und ihre funktionelle Bedeutung. Bodenschutz 3: 96-99

Lang, B., Russell, D.J. (2020): Effects of earthworms on bulk density: A meta-analysis. European Journal of Soil Science 71(1): 80-83, doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12846

Lehmitz, R., Haase, H., Otte, V., Russell, D. (2020): Bioindication in peatlands by means of multi-taxa indicators (Oribatida, Araneae, Carabidae, Vegetation). Biological indicators 109: 105837

2019

Russell, D.J., K. Franke (2019): Actinedida ‑ Acari Bibliographia Acarologica 19 (3): 1-34

Phillips H.R.P, Guerra, C.A., Bartz, M.L.C., Briones, M.J.I., Brown, G., Crowther, T.W., Ferlian, O., Gongalsky, K.B., Hoogan, J., van der, Krebs, J., Orgiazzi, A., Routh, D., Schwarz, B., Bach, E.M., Bennett, J., Brose, U., Decaëns, T., König-Ries, B., Loreau, M., Mathieu, J., Mulder, C., van der Putten, W.H., Ramirez, K.S., Rillig, M.C., Russell, D., Rutgers, M., Thakur, M.P., De Vries, F.T., Wall, D.H., Wardle, D., …, Cameron, E., Eisenhauer, N. (2019): Global distribution of earthworm diversity. Science 366: 480-485 DOI: 10.1126/science.aax4851

Thakur, M.P., Phillips, H.R.P., Brose, U., De Vries, F.T., Lavelle, P., Loreau, M., Mathieu, J., Mulder, C., Van der Putten, W.H., Rillig, M., Wardle, D.A., Bach, E., Bartz, M., Bennett, J.M., Briones, M.J.I., Brown, G., Decaëns, T., Eisenhauer, N., Ferlian, O., Guerra, C.,A., König-Ries, B., Orgiazzi, A., Ramirez, K.S., Russell, D.J., Rutgers, M., Wall, D.H., Cameron, E.K. (2019): Toward an integrative understanding of soil biodiversity. Biological Reviews doi: 10.1111/brv.12567

Lang, B., Russell, D.J. (2019): Effects of earthworms on bulk density: A meta-analysis. European Journal of Soil Science, 2019:1–4, doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12846

Russell. D.J., Gergocs, V. (2019): Forest-management types similarly influence soil collembolan communities throughout regions in Germany – A data bank analysis. Forest Ecology and Management 434: 49–62

Vogel, H.-J., Wollschläger, U., Helming, K., Heinrich, U., Willms, M., Wiesmeier, M., Russell, D., Franko, U. (2019): Assessment of Soil Functions Affected by Soil Management. In: Schröter, M., Bonn, A., Klotz, S., Seppelt, R., Baessle, C. (eds) Atlas of Ecosystem Services – Drivers, Risks, and Societal Responses. Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 77-82

2018

Russell, D.J., K. Franke (2018): Actinedida ‑ Acari Bibliographia Acarologica 18 (3): 1-28

Römbke, J., Bandow, C., Gerlach, A., Jaeschke, B., Schmelz, R.M., Natal-da-Luz, T. Sousa, J.P., Russell, D.J. (2018): Data on the Lumbricidae and Enchytraeidae from six forest sites in Germany and Portugal. Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 48(Supplementum 2): 73–81

Vogel, H-J., Bartke, S., Daedlow, K., Helming, K., Kögel-Knabner, I., Lang, B., Rabot, E., Russell, D.J., Stößel, B., Weller, Ul. Wiesmeier, M., Wollschläger, U. (2018): A systemic approach for modeling soil functions. Soil 4: 83-92 doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-83-2018

2017

Russell, D.J., K. Franke (2017): Actinedida ‑ Acari Bibliographia Acarologica 17 (3): 1-37

Russell, D.J., (2017): Entwicklung der Collembolen im Boden der Hochwasserschutzpolder Altenheim nach Einführung der ökologischen Flutung. In: Schneider, E., Werling, M., Stammel, B., Januschke, K., Ledesma-Krist, G., Scholz, M. Hering, D., Gelhaus, M., Dister, E. Egger, G. (Hrsg.) Biodiversität der Flussauen Deutschlands. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt Heft 163, Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN), Bonn. S. 253-264

Hausen, J., Scholz-Starke, B., Burkhardt, U., Lesch, S., Rick, R., Russell, D., Roß-Nickoll, M., Ottermanns, R. (2017): Edaphostat: interactive ecological analysis of soil organism occurrences and preferences from the Edaphobase data warehouse. Database 2017: 1-6, doi:10.1093/database/bax080

Bowler, D.E., Hof, C., Haase, P., Kröncke, I., Schweiger, O., Adrian, R., Baert, L., Bauer, H.-G., Theo Blick, T., Brooker, R.W., Dekoninck, W., Sami Domisch, S., Eckmann, R., Hendrickx, F., Hickler, T., Stefan Klotz, S., Alexandra Kraberg, A., Ingolf Kühn, I., Matesanz, S., Meschede, A., Neumann, H., O’Hara, R., Russell, D.J., Sell, A.F., Sonnewald, M., Stoll, S., Sundermann, A., Oliver Tackenberg, O., Türkay, M., Valladares, F., van Herk, K., van Klink, R., Vermeulen, R., Voigtländer, K., Wagner, R., Welk, E., Wiemers, M., Wiltshire, K.H., Böhning-Gaese, K. (2017): Cross-realm assessment of climate change impacts on species’ abundance trends. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1, 0067
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-016-0067

2016

Russell, D.J., Franke, K. (2016): Actinedida – Acari Bibliographia Acarologica 16 (3): 1–37

Russell, D.J., Michalik, P, Storch, V. (2016): In Memoriam – Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gerd Alberti. – Soil Organisms 88 (3): i–ii

2015

Russell, D.J., Franke, K. (2015): Actinedida – Acari Bibliographia Acarologica 15 (3): 1–36

Xylander, W.E.R., Lehmitz, R., Hohber, K., Lang, B., Russell, D.J. (2015): Boden – ein unterschätzer Lebensraum. Biologie in unserer Zeit 45: 388–395

Ramirez, K., Döring, M., Eisenhauer, N., Gardi, C., Ladau, J., Leff, J.W., Lentendu, G., Lindo, Z., Rillig, M.C., Russell, D.J., Scheu, S., St. John, M.G., de Vries, F.T., Wubet, T., van der Putten, W.H., Wall, D.H. (2015): Toward a global platform for linking soil biodiversity data. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3: 91
doi 10.3389/fevo.2015.00091

Hohberg, K., Schulz, H.-J., Balkenhol, B., Pilz, M., Thomalla, A., Russell, D.J., Pfanz, H. (2015): Soil faunal communities from mofette fields: Effects of high geogenic carbon dioxide concentration. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 88: 420–429

Bowler, D.E., Haase, P., Kröncke, I., Tackenberg, O., Bauer, H.G., Brendel, C., Brooker, R.W., Gerisch, M., Henle, K., Hickler, T., Hof, C., Klotz, S., Kühn, I., Matesanz, S., O‘Hara, R., Russell, D.J., Schweiger, O., Valladares, F., Welk, E., Wiemers, M., Böhning-Gaese, K. (2015): A cross-taxon analysis of the impact of climate change on abundance trends in central Europe. Biological Conservation 187: 41–50

2014

Russell, D.J., Franke, K. (2014): Actinedida – Acari Bibliographia Acarologica 14 (3): 1–40

Russell, D.J., Hohberg, K., Potapov, M., Bruckner, A., Otte, V., Christian, A. (2014): Native terrestrial invertebrate fauna from the northern Antarctic Peninsula: new records, state of current knowledge and ecological preferences. Soil Organisms 86: 1–58

Burkhardt, U., Russell, D.J., Buryn, R., Decker, P., Döhler, M., Höfer, H., Lesch, S., Rick, S.Römbke, J., Trog, C., Vorwald, J., Wurst, E. & Xylander, W.E.R.(2014): The Edaphobase Project of GBIF-Germany – A new online soil-zoological data warehouse. Applied Soil Ecology 83: 3–12   ISSN 0929-1393

Gerlach, A., Russell, D.J., Jaeschke, B., Römbke, J.(2014): Feeding preferences of native terrestrial isopod species (Oniscoidea, Isopoda) for native and introduced leaf litter. – Applied soil Ecology 83: 95–100   ISSN 0929-1393

2013

Russell, D.J., Franke, K. (2013): Actinedida – Acari Bibliographia Acarologica 13 (3): 1–34

Römbke, J. Burkhardt, U., Höfer, H., Horak, F., Jänsch, S., Roß-Nickoll, M., Russell, D.J, Schmitt, H., Toschki, A. (2013): Die Bodenbiodiversität als Instrument zur Beurteilung des Bodenzustands: Theoretischer Hintergrund, Konzeptionelle Überlegungen und Empfehlungen. In: Blume, H.-P. (ed.) Handbuch des Bodenschutzes. 8. Ecomed, Hamburg   ISSN 1432-170X

Jänsch, S., Steffens, L., Höfer, H., Horak, F., Roß-Nickoll, M., Russell, D.J., Toschki, A., Römbke, J. (2013): State of knowledge of earthworm communities in German soils as a basis for biological soil quality assessment. –Soil Organisms 85 (2): 123–146

Ruf, A., Beylich, A., Blick, T., Büchs, W., Glante, F., Höss, S., Roß-Nickoll, M., Rueß, L., Russell, D.J., Römbke, J., Seitz, H., Theißen, B., Toschki, A., Weimann, C., Züghart, W. (2013): Soil organisms as an essential element of a monitoring plan to identify the effects of GMO cultivation. Requirements – Methodology – Standardisation. – BioRisk 8: 73–87

Römbke, J., Jänsch, S., Höfer, H., Horak, F., Roß-Nickoll, M., Russell, D.J. & Toschki, A. (2013): State of knowledge of enchytraeid communities in German soils as a basis for biological soil quality assessment. – Soil Organisms 85 (2): 123–146
www.soil-organisms.org

Römbke, J., Burkhardt, U., Höfer, H. Horak, F., Jänsch, S., Roß-Nickoll, M., Russell, D.J., Schmitt, H, Toschki, A. (2013): Die Beurteilung der Boden-Biodiversität: Ergebnisse eines UBA-Vorhabens. – Bodenschutz 3 (13): 100–105

Russell, D.J., Hohberg, K., Otte, V., Christian, A., Potapov, M., Brückner, A., McInnes, S.J. (2013): The Impact of Human Activities on Soil Organisms of the Maritime Antarctic and the Introduction of Non-Native Species in Antarctica.   UBA Texte Nr. 22/2013, Federal Environment Agency, Dessau, 232 pp. + XXXVIII www.uba.de

Russell, D.J., Hohberg, K., Otte, V., Christian, A., Potapov, M., Brückner, A., McInnes, S.J. (2013): Der Einfluss menschlicher Aktivitäten auf Bodenorganismen der maritimen Antarktis und die Einschleppung von fremden Arten in die Antarktis.   UBA Texte Nr. 21/2013, Umweltbundesamt, Dessau, 243 S. + XXXVIII www.uba.de

2012

Hüttl, R.F., Russell, D.J., Sticht, Ch., Schrader, St., Weigel, H.-J., Bens, O., Lorenz, K., Schneider, B.U. (2012): Auswirkungen auf Bodenökosysteme In: Mosbrugger, V., Brasseur, G.P., Schaller, M., Stribrny B. (Eds) Klimawandel und Biodiversität: Folgen für Deutschland. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt. S. 128–163

Gerlach, A., Russell, D.J., Römbke, J., Brüggemann, W. (2012): Consumption of introduced oak litter by native decomposers (Glomeridae, Diplopoda). – Soil Biology & Biochemistry 44: 26–30

Lehmitz, R., Russell, D. J., Hohberg, K., Christian, A., Xylander W.E.R. (2012): Active dispersal of oribatid mites into young soils. – Applied Soil Ecology 55: 10–19.

Greenslade, P., Potapov, M., Russell, D.J., Convey, P. (2012): Lessons from history – Global Collembola (Springtails) on Deception Island. Journal of Insect Science 12: 1–16   www.insectscience.org

Hohberg, K., Elmer, M., Russell, D.J., Christian, A., Schulz, H.J., Lehmitz, R., Wanner, M. (2012): First five years of soil food-web development in the ‘Chicken Creek’ catchment. In: Elmer, M., Schaaf, W., Biemelt, D., Gerwin, W. & Hüttl, R.F. (eds.) The artificial catchment ‘Chicken Creek’ – initial ecosystem development 2005-2010. Ecosystem Development 3: 93–114

Römbke, J., Jänsch, S., Roß-Nickoll, M., Toschki, A., Höfer, H., Horak, F., Russell, D.J., Burkhardt, U., Schmitt, H. (2012): Erfassung und Analyse des Bodenzustands im Hinblick auf die Umsetzung und Weiterentwicklung der Nationalen Biodiversitätsstrategie. Texte des Umweltbundesamtes 33/2012, Dessau. 386 pp.   www.uba.de 

Russell, D.J., Franke, K. (2012): Actinedida – Acari Bibliographia Acarologica 12 (3): 1–19

2011

Hohberg, K., Russell, D.J., Elmer, M (2011): Mass occurrence of algal-feeding tardigrade Apodibius confusus, in the young soils of a post-mining site. – Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 49: 62–65

Lehmitz, R., Russell, D.J., Hohberg, K., Christian, A., Xylander, W.E.R. (2011): Wind dispersal of oribatid mites as a mode of migration. – Pedobiologia 54: 201–207

Römbke, T., Römbke, J., Russell, D.J. (2011): Effects of temperature increases on the feeding activity of two species of isopods (Porcellio scaber, Porcellionides pruinosus) in laboratory tests. – Soil Organisms 83 (2): 210–220
www.soil-organisms.org

Russell, D.J., Franke, K. (2011): Actinedida. – Acari Biblio. Acarol. 11 (3): 1–31

Russell, D.J., Schulz, H.-J., Hohberg, K., Pfanz, H. (2011): Occurrence of collembolan fauna in mofette fields (natural carbondioxide springs) of the Czech Republic. – Soil Organisms 83 (3): 489–505 www.soil-organisms.org

2010

Russell, D.J., Hohberg, K., Elmer, M. (2010): Primary colonisation of newly formed soils by actinedid mites. – Soil Organisms 82(2): 237–251 www.soil-organisms.org

Russell, D.J., Franke, K. (2010): Actinedida – Acari Biblio. Acarol. 10 (3): 1–28

Elmer, M., Hohberg, K., Russell, D.J., Christian, A., Schulz, H.-J., Wanner, M. (2010): Succession of the soil faunal community during initial ecosystem development. In: Schaaf, W., Biemelt, D., Hüttl, R.F. (Eds.): Initial development of the artificial catchment ‘Chicken Creek’ – monitoring program and survey 2005-2008. – Ecosystem Development 2: 97–118.

2009 – 2000

Russell, D.J. & Alberti, G. (2009): Actinedid mite community diversity in a succession gradient in continental sand-dune habitats of central Europe. In: Sabelis, M.W. & Bruin, J. (eds.) Trends in Acarology. Springer, Dordrecht S. 135–142

Theißen, B., Russell D.J. (2009): Zur Bedeutung von Collembolen im GVO Monitoring. – Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft 10: 391–394

Moll, S., Brunk, I., Russell, D.J. (2009): Entwicklung von Carabidengemeinschaften auf unterschiedlich sedimentierten Substrat nach der Flut 2002 am Fluss Mulde (Sachsen). – Entomologie Heute 21: 87–100

Russell, D.J., Franke, K. (2009): Actinedida. – Acari Biblio. Acarol. 9 (3): 1–35

Russell, D.J. (2008): Metacommunity responses of soil Collembola to inundation intensity in the Upper Rhine Valley. – In: G. Broll, S. Kaluz, Russell, D.J., W.E.R. Xylander (eds.): Floodplains: Hydology, Soils, Fauna and their Interactions. Peckiana 5: 127–143

Rahtkens, K., Russell, D.J. (2008): Regionale Veränderungen der Collembolenfauna infolge des Klimawandels – Ergebnisse einer 20jährigen Untersuchung an Dauerbeobachtungsflächen in Baden-Württemberg. – Marktredwitzer Bodenschutztage 5: 199–204

Russell, D.J., Franke, K. (2008): Actinedida. – Acari Biblio. Acarol. 8 (3): 1–22

Russell, D.J. (2008): Collembolan community structures in a continental psammic habitat of southwest Germany. – Soil Organisms 80 (1): 117–131

Russell, D.J., Franke, K. (2007): Actinedida. – Acari Biblio. Acarol. 7 (3): 1–30

Russell, D. J. (2007): Bodenbiologisches Monitoring: Verifizierung des Probenahmeschemas für Monitoringprogramme und Etablierung von Erwartungswerten für die Bodenbiodiversität in Auwaldhabitaten. – FZKA BWPLUS: Bericht als pdf; 98 S.

Russell, D.J., Franke, K. (2006): Actinedida. – Acari Biblio. Acarol. 6 (3): 1–25

Russell, D. J. & Griegel, A. (2006): Influence of variable inundation regimes on soil collembola. – Pedobiologia 50: 165–175

Russell, D.J., Franke, K. (2005): Actinedida. – Acari Biblio. Acarol. 5 (3): 1–22

Schöps, F.-R. & Russell, D.J. (2004): Ein modifiziertes Friedman-Test (nicht-parametrische ANOVA) für quantitativen Auswertungen von Bodenmesofauna-Daten. – Mitt. AG Bodenmesofauna 20: 31–35

Russell, D.J. & Köhler, H. (2004): 20 Jahre AG Mesofauna: Entstehung und Geschichte. – Mitt. AG Bodenmesofauna 20: 5–7

Russell, D.J., Schulz, M.M., OConnor, B. (2004): Mass occurrence of astimatid mites on human remains. – Abh. Ber. Naturkundemus. Görlitz 76 (1): 51–56

Russell, D.J., Hauth, A., Fox, O. (2004): Collembolan community reactions to inundation in floodplains of the upper Rhine Valley. – Pedobiologia 48 (5-6): 527–536

Russell, D.J., Franke, K. (2004): Actinedida. – Acari Biblio. Acarol. 4 (3): 1–28

Russell, D.J. (2004): Feststellung und Modellierung der kurzfristigen Jahresdynamik und kleinräumigen Verteilungsheterogenität von endogäischen Insekten auf Boden-Dauerbeobachtungsflächen in Baden-Wüttermberg. Erhöhung der Aussagekraft des Monitoringprogramms in Rheinauen. – FZKA BWPLUS Bericht als pdf

Müller-Motzfeld, G., Alberti, G., Ringel, H., Hampel, J., Kreibich, E., Loch, R., Mathiak, G., Russell, D.J., Wegener, A., Wachlin, V. (2004): Bodenbiologische und ökofaunistische Untersuchungen zur Beurteilung des Waldumbaus im Nordostdeutschen Tiefland. – Beitr. Forstwirtsch. U. Landsch. Ökol. 38 (2): 95–101

Russell, D.J., Franke, K. (2003): Actinedida. – Acari Biblio. Acarol. 3 (3): 1–31

Russell, D.J., Blume, H. (2003): Bodenzoologisches Sampling Design in Monitoringprogrammen. Mitteil. – AG Bodenmesof. 19: 58–60

Russell, D.J., Franke, K. (2002): Actinedida. – Acari Biblio. Acarol. 2 (3): 1–38

Russell, D.J., Alberti, G. (2002): Reaktionen der Collembolenfauna beim Umbau von Kiefer-Reinbeständen in Kiefer/Buche-Mischbestände im Nordostdeutschen Tiefland (Abstract). – Verh. Gesell Ökol. 32: 210

Russell, D.J., Kreibich, E., Alberti, G. (2002): Zersetzer-Aktivität der Mesofauna beim Umbau von Kiefer-Reinbeständen in Kiefer/Buche-Mischbestände im Nordostdeutschen Tiefland (Abstract). – Verh. Gesell Ökol. 32: 207

Russell, D.J. (2002): Endogäische Mikroarthropoden als Reaktionsindikatoren für die Bewertung von Pflegemaßnahmen in geschützten Sandfluren. – Natur und Landschaftsplanung 34: 74–81

Russell, D.J., Schick, H., Nährig, D. (2002): Reactions of soil Collembolan communities (= Springtails, Insecta) to inundation in floodplain ecosystems of the Upper Rhine Valley. – In: Broll, G., Merbach, W., Pfeiffer, E.-M. (eds.) Soil ecological processes in wetlands of Germany. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, S. 35–70

Rahtkens, K., Russell, D.J. (2001): Springschwänze als Indikatoren von Auenrenaturierungsmaßnhamen? – Mitteil. Dtsche. Bodenk. Gesell. 96 (1): 367–368

Russell, D.J. (2000): Psammobiontic Actinedida in southwest Germany and new findings from coastal dunes in Denmark and Norway. – Abh. Ber. Naturkundemus. Görlitz 72: 135–141

1999 – 1993

Russell, D.J., Alberti, G. (1998): Effects of long-term, geogenic heavy-metal contamination on soil organic matter and microarthropod communities, in particular Collembola. – Appl. Soil Ecol.. 9: 483–488

Russell, D.J. (1997): Zur Actinedidenfauna der Sandhausener Dünen bei Heidelberg. – Mitteil. AG Bodenmesofauna 13: 38–47

Russell, D.J. (1996): Charakterisierung der Probegebiete. Schwermetallbelastung und Bodenuntersuchungen. In: Alberti, G., Hauk, B., Köhler, H.-R., Storch, V. (Hrsg.) Dekomposition. Qualitative und quantitative Aspekte und deren Beeinflussung durch geogene und anthropogene Belastungsfaktoren. S. 14–37

Russell, D.J. (1996): Die Collembolenfauna in Auenwäldern der Oberrheinebene – ein Beitrag zu Renaturierungsvorhaben (Collembola). – Verh. Intern. Symp. Entomofaun. Mitteleur., SIEEC 14: 397–406

Russell, D.J., Zeller, U., Kratzmann, M., Alberti, G. (1996): The mite fauna of continental sand dunes in the upper Rhine Valley. – Proc. Intern. Congr. Acarol. 9 (1): 75–80

Rohde, U., Breunig, T., Büche, B., Krüss, A., Leist, N., Russell, D.J., Voigt, K. (1994): Schutz- und Pflegemaßnahmen in den Naturschutzgebieten „Pferdstrieb“ und „Pflege Schönau-Galgenbuckel“. – Beih. Veröff. Naturschutz Landschaftspflege Bad.-Württ. 80: 353–370

Russell, D.J., Dastych, H., Zeller, U., Kratzmann, M., Alberti, G. (1994): Zur Mesofauna des Bodens der Sandhausener Dünen. – Beih. Veröff. Naturschutz Landschaftspflege Bad.-Württ. 80: 325–348

Kratzmann, M., Russell, D.J., Ludwig, M., Petersen, U., Wein, C., Storch, V., Alberti, G. (1993): Untersuchungen zur Bodenarthropodenfauna zweier Buchenwaldstandorte im Einflußbereich geogener Schwermetalle. – Verh. Gesell. Ökol. 22: 413–417

Berichte

2010 – 2000

Russell, D. J. (2008): Determination und Analyse der Collembola (= Springschwänze, Insecta i.w.S.) aus 10 Bodendauerbeobachtungsflächen bei Forst, Kehl, Wilhelmsfeld und Baltmannsweiler. – Endbericht an den LUBW Karlsruhe, 25 S.

Christian, A., K. Hohberg, D. J.Russell, H.-J. Schulz, W. Xylander (2008): Strukturen und Prozesse der initialen Ökosystementwicklung in einem künstlichen Wassereinzugsgebiet : Bodenzoologisches Monitoring der endogäischen Bodenfauna der Kippsubstrate am Standort Hühnerwasser. – Zwischenbericht für das SFB Transregio, Univ. Cottbus, 34 S.

Russell, D. J. (2007): Effects of genetically modified plants on soils and soil organisms. – Unveröffentlichter Bericht an den VDI Richtlinienausschuss „GVO Monitoring; Wirkung auf Bodenorganismen“ 11 S.

Russell, D. J. (2007): Determination und Analyse der Collembola (= Springschwänze, Insecta i.w.S.) aus Bodendauerbeobachtungsflächen bei Forst und Kehl. – Endbericht an den LUBW Karlsruhe, 15 S.

Russell, D. J. & Balkenhol, B. (2007): Analyse und Bewertung der 20-jährigen Collembolendaten aus Wald Dauerbeobachtungsflächen des ökologischen Wirkungskatasters Baden-Württembergs. Bioindikation von Bodenversauerung und Klimawandel. – Endbericht an den LUBW Karlsruhe, 105 S.

Russell, D. J. (2006): Bodenbiologisches Monitoring: Verifizierung des Probenahmeschemas für Monitoringprogramme. II. Verifikation. – FZKA BWPLUS 109; 13. S.

Russell, D. J. (2005): Bodenbiologisches Monitoring: Verifizierung des Probenahmeschemas für Monitoringprogramme. I. Standortsbeschreibung und Vorgehen. – FZKA BWPLUS 108; 13 S.

Russell, D. J., A. Griegel (2004): Feststellung und Modellierung kleinräumigen Verteilungsheterogenität von endogäischen Insekten für Monitoringerhebungen auf Boden-Dauerbeobachtungsflächen in Baden-Wüttermberg. II. Zeitliche Dynamik. – FZKA BWPLUS 107

Russell, D. J., K. Voigtländer (2003): Stratum Bodenoberfläche. Myriapoda: Tausendfüßer. – In: Alberti, G., G. Müller Motzfeld (eds.) Bodenbiologische und ökofaunistische Untersuchungen zur Abschätzung von Wirkungen des Waldumbaus im Norddeutschen Tiefland. Endbericht an dem BMFT, S. 442-467

Russell, D. J. (2003): Stratum Boden. Collembola: Springschwänze. – In: Alberti, G. & G. Müller-Motzfeld (eds.) Bodenbiologische und ökofaunistische Untersuchungen zur Abschätzung von Wirkungen des Waldumbaus im Norddeutschen Tiefland. Endbericht an dem BMFT, S. 197-248

Russell, D. J. (2003): Stratum Boden. Zersetzeraktivität: Köderstreifen-Test. – In: Alberti, G., G. Müller-Motzfeld (eds.) Bodenbiologische und ökofaunistische Untersuchungen zur Abschätzung von Wirkungen des Waldumbaus im Norddeutschen Tiefland. Endbericht an dem BMFT, S. 75-97

Russell, D. J., H. Blume (2003): Feststellung und Modellierung kleinräumigen Veteilungsheterogenität von endogäischen Insekten für Monitoringerhebungen auf Boden-Dauerbeobachtungsflächen in Baden-Wüttermberg. I. Horizontalverbreitung und Probenahme. – FZKA BWPLUS 106

Russell, D. J., W. Xylander (2003): Feststellung der bodenbiologischen Auswirkung der Flutkatastrophe vom August 2002. – Unveröffentlichter Bericht an das Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie, Freiberg (Sachsen)

Russell, D. J., K. Voigtländer (2002): Ergebnisse der Untersuchungen der epigäischen Bodenfauna (Myriapoda) im Müritz NP. – In: Alberti, G., G. Müller-Motzfeld (eds.) Bodenbiologische und ökofaunistische Untersuchungen zur Abschätzung von Wirkungen des Waldumbaus im Norddeutschen Tiefland. Zwischenbericht an dem BMFT.

Russell, D. J. (2002): Ergebnisse der Untersuchungen über Bodenmikroarthropoden aus dem Müritz NP und aus dem Raum Eberswalde. 2. Springschwänze (Collembola). – In: Alberti, G., G. Müller-Motzfeld (eds.) Bodenbiologische und ökofaunistische Untersuchungen zur Abschätzung von Wirkungen des Waldumbaus im Norddeutschen Tiefland. Zwischenbericht an dem BMFT.

Russell, D. J. (2002): Fraßaktivität in Waldböden des Müritz-Nationalparks und um Eberswalde (Köderstreifentest nach v. Törne). – In: Alberti, G., G. Müller-Motzfeld (eds.) Bodenbiologische und ökofaunistische Untersuchungen zur Abschätzung von Wirkungen des Waldumbaus im Norddeutschen Tiefland. Zwischenbericht an dem BMFT.

Russell, D. J. (2002): „Mikroarthropoden“ – In: GefaÖ. Untersuchungen über die Auswirkungen von Retentionsflutungen am Beispiel der Polder Altenheim. Endbericht: Bodenbiologische Untersuchungen, 2001. Unveröffentlichter Bericht an die Landesanstalt für Umweltschutz, Karlsruhe (Baden-Württemberg)

Russell, D. J., A. Hauth (2002): Feststellung und Modellierung der kurzfristigen Jahresdynamik und kleinräumigen Variabilität von endogäischen Insekten für Monitoringerhebungen auf Boden-Dauerbeobachtungsflächen in Baden Wüttermberg. – FZKA BWPLUS 105

Russell, D. J. (2001): Miniködertest nach Von Törne. In. Alberti, G. (ed.) Zoologische Untersuchungen der Folgen von Windwürfen im Nationalpark Vorpommerische Boddenlandschaft am Beispiel der Abt. 174c. – Zwischenbericht am Landesamt für Forsten und Großschutzgebiete Mecklenburg- Vorpommern.

Russell, D. J. (2001): „Mikroarthropoden“ In: GefaÖ. Untersuchungen über die Auswirkungen von Retentionsflutungen am Beispiel der Polder Altenheim. Bodenbiologische Untersuchungen, 2000. – Unveröffentlichter Bericht an die Landesanstalt für Umweltschutz, Karlsruhe (Baden-Württemberg)

Russell, D. J. (2000): „Mesofauna.“ In: GefaÖ. Untersuchungen über die Auswirkungen von Retentionsflutungen am Beispiel der Polder Altenheim. Bodenbiologische Untersuchungen, 1999. – Unveröffentlichter Bericht an die Landesanstalt für Umweltschutz, Karlsruhe (Baden-Württemberg)

1999 – 1993

Russell, D. J., K. Schubert (1999): Mikroarthropoden. In: GefaÖ. Bodenzoologische Untersuchungen auf einer mit Thiodan behandelten Fläche. – Unveröffentlichter Bericht an die Fa. AgrEvo (Höchst) GmbH, Frankfurt

Russell, D. J. (1997): „Mesofauna.“ In: GefaÖ. Untersuchungen über die Auswirkungen ökologischer Flutungen am Beispiel der Polder Altenheim. Bodenbiologische Untersuchungen, Abschlußbericht. – Unveröffentlichter Bericht an die Landesanstalt für Umweltschutz, Karlsruhe (Baden-Württemberg)

Russell, D. J. (1996): Die Mikroarthropoden der Sandhausener Dünen. Bodenzoologische Bioindikation zur Pflegemaßnahmen der Naturschutzgebieten „Pferdstrieb“ und „Pflege Schönau“. – Unveröffentlichter Bericht an die Bezirksstelle für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege, Karlsruhe (Baden-Württemberg)

Russell, D. J. (1996): „Mesofauna.“ In: GefaÖ. Untersuchungen über die Auswirkungen ökologischer Flutungen am Beispiel der Polder Altenheim. Bodenbiologische Untersuchungen, 1995. – Unveröffentlichter Bericht an die Landesanstalt für Umweltschutz, Karlsruhe (Baden-Württemberg)

G. Alberti, B. Hauk, U. Kammerer, H.-R. Köhler, M. Kratzmann, M. Ludwig, U. Petersen, D. J. Russell, M. Scheurig, V. Storch, B. Ullrich, C. Wein, J.E. Wolf (1994): Dekomposition: qualitative und quantitative Aspekte und deren Beeinflussung durch geogene und anthropogene Belastungsfaktoren. – Unveröffentlichter Bericht am Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Projekt Wasser Abfall Boden, 641 S.

Kratzmann, M., D. J. Russell (1993): Tierökologisch-faunistische Begleituntersuchungen. Mesofauna des Bodens. In: WWF-Aueninstitute. Erprobungs- und Entwicklungsvorhaben auf dem Gebiet des Naturschutzes. „Naturnahe Auenwälder am Oberrhein.“ Möglichkeiten der Renaturierung und naturnahen Bewirtschaftung. – Unveröffentlichter Bericht an das Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit, Bonn

Mitarbeiter Sebastian Moll Görlitz
Dipl.-Ing. Sebastian Moll
Technical assistant

born 26/07/1977

 

Professional life

since 2009
Technical assistant
Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz
Department Soil Zoology, section Mesofauna

2006 – 2009
Volunteer
Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz
Department Soil Zoology
 
2005 – 2006
Staff
Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz
Department Soil Zoology

Education

2000 – 2005 
University Zittau/Görlitz
Degree: Diplom-Ingenieur (FH)
Ecology and environmental protection

2012
Moll, S., Voigtländer, K. (2012): Untersuchungen an Laufkäfern (Coleoptera, Carabidae) auf Rekultivierungsflächen des Lausitzer Braunkohletagebaues Jänschwalde. – Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft der Oberlausitz 20: 3–14

2009
Moll, S., Brunk, I., Russell, D.J. (2009): Entwicklung von Carabidengemeinschaften auf unterschiedlich sedimentierten Substrat nach der Flut 2002 am Fluss Mulde (Sachsen). – Entomologie Heute 21: 87–100

Dr. Bibiana Betancur-Corredor
Free employee

 

Work experience
 
Nov 2019 – Present
Postdoctoral researcher
Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution For Biodiversity And Earth System Research, Görlitz (Germany)
 
Jun 2018 – Nov 2019
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of York, York (United Kingdom)

Oct 2012 – Mar 2014
Data analyst for technological surveillance
Tecnnova UEE, Medellin (Colombia)

Sep 2011 – Mar 2012
Visiting researcher
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (Canada)

Aug 2008 – Jul 2010
Environmental projects engineer
Water Treatment Plant, Pereira (Colombia)

Oct 2007– Dec 2007
Research assistant
National University of Colombia, Manizales (Colombia)

 

Education

Oct 2014 – May 2018
PhD studies at the Department Of Ecology And Natural Resources Management, Center For Development Research – University of Bonn, Bonn (Germany)
Dissertation: Agroforestry as a post-mining land use approach for waste deposits in alluvial gold mining areas of Colombia
 
Aug 2010 – Nov 2012
Master of Science in Biotechnology – Environmental biotechnology. National University of Colombia, Medellin (Colombia)
Dissertation: Bioremediation of a long-term pesticide-polluted soil through biostimulation and surfactant addition.
 
Aug 2009 – Jul 2010
Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Engineering
National University of Colombia, Manizales (Colombia)
 
Feb 2003 – Jul 2008
Chemical Engineering
National University of Colombia, Manizales (Colombia)

 

Publications

Betancur-Corredor, B., Lang, B., Russell, D.J. (2022): Organic nitrogen fertilization benefits selected soil fauna in global agroecosystems. Biology and Fertility of Soils

Betancur-Corredor, B., Loaiza-Usuga, J. C., Denich, M., & Borgemeister, C. (2020). Changes of Technosol properties and vegetation structure along a chronosequence of dredged sediment deposition in areas with alluvial gold mining in Colombia. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 1-18.
 
Betancur-Corredor, B., Brown, C., Greener, M (2019) Effects of pesticide incorporation due toNtillage on pesticide transport through heavy clay soils. Proceedings of XVI Symposium in Pesticide Chemistry. Piacenza, Italy.
 
Betancur Corredor, Bibiana (2019). Agroforestry as a post-mining land-use approach for waste deposits in alluvial gold mining areas of Colombia. Ecology and Development Series Bd. 107.
 
Bibiana Betancur-Corredor, B., Loaiza-Usuga, J., Denich, M., Borgemeister, C (2018) Gold mining as a potential driver of development in Colombia: Challenges and opportunities, Journal of Cleaner Production, 199, 538-553.
 
Betancur-Corredor, B., Evia, P., Martini, L (2017). Rural Future Lab. DAAD Newsletter 06-2017.
 
Betancur-Corredor, B. (2016) Novel restoration strategy of gold mining areas in Colombia.
ZEF News No.34 (p.4).
 
Betancur-Corredor, B., Soltan, J., Peñuela, G.A (2016) Mineralization of Ibuprofen and Humic Acid through Catalytic Ozonation. Ozone: Science & Engineering. 38(3):203-210.
 
Betancur-Corredor, B., Pino, N., Peñuela, G. A., Cardona-Gallo, S (2015) Evaluation of
biostimulation and Tween 80 addition for the bioremediation of long-term DDT- contaminated soil. Journal of Environmental Sciences 27(2).
 
Betancur-Corredor, B., Pino, N., Peñuela, G. A., Cardona-Gallo, S (2013) Bioremediation of a
pesticide polluted soil: case DDT. Gestión y Ambiente 16(3).
 
Betancur,B. Jimenez, D.M. Linares, B (2012) Zeta potential (ζ) as a criterion for optimization of coagulant dosage in a drinking water treatment plant. DYNA 79(175):166-172.

Dr. Andrey Zaytsev
Research assistant within the project "BonaRes" and COST - Action
Fax +49 3581 4760-5499

 

Professional activity

Since 2022
Scientific assistant
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz

2011-2022
Research Assistant
Institute of General Zoology, Justus Liebig University Gießen

2003-2011
Research Associate
A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

2001-2003
Research Associate
Institute of General Zoology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen.

2000-2000
Guest Scientist
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

1998-2001
Engineer
A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

 
Education

2001-2003
Institute of General Zoology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen.
Degree: Promotion (Biology)

1999 – 2001
Moscow State Lomonosov University
Degree: Promotion (Candidate in Geography).

1996-1998
Moscow State Lomonosov University
Degree: Master’s degree (biogeography).

1992-1996
Moscow State Lomonosov University
Degree: Bachelor (Biogeography).

 

 

Peer-reviewed

2024

Andrey S. Zaitsev, Anastasia Yu. Gorbunova, Alexander I. Bastrakov, Maxim I. Degtyarev , Donghui Wud, Daniil I. Korobushkin, Ruslan A. Saifutdinov, Konstantin B. Gongalsky (2024): Taxon-specific ability of saprophagous soil macrofauna to reintegrat carbon from agricultural waste into soil. Pedobiologia – Journal of Soil Ecology, Vol. 104, 150958. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2024.150958

Neyret, M., Le Provost, G., Boesing, A.L. et al. (2022): A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land-use intensification. Nat Commun 15, 1251.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45113-5

 

2022

Hedde M, Blight O, Briones M JI , Bonfanti J, Brauman A, Brondani M, Zaitsev AS, Capowiez Y (2022):  A common framework for developing robust soil fauna classifications. Geoderma 426, 116073. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116073

Viljur, M-L, Abella, SR, Adámek, M, Alencar, JBR, Barber, NA, Beudert, B, Burkle, LA, Cagnolo, L, Campos, BR, Chao, A, Chergui, B, Choi, C-Y, Cleary, DFR, Davis, TS, Dechnik-Vázquez, YA, Downing, WM, Fuentes-Ramirez, A, Gandhi, KJK, Gehring, C, Georgiev, KB, Gimbutas, M, Gongalsky, KB, Gorbunova, AY, Greenberg, CH, Hylander, K, Jules, ES, Korobushkin, DI, Köster, K, Kurth, V, Lanham, JD, Lazarina, M, Leverkus, AB, Lindenmayer, D, Marra, DM, Martín-Pinto, P, Meave, JA, Moretti, M, Nam, H-Y, Obrist, MK, Petanidou, T, Pons, P, Potts, SG, Rapoport, IB, Rhoades, PR, Richter, C, Saifutdinov, RA, Sanders, NJ, Santos, X, Steel, Z, Tavella, J, Wendenburg, C, Wermelinger, B, Zaitsev, AS, Thorn, S (2022) The effect of natural disturbances on forest biodiversity: an ecological synthesis. Biological Reviews 97, 1930-1947. DOI: 10.1111/brv.12876

Birkhofer K, Baulechner D, Diekotter T, Zaitsev A, Wolters V (2022) Fertilization Rapidly Alters the Feeding Activity of Grassland Soil Mesofauna Independent of Management History. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10, 864470.  DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.864470. Journal impact factor: 4.498.

Korobushkin DI, Saifutdinov RA, Zuev AG, Zaitsev AS (2022) Incorporation of marine organic matter by terrestrial detrital food webs: abiotic vs. biotic vectors. Catena 211, 106010. DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2021.106010. Journal impact factor: 6.367. SJR Q1

 

2021

Le Provost, G, Thiele, J, Westphal, C, Zaitsev, AS, Manning, P (2021) Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity. Nature Communications 12, 3918. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23931-1

John, K, Zaitsev, AS, Wolters, V (2021) Soil fauna groups respond differentially to changes in crop rotation cycles in rice production systems. Pedobiologia. 84, 150703. DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2020.150703

Gongalsky, KB, Zaitsev, AS, Korobushkin, DI, Saifutdinov, RA, Butenko, KO, de Vries, FT, Ekschmitt, K, Degtyarev, MI, Gorbunova, AY, Kostina, NV, Rakhleeva, AA, Shakhab, SV, Yazrikova, TE, Wolters, V and Bardgett, RD (2021) Forest fire induces short-term shifts in soil food webs with consequences for carbon cycling. Ecology Letters, 24, 438-450. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13657

 

2020

Zaitsev AS, Ryabinin NA, Tarasov AI, Shakhab SV 2020. Potential anthropogenic influence on oribatid mite communities in ancient to modern settlements of the Russian Far East. International Journal of Acarology, 46, 322-326, DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2020.1801838

Gorbunova AYu, Korobushkin DI, Kostina NV, Degtyarev MI, Gongalsky KB, Zaitsev AS (2020) Level of soil moisture determines the ability of Eisenia fetida to re-incorporate carbon from decomposed rice straw into the soil. European Journal of Soil Biology. Vol. 99, 103209. DOI:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2020.103209

Saifutdinov RA, Sabirov RM, Zaitsev AS (2020) Springtail (Hexapoda: Collembola) functional group composition varies between different biotopes in Russian rice growing systems. European Journal of Soil Biology, Vol. 99, 103208. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2020.103208

Goncharov AA, Gongalsky KB, Yazrikova TE, Kostina NV, Korobushkin DI, Makarov MI, Zaitsev AS (2020) Greenhouse gas-producing soil biological activity in burned and unburned forests along a transect in European Russia. Applied Soil Ecology. Vol. 148, Article 103491. DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2019.103491

John K, Janz B, Kiese R, Wassmann R, Zaitsev AS, Wolters V. (2020) Earthworms offset straw-induced increase of greenhouse gas emission in upland rice production. Science of Total Environment. 710, 136352. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136352.

 

2019

John K, Degtyarev M, Gorbunova A, Korobushkin D, Knöss H, Wolters V, Zaitsev AS (2019) Enchytraeids simultaneously stimulate rice straw degradation and mitigate CO2 release in a paddy soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 131: 191-194. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.01.014

Guo Y, Gao M, Liu J, Zaitsev AS, Wu D (2019) Disentangling the drivers of ground-dwelling macro-arthropod metacommunity structure at two different spatial scales. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 130: 55-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.12.002

 

2018

Zaitsev AS, Gorbunova AYu, Korobushkin DI, Degtyarev MI, Zhadova AN, Kostina NV, Gongalsky KB (2018) The earthworm species Eisenia fetida modulates greenhouse gas release and carbon stabilization after rice straw amendment to a paddy soil. European Journal of Soil Biology 89: 39-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2018.10.003

Zaitsev AS, Birkhofer K, Ekschmitt K, Wolters V (2018) Belowground tritrophic food chain modulates soil respiration in grasslands. Pedosphere 28: 114-123 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1002-0160(18)60008-6.

Saifutdinov RA, Gongalsky KB, Zaitsev AS (2018) Evidence of a trait-specific response to burning in springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) in the boreal forests of European Russia. Geoderma 332: 173-179. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.07.021

 

 

2017

Gorbunova AYu, Korobushkin DI, Zaitsev AS, Gongalsky KB (2017) Forest fires increase variability of soil macrofauna communities along a macrogeographic gradient. European Journal of Soil Biology 80: 49-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2017.04.001

Birkhofer K, Gossner MM, Diekötter T, Drees C, Ferlian O, Maraun M, Scheu S, Weisser WW, Wolters V, Wurst S, Zaitsev AS, Smith HG (2017) Land-use type and intensity differentially filter traits in above- and below-ground arthropod communities. Journal of Animal Ecology 86: 511–520. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12641

Butenko KO, Gongalsky KB, Korobushkin DI, Ekschmitt K, Zaitsev AS (2017) Forest fires alter the trophic structure of soil nematode communities. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 109: 107-117 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.02.006

Hudson LN, Newbold T, Contu S, Hill SLL, Lysenko I, De Palma A, … Zaitsev AS, … Purvis A (2017) The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology & Evolution 7: 162-188. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2579.

Korobushkin DI, Gorbunova AYu, Zaitsev AS, Gongalsky KB (2017) Trait-specific response of soil macrofauna to forest burning along a macrogeographic gradient. Applied Soil Ecology 112: 97–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2016.12.004

Holmstrup M, Damgaard C, Schmidt IK, Arndal MF, Beier C, Mikkelsen TN, Ambus P, Larsen KS, Pilegaard K, Michelsen A, Andresen LC, Haugwitz M, Bergmark L, Priemé A, Zaitsev AS, Georgieva S, Dam M, Vestergård M, Christensen S (2017) Long-term and realistic global change manipulations had low impact on diversity of soil biota in temperate heathland. Scientific Reports 7: Article 41388. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep41388

 

2016

Gongalsky KB, Zaitsev AS (2016) The Role of Spatial Heterogeneity of the Environment in Soil Fauna Recovery after Fires. Doklady Earth Sciences 471: 1265–1268. http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X16120035.

Schmidt A, John K, Auge H, Brandl R, Horgan FG, Settele J, Zaitsev AS, Wolters V, Schadler M (2016) Compensatory mechanisms of litter decomposition under alternating moisture regimes in tropical rice fields. Applied Soil Ecology 107: 79-90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2016.05.014

Zaitsev AS, Gongalsky KB, Malmström A, Persson T, Bengtsson J (2016) Why are forest fires generally neglected in soil fauna research? A mini-review. Applied Soil Ecology 98: 261-271. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2015.10.012

 

2015

John K, Jauker F, Marxsen J, Zaitsev AS, Wolters V (2015) Earthworm bioturbation stabilizes carbon in non-flooded tropical paddy soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 91: 127-132 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.08.033

Bobrov AA, Zaitsev AS, Wolters V (2015) Shifts in soil testate amoeba communities associated withfForest diversification. Microbial Ecology 69: 884-894. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-015-0607-6

 

2014

Zaitsev AS, Gongalsky KB, Persson T, Bengtsson J (2014) Connectivity of litter islands remaining after a fire and unburnt forest determines the recovery of soil fauna. Applied Soil Ecology 83: 101-108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2014.01.007

Zaitsev AS, Chauvat M, Wolters V (2014). Spruce forest conversion to a mixed beech-coniferous stand modifies oribatid community structure. Applied Soil Ecology 76: 60-67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2013.12.009

Zaitsev AS, Gongalsky KB, Nakamori T, Kaneko N (2014) Ionizing radiation effects on soil biota: Application of lessons learned from Chernobyl accident for radioecological monitoring. Pedobiologia 57: 5-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2013.09.005

 

2013

Zaitsev AS, van Straalen NM, Berg MP (2013) Landscape age explains large spatial scale trends in oribatid mite diversity. Landscape Ecology 28:285-296. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-012-9834-0

 

2012

Gongalsky KB, Malmström A, Zaitsev AS, Shakhab SV, Bengtsson J, Persson T (2012) Do burned areas recover from inside? An experiment with soil fauna in a heterogeneous landscape. Applied Soil Ecology 59:73-86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.03.017

 

2011

Zaitsev AS, Gongalsky KB, Gorshkova IA, Krechetov PP, Koroleva TV (2011) Impact of rocket propellant (nonsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine) on soil fauna. Doklady Earth Sciences. 440: 1340-1342. http://dx.doi.org/0.1134/S1028334X11090248

Chauvat M, Zaytsev AS, Titsch D, Wolters V (2011) Changes in soil faunal assemblages during conversion from pure to mixed forest stands. Forest Ecology and Management 262: 317-324. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.037

 

2009

Chauvat M, Zaitsev AS, Gabriel E, Wolters V (2009) How do soil fauna and soil microbiota respond to beech forest growth? Current Zoology 55: 272-278. http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11225

Siepel H, Zaitsev AS, Berg, M.P. 2009. Checklist of oribatid mites of the Netherlands (Acariformes, Oribatida). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen 20: 83-111.

 

2008

Rjabinin NA., Zaitsev AS (2008) Viracochiella orientalis, a new species of oribatid mites (Acariformes, Oribatida) of the family Ceratozetidae from Sakhalin. Entomological Review 88: 874-877.

Salamon J-A, Zaitsev A, Gartner S, Wolters V  (2008) Soil macrofaunal response to forest conversion from pure coniferous stands into semi-natural montane forests. Applied Soil Ecology 40: 491-498. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.07.004

 

2006

Wolters V, Bengtsson J, Zaitsev AS (2006) Relationship among the species richness of different taxa. Ecology 87: 1886 – 1895. https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1886:RATSRO]2.0.CO;2

Zaitsev AS, Wolters V (2006) Geographic determinants of oribatid mite communities structure and diversity across Europe: a longitudinal perspective. European Journal of Soil Biology 42:S358 – S361. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2006.09.006

Zaitsev AS, Wolters V, Waldhardt R, Dauber J (2006) Long-term succession of oribatid mites after conversion of croplands to grasslands. Applied Soil Ecology 34: 230-239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2006.01.005

Pokarzhevsky AD, Gongalsky KB, Zaitsev AS, Belyakova OI, Savin FA (2006) “Gaps” in the spatial distribution of earthworms in the meadow steppe. Doklady Academy of Sciences 408: 1-4. (in Russian).

 

2003

Zaitsev AS (2003) CD-ROM Review. Experimental and Applied Acarology 30: 317-318

Chauvat M, Zaitsev AS, Wolters V (2003) Successional changes of Collembola and soil microbiota during forest rotation. Oecologia 137: 269-276. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-003-1310-8

Pokarzhevskii AD, van Straalen NM, Zaboev DP, Zaitsev AS (2003) Microbial links and element flows in nested detrital food-webs. Pedobiologia 47: 213-224. http://dx.doi.org/10.1078/0031-4056-00185

 

2002

Zaitsev AS , Chauvat M, Pflug A, Wolters V (2002) Oribatid mite diversity and community dynamics in a spruce chronosequence. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 34: 1919-1927. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00208-0

 

2001

Zaitsev AS, Berg MP (2001) Oribatid mites in different forest types in the Netherlands (Acari: Oribatida). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen 15: 79-101.

Zaitsev AS (2001) Geography of oribatid mite distribution in Russia. Vestnik MGU, serija 5, geographicheskaja 6: 34-37 (in Russian).

Van Straalen NM, Butovsky RO, Pokarzhevskii AD, Zaitsev AS, Verhoef SC (2001) Metal concentrations in soil and invertebrates in the vicinity of a metallurgical factory near Tula (Russia). Pedobiologia 45: 451-466. http://dx.doi.org/10.1078/0031-4056-00099

Zaitsev AS, van Straalen NM (2001) Species diversity and metal accumulation in oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) of forests affected by a metallurgical plant. Pedobiologia 45:466-475. http://dx.doi.org/10.1078/0031-4056-00100

 

2000

Pokarzhevskii AD, van Straalen NM, Filimonova ZhV., Zaitsev AS, Butovsky RO (2000) Trophical structure of the ecosystems and ecotoxicology of soil organisms. Russian Journal of Ecology 3:211-218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02762820

Filimonova ZV, Pokarzhevskii AD, Zaitsev AS, Krivolutsky DA, Verhoef CA (2000) Ecological mechanisms of soil biota tolerance to metal contamination. Doklady of Academy of Sciences 370: 571-573.

 

1999

Zaitsev AS, Miklayeva IM, Rumiantsev VYu (1999) New computer training database of geobotanical descriptions. Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Ser. 5. Geography. 6: 45-48 (in Russian).

 

1997

Zaitsev AS (1997) The communities of the oribatid mites (Acari:Oribatida) of the Zakopane environs . Ochrona Przyrody. 54: 131-140.

 

1996

Zaitsev AS (1996) The analysis of habitat of model species Nothrus palustris C.L.Koch, 1839. Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Ser. 5.Geography. 6: 39-45. (in Russian).

 

Additional contributions:

Zaitsev A.S. 2015. Chapter II. Diversity of Soil Organisms. Section: “Acari”. Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas. Orgiazzi A., Singh B., Wall D.H., Barrios E., Kandeler E., Moreira F.M.S., De Deyn G., Chotte J.L., Six J., Zhang J., Hedlund K., Ramirez K.S., Briones M.J.I., Dita M., Miko L., Johnson N., Fierer N., Kaneko N., Bohlen P., Lavelle P., Eggleton P., Lemanceau P., Bardgett R., Jeffery S., Scheu S., Behan Pelletier V., Van der Putten W., Montanarella L., Jones A. (Eds.). European Commission, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. p. 49. LINK

Dr. Nicole Scheunemann
Dr.  Nicole Scheunemann
Research assistant within the project "MediAN"

born 04/12/1983

 

Professional activity

since 2018
PostDoc (research assistant)
Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz
Department of Soil Zoology, Section Mesofauna
Within MediAN Projekt

2015 – 2018
PostDoc (research assistant)
Georg-August-University Göttingen, Institute for Anthropology and Zoology, Department of Animal Ecology

2009 – 2015
PhD student
Georg-August-University Göttingen, Institute for Anthropology and Zoology, Department of Animal Ecology

2008 – 2008
Research trainee
Technical University Darmstadt, Institute of Zoology

2007 – 2009
Student assistant
Technical University Darmstadt, Institute of Zoology

 

Education

2010 – 2015
Georg-August-University Göttingen

Doctoral candidate in the study programme Biodiversity and Ecology

Degree: Dissertation (Dr. rer. nat.)

Title of dissertation: “Carbon flow in belowground food webs assessed by isotope tracers”.

 

2003 – 2009

Darmstadt University of Technology

Study of Biology

Main subjects: ecology, zoology, animal physiology

Degree: Diploma (Dipl. biol.)

Title of diploma thesis: “Variations in leaf litter food webs between biomes”.

 

2019

Li, Z., Scheunemann, N., Potapov, A. M., Shi, L., Pausch, J., Scheu, S., Pollierer, M. (accepted). The role of root-derived carbon for Collembola nutrition depends on plant type, functional group and species identity.

2018

Pausch, J., Hünninghaus, M., Kramer, S., Scharroba, A., Scheunemann, N., Butenschoen, O., Marhan, S., Bonkowski, M., Kandeler, E., Scheu, S., Kuzyakov, Y., Ruess, L., (2018). Carbon budgets of top- and subsoil food webs in an arable system. Pedobiologia – Journal of Soil Ecology 69, 29-33

2016

Müller, K., Kramer, S., Haslwimmer, H., Marhan, S., Scheunemann, N., Butenschoen, O., Scheu, S., Kandeler, E. (2016). Carbon transfer from maize roots and litter into bacteria and fungi depends on soil depth and time. – Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 93: 79–89.

Pausch, J., Kramer, S., Scharroba, A., Scheunemann, N., Butenschoen, O., Kandeler, E., Marhan, S., Riederer, M., Scheu, S., Kuzyakov, Y.,  Ruess, L. (2016). Small but active – pool size does not matter for carbon incorporation in belowground food webs. – Functional Ecology, 30: 479–489.

Scheunemann, N., Pausch, J., Digel, C., Kramer, S., Scharroba, A., Kuzyakov, Y., Kandeler, E., Ruess, L., Butenschoen, O., Scheu, S. (2016). Incorporation of root C and fertilizer N into the food web of an arable field: Variations with functional group and energy channel. – Food Webs, 9: 39–45.

2015

Scheunemann, N., Digel, C., Scheu, S., & Butenschoen, O. (2015). Roots rather than shoot residues drive soil arthropod communities of arable fields. – Oecologia, 179(4): 1135–1145.

Scheunemann, N., Maraun, M., Scheu, S., & Butenschoen, O. (2015). The role of shoot residues vs. crop species for soil arthropod diversity and abundance of arable systems. – Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 81: 81–88.

2012

Kramer, S., Marhan, S., Ruess, L., Armbruster, W., Butenschoen, O., Haslwimmer, H., Kuzyakov, Y., Pausch, J., Scheunemann, N., Schoene, J., Schmalwasser, A., Totsche, K. U., Walker, F., Scheu, S., Kandeler, E. (2012). Carbon flow into microbial and fungal biomass as a basis for the belowground food web of agroecosystems. – Pedobiologia, 55(2): 111–119.

2010

Scheunemann, N., Scheu, S., & Butenschoen, O. (2010). Incorporation of decade old soil carbon into the soil animal food web of an arable system. – Applied Soil Ecology 46(1): 59–63.

Raphael Weniger
M.Sc.  Raphael Weniger
Technical assistant within the project "MediAN" and freelance employee
Dr. Gabriel Salako
Research Associate (Biodiversity Modeling)

 

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

2021                Geospatial data modelling certificate in R  

2017                Certificate in Agro biodiversity Information Database (Portugal)

2016                Ph.D. Environmental Resources Management (GIS/RS option)

Dissertation Title: Application of Geospatial Technique in Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification and Mapping of Mambilla Plateau: Implication on Forest Resources Management

2011                GIS Certificate in Forest Resources Monitoring/Management (USA)

2010                M.Sc. Environmental Resources Management

Thesis Title: The Use of Remote Sensing Technique in Monitoring Typha spp invasion of Wetland in the Arid Environment

2002              Master of Public Administration/Pol. Sc

1991                B.Sc. Geography and Planning

 

UNIVERSITIES/COLLEGES ATTENDED WITH DATES

2017                        Universidade de Lisboa (University of Lisbon), Portugal

2012 – 2016           Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola, Nigeria

2000 – 2002         University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria

2015 – 2016           Oregon State University Corvallis United States

2011                         World Forest Institute Portland United States

2006 – 2008          Federal University of Technology Yola, Nigeria

1988 – 1991             University of Jos, Nigeria

 

WORKING EXPERIENCE WITH DATES

2021 – 2022               Research Associate (Biodiversity modeling) Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz, Germany

2018 –                          Teaching Associate School of Allied Health and Environmental Science

  • Taught courses on biodiversity, natural resources management, quantitative techniques and spatial statistics

2017 – 2018                Post Doc Research Associate Oregon State University (OSU), US

  • Collected geo coordinates of PNW trees samples, performed spectral analysis using R code
  • Seminar paper presentation on environmental resources assessment
  • Provided supervision to graduate students on multispectral and hyperspectral images data extraction, segmentation and classification
  • Gave tutorial on spatial statistics

2014 – 2015                Ph.D. Intern Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Oregon State University

  • Worked on forest ecosystem monitoring using imaging technologies
  • Guided and conducted quantitative techniques in research
  • Performed modeling and statistical analysis on species distribution

2016 –                         Global Biodiversity Information Facility (BID Mentor, Africa)

  • Provided mentorship and served as institutional member in plenary session
  • Research and regional report writing

2013 – Feb 2014         Courtesy Faculty, Oregon State University

March – Nov 2011     International Fellow, World Forestry Centre Portland Oregon United States

  • Conducted field work and studies on species simulation and distribution model between PNW species and Mambilla landscape networking,
  • Participated in seminar, workshop and project writing

 

GRANTS/HONOUR/AWARDS

GRANTS

  1. Ajao M.O, Gabriel Salako, Oladipupo S. Application of Geospatial Technology in Ecosystem Mapping of Honey Bees Apiaries. National Environmental Research Grants. Award Values $ 5.000
  2. Salako Gabriel, Henry Sawyerr and Abdulrasheed Adio (2016) Multi-Criteria Ecosystem and Biodiversity Mapping for Habitat Protection and Management of Vulnerable Shea Butter Trees (Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn.) Nigeria IBR    Tetfund Grant 2015-20116 Award Value NGN 1.121.000. KWASUNGR/CSP/251116/VOL3                    
  3. Olalubi, O.A., Salako, G, Babatunde, S.K., Sawyer, H.O., Ajao, A.M., Adio, A.A., Obembe, A., and. (Jun 2015) ‘Risk-Based Assessment and Mapping of Malaria Distribution in Rural Kwara State’. Supported by Centre for Sponsored Project, Conditional Education Trust Fund Research Grant, Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria (Grant No.: KWASU/CSP/062215/VOL3/TETF/0030). Award value: 1.370.875 Nigerian Naira.
  4. Salako, G. Sawyerr, H.O., Adio, A.A., Femi-Adepoju, G.A., and Oke, C.O. (Jun 2015) ‘Ecosystem and Biodiversity Mapping of Malete and Adjoining Communities: Implications on Development Master Plan’. Supported by Centre for Sponsored Project, Conditional Education Trust Fund Research Grant, Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria (Grant No.: KWASU/CSP/062215/VOL3/TETF/0030). Award value: 1.354.375 Nigerian Naira.
  5. Gabriel Salako and Musa Alhaji (2013) Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Monitoring Typha Invasion In Hadejia Nguru Wetland NE Nigeria TETFUND/DESS/RP.DIS/USCOE/GASHUA Vol.111 Value: NGN 785.000
  6. Salako Gabriel and Howe Glenn (2013) PhD Pre doctoral grants. Award Value: US $7.500
  7. Salako Gabriel and Chandalin Bennet (2011) Adaptation of PNW conifers to cold Highlands of Mambilla Plateau Nigeria. World Forestry Center Portland OR US Award Value: US $10.000

HONOUR/Award

  1. Harry Merlo International Fellowship Award, World Forestry Center USA,   –  2011
  2. Best Participant IEI WFI Oregon Annual Resort Conference 2011
  3. Best Graduate student in Remote Sensing/GIS Federal University of Tech. Yola, Nigeria 2010

 

2021

 

  1. Gabriel Salako, Oyetola Olusegun Oyebanji, Temidayo Ebenezer Olagunju, Glenn Thomas Howe (2021). Potential impact of climate change on the distribution of selected legumes in Cameroon and adjoining Nigeria border. African Journal of Ecology Link
  2. Salako, A. Adebayo, H. Sawyerr B. Badmos A. Adio, U. M jambo (2021). MODIS Derived Vegetation and Aridity Indices Account for Spatial Variation in Desertification Risk Index in Dry Environment International Journal of Ecology & Development Volume 36, Issue No. 1; Int. J. Ecol. Dev. ISSN 0972-9984 ( Print ); ISSN 0973-7308 (Online) Link
  3. Adeyemi Mufutau Ajao, Gabriel Salako, Segun Olayinka Oladipo, and Abdulrasheed Abidemi Adio (2021). Application of Geo-spatial Technology in Characterization of African Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Apiaries into Ecosystem Zones for Productivity and Pollination Service European Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences ejfood.org p. 61-67 Link
  4. Oyebanji, O. O, Salako,  G,  Nneji  M, Oladipo, S.O, Bolarinwa, K. A., Chukwuma E. C., Ayoola, A. O., Olagunju, T. E., Ighodalo, D. J., and Nneji, I. C (2020). Impact of climate change on the spatial distribution of endemic legume species of the Guineo-Congolian forest, Africa Ecological Indicator  Link
  5. Mary Fadeyibi, Henry O Sawyerr, Gabriel Salako (2020). Ecological footprint for environmental sustainability in Ilorin Metropolis.  International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, ctaa072, Link
  6. Olalubi Oluwasogo, Gabriel Salako, Oluwasegun T. Adetunde, Henry O. Sawyerr, M. Ajao and Ernest Tambo (2020). Geospatial Modeled Analysis and Laboratory Based Technology for Determination of Malaria Risk and Burden in a Rural Community International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health 41(8): 59-71, 2020; Article no.IJTDH.58532 ISSN: 2278–1005, NLM ID: 101632866 Link

 

2019

 

  1. Lotanna Micah, Gabriel Salako, Oladipupo Segun et al. (2019). Species Distribution Modelling predicts habitat suitability and reduction of suitable habitat under future climatic scenario for Sclerophrys perreti – a critically endangered endemic toad  African Journal of Ecology Link

 

2018

 

  1. Romoke Monsurat Suleiman1, Henry Olawale Sawyerr, Gabriel Salako and Abdulrasheed Adio (2018). Spatial variation in diversity of woody vegetation species within Malete Campus. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation Link
  2. Biola Badmos, Henry Sawyerr, Gabriel Salako, Atinuke Oyewumi, Adeolu Adeolu, Oluwasogo Olalubi, Olabisi Badmos (2018). Gender Variation on the Perception of Climate Change Impact on Human Health in Moba Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Nigeria. Journal of Health and Environmental Research. 4, No. 1, 2018, pp. 1-9. doi: 10.11648/j.jher.20180401.11

 

2017

 

  1. Gabriel Salako, Henry Sawyerr, Abubakar Bashir, Abel Adebayo and Abdulrasheed Adio (2017). Deductive and Multi-criteria Approach to Ecosystem Modeling and Habitat Mapping of Shea Butter Trees (Vitellaria Paradoxa) in the Tropical Savanna. International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology (IJEAB) Vol-2, Issue-6, Nov-Dec- 2017 Link
  2. Henry Sawyerr, Gabriel Salako, Oluwasogo Olalubi, Abdulrasheed Adio, Abel Adebayo2, Biola Badmos, Umar Mohd Jambo4, Grace Adepoju  (2017). Spatio Temporal Land Use Land Cover Change Mapping of Malete-Elemere: Implication on Development Planning of Emerging Communities. International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology (IJEAB) Vol-2, Issue-4, July-Aug- 2017    ISSN:  2456-1878  Link 
  3. Biola K. Badmos, Gabriel Salako, Henry O Sawyerr,  Samson O Awopeju, Abdulrasheed A. Adio  and Atinuke R Oyewumi (2017).  Socioeconomic/Demographic Determinants of Public Perception about Climate Change in Ekiti State Nigeria. Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International 9(4): 1-10. 2017 Article no. JGEESI.32400 ISSN: 2454-735.

 

2016

 

  1. Gabriel, Salako Abel Adebayo, Henry Sawyerr, Abdulrasheed Adio (2016). Application of Remote Sensing/GIS in Monitoring Typha spp invasion and Challenges of Wetland Ecosystems Services in Dry Environments of Hadejia Nguru Wetlands (HNW) Systems Environment and Natural Resources Journal Vol. 4 No 2 Pp. 44- 59  Link
  2. Gabriel Salako, Olalubi, O., Sawyerr, H., Howe, G., Adebayo, A. and Adio, A. (2016). Using Multi Techniques Analysis in Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification and Mapping of Mambilla Plateau in Taraba Nigeria. Open Journal of Ecology, 6, 412-426. Link
  3. Gabriel Salako, Henry Sawyerr, Oluwasogo Olalubi. (2016). Does Typha spp. Contribute to Wetland Water loss and Health Risk: A Case Study of Hadejia Nguru Wetlands  (HNW) System NE Nigeria Open Journal of Ecology, 2016, 6, 151- 158 Link
  4. Oluwasogo A Olalubi,  Adeyemi Mufutau , Kabir Olorede , Owolabi O, Gabriel Salako, Henry Sawyerr (2016).  Diversity and    Abundance of Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) Species Complex in some Selected Settlements. Malaria Contr Elimination 2016, 5:2 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2470-6965.1000146

 

2015

 

  1. Gabriel, Salako, Chandalin Bennett, M. Aliyu Ba, Henry Sawyerr (2015). Modeling the Suitability Index Using Maxent and Bioclim on Selected Conifers on Mambilla Plateau Taraba State, Nigeria: Implication on Planted Forest Cloud Publications International Journal of Agroforestry Remote Sensing and GIS 2015, Volume 1, Issue 1, pp.1-9, ID Tech-474 Link
  2. Salako G.K.A and Danfulani Garba (2015). Geology, Landforms, Rivers and Climate of Gashua in Oladimeji S. A (editor) Geography of Gashua. Boga Press Ibadan ISBN 978-978- 950- 646- 0

 

Books

 

  1. Fundamental training in ArcGIS Environments- Practical manuals
  2. Using QGIS and Spreadsheet in Assessments of Social and vulnerability indicators- Practical manuals
  3. Olalubi, O.A., Salako, G, Babatunde, S.K., Sawyer, H.O., Ajao, A.M., Adio, A.A., Obembe, A., (Jun 2017) ‘Risk-Based Assessment and Mapping of Malaria Distribution in Rural Environment in North Central Nigeria. Tetfund Abuja.
  4. Salako G.K.A (2004) Fundamental Issues in Social Sciences for Higher Colleges Lagos Nigeria ISBN 978 062 874 6

 

WEB GIS WORKS

 

  1. Ilorin Waste Project Characterization 2017 Link 
  2. KWASU Campus Guide Map Project-KWASU Campus Guide

 

WORKSHOPS/ CONFERENCES/PRESENTATIONS (* Invited as Facilitator or Presenter)

 

2021   IPBES Workshop on Modeling Nature Future Scenarios (Virtual) 12-15, January 2021

2018*  Shea Butter Ecosystem Habitat and Conservation in the Tropical Savanna, Visiting Scholar Presentation March 2018 Oregon State University, United States

2018* Great Lake Chad Recession: Environmental Changes and Implication on Global Terrorism. February 2018 at World Forestry Centre Portland US

2017*  Application of Web GIS in Ecological/Environmental Health Information Management, Ilorin, Nigeria

2017    GBIF Introductory BID Mentor Webinar on Biodiversity Data mobilization

2017    GBIF Agro Training University of Lisbon Portugal

2016*  Waste Management Workshop, Ministry of Environment Lokoja, Nigeria

2016    ICT Capacity Training workshop at Kwara State University, Malete

2016*  Nigeria Future at Glance Implication for the Environment, Environmental Management and Toxicology Student Annual Lecture Series Kwara State University, Malete

2016    Effective teaching strategies for doctoral and Post-doctoral students, OSU, US.

2015    U6 international conference University of Ilorin Nigeria

2013    Starker’s annual forest resources management conference, Corvallis OR US

2013    Field work at Dorena (Pines) Genetics Center, Oregon US.

2011*  Exploring Conifer suitability in Tropical cold Highland WFI Fellow Presentation Portland, US.

2011    Field Technology (Geospatial) Conference, Portland OR US