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Dr.  Nicole Scheunemann 

Head of section

Dr.  Nicole Scheunemann 
Phone +49 3581 4760-5533
Fax +49 3581 4760-5499

born 04/12/1983

  Professional activity

since 2025

Head of Section Oligochaeta
Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz
Department of Soil Zoology, Section Oligochaeta

2023 – 2024

Parental leave cover as Head of Section Oribatida
Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz
Department of Soil Zoology, Section Oribatida

2018 – 2023

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

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”.

Publications

 

2026

Kaiser J, Keil P, Bartz R, Albert C, Mayer F, Mascarenhas A, Wellmann T, Knapp S, Scheunemann N, Siebert U, Sommer M, Haase D (2026) Biodiversität in urbanen Räumen fördern. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 2026.

Zhou Z, Eisenhauer N, Barnes AD, Pollierer MM, Jochum M, Grass I, Zhang Y, Brose U, Hyodo F, Scheunemann N , Schmidt O, Huang Y, Klarner B, Goncharov AA, Krause A, Korobushkin DI, Gorbunova A, Lyubechanskii I, Tsurikov SM, Seeber J, Steinwandter M,Zryanin V, Rozanova OL, Susanti WI, Crotty F V., Prameswari D, Li Z, Melody C, Xie Z, Pan X, Wu D, Maraun M, Sam K, Tiunov A V., Scheu S, Potapov AM (2026) Greater trophic diversity of soil animal communities under agricultural land use and tropical climate. Nature Ecology & Evolution 10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03014-4

2025

Scheunemann N, Doms-grimm LX, Ristok C, Lehmitz R (2025) Sustainable measures for the protection and restoration of soil biodiversity in Germany. Soil Organisms 97: 173–187.

Ristok C, Babin D, Bartkowski B, Burkhard B, Filser J, Hohberg K, Kleemann J, Kolb S, Lehmitz R, Rillig MC, Römbke J, Ruess L, Scheu S, Scheunemann N, Schmidt A, Steinhoff-Knopp B, Eisenhauer N, Tebbe CC, Xylander WER (2025) Towards a comprehensive assessment of soil biodiversity in Germany: status quo, challenges, and policy implications. Soil Organisms 97: 143–157.

Lehmitz R, Hohberg K, Husemann M, Peters RS, Scheunemann N, Bálint M, Balke M, Bieberich J, Bista I, Borsch T, Bourlat SJ, Bussmann RW, Damm U, Dey L, Flocco CG, Grossart H, Orr MC, Otte V, Overmann J, Pauls SU, Pereira RJ, Peters J, Reumont BM Von, Rossel S, Schmelz RM, Schmitt T, Scholler M (2025) Unknown Germany – An integrative biodiversity discovery program. NPJ Biodiversity 4: 1–8.

González AL, Merder J, Andraczek K, Brose U, Filipiak M, Harpole WS, Hillebrandt H, Jackson MC, Jochum M, Leroux SJ, Nessel MP, Onstein RE, Paseka R, Perry GL, Peace A, Rugenski A, Sitters J, Sperfeld E, Striebel M, Zandona E, Moszar A, Bluhm S, Doi H, Eisenhauer N, Farjalla VF, Hood J, Kratina P, Lovelock C, Moody EK, Pollierer MM, Potapov AM, Romero GQ, Roussel J-M, Scheu S, Scheunemann N, Seeber J, Steinwandter

M, Susanti WI, Tiunov A V., Dezerald O (2025) Nitrogen deposition reveals global patterns in plant and animal stoichiometry. Nature Communications 16: 1–12.

2024

Russell, D., Tebbe, C., Ashwood, F., Scheunemann, N. & Hohberg, K. (2024). Beeindruckendes Bodenleben. Natur und Landschaft, Schriften des BfN 99: 426-435, doi 10.19217/NuL2024-09-01.

Eisenhauer N, Ristok C, Guerra CA, Tebbe CC, Xylander WER, Babin D, Bartkowski B, Burkhard B, Filser J, Glante F, Hohberg K, Kleemann J, Kolb S, Lachmann C, Lehmitz R, Rillig MC, Römbke J, Rueß L, Scheu S, Scheunemann N, Steinhoff-Knopp B, Wellbrock N (2024) Bodenbiodiversität. – In Wirth, C.; Bruelheide, H.; Farwig, N.; Marx, J.; Settele; J.: Faktencheck Artenvielfalt – Assessment zum Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland. München, oekom. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/9783987263361

Guerra, C., Eisenhauer, N., Tebbe, C., Xylander, W., Albert, C., … Scheunemann, N., … & Ristok, C. (2024). Foundations for a national assessment of soil biodiversity. J Sustain Agric Environ 3:e12116

Russell, D., Tebbe, C., Ashwood, F., Scheunemann, N. & Hohberg, K. (2024). Beeindruckendes Bodenleben. Natur und Landschaft 99, 426-435

Eisenhauer, N.; Ristok, C.; Guerra, C.A.; Tebbe, C.C.;- … Scheunemann, N.; … & Wellbrock, N. (2024). Bodenbiodiversität. – In Wirth, C.; Bruelheide, H.; Farwig, N.; Marx, J.; Settele; J. (2024): Faktencheck Artenvielfalt – Assessment zum Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland. München, oekom.

Leibniz Research Network Biodiversity: Thonicke, K., Rahner, E., Arneth, A., Bonn, A., …, Scheunemann, N., … & Wesche, K. (2024). 10 Must Knows from Biodiversity Science 2024.

Potapov, A. M., Chen, T. W., Striuchkova, A. V., Alatalo, J. M., Alexandre, D., Arbea, J., …, Scheunemann, N., … & Scheu, S. (2024). Global fine-resolution data on springtail abundance and community structure. Scientific data, 11(1), 22.

2023

Scheunemann, N., & Russell, D. J. (). Hydrological regime and forest development have indirect effects on soil fauna feeding activity in Central European hardwood floodplain forests. Nature Conservation, 53, 257-278.

Potapov, A. M., Guerra, C. A., Van den Hoogen, J., Babenko, A., Bellini, B. C., Berg, M. P., … Scheunemann, N., … & Scheu, S. (2023). Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails. Nature Communications, 14(1), 674.

2021

Doblas-Miranda E (2021) Soil Ecosystems Change With Time. Frontiers for Young Minds 9:543498. Translation into German.

2020

Potapov A (2020) Springtails—Worldwide Jumpers. Frontiers for Young Minds 8:545370. Translation into German.

Li, Z., Scheunemann, N., Potapov, A. M., Shi, L., Pausch, J., Scheu, S., & Pollierer, M. M. (2020). Incorporation of root-derived carbon into soil microarthropods varies between cropping systems. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 56, 839-851.

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.

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