Dr. Anja Schmidt
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Dr. Anja Schmidt
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Conservation Biology & Social-Ecological Systems
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig
Germany
Orcid: 0000-0001-5339-219X
ResearcherID/publons: V-3289-2017
Curriculum Vitae
since 10/2020
2018 - 2020
2015 - 2018
Researcher and Project Officer within the STACCATO project at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Community Ecology
2012 - 2015
PhD Student within the LEGATO project at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Community Ecology
Topic: Decomposition driven by invertebrates in tropical rice ecosystems: impacts of management strategies
2010/2011
Master's Thesis at the University of Giessen, Department of Animal Ecology,
Topic: Small scale spatial analyses of distribution patterns of carabid beetles in a deciduous forest
2010
Erasmus student at Lund University, Sweden
2008 - 2011
Master of Science at the University of Giessen,
Majors: Ecology, Environmental Science, Bioinformatics
2008
Bachelor's Thesis within the project IBISCA at the University of Erlangen/Nuremberg, Working group of Ecology and Diversity of Arthropods,
Topic: Räumliche und zeitliche Verteilung der Buntkäfer (Col.: Cleridae) in einem tropischen Tiefland-Regenwald Panamas (San Lorenzo National Park)
2005 - 2008
Bachelor of Science at the University of Erlangen/Nuremberg,
Majors: Biotechnology, Animal Physiology, Organismic Biology
Publications
2023 (5)
Disentangling drivers of litter decomposition in a multi-continent network of tree diversity experiments
Sci. Total Environ. 857, Part 3 , art. 159717 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159717
Data and R script used in: Ecosystem consequences of invertebrate decline (Version 1.0) [Dataset]
iDiv Data Repository 10.25829/idiv.3557-dcq3v4
Ecosystem consequences of invertebrate decline
Curr. Biol. 33 (20), 4538 - 4547.e5 10.1016/j.cub.2023.09.012
Data for: Microhabitat conditions remedy heat stress effects on insect activity [Data set]
Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.7784702
Microhabitat conditions remedy heat stress effects on insect activity
Glob. Change Biol. 29 (13), 3747 - 3758 10.1111/gcb.167122022 (2)
Faktencheck zum Erhalt der Artenvielfalt: ein nationales Biodiversitäts-Assessment
Nat. Landschaft 97 (11), 523 - 525
Ein nationales Biodiversitäts-Assessment: Faktencheck zum Erhalt der Artenvielfalt
Natursch. Landschaftspl. 54 (10), 10 - 112021 (4)
Invertebrate decline reduces bacterial diversity associated with leaves and flowers
FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 97 (7), fiab088 10.1093/femsec/fiab088
Effects of climate and atmospheric nitrogen deposition on early to mid-term stage litter decomposition across biomes
Front. For. Glob. Change 4 , art. 678480 10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480
Ecotrons: Powerful and versatile ecosystem analysers for ecology, agronomy and environmental science
Glob. Change Biol. 27 (7), 1387 - 1407 10.1111/gcb.15471
The iDiv Ecotron—A flexible research platform for multitrophic biodiversity research
Ecol. Evol. 11 (21), 15174 - 15190 10.1002/ece3.81982020 (1)
Invertebrate decline leads to shifts in plant species abundance and phenology
Front. Plant Sci. 11 , art. 542125 10.3389/fpls.2020.5421252019 (4)
Rice ecosystem services in South-East Asia: the LEGATO project, its approaches and main results with a focus on biocontrol services
In: Schröter, M., Bonn, A., Klotz, S., Seppelt, R., Baessler, C. (eds.)
Atlas of ecosystem services: Drivers, risks, and societal responses
Springer International Publishing, Cham, p. 373 - 382 10.1007/978-3-319-96229-0_57
Additive effects of experimental climate change and land use on faunal contribution to litter decomposition
Soil Biol. Biochem. 131 , 141 - 148 10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.01.009
Climate change does not alter land-use effects on soil fauna communities
Appl. Soil Ecol. 139 , 79 - 84 10.1016/j.apsoil.2019.03.026
Land use modulates the effects of climate change on density but not community composition of Collembola
Soil Biol. Biochem. 138 , art. 107598 10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.1075982018 (5)
Early stage litter decomposition across biomes
Sci. Total Environ. 628–629 , 1369 - 1394 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012
Effects of detritivorous invertebrates on the decomposition of rice straw: evidence from a microcosm experiment
Paddy Water Environ. 16 (2), 279 - 286 10.1007/s10333-017-0625-8
Rice ecosystem services in South-east Asia. Editorial
Paddy Water Environ. 16 (2), 211 - 224 10.1007/s10333-018-0656-9
The LEGATO cross-disciplinary integrated ecosystem service research framework: an example of integrating research results from the analysis of global change impacts and the social, cultural and economic system dynamics of irrigated rice production
Paddy Water Environ. 16 (2), 287 - 319 10.1007/s10333-017-0628-5
Are invasive apple snails important neglected decomposers of rice straw in paddy fields?
Biol. Agric. Hortic. 38 (4), 245 - 257 10.1080/01448765.2018.14501612016 (2)
Interaction between silicon cycling and straw decomposition in a silicon deficient rice production system
Plant Soil 398 (1), 153 - 163 10.1007/s11104-015-2645-8
Compensatory mechanisms of litter decomposition under alternating moisture regimes in tropical rice fields
Appl. Soil Ecol. 107 , 79 - 90 10.1016/j.apsoil.2016.05.0142015 (2)
Small-scale variability in the contribution of invertebrates to litter decomposition in tropical rice fields
Basic Appl. Ecol. 16 (8), 674 - 680 10.1016/j.baae.2015.01.006
Effects of residue management on decomposition in irrigated rice fields are not related to changes in the decomposer community
PLOS One 10 (7), e0134402 10.1371/journal.pone.0134402