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Scientific Articles:

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bold = EarthShape PI / Chilean Collaborator

 

Baseline Data and Synthesis Papers (published):

*Bernhard, N., *Moskwa, L.-M., Schmidt, K., *Oeser, R.A., Aburto, F., Bader, M.Y., Baumann, K., Blanckenburg, F. von, Boy, J., *van den Brink, L.,* Brucker, E., Büdel, B., *Canessa, R., Dippold, M.A., Ehlers, T.A., * Fuentes, J.P., Godoy, R., *Jung, P., Karsten, U., *Köster, M., Kuzyakov, Y., Leinweber, P., *Neidhardt, H., Matus, F., Mueller, C.W., Oelmann, Y., Oses, R., Osses, P., Paulino, L., *Samolov, E., *Schaller, M., *Schmid, M., Spielvogel, S., Spohn, M., *Stock, S., *Stroncik, N., Tielbörger, K., *Übernickel, K., Scholten, T., Seguel, O., Wagner, D., Kühn, P., (2018). Pedogenic and microbial interrelations to regional climate and local topography: new insights from a climate gradient (arid to humid) along the Coastal Cordillera of Chile. Catena, 170, 335-355, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2018.06.018

*R. A. Oeser, N. Stroncik, *L.-M. Moskwa, *N. Bernhard, *M. Schaller, *R. Canessa, *L. van den Brink, *M. Köster, *E. Brucker, *S. Stock, J.P. Fuentes, R. Godoy, F.J. Matus, R. Oses Pedraza, P. Osses McIntyre, L. Paulino, O. Seguel, M.Y. Bader, J. Boy, M.A. Dippold, T.A. Ehlers, P. Kühn, Y. Kuzyakov, P. Leinweber, T. Scholten, S. Spielvogel, M. Spohn, *K. Übernickel, K. Tielbörger, D. Wagner, F. von Blanckenburg (2018). Chemistry and microbiology of the Critical Zone along a steep climate and vegetation gradient in the Chilean Coastal Cordillera. Catena, 170, 183–203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2018.06.002

Spohn, M., Aburto F., T.A. Ehlers, N. Farwig, P.J. Frings, H. Hartmann, T. Hoffmann, A. Larsen, Y. Oelmann (2021). Terrestrial ecosystems buffer inputs through storage and recycling of elements. Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00848-x

 

Data Publications

*Bernhard, N., *Moskwa, L.-M., Schmidt, K., *Oeser, R.A., Aburto, F., Bader, M.Y., Baumann, K., Blanckenburg, F. von, Boy, J., *van den Brink, L.,* Brucker, E., Büdel, B., *Canessa, R., Dippold, M.A., Ehlers, T.A., * Fuentes, J.P., Godoy, R., *Jung, P., Karsten, U., *Köster, M., Kuzyakov, Y., Leinweber, P., *Neidhardt, H., Matus, F., Mueller, C.W., Oelmann, Y., Oses, R., Osses, P., Paulino, L., *Samolov, E., *Schaller, M., *Schmid, M., Spielvogel, S., Spohn, M., *Stock, S., *Stroncik, N., Tielbörger, K., *Übernickel, K., Scholten, T., Seguel, O., Wagner, D., Kühn, P., (2018). Data supplement to: Pedogenic and microbial interrelations to regional climate and local topography: new insights from a climate gradient (arid to humid) along the Coastal Cordillera of Chile. GFZ Data Services, doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.5.3.2018.001

*Canessa R., *L. van den Brink, A. Saldaña, R.S. Rios, S. Hättenschwiller, C.W. Mueller, I. Prater, K. Tielbörger & M.Y. Bader (2020). Data from: Relative effects of climate and litter traits on decomposition change with time, climate and trait variability. Dryad Digital Repository, doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ttdz08kwb

*Krone, L.V., *Hampl, F.J., *Schwerdhelm, C., Bryce, C., Ganzert, L.; Kitte, A., *Übernickel, K., Dielforder, A., Aldaz, S., Oses-Pedraza, R., Perez, J.P.H., Sanchez-Alfaro, P., Wagner, D., Weckmann, U., von Blanckenburg, F. (2021): Physical and geochemical data on a drill core from the semi-arid Coastal Cordillera, Chile. GFZ Data Services.
doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.3.3.2021.002

*Hampl, F. J., Schiperski, F., Byrne, J. M., *Schwerdhelm, C., Kappler, A., Bryce, C., von Blanckenburg, F., Neumann, T. (2022). Mineralogical, geochemical and magnetic susceptibility data from a deep hydrothermally altered profile in a semi-arid region (Chilean Coastal Cordillera). GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2021.037

*Kügler, M., Hoffmann, T.O., Beer, A.R., *Übernickel, K., Ehlers, T.A., Scherler, D., Eichel, J. (2022): (LiDAR) 3D Point Clouds and Topographic Data from the Chilean Coastal Cordillera. V. 1.0. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2022.002

*Madella, A., Glotzbach, C., Ehlers, T. A. (2022): ESD_thermotrace, A new software to interpret tracer thermochronometry datasets and quantify related confidence levels. V. 1.2. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2021.003

*van Dongen, R., D. Scherler, H. Wittmann & F. von Blanckenburg (2019). Data supplement to: Cosmogenic 10Be in river sediment: where grainsize matters and why. GFZ Data Service, doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.3.3.2019.002

*Oeser,R.A., N. Stroncik, *L.-M. Moskwa, *N. Bernhard, *M. Schaller, *R. Canessa, *L. van den Brink, *M. Köster, *E. Brucker, *S. Stock, J.P. Fuentes, R. Godoy, F.J. Matus, R. Oses Pedraza, P. Osses McIntyre, L. Paulino, O. Seguel, M.Y. Bader, J. Boy, M.A. Dippold, T.A. Ehlers, P. Kühn, Y. Kuzyakov, P. Leinweber, T. Scholten, S. Spielvogel, M. Spohn, *K. Übernickel, K. Tielbörger, D. Wagner, F. von Blanckenburg (2018). Data supplement to: Chemistry and microbiology of the Critical Zone along a steep climate and vegetation gradient in the Chilean Coastal Cordillera. GFZ Data Services, doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.3.3.2018.001

*Oeser, R.A., F. von Blanckenburg (2020). Data set for evaluation element fluxes released by weathering and taken up by plants along the EarthShape climate and vegetation gradient. GFZ Data Services, doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.3.3.2020.003

*Übernickel, K. , T.A. Ehlers, M.R. Ershadi, L. Paulino, J.P. Fuentes, A. Maldonado, R. Oses-Pedraza, F. von Blanckenburg (2020). Time series of meteorological station data in the EarthShape study areas in the Coastal Cordillera, Chile. GFZ Data Services, doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2020.043

*Übernickel, K. , T.A. Ehlers, L. Paulino, J.P. Fuentes (2021). Time series of meteorological stations on an elevational gradient in National Park La Campana, Chile. GFZ Data Services, https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2021.010

*Übernickel, K. , Pizarro-Araya, J., Bhagavathula, S. (2020). Burrowing vertebrates and invertebrates and their characteristics on hillslopes in Chile. GFZ Data Services, https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2020.042

Weckmann, U., K. Bauer, C. Krawczyk, J. Kück, *K. Übernickel,  F. von Blanckenburg (2020). Geophysical borehole logging data from Santa Gracia, Chile. GFZ Data Services, doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.2.7.2020.001

 

Individual Project Papers (published):

*Abdallah, K., *Stock, S.C., Heeger, F., *Koester, M., *Nájera, F., Matus, F., Merino, C., Spielvogel, S., Gorbushina, A.A., Kuzyakov, Y., Dippold, M.A. (2022). Nitrogen Gain and Loss Along an Ecosystem Sequence: From Semi-desert to Rainforest. Frontiers in Soil Science, 2, 817641. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2022.817641

*Baumann, K., *P., Jung, *L. W., Lehnert, *E. Samolov, C., Baum, J., Bendix, U., Karsten, B., Büdel & P. Leinweber (2021). Die Grüne Wüste Südamerikas? Ökologische Nischen für Pioniere in der Atacama. Biologie in Unserer Zeit,  52(1), 58–65. https://doi.org/10.11576/biuz-4989

*Baumann, K., *P. Jung, *E. Samolov, *L.W. Lehnert, B. Büdel, U. Karsten, J. Bendix, S. Achilles, M. Schermer, F. Matus, R. Oses, P. Osses, M. Morshedizad, C. Oehlschläger, Y. Hu, W. Klysubun, P. Leinweber (2018). Biological soil crust along a climatic gradient in Chile: Richness and imprints of phototrophic microorganisms in phosphorus biogeochemica cycling. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 127, 286-300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.09.035

*Brucker, E., Kernchen, S., Spohn, M. (2020). Release of phosphorus and silicon from minerals by soil microorganisms depends on the availability of organic carbon. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 143(107737), 1-10. doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107737

*Brucker, E. & Spohn, M. (2019). Formation of soil phosphorus fractions along a climate and vegetation gradient in the Coastal Cordillera of Chile. CATENA, 180, 203-211, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.04.022

Bueno, C. G., Marín, C., Silva-Flores, P., Aguilera, P., & Godoy, R. (2017). Think globally, research locally: emerging opportunities for mycorrhizal research in South America: First international mycorrhizal meeting in South America, ‘Mycorrhizal symbiosis in the southern cone of South America’, Valdivia, Chile, 6-9 March 20. New Phytologist, 215(4), 1306–1309. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14709

*Canessa, R., *van den Brink, L., Berdugo, M. B., Hättenschwiler, S., Rios, R. S., Saldaña, A., Tielbörger, K., Bader, M. (2022). Trait functional diversity explains mixture effects on litter decomposition at the arid end of a climate gradient. Journal of Ecology, 1365-2745.13946. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13946

*Canessa, R., *van den Brink, L., Saldaña, A., Rios, R.S., Hättenschwiller, S., Mueller, C.W., Prater, I., Tielbörger, K., Bader, M.Y. (2020). Relative effects of climate and litter traits on decomposition change with time, climate and trait variability. Journal of Ecology, 109(1), 447-458. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13516

*Dal Bo, I., Klotzsche, A., Bol, R., Moradi, G., Weihenmüller, L., Vereecken, H., van der Krunk, J. (2021). GPR and EMI Characterization of the Hyperarid Study Site of Yungay, Chile: Implications of Applying Geophysical Methods on Mars., Earth and Space Science, 8, e2021EA001790. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EA001790

*Dal Bo, I., Klotzsche, A., Schaller, M., Ehlers, T.E., Kaufmann, M.S., Fuentes Espoz, J.P., Vereecken, H., van der Krunk, J. (2019). Geophysical imaging of regolith in landscapes along a climate and vegetation gradient in the Chilean coastal cordillera., Catena, 180, 146-159. doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.04.023

Djukic, I., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Schmidt, I. K., Larsen, K. S., Beier, C., Berg, B., et al. (EarthShape co-authors K. Tielbörger, L. van den Brink, M.Y. Bader, R. Canessa, S. Seitz, T. Scholten) (2018). Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science of The Total Environment, 628–629, 1369–1394. https://doi.org/10/gc8x3b

Fiore-Donno, A. M., Rixen, C., Rippin, M., Glaser, K., *Samolov, E., Karsten, U., Becker, B., Bonkowski M. (2018). New barcoded primers for efficient retrieval of cercozoan sequences in high-throughput environmental diversity surveys, with emphasis on worldwide biological soil crusts. Molecular Ecology Resources, 18(2), 229–239. https://doi.org/10/gddv2q

Godoy R., Silva-Flores P., Aguilera P., Marín C. (2017). Microbial interactions in the plant-soil continuum: Research results presented at the Workshop "Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in the Southern Cone of South America". Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 17(4), 1-3

*Grigusova P., Larsen, A., Achilles, S., Klug, A., Fischer, R., *Kraus, D., *Übernickel, K., Paulino, L., Pliscoff, P., Brandl, R., Farwig, N., Bendix, J. (2021). Area-Wide Prediction of Vertebrate and Invertebrate Hole Density and Depth across a Climate Gradient in Chile Based on UAV and Machine Learning. drones 5(3), 1-20, https://doi.org/10.3390/drones5030086

*Grigusova, P., Larsen, A., Achilles, S., Brandl, R., del Río, C., Farwig, N., *Kraus, D., Paulino, L., Pliscoff, P., *Übernickel, K., and Bendix, J. (2022) Higher sediment redistribution rates related to burrowing animals than previously assumed as revealed by time-of-flight-based monitoring, Earth Surf. Dynam., 10, 1273–1301, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-1273-2022

*Hampl, F. J., Schiperski, F., Byrne, J. M., *Schwerdhelm, C., Kappler, A., Bryce, C., von Blanckenburg, F., Neumann, T. (2022). The role of iron-bearing minerals for the deep weathering of a hydrothermally altered plutonic rock in semi-arid climate (Chilean Coastal Cordillera). Chemical Geology, 604, 120922. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.120922

*Jung P., *K. Baumann, D. Emrich, A. Springer, V.J.M.N.L. Felde, S. Dultz, C. Baum, M. Frank, B. Büdel, P. Leinweber (2020). Lichens bite the dust - a bioweathering scenario in the Atacama Desert. iScience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101647

*Jung P., *K. Baumann, *L.W. Lehnert, *E. Samolov, S. Achilles, M. Schermer, Luise M. Wraase, K.-U. Eckhardt, M. Bader, P. Leinweber, U. Karsten, J. Bendix, B. Büdel, (2019). Desert Breath - How fog promotes a novel type of soil biocenosis, forming the coastal Atacama Desert's living skin. Geobiology. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12368

*Jung P., D. Emrich, L. Briegel-Williams, M. Schermer, L. Weber, *K. Baumann, C. Cloesie, P. Clerc, *L.W. Lehnert, S. Achilles, J. Bendix, B. Büdel, (2019). Ecophysiology and phylogeny of new terricolous and epiphytic clorolichens in a fog oasis of the Atacama Desert. MicrobiologyOpen. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.894

*Jung P., T. Mikhailyuk, D. Emrich, *K. Baumann, S. Dultz, B. Büdel, (2020). Shifting boundaries: Ecological and geographical range extension based on three new species in the cyanobacterial genera Cyanocohniella, Oculatella, and Aliterella. Journal of Phycology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13025

*Jung P., M. Schermer, L. Briegel-Williams,*K. Baumann, P. Leinweber, U. Karsten,  *L.W. Lehnert, S. Achilles, J. Bendix, B. Büdel, (2019). Water availability shapes edaphic and lithic cyanobacterial communities in the Atacama Desert. Journal of Phycology. DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12908

*Kock, S. T., Schittek, K., Lücke, A., Maldonado, A. & Mächtle, B. (2019). Geomorphodynamics of the western Chilean Central Andes (27°S) during the last 1800 cal. yr BP as recorded in a high-Andean cushion peatland. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Supplementary Issues, 62(2), 183-205. DOI: 10.1127/zfg_suppl/2019/0537

*Kock, S. T., Schittek, K., Mächtle, B., Maldonado, A., Vos, H., Lupo, L.C., Kulemeyer, J.J., Wissel, H., Schäbitz, F., Lücke, A. (2020). Multi-Centennial-Scale Variations of South American Summer Monsoon Intensity in the Soithern Central Andes (24-27°S) during the Late Holocene. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (4), 1-11. doi:10.1029/2019GL084157

*Kock, S. T., Schittek, K., Mächtle, B., Wissel, H., Maldonado, A., Lücke, A. (2019). Late Holocene environmental changes reconstructed from stable isotopes and geochemical records from a cushion-plant peatland in the Chilean Central Andes (27°S). Journal of Quaternary Science, 34(2), 153-164. DOI: 10.1002/jqs.3088

*Köster, M., *Stock, S.C.,  Nájera, F., *Abdallah, K., Gorbushina, A., Prietzel, J., Matus, F., Klysubun, W.,  Boy, J.,   Kuzyakov, Y., Dippold, M.A., Spielvogel, S. (2021). From rock eating to vegetarian ecosystems — Disentangling processes of phosphorus acquisition across biomes. Geoderma, 388, 114827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114827

*Kraus, D., Brandl, R., Achilles, S., Bendix, J., Grigusova, P., Larsen, A., Pliscoff, P., *Übernickel, K., Farwig, N.(2022). Vegetation and vertebrate abundance as drivers of bioturbation patterns along a climate gradient. PLOS ONE, 17(3), e0264408. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264408

*Krone, L. V., *Hampl, F. J., *Schwerdhelm, C., Bryce, C., *Ganzert, L., Kitte, A., *Übernickel, K., Dielforder, A., Aldaz, S., Oses-Pedraza, R., Perez, J.P.H., Sanchez-Alfaro, P., Wagner, D., Weckmann, U., von Blanckenburg, F. (2021). Deep weathering in the semi-arid Coastal Cordillera, Chile. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 13057. https://doi.org/10/gktsn4

Kwon, T., Shibata, H., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Schmidt, I. K., Larsen, K. S., Beier, C., et al. (EarthShape co-author *Lvan den Brink as member of the TeaComposition Network) (2021). Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4, 678480. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480

*Lehnert, L. W., Thies, B. & Bendix, J. (2020). A new spatial resolution low stratus/fog retrieval for the Atacama Desert. Remote sensing of Environment, 236, 1-11. doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111445

*Lehnert, L. W., Thies, B., Trachte, K., Achilles, S., Osses, P., *Baumann, K, Schmidt, J., *Samolov, E., *Jung, P., Leinweber, P., Karsten, U., Büdel, B. & Bendix, J. (2018). A Case Study on Fog/Low Stratus Occurrence at Las Lomitas, Atacama Desert (Chile) as a Water Source for Biological Soil Crusts. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 18(1), 254–269. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2017.01.0021

*Lehnert, L. W., *Jung, P., Obermeier, W. A., Büdel, B., & Bendix, J. (2018). Estimating Net Photosynthesis of Biological Soil Crusts in the Atacama Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing,10(6). http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs10060891

Lembrechts, J.J., Ashcroft, M. B., Frenne, P. D., Kemppinen, J., Kopecký, M., Luoto, M., et al. (EarthShape co-authors K. Tielbörger, *L. van den Brink, M.Y. Bader, *R. Canessa, T. Scholten)  (2022). Global maps of soil temperature. Global Change Biology, 28(9), 3110–3144. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16060

Lembrechts, J.J., Aalto J., Ashcroft M.B., et al. (EarthShape co-authors K. Tielbörger, *L. van den Brink, M.Y. Bader, *R. Canessa, T. Scholten) (2020). SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature, Glob Change Biol. 2020, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15123

*Madella, A., Glotzbach, C., and Ehlers, T. A. (2022). How many grains are needed for quantifying catchment erosion from tracer thermochronology?, Geochronology, 4, 177–190, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-177-2022

Maestre, F. T., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D. J., Saiz, H., Berdugo, M., [...], *Canessa, R., *van den Brink, L., [...] & Gross, N. (2022). Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands. Science, 378(6622), 915-920. http://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq4062

Maher, K., and von Blanckenburg, F. (2023). The circular nutrient economy of terrestrial ecosystems and the consequences for rock weathering: Frontiers in Environmental Science, http://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1066959

Marín, C., Godoy R., Valenzuela E., Schloter M., Wubet T., Boy J., Gschwendtner S. (2017). Functional land-use change effects on soil fungal communities in Chilean temperate rainforests. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 17(4), 985-1002, http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-95162017000400011

Marín, C., Godoy, R., Boy, J. Öpik, M. (2022). Geological history and forest mycorrhizal dominance effects on soil fungal diversity in Chilean temperate rainforests. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-022-01078-2

Merino, C., Matus, F., Kuzyakov, Y., Dyckmans, J., *Stock, S.C., Dippold, M.A.  (2020). Contribution of the Fenton reaction and ligninolytic enzymes to soil organic matter mineralisation under anoxic conditions. Science of the Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143397

Mutz, S. G. and J. Aschauer (2022). Empirical glacier mass-balance models for South America, Journal of Glaciology, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.6

Mutz, S. G., Ehlers, T. A., Werner, M., Lohmann, G., Stepanek, C., & Li, J. (2018). Estimates of late Cenozoic climate change relevant to Earth surface processes in tectonically active orogens. Earth Surface Dynamics, 6(2), 271–301. https://doi.org/10/gc8sbw

Mutz, S. G., Scherrer, S., Muceniece, I. & Ehlers, T. A. (2021). Twenty-first century regional temperature response in Chile based on empirical-statistical downscaling. Climate Dynamics, doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05620-9

Najera, F., Dippold, M., Boy, J., Seguel, O., *Koester., M., *Stock, S., Merino, C., Kuzyakov, Y., Matus, F. (2020). Effects of drying/rewetting on soil aggregate dynamics and implications for organic matter turnover. Biology and Fertility of Soils. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-020-01469-6

Neidhardt, H., Lemke, E., Epp, T., Marks, M. A. W., Markl, G., & Oelmann, Y. (2022). Impact of abiotic and biogeochemical processes on halogen concentrations (Cl, Br, F, I) in mineral soil along a climatic gradient. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 10.1039.D2EM00015F. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2EM00015F

*Oeser, R.A. & F. von Blanckenburg (2020). Do degree and rate of silicate weathering depend on plant productivity? Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4883-2020

*Oeser, R.A. & F. von Blanckenburg (2020). Strontium isotopes trace biological activity in the Critical Zone along a climate and vegetation gradient. Chemical Geology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119861

*Riveras-Muñoz, N., Seitz, S., *Witzgall, K., *Rodríguez, V., Kühn, P., Mueller, C. W., Oses, R., Seguel, O., Wagner, D., and Scholten, T. (2022). Biocrust-linked changes in soil aggregate stability along a climatic gradient in the Chilean Coastal Range. SOIL. https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-8-717-2022

*Rodriguez, V., *Moskwa, L.-M., Oses, R., Kühn, P., *Riveras-Muñoz, N., Seguel, O., Scholten, T. and Wagner, D. (2022). Impact of Climate and Slope Aspects on the Composition of Soil Bacterial Communities Involved in Pedogenetic Processes along the Chilean Coastal Cordillera. Microorganisms, 10(5), 847. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10050847

*Samolov, E., *Baumann, K., Büdel, B., *Jung, P., Leinweber, P., Mikhailyuk, T., Karsten, U., Glaser, K. (2020). Biodiversity of Algae and Cyanobacteria in Biological Soil Crusts Collected Along a Climatic Gradient in Chile Using an Integrative Approach. Microorganisms, 8,1047, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8071047

*Samolov, E., Mikhailyuk, T., Lukešová, A., Glaser, K., Karsten, U. (2019). Usual algae from unusual habitats: Biodiversity of Klebsormidium (Klebsormidiophyceae, Streptophyta) from the phylogenetic superclade G isolated from biological soil crusts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 133, 236–255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.12.018 

Schaller, M. and T.A. Ehlers (2022). Comparison of soil production, chemical weathering, and physical erosion rates along a climate and ecological gradient (Chile) to global observations. Earth Surface Dynamics, 10, 131–150. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-131-2022

*Schaller, M., *Dal Bo, I., Ehlers, T. A., , Klotzsche, A., Drews, R., Fuentes-Espoz, J. P. & van der Kruk, J. (2020). AComparison of regolith physical and chemical characteristics with geophysical data along a climate and ecological gradient, Chilean Coastal Cordillera (26 to 38°S). Soil, 6, 629-647. doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-629-2020

*Schaller, M., Ehlers, T. A., Lang, K. A. H., *Schmid, M. & Fuentes-Espoz, J. P. (2018). Addressing the contribution of climate and vegetation cover on hillslope denudation, Chilean Coastal Cordillera (26°–38°S). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 489, 111–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.02.026

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