| Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes IT Handa, R Aerts, F Berendse, MP Berg, A Bruder, O Butenschoen, ... Nature 509 (7499), 218, 2014 | 779 | 2014 |
| Interactive effects of warming, soil humidity and plant diversity on litter decomposition and microbial activity O Butenschoen, S Scheu, N Eisenhauer Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43 (9), 1902-1907, 2011 | 167 | 2011 |
| Carbon flow into microbial and fungal biomass as a basis for the belowground food web of agroecosystems S Kramer, S Marhan, L Ruess, W Armbruster, O Butenschoen, ... Pedobiologia 55 (2), 111-119, 2012 | 123 | 2012 |
| Connecting litter quality, microbial community and nitrogen transfer mechanisms in decomposing litter mixtures D Lummer, S Scheu, O Butenschoen Oikos 121 (10), 1649-1655, 2012 | 110 | 2012 |
| Direct and indirect effects of endogeic earthworms on plant seeds N Eisenhauer, M Schuy, O Butenschoen, S Scheu Pedobiologia 52 (3), 151-162, 2009 | 107 | 2009 |
| Small but active–pool size does not matter for carbon incorporation in below‐ground food webs J Pausch, S Kramer, A Scharroba, N Scheunemann, O Butenschoen, ... Functional ecology 30 (3), 479-489, 2016 | 104 | 2016 |
| Earthworms as seedling predators: importance of seeds and seedlings for earthworm nutrition N Eisenhauer, O Butenschoen, S Radsick, S Scheu Soil Biology and Biochemistry 42 (8), 1245-1252, 2010 | 84 | 2010 |
| Decomposition of leaf litter mixtures across biomes: The role of litter identity, diversity and soil fauna S Zhou, O Butenschoen, S Barantal, IT Handa, M Makkonen, V Vos, ... Journal of Ecology, 2020 | 77 | 2020 |
| Effects of resource availability and quality on the structure of the micro-food web of an arable soil across depth A Scharroba, D Dibbern, M Hünninghaus, S Kramer, J Moll, ... Soil Biology and Biochemistry 50, 1-11, 2012 | 76 | 2012 |
| Endogeic earthworms alter carbon translocation by fungi at the soil–litter interface O Butenschoen, C Poll, R Langel, E Kandeler, S Marhan, S Scheu Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39 (11), 2854-2864, 2007 | 74 | 2007 |
| Carbon transfer from maize roots and litter into bacteria and fungi depends on soil depth and time K Müller, S Kramer, H Haslwimmer, S Marhan, N Scheunemann, ... Soil Biology and Biochemistry 93, 79-89, 2016 | 69 | 2016 |
| Litter mixture effects on decomposition in tropical montane rainforests vary strongly with time and turn negative at later stages of decay O Butenschoen, V Krashevska, M Maraun, F Marian, D Sandmann, ... Soil Biology and Biochemistry 77, 121-128, 2014 | 64 | 2014 |
| Carbon and nitrogen mobilisation by earthworms of different functional groups as affected by soil sand content O Butenschoen, S Marhan, R Langel, S Scheu Pedobiologia 52 (4), 263-272, 2009 | 62 | 2009 |
| Genotypic variability enhances the reproducibility of an ecological study A Milcu, R Puga-Freitas, AM Ellison, M Blouin, S Scheu, GT Freschet, ... Nature ecology & evolution 2 (2), 279, 2018 | 53 | 2018 |
| Litter composition rather than plant presence affects decomposition of tropical litter mixtures S Coq, J Weigel, O Butenschoen, D Bonal, S Hättenschwiler Plant and Soil 343 (1-2), 273-286, 2011 | 45 | 2011 |
| The fate of catechol in soil as affected by earthworms and clay O Butenschoen, R Ji, A Schäffer, S Scheu Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41 (2), 330-339, 2009 | 44 | 2009 |
| Roots rather than shoot residues drive soil arthropod communities of arable fields N Scheunemann, C Digel, S Scheu, O Butenschoen Oecologia 179 (4), 1135-1145, 2015 | 38 | 2015 |
| The role of shoot residues vs. crop species for soil arthropod diversity and abundance of arable systems N Scheunemann, M Maraun, S Scheu, O Butenschoen Soil Biology and Biochemistry 81, 81-88, 2015 | 37 | 2015 |
| Incorporation of decade old soil carbon into the soil animal food web of an arable system N Scheunemann, S Scheu, O Butenschoen Applied soil ecology 46 (1), 59-63, 2010 | 30 | 2010 |
| Functionally dissimilar neighbors accelerate litter decomposition in two grass species L Barbe, V Jung, A Prinzing, AK Bittebiere, O Butenschoen, C Mony New Phytologist 214 (3), 1092-1102, 2017 | 29 | 2017 |
