Dowling TPF, Langsdale MF, Ermida SL, Wooster MJ, Merbold L, Leitner S, Trigo IF, Gluecks I, Main B, O’Shea F, Hook S, Rivera G, De Jong MC, Nguyen H, Hyll K: Validation of all-weather surface temperatures with a new East African satellite environmental data ground station. Remote Sensing of Environment (accepted)
Hammond J, Siegal K, Milner D, Elimu E, Vail T, Cathala P, Gatera A, Karim A, Lee JE, Douxchambs S, Thanh Tu, M, Ouma E, Lukuyu B, Lutakome P, Leitner S, Wanyama I, Pham Thi T, Hong Phuc PT, Herrero M, van Wijk M (2022): Perceived effects of COVID-19 restrictions on smallholder farmers: Evidence from seven lower- and middle-income countries. Agricultural Systems 198:103367, doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103367
Wolz K, Leitner S, Merbold L, Wolf B, Mauder M (2021): Enteric methane emission estimates for Kenyan cattle in a nighttime enclosure using a backward Lagrangian Stochastic dispersion technique. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, doi: 0.1007/s00704-021-03868-7
Merbold L, Scholes RJ, Acosta M, Beck J, Bombelli A, Fiedler B, Grieco E, Helmschroth J, Hugo W, Kasurinen V, Kim D-G, Körtzinger A, Leitner S, López-Ballesteros A, Ndisi M, Nickless A, Salmon E, Saunders M, Skjelvan I, Vermeulen AT1, Kutsch WL (2021): Opportunities for an African greenhouse gas observation system. Global Environmental Change 21:104, doi: 0.1007/s10113-021-01823-w
Zhu Y, Butterbach-Bahl K, Merbold L, Leitner S, Pelster D (2021): Nitrous oxide emission factors for cattle dung and urine deposited onto tropical pastures: a review of field-based studies. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 322, 107637, doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2021.107637
Leitner S, Ring D, Wanyama G, Korir D, Pelster DE, Goopy J, Butterbach-Bahl K, Merbold L (2021): Effect of feeding practices and manure quality on CH4 and N2O emissions from uncovered cattle manure heaps in Kenya. Waste management 126, 209-220, doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.03.014
Graham MW, Chelanga P, Jensen ND, Leitner SM, Fava F, Merbold, L. (2021): A framework for assessing the effects of shock events on livestock and environment in sub-Saharan Africa: The COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Kenya. Agricultural Systems, 192(103203), 1–12, doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103203
Wachiye S, Merbold L, Vesala T, Rinne J, Leitner S, Räsänen M, Vuorinne I, Heiskanen J, Pellikka P (2020) Soil greenhouse gas emissions from a sisal chronosequence in Kenya. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology 307, 108465, doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108465
Leitner S, Pelster DE, Werner C, Merbold L, Baggs, EM, Mapanda F, Butterbach-Bahl K (2020): Closing maize yield gaps in sub-Saharan Africa will boost soil N2O emissions. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 47, 95-105, doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2020.08.018
Leitner S, Dirnböck T, Kobler J, Zechmeister-Boltenstern S (2020): Legacy effects of drought on nitrate leaching in a temperate mixed forest on karst. Journal of Environmental Management 262, 110338, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110338
Zhu Y, Merbold L, Leitner S, Wolf B, Pelster DE, Goopy J, Butterbach-Bahl K (2020). Interactive effects of dung deposited onto urine patches on greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical pastures in Kenya. Science of The Total Environment, 143184, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143184
Wachiye S, Merbold L, Vesala T, Rinne J, Räsänen M, Leitner S, Pellikka P (2020) Soil greenhouse gas emissions under different land-use types in savanna ecosystems of Kenya. Biogeosciences 17, 2149-2167, doi: 10.5194/bg-17-2149-2020
Zhu Y, Merbold L, Leitner S, Pelster DE, Okoma SA, Ngetich F, Onyango AA, Pellikka P, Butterbach-Bahl K (2020): The effects of climate on decomposition of cattle, sheep and goat manure in Kenyan tropical pastures. Plant and Soil 451, 325-343, doi:10.1007/s11104-020-04528-x
Zhu Y, Merbold L, Leitner S, Xia L, Pelster DE, Díaz-Pinés E, Abwanda SA, Mutuo PM, Butterbach-Bahl K (2020): Influence of soil properties on N2O and CO2 emissions from excreta deposited on tropical pastures in Kenya. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 140:107636, doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.107636
Liu D, Keiblinger KM, Leitner S, Wegner U, Zimmermann M, Fuchs S, Lassek C, Riedel K, Zechmeister-Boltenstern S (2019): Response of microbial communities and their metabolic functions to drying-rewetting stress in a temperate forest soil. Microorganisms 7(129), doi:10.3390/microorganisms7050129
Filipović V, Weninger T, Filipović L, Schwen A, Bristow KL, Zechmeister-Boltenstern S, Leitner S (2018): Inverse estimation of soil hydraulic properties and water repellency following artificially induced drought stress. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics 66:170-180, doi: 10.2478/johh-2018-0002
Leitner S, Homyak PM, Blankinship JC, Eberwein J, Jenerette D, Zechmeister-Boltenstern S, Schimel JP (2017): Linking NO and N2O emission pulses with the mobilization of mineral and organic N upon rewetting of dry soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 115:461-466, doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.09.005
Leitner S, Minixhofer P, Inselsbacher E, Keiblinger KM, Zimmermann M, Zechmeister-Boltenstern S (2017): Short-term soil mineral and organic nitrogen fluxes during moderate and severe drying–rewetting events. Applied Soil Ecology 114:28-33, doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2017.02.014
Mooshammer M, Hofhansl F, Frank AH, Wanek W, Hämmerle I, Leitner S, Schnecker J, Wild B, Watzka M, Keiblinger KM, Zechmeister-Boltenstern S, Richter A (2017): Decoupling of microbial carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in response to extreme temperature events. Science Advances 3(5):e1602781, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1602781
Leitner S, Sae-Tun O, Kranzinger L, Zechmeister-Boltenstern S, Zimmermann M (2016): Contribution of litter layer to soil greenhouse gas emissions in a temperate beech forest. Plant and Soil 403(1-2):455-469, doi:10.1007/s11104-015-2771-3
Liu D, Keiblinger KM, Leitner S, Mentler A, Zechmeister-Boltenstern S (2016): Is there a convergence of deciduous leaf litter stoichiometry, biochemistry and microbial population during decay? Geoderma 272:93-100, doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.03.005
Schwen A, Zimmermann M, Leitner S, Woche SK (2015): Soil Water Repellency and its Impact on Hydraulic Characteristics in a Beech Forest under Simulated Climate Change. Vadose Zone Journal 14(12), doi:10.2136/vzj2015.06.0089
Leitner S, Wanek W, Wild B, Hämmerle I, Keiblinger KM, Zechmeister-Boltenstern S and A Richter (2012): Influence of litter chemistry and stoichiometry on glucan depolymerization during decomposition of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) litter. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 50:174-187, doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.03.012
Keiblinger KM, Schneider T, Roschitzki B, Schmid E, Eberl L, Hämmerle I, Leitner S, Richter A, Wanek W, Riedel K and S Zechmeister-Boltenstern (2012): Effects of stoichiometry and temperature perturbations on beech litter decomposition, enzyme activities and protein expression. Biogeosciences 9:4537-4551, doi:10.5194/bg-9-4537-2012
Mooshammer M, Wanek W, Schnecker J, Wild B, Leitner S, Hofhansl F, Blöchl A, Hämmerle I, Frank AH, Fuchslueger L, Keiblinger KM, Zechmeister-Boltenstern S and A Richter (2012): Stoichiometric controls of nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in decomposing beech leaf litter. Ecology 93(4):770–782, doi:10.1890/11-0721.1
