Publications

2023

Porada, P., Bader, M.Y., Berdugo, M.B., Colesie, C., Ellis, C.J., Giordani, P., Herzschuh, U., Ma, Y., Launiainen, S., Nascimbene, J., Petersen, I., Raggio Quílez, J., Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Rousk, K., Sancho, L.G., Scheidegger, C., Seitz, S., Van Stan II, J.T., Veste, M., Weber, B., Weston, D.J. (2023) A research agenda for non-vascular photoautotrophs under climate change. New Phytologist 237: 1495-1504. DOI: 10.1111/nph.18631.

Mallen-Cooper, M., Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Eldridge, D.J., Weber, B., Büdel, B., Höhne, H., Cornwell, W.K. (2023) Towards an understanding of future range shifts in lichens and mosses under climate change. Journal of Biogeography 50:406–417. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14542.

2022

Ma, Y., Weber, B., Kratz, A., Raggio, J., Colesie, C., Veste, M., Bader, M. Y., and Porada, P. (2022) Key drivers of the annual carbon budget of biocrusts from various climatic zones determined with a mechanistic data-driven model, Biogeosciences Discussions. doi.org/10.5194/bg-2022-179.

Barbosa, C.G.G., Taylor, P.E., Sá, M.O., Teixeira, P.R., Souza, R.A.F., Albrecht, R.I., Barbosa, H.M.J., Sebben, B., Manzi, A.O., Araújo, A.C., Prass, M., Pöhlker, C., Weber, B., Andreae, M.O., Godoi, R.H.M. (2022) Identification and quantification of giant bioaerosol particles over the Amazon rainforest. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 5:73. DOI: 10.1038/s41612-022-00294-y

Mota de Oliveira, S., Duijm, E., Stech, M., Ruijgrok, J., Polling, M., Barbosa, C.G.G., Cerqueira, G.R., Nascimento, A.H.M., Godoi, R.H.M., Taylor, P.E., Wolff, S., Weber, B., Kesselmeier, J. (2022) Life is in the Air: an Expedition into the Amazonian Atmosphere. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.789791

Kratz A., Maier S., Weber J., Kim M., Mele G., Gargiulo L., Leifke A.L., Prass M., Abed R., Cheng Y., Su H., Pöschl U., Weber B.  (2022) Reactive Nitrogen Hotspots Related to Microscale Heterogeneity in Biological Soil Crusts. Environmental Science and Technology 56: 11865-11877. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c02207

Weber, B., Belnap, J., Büdel, B., Antoninka, A.J., Barger, N.N., Chaudhary, V.B., Darrouzet-Nardi, A., Eldridge, D.J., Faist, A.M., Ferrenberg, S., Havrilla, C.A., Huber-Sannwald, E., Malam Issa, O., Maestre, F.T., Reed, S.C., Rodriguez-Caballero, E., Tucker, C., Young, K.E., Zhang, Y., Zhao, Y., Zhou, X.,  Bowker, M.A. (2022) What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community. Biological Reviews 97: 1768-1785. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12862

Rodriguez-Caballero, E., Stanelle, T., Egerer, S., Cheng, Y., Su, H., Canton, Y., Belnap, J., Andreae, M.O., Tegen, I., Reick, C., Pöschl, U., Weber, B. (2022) Global cycling and climate effects of aeolian dust controlled by biological soil crusts. Nature Geoscience 15, 458–463. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00942-1

Artaxo, P., Hansson, H.-C., Andreae, M.O., Bäck, J., Gomes Alves, E., Barbosa, H.M.J., Bender, F., Bourtsoukidis, E., Carbone, S., Chi, J., Decesari, S., Després, V.R., Ditas, F., Ezhova, E., Fuzzi, S., Hasselquist, N.J., Heintzenberg, J., Holanda, B.A., Guenther, A., Hakola, H., Heikkinen, L., Kerminen, V.-M., Kontkanen, J., Krejci, R., Kulmala, M., Lavric, J., de Leeuw, G., Lehtipalo, K., Machado, L.A.T., McFiggans, G., Franco, M.A. M., Mohr, C., Morgan, W., Nilsson, M.B., Peich, M., Petäjä, T., Praß, M., Pöhlker, C., Pöhlker, M.L., Pöschl, U., Von Randow, C., Riipinen, I., Rinne, J., Rizzo, L.V., Rosenfeld, D., Silva Dias, M.A.F., Sogacheva, L., Stier, P., Swietlicki, E., Sörgel, M., Tunved, P., Virkkula, A., Wang, J., Weber, B., Yáñez-Serrano, A.M., Zieger, P., Mikhailov, E., Smith, J., Kesselmeier, J.. Tropical and Boreal Forest – Atmosphere Interactions: A Review. Tellus B: Chemical & Physical Meteorology 74, 24–163. https://doi.org/10.16993/tellusb.34

Beall, C.M., Hill, T.C.J., DeMott, P.J., Köneman, T., Pikridas, M., Drewnick, F., Harder, H., Pöhlker, C., Lelieveld, J., Weber, B., Iakovides, M., Prokeš, R., Sciare, J., Andreae, M.O., Stokes, M.D., Prather, K.A. (2022) Ice-Nucleating Particles NearTwo Major Dust Source Region. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 22: 12607-12627. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2021-1101

Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Reyes, A., Kratz, A., Caesar, J., Guirado, E., Schmiedel, U., Escribano, P., Fiedler, S., Weber, B. (2022) Effects of climate change and land use intensification on regional biological soil crust cover and composition in southern Africa. Geoderma 406: 115508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115508

Bao, F., Cheng, Y., Kuhn, U., Li, G., Wang, W., Kratz, A.M., Weber, J., Weber, B., Pöschl, U., Su, H. (2022) Key role of equilibrium HONO concentration over soil in quantifying soil-atmosphere HONO fluxes. Environmental Science & Technology 56(4), 2204–2212. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c06716

Tang, K., Sánchez-Parra, B., Yordanova, P., Wehking, J., Backes, A.T., Pickersgill, D.A., Maier, S., Sciare, J., Pöschl, U., Weber, B., Fröhlich-Nowoisky, J. (2022) Bioaerosols and atmospheric ice nuclei in a Mediterranean dryland: Community changes related to rainfall. Biogeosciences 19: 71-91. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-71-2022

Maier, S., Sciare, J., Pöschl, U., Weber, B., Fröhlich-Nowoisky, J. (2022) Bioaerosols and atmospheric ice nuclei in a Mediterranean dryland: Community changes related to rainfall. Biogeosciences 19: 71-91. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-71-2022

Maier, S., Kratz, A. M., Weber, J., Prass, M., Liu, F., Clark, A. T., Abed, R. M. M., Su, H., Cheng, Y., Eickhorst, T., Fiedler, S., Pöschl, U,. Weber, B. (2022) Water-driven microbial nitrogen transformations in biological soil crusts causing atmospheric nitrous acid and nitric oxide emissions. ISME 16, 1012–1024. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01127-1

2021
Edtbauer, A., Pfannerstill, E.Y., Pires Florentino, A.P., Barbosa, C.G.G., Rodriguez-Caballero, E., Zannoni, N., Alves, R.P., Wolff, S., Tsokankunku, A., Aptroot, A., Sá, M.O., Araújo, A.C., Sörgel, M., Oliveira, S.M., Weber, B., Williams, J. (2021) Cryptogamic organisms are a substantial source and sink for volatile organic compounds in the Amazon region. Commun Earth Environ 2, 258. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00328-y

Förster, J.-D., Bykova, I., Macholdt, D.S., Jochum, K.P., Kappl, M., Kilcoyne, A.L.D., Müller, M., Sorowka, A., Weber, B., Weigand, M., Schütz, G., Andreae, M.O., Pöhlker, C. (2021) X-ray Microspectroscopy and Ptychography on Nanoscale Structures in Rock Varnish. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 125, 41, 22684–22697. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c03600

Prass, M., Andreae, MO, Araujo, AC, Artaxo, P., Ditas, F., Elbert, W., Franco, MA, Hrabe de Angelis, I., Kesselmeier, J., Klimach, T., Kremper, LA, Thines, E., Walter, D., Weber, J., Weber, B., Fuchs, BM, Pöschl, U., Pöhlker, C. (2021) Bioaerosols in the Amazon rain forest: temporal variations and vertical profiles of Eukarya, Bacteria and Archaea. Biogeosciences 18: 4873-4887. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4873-2021

Patade, S., Phillips, V., Burrows, SM, Morris, C., Knopf, DA, Amato, P., Goncalves, F., Bingemer, H., Schrod, J., DeMott, P., Alwmark, C., Pöhlker, C., Weber, B., Artaxo, P. (2021) Empirical formulation for multiple groups of primary biological ice nucleating particles from field observations over Amazonia. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 78 (7): 2195-2220. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0096.1

Faist, AM, Antoninka, AJ, Barger, NN, Bowker, M., Chaudhary, VB, Havrilla, CA, Huber-Sannwald, E., Reed, SC, Weber, B. (2021) Broader impacts for ecologists: biological soil crusts as a model system for education and outreach. Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 577922.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.577922

Souza, FF, Mathai, PP, Pauliquevis, T., Balsanelli, E., Pedrosa, FO, Souza, EM, Baura, VA, Monteiro, RA, Cruz, LM, Souza, RA, Andreae, MO, Barbosa, C. , G., Angelis, IH, Sanchez-Parra, B., Pöhlker, C., Weber, B. , Ruff, E., Reis, RA, Godoi, RH, Sadowsky, MJ, Huergo, LF (2021) Influence of Seasonality on the Aerosol Microbiome of the Amazon Rainforest. Science of the Total Environment 760: 144092.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144092

2020
Löbs, N., Walter, D., Barbosa, CGG, Brill, S., Alves, RP, Cerqueira, GR, Sá, M., Araújo, A., Oliveira, LR, Ditas, F., Moran-Zuloaga , D., Pires Florentino, AP, Wolff, S., Godoi, RHM, Kesselmeier, J., Mota de Oliveira, S., Andreae, MO, Pöhlker, C., Weber, B. (2020) Microclimatic and ecophysiological conditions experienced by epiphytic bryophytes in an Amazonian rain forest. Biogeosciences 17: 5399-5416. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5399-2020

Eldridge, DJ, Reed, S., Travers, SK, Bowker, MA, Maestre, FT, Ding, J., Havrilla, C., Rodriguez‐ Caballero, E., Barger, N., Weber, B., Antoninka, A., Belnap, J., Chaudhary, B., Faist, A., Ferrenberg, S., Huber - Sannwald, E., Malam Issa, O., Zhao, Y. (2020) The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world's drylands. Global Change Biology 00: 1– 12. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15232

Otter, LM, Macholdt, DS, Jochum, KP, Stoll, B., Weis, U., Weber, B. , Scholz , D., Haug, GH, Al-Amri, AM, Andreae, MO (2020) Geochemical insights into the relationship of rock varnish and adjacent mineral dust fractions. Chemical Geology 551: 119775. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119775

Löbs, N., Barbosa, CGC, Brill, S., Walter, D., Ditas, F., de Oliveira Sá, M., de Araújo, AC, de Oliveira, LR, Godoi, RHM, Wolff, S., Piepenbring, M., Kesselmeier, J., Artaxo, P., Andreae, MO, Pöschl, U., Pöhlker, C., Weber, B. (2020) Aerosol measurement methods to quantify spore emissions from fungi and cryptogamic covers in the Amazon. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 13: 153-164. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-153-2020

2019
Howell, A., Tucker, C., Grote, E., Veste, M., Belnap, J., Kast, G., Weber, B. , Reed, SC (2019) Manufacturing simple and inexpensive soil surface temperature and gravimetric water content sensors. J. Vis. Exp. 154, e60308, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3791/60308 

Wu, D., Horn, MA, Behrendt, T., Müller, S., Li, J., Cole, JA, Xie, B., Ju, X., Li, G., Ermel, M., Oswald, R., Fröhlich-Nowoisky, J., Hoor, P., Hu, C., Liu, M., Andreae, MO, Pöschl, U., Cheng, Y., Su, H., Trebs, I., Weber , B. , Sörgel, M. (2019) Soil HONO emissions at high moisture content are driven by microbial nitrate reduction to nitrite: tackling the HONO puzzle. ISME 13: 1688-1699. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0379-y

Abed, R., Tamm, A., Hassenrück, C., Al-Rawahia, A., Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Fiedler, S., Maier, S., Weber, B. (2019) Habitat-dependent composition of bacterial and fungal communities in biological soil crusts from Oman. Scientific Reports 9: 6468.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42911-6 

Porada, P., Tamm, A., Kleidon, A., Pöschl, U., Weber, B. (2019) Global NO and HONO emissions of biological soil crusts estimated by a process-based non-vascular vegetation model. Biogeosciences 16: 2003-2031. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2003-2019

Macholdt, DS, Pöhlker, C., Förster, J.-D., Müller, M., Weber, B. , Kappl, M., Kilcoyne, ALD, Weigand, M., Jochum, KP, Andreae, MO (2019 ) Artifacts from manganese reduction in rock samples prepared by focused ion beam (FIB) slicing for X-ray microspectroscopic analysis. Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems 8: 97-111. https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-8-97-2019

Pöhlker, C., Walter, D., Paulsen, H., Könemann, T., Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Moran-Zuloaga, D., Brito, J., Carbone, S., Degrendele, C., Després , VR, Ditas, F., Holanda, BA, Kaiser, JW, Lammel, G., Lavrič, JV, Ming, J., Pickersgill, D., Pöhlker, ML, Praß, M., Ruckteschler, N., Saturno , J., Sörgel, M., Wang, Q., Weber, B. , Wolff, S., Artaxo, P., Pöschl, U., Andreae, MO (2019) Land cover and its transformation in the backward trajectory footprint region of the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 19, 8425-8470. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8425-2019

2018
Weber, B. , Tamm, A., Maier, S., Rodríguez-Caballero, E. (2018) Biological soil crusts of the Succulent Karoo: a review. African Journal of Range & Forest Science 35 (3 & 4): 335-350. https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2018.1527782 

Schink, A., Neumann, J., Lena Leifke, A., Ziegler, K., Fröhlich-Nowoisky, J., Cremer, C., Thines, E., Weber, B. , Pöschl, U., Schuppan, D., Lucas, K. (2018) Screening of herbal extracts for TLR2- and TLR4-dependent anti-inflammatory effects. PLoS ONE 13 (10): e0203907. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203907

Tamm, A., Caesar, J., Kunz, N., Colesie, C., Reichenberger, H., Weber, B. (2018) Ecophysiological properties of three biological soil crust types and their photoautotrophs from the Succulent Karoo, South Africa . Plant and Soil 429: 127-146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3635-4

Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Belnap, J., Büdel, B., Crutzen, P., Andreae, MO, Pöschl, U., Weber, B. (2018) Microbial surface communities on dryland soils endangered by global change. Nature Geoscience 11: 185-189. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0072-1

Reviewing article:
a. York, A. (2018): Soil surface communities bite the dust. Nature Reviews Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro.2018.34

Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Castro, A., Chamizo, S., Quintas-Soriano, C., Garcia-Llorente, M., Cantón, Y., Weber, B. (2018) Ecosystem services provided by biocrusts: from ecosystem functions to social values. Journal of Arid Environments 159: 45-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2017.09.005

Williams, L., Jung, P., Zheng, L.-J., Maier, S., Peer, T., Grube, M., Weber, B., Büdel, B. (2018) Assessing recovery of Biological Soil Crusts across a latitudinal gradient in Western Europe. Restoration Ecology 26 (3): 543-554. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12579

Meusel, H., Tamm, A., Kuhn, U., Wu, D., Leifke, AL, Fiedler, S., Ruckteschler, N., Yordanova, P., Lang-Yona, N., Lelieveld, J. , Hoffmann, T., Pöschl, U., Su, H., Weber, B. , Cheng, Y. (2018): Emission of nitrous acid from soil and biological soil crusts represents a dominant source of HONO in the remote atmosphere in Cyprus. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 18: 799-813. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-799-2018

Caesar, J., Tamm, A., Ruckteschler, N., Weber, B. (2018) Revisiting chlorophyll extraction methods in biological soil crusts - methodology for determination of chlorophyll a and chlorophyll a + b as compared to previous methods. Biogeosciences 15: 1415-1424. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-1415-2018

Moran-Zuloaga, D., Ditas, F., Walter, D., Saturno, J., Brito, J., Carbone, S., Chi, X., Hrabě de Angelis, I., Baars, H., Godoi , RHM, Heese, B., Holanda, BA, Lavrič, JV, Ming, J., Pöhlker, ML, Ruckteschler, N., Su, H., Wang, Y., Wang, Q., Wang, Z., Weber, B. , Wolff, S., Artaxo, P., Pöschl, U., Andreae, MO, Pöhlker, C. (2018) Multi-year study on coarse mode aerosols in the Amazon rain forest with the frequent intrusion of Saharan dust plumes. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 18: 10055-10088. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10055-2018

Lang-Yona, N., Maier, S., Macholdt, DS, Müller-Germann, I., Yordanova, P., Rodriguez-Caballero, E., Jochum, KP, Al-Amri, A., Andreae, MO, Fröhlich-Nowoisky, J., Weber, B. (2018) Insights into microbial involvement in desert varnish formation retrieved from metagenomics analysis. Environmental Microbiology Report 10: 264-271. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12634

Maier, S., Tamm, A., Caesar, J., Grube, M., Weber, B. (2018) Photoautotrophic organisms control microbial abundance, diversity, and physiology in different types of biological soil crusts. ISME 12: 1032-1046. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0062-8

2017
Shiraiwa, M., Ueda, K., Pozzer, A., Lammel, G., Kampf, CJ, Fushimi, A., Enami, S., Arangio, AM, Fröhlich-Nowoisky, J., Fujitani, Y. , Furuyama, A., Lakey, PSJ, Lelieveld, J., Lucas, K., Morino, Y., Pöschl, U., Takahama, S., Takami, A., Tong, H., Weber, B. , Yoshino, A., Sato, K. (2017) Aerosol health effects from molecular to global scales. Environmental Science and Technology 51: 13545-13567. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b04417

Macholdt, D., Herrmann, S., Jochum, KP, Kilcoyne, D., Laubscher, T., Pfisterer, JHK, Schwager, B., Weber, B. , Weigand, M., Domke, KF, Andreae, MO (2017) Black manganese-rich crusts on a Gothic cathedral. Atmospheric Environment 171: 205-220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.10.022

Tucker, CL, McHugh, T., Howell, A., Gill, R., Weber, B. , Belnap, J., Grote, E., Reed, SC (2017) The concurrent use of novel soil surface microclimate measurements to evaluate CO2 pulses in biocrusted interspaces in a cool desert ecosystem. Biogeochemistry 135 (3): 239-249. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-017-0372-3

Lang-Yona, N., Kunert, A., Vogel, L., Kampf, CJ, Bellinghausen, I., Saloga, J., Schink, A., Ziegler, K., Lucas, K., Pöschl, U. , Weber, B. , Fröhlich-Nowoisky, J. (2017) Fresh Water, Marine and Terrestrial Cyanobacteria Display Distinct Allergen Characteristics. Science of the Total Environment 612: 767-774. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.069

Raggio, J., Green, TGA, Sancho, LG, Pintado, A., Colesie, C., Weber, B. , Büdel, B. (2017) Metabolic activity duration of biological soil crusts across Europe can be predicted from common climate data. Geoderma 306: 10-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.07.001

Macholdt, DS, Jochum, KP, Pöhlker, C., Arangio, A., Foerster, J.-D., Stoll, B., Weis, U., Weber, B. , Müller, M., Kappl, M. , Shiraiwa, M., Kilcoyne, ALD, Weigand, M., Scholz, D., Haug, G., Andreae, MO (2017) Characterization and differentiation of varnish types from different environments by microanalytical techniques. Chemical Geology 459: 91-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.04.009

Seitz, S., Nebel, M., Goebes, P., Käppeler, K., Schmidt, K., Song, Z., Webber, CL, Weber, B. , Scholten, T. (2017) Bryophyte-dominated biological Soil crusts mitigate soil erosion in an early successional Chinese subtropical forest. Biogeosciences 14: 5775-5788. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5775-2017

Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Paul, M., Tamm, A., Caesar, J., Büdel, B., Escribano, P., Hill, J., Weber, B. (2017) Biomass assessment of microbial surface communities by means of hyperspectral remote sensing data. Science of the Total Environment 586: 1287-1297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.141

Reinmuth-Selzle, K., Kampf, CJ, Lucas, K., Lang-Yona, N., Fröhlich-Nowoisky, J., Shiraiwa, M., Lakey, PSJ, Lai, S., Liu, F., Kunert , AT, Ziegler, K., Shen, F., Sgarbanti, R., Weber, B. , Bellinghausen, I., Saloga, J., Weller, MG, Duschl, A., Schuppan, D., Pöschl, U . (2017) Air Pollution and Climate Change Effects on Allergies in the Anthropocene: Abundance, Interaction, and Modification of Allergens and Adjuvants. Environmental Science & Technology 51: 4119-4141. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b04908

Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Escribano, P., Olehowski, C., Chamizo, S., Hill, J., Cantón, Y., Weber, B. (2017) Transferability of multi- and hyperspectral optical biocrust indices. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 126: 94-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2017.02.007

Porada, P., Pöschl, U., Kleidon, A., Beer, C., Weber, B. (2017) Estimating global nitrous oxide emissions by lichens and bryophytes with a process-based model. Biogeosciences 14: 1593-1602. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1593-2017

2016
Fröhlich, J., Kampf, CJ, Weber, B. , Huffman, A., Pöhlker, C., Andreae, MO, Lang-Yona, N., Gunthe, SS, Elbert, W., Su, H., Hoor, P., Thines, E., Hoffmann, T., Despres, VR, Pöschl, U. (2016) Bioaerosols in the Earth System: Climate , Health, and Ecosystem Interactions. Atmospheric Research 182: 346-376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.07.018

Dumack, K., Koller, R., Weber, B. & Bonkowski, M. (2016) Estimated abundance and diversity of heterotrophic protists in South African biocrusts. S Afr J Sci. 112 (7/8), Art. # 2015-0302, 5 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2016/20150302

Meusel, H., Kuhn, U., Reiffs, A., Mallik, C., Harder, H., Martinez, M., Schuladen, J., Bohn, B., Parchatka, U., Crowley, JN, Fischer , H., Hoffmann, T., Janssen, R., Hartogensis, O., Pikridas, M., Vrekoussis, M., Bourtsoukidis, E., Weber, B. , Lelieveld, J., Williams, J., Pöschl , U., Cheng, Y., Su, H. (2016) Daytime formation of nitrous acid at a coastal remote site in Cyprus indicating a common ground source of atmospheric HONO and NO. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 16: 14475-14493. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14475-2016

Porada, P., Lenton, TM, Pohl, A., Weber, B. , Mander, L., Donnadieu, Y., Beer, C., Pöschl, U. & Kleidon, A. (2016) High potential for weathering and climate effects of non-vascular vegetation in the Late Ordovician. Nature Communications 7: 12113. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12113

Weber, B. , Berkemeier, Th., Ruckteschler, N., Caesar, J., Heintz, H., Ritter, H. & Braß, H. (2016) Development and calibration of a novel sensor to analyze the water content of biological soil crusts and surface soils. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 7 (1): 14-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12459

Belnap, J., Büdel, B. & Weber, B. (2016): Biological soil crusts as a critical zone of global importance. In: Weber, B. , Belnap, J., Büdel, B. (eds.): Biological soil crusts: an organizing principle in drylands, Ecological Studies 226. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp. 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0_1

Weber, B. & Hill, J. (2016): Remote sensing of biological soil crusts at different scales. In: Weber, B. , Belnap, J., Büdel, B. (eds.): Biological soil crusts: an organizing principle in drylands, Ecological Studies 226. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp. 215-234. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0_12

Garcia-Pichel, F., Felde, VJMNL, Drahorad, SL & Weber, B. (2016): Microstructure and weathering processes within biological soil crusts. In: Weber, B. , Belnap, J., Büdel, B. (eds.): Biological soil crusts: an organizing principle in drylands, Ecological Studies 226. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp. 237-255. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0_13

Barger, NN, Zaady, E., Weber, B. , Garcia-Pichel, F. & Belnap, J. (2016): Patterns and controls on nitrogen cycling of biological soil crusts. In: Weber, B. , Belnap, J., Büdel, B. (eds.): Biological soil crusts: an organizing principle in drylands, Ecological Studies 226. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp. 257-285. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0_14

Sancho, LG, Belnap, J., Colesie, C., Raggio, J. & Weber, B. (2016): Carbon budgets of biological soil crusts at micro-, macro-, and global scales. In: Weber, B. , Belnap, J., Büdel, B. (eds.): Biological soil crusts: an organizing principle in drylands, Ecological Studies 226. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp. 287-304. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0_15

Weber, B. , Bowker, M., Zhang, Y. & Belnap, J. (2016): Natural recovery of biological soil crusts after disturbance. In: Weber, B. , Belnap, J., Büdel, B. (eds.): Biological soil crusts: an organizing principle in drylands, Ecological Studies 226. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp. 479-498. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0_23

Weber, B. , Belnap, J. & Büdel, B. (2016): Synthesis on biological soil crust research. In: Weber, B. , Belnap, J., Büdel, B. (eds.): Biological soil crusts: an organizing principle in drylands, Ecological Studies 226. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp. 527-534. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0_25

2015
Weber, B., Wu, D., Tamm, A., Ruckteschler, N., Meusel, H., Rodriguez-Caballero, E., Steinkamp, J., Sörgel, M., Behrendt, T., Cheng, Y., Crutzen, P., Su, H. & Pöschl, U. (2015) Biological soil crusts accelerate the nitrogen cycle through large NO and HONO emissions in drylands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(50): 15384-15389. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1515818112

Rodriguez-Caballero, E., Knerr, T., Weber, B. (2015) Importance of biocrusts in dryland monitoring using spectral indices. Remote Sensing of Environment 170: 32-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2015.08.034

Macholdt, D.S., Jochum, K.P., Pöhlker, C., Stoll, B., Weis, U., Weber, B., Müller, M., Kappl, M., Buhre, S., Kilcoyne, A.L.D., Weigand, M., Scholz, D., Al-Amri, A.M. & Andreae, M.O. (2015) Microanalytical methods for in-situ high-resolution analysis of rock varnish at the nanometer to micrometer scale. Chemical Geology 411: 57-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.06.023

Lenhart, K., Weber, B., Elbert, W., Steinkamp, J., Clough, T., Crutzen, P., Pöschl, U. & Keppler, F. (2015) Nitrous oxide and methane emissions from cryptogamic covers. Global Change Biology.21(10): 3889-3900. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12995

Andreae, M.O., Acevedo, O.C., Araùjo, A., Artaxo, P., Barbosa, C.G.G., Brito, J., Carbone, S., Chi, X., Cintra, B.B.L., da Silva, N.F., Dias, N.L., Ditas, F., Ditz, R., Godoi. A.F.L., Godoi, R.H.M., Heimann, M., Hoffmann, T., Dias-Júnior, C.Q., Jürgen Kesselmeier, J., Könemann, T., Krüger, M., Lavric, J.V., Manzi, A.O., Moran, D., Nölscher, A.C., Nogueira, D.S., Piedade, M.T.F., Pöhlker, C., Pöschl, U., Ro, C.-U., Ruckteschler, N., Sá, L.D.A., Sá, M. de O., Sales, C.B., dos Santos, R.M.N, Saturno, J., Schöngart, J., Sörgel, M., de Souza, C.M., de Souza, R.A.F., Su, H., Targhetta, N., Tóta, J., Trebs, I., Trumbore, S., van Eijck, A., Walter, D., Wang, Z., Weber, B., Williams, J., Winderlich, J., Wittmann, F., Wolff, S., Yáñez-Serrano, A.M. (2015) The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO): overview of pilot measurements on ecosystem ecology, meteorology, trace gases, and aerosol. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 15: 10723-10776. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-10723-2015

2014
Zhao, Y., Qin, N., Weber, B. & Xu, M. (2014) Response of biological soil crusts to raindrop erosivity and underlying influences in the hilly Loess Plateau region, China. Biodiversity and Conservation 23: 1669-1686. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0680-z

Büdel, B., Colesie, C., Green, T. G. A., Grube, M., Lázaro Suau, R., Loewen-Schneider, K., Maier, S., Peer, T., Pintado, A., Raggio, J., Ruprecht, U., Sancho, L., Schroeter, B., Türk, R., Weber, B., Wedin, M., Westberg, M., Williams, L., Zheng, L. (2014) Improved appreciation of the functioning and importance of biological soil crusts in Europe – the Soil Crust International project (SCIN). Biodiversity and Conservation 23: 1639-1658. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0645-2

Raggio, J., Pintado, A., Vivas, M., Sancho, L.G., Büdel, B., Colesie, C., Weber, B., Schroeter, B. & Green, T.G.A. (2014) Continuous chlorophyll fluorescence, gas exchange and microclimate monitoring in a natural soil crust habitat in Tabernas badlands, Almería, Spain: Progressing towards a model to understand productivity. Biodiversity and Conservation 23: 1809-1826. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0692-8

Porada, P., Weber, B., Elbert, W., Pöschl, U. & Kleidon, A. (2014) Estimating impacts of lichens and bryophytes on global biogeochemical cycles. Global Biochemical Cycles. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013GB004705

Dojani, S., Kauff, F., Weber, B. & Büdel, B. (2014) Genotypic and phenotypic diversity of cyanobacteria in biological soil crusts of the Succulent Karoo and Nama Karoo of Southern Africa. Microbial Ecology 67: 286-301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-013-0301-5

2013
Porada, P., Weber, B., Elbert, W., Pöschl, U. & Kleidon, A. (2013) Estimating global carbon uptake by lichens and bryophytes with a process-based model. Biogeosciences https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-6989-2013

Belnap, J. & Weber, B. (2013) Biological soil crusts as an integral component of desert environments. Ecological Processes 2: 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/2192-1709-2-11

Weber, B., Wessels, D.C.J., Deutschewitz, K., Dojani, S., Reichenberger, H. & Büdel, B. (2013) Ecological characterization of soil-inhabiting and hypolithic soil crusts within the Knersvlakte, South Africa. Ecological Processes 2: 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/2192-1709-2-8

2012
Kunz, N.S., Hoffman, M.T. & Weber, B. (2012): Effects of heuweltjies and utilization on vegetation patterns in the Succulent Karoo, South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 87: 198-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.05.007

Elbert, W., Weber, B., Burrows, S., Steinkamp, J., Büdel, B., Andreae, M.O. & Pöschl, U. (2012): Contribution of cryptogamic covers to the global cycles of carbon and nitrogen. Nature Geosciences 5: 459-462. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1486

Reviewing articles:

• Nature Geoscience Editorial (2012): Beyond forest carbon. Nature Geosciences 5: 433. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1522
• Belnap, J. (2012): Unexpected uptake. Nature Geosciences 5: 443-444. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1514 
• Hurtley, S. & Cruz, M. (2012): Editor’s choice; Microbiology: Cryptic N2 fixation. Science 337: 391. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.337.6093.391-a 

Weber, B., Graf, T. & Bass, M. (2012): Ecophysiological analysis of moss-dominated biological soil crusts and their separate components from the Succulent Karoo, South Africa. Planta 236: 129-139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-012-1595-0

Colesie, C., Scheu, S., Green, T.G.A., Weber, B., Wirth, R. & Büdel, B. (2012): The advantage of growing on moss: facilitative effects on photosynthetic performance and growth in the cyanobacterial lichen Peltigera rufescens. Oecologia 169: 559-607. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-011-2224-5

2011
Dojani, S., Büdel, B., Deutschewitz, K. & Weber, B. (2011): Rapid succession of biological soil crusts after experimental disturbance in the Succulent Karoo, South Africa. Applied Soil Ecology 48: 263-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.04.013

Weber, B., Scherr, C., Bicker, F., Friedl, T. & Büdel, B. (2011): Respiration-induced weathering patterns of two endolithically growing lichens. Geobiology 9: 34-43. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4669.2010.00256.x

Weber, B. & Büdel, B. (2011): Endoliths. In: Reitner, J. & Thiel, V. (eds.): Encyclopedia of Geobiology: pp. 348-354, Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9212-1_80

Weber, B. & Büdel, B. (2011): Fungi and lichens. In: Reitner, J. & Thiel, V. (eds.): Encyclopedia of Geobiology: pp. 401-410. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9212-1_95

2010
Schmiedel, U., Linke, T., Christiaan, R.A., Falk, T., Gröngröft, A., Haarmeyer, D.H., Hanke, W., Henstock, R., Hoffman, M.T., Kunz, N., Labitzky, T., Luther-Mosebach, J., Lutsch, N., Meyer, S., Petersen, A., Röwer, I.U., van der Merwe, H., van Rooyen, M.W., Vollan, B., Weber, B. (2010): Environmental and socio-economic patterns and processes in the Succulent Karoo – frame conditions for the management of this biodiversity hotspot. In: Hoffman, M.T., Schmiedel, U., Jürgens, N. (eds.): Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 3: Implications for landuse and management: pp. 109-150, Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek. ISBN 978-3-933117-47-2

Büdel, B., Deutschewitz, K., Dojani, S., Friedl, T., Darienko, T., Mohr, K. & Weber, B. (2010): Biological soil crusts along the BIOTA Southern Africa transects. In: Schmiedel, U., Jürgens, N. (eds.): Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 2: Patterns and processes at regional scale: pp. 93-99, Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek. ISBN 978-3-933117-44-1

Weber, B., Olehowski, C., Deutschewitz, K. & Büdel, B. (2010): Mapping of biological soil crusts in the Succulent Karoo using hyperspectral remote sensing data. In: Schmiedel, U., Jürgens, N. (eds.): Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 2: Patterns and processes at regional scale: pp. 158-162, Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek.

Haarmeyer, D.H., Luther-Mosebach, J., Dengler, J., Schmiedel, U., Finckh, M., Berger, K., Deckert, J., Domptail, S.E., Dreber, N., Gibreel, T., Grohmann, C., Gröngröft, A., Haensler, A., Hanke, W., Hoffmann, A., Husted, L.B., Kangombe, F.N., Keil, M., Krug, C.B., Labitzky, T., Linke, T., Mager, D., Mey, W., Muche, G., Naumann, C., Pellowski, M., Powrie, L.W., Pröpper, M., Rutherford, M.C., Schneiderat, U., Strohbach, B.J., Vohland, K., Weber, B., Wesuls, D., Wisch, U., Zedda, L., Büdel, B., Darienko, T., Deutschewitz, K., Dojani, S., Erb, E., Falk, T., Friedl, T., Kanzler, S.-E., Limpricht, C., Linsenmair, K.E., Mohr, K., Oliver, T., Petersen, A., Rambold, G., Zeller, U., Austermühle, R., Bausch, J., Bösing, B.M., Classen, N., Dorendorf, J., Dorigo, W., Esler, K., Etzold, S., Graiff, A., Grotehusmann, L., Hecht, J., Hoyer, P., Kongor, R.Y., Lang, H., Lieckfeld, L.A.B., Oldeland, J., Peters, J., Röwer, I.U., September, Z.M., Sop, T.K., van Rooyen, M.W., Weber, J., Willer, J., Jürgens, N. (2010): The BIOTA Observatories. In: Jürgens, N., Haarmeyer, D.H., Luther-Mosebach, J., Dengler, J., Finckh, M., Schmiedel, U. (eds.): Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 1: Patterns at local scale – the BIOTA Observatories: pp. 6-801, Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek. ISBN 978-3-933117-45-8

Before 2010
Büdel, B., Darienko, T., Deutschewitz, K., Dojani, S., Friedl, T., Mohr, K., Salisch, M., Reisser, W. & Weber, B. (2009): Southern African biological soil crusts are ubiquitous and highly diverse in drylands, being restricted by rainfall frequency. Microbial Ecology 57(2): 229-47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-008-9449-9

Elbert, W., Weber, B., Büdel, B., Andreae, M.O. & Pöschl, U. (2009): Microbiotic crusts on soil, rock and plants: neglected major players in the global cycles of carbon and nitrogen. Biogeosciences Discussion 6: 6983-7015. https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-6-6983-2009

Weber, B., Olehowski, C., Knerr, T., Hill, J., Deutschwitz, K., Wessels, D.C.J., Eitel, B. & Büdel, B. (2008): A new approach for mapping of Biological Soil Crusts in semidesert areas with hyperspectral imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment 112: 2187-2201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2007.09.014

Weber, B. (2008): Medieval churches as an essential habitat of saxicolous lichens in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Schriftenreihe der deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften 59: 282-290. 

Weber, B., Scherr, C., Reichenberger, H. & Büdel, B. (2007): Fast reactivation by high air humidity and photosynthetic performance of alpine lichens growing endolithically in limestone. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 39(2): 309-317. https://doi.org/10.1657/1523-0430(2007)39[309:FRBHAH]2.0.CO;2

Büdel, B., Weber, B., Kühl, M., Pfanz, H., Sültemeyer, D. & Wessels, D. (2004): Reshaping of sandstone surfaces by cryptoendolithic cyanobacteria: bioalkalisation causes chemical weathering in arid landscapes. Geobiology 2: 261-268. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4677.2004.00040.x

Wirth, R., Weber, B. & Ryel, R.J. (2001): Spatial and temporal variability of canopy structure in a tropical moist forest. Acta Oecologia 22: 235-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1146-609X(01)01123-7

Weber, B. & Büdel, B. (2001): Mapping and analysis of distribution patterns of lichens on rural medieval churches in north-eastern Germany. Lichenologist 33(3): 231-248. https://doi.org/10.1006/lich.2001.0323

Weber, B. (2001): Erfassung und Analyse der Verbreitungsmuster von Flechten an Kirchen Mecklenburgs unter Anwendung Geographischer Informationssysteme (GIS). Dissertationes Botanicae 342: 1-256. ISBN 978-3-443-64254-9

Weber, B. & Büdel, B. (2001): Flechten an mittelalterlichen Feldsteinkirchen in Mecklenburg; Vielfalt, Ökologie und Einwirkungen auf das Gestein. In: Gesatzky, R. (ed.): Erhaltung und Instandsetzung von Feldsteinkirchen in Mecklenburg. Verlag Thomas Helms, Schwerin, S. 69-76. ISBN 3-931185-68-0

Weber, B., Wessels, D.C.J. & Büdel, B. (1996): Biology and ecology of cryptoendolithic cyanobacteria of a sandstone outcrop in the Northern Province, South Africa. Algological Studies 83: 565-579. https://doi.org/10.1127/algol_stud/83/1996/565

Weber, B. (1994): Geologische Wanderungen in und um Würzburg. In: Umweltstation Würzburg, Deutsches Jugendherbergswerk Landesverband Bayern e.V., Bayrisches Staatsministerium für Landesentwicklung und Umweltfragen (eds.): Arbeitsmaterialien zu stadtökologischen Themen am Beispiel der Stadt Würzburg. Quadflieg, Würzburg, S. 1-28.