Mathias Mayer
Dipl.-Ing.Dr. Mathias Mayer
Institute of Forest Ecology
Location Peter-Jordan-Straße 82, 1190 Wien
Email mathias.mayer@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91243
Research Focus
I am a forest ecologist focusing on soil carbon and nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems. My research aims to understand how natural disturbances, forest management, and climate change affect these cycles. I am interested in soil microbial communities, especially fungi, and their role in plant-soil interactions and ecosystem functioning. My research combines laboratory and field experiments, meta-analyses, and modelling. I use stable isotope-based methods, carbon flux measurements and DNA-based techniques. I have been involved in research projects on windthrow, bark beetle outbreaks and clearcutting in the European Alps, forest harvesting intensities in the Dinaric Mountains, insect outbreaks in northern Scandinavia, and drought in the Himalayas.
Career
- 2023 Lecturer (ETH Zürich)
- 2022 - 2023 PostDoc (ETH Zürich)
- 2020 - 2023 PostDoc Research Unit Forest Soils and Biogeochemistry (Eidgenoessiche Forschungsanstalt WSL)
Awards
- Year: 2019 Awards: UV-Forschungsstipendium - Dissertation
- Year: 2017 Awards: Förderungspreis der Stiftung 120 Jahre Universität für Bodenkultur
- Year: 2017 Awards: Walter Kubiena - Forschungspreis
- Year: 2014 Awards: Dr.in Wilfrieda Lindner Wissenschaftspreis
- Year: 2010 Awards: Topstipendium für Niederösterreich
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34 lecures found.
Year: 2022 - High soil carbon losses in response to forest windthrow
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Mayer, M; Rusch, S; Didion, M; Baltensweiler, A; Ranft, F; Walthert, L; Zimmermann, S; Hagedorn, F
Event: EGU General Assembly 2022
Period: 23.05.2022 - 27.05.2022 | Location: Wien, Austria | Location: Operngasse 17-21 1040 Vienna Austria | Location: Vienna, AUSTRIA | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer: European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Organizer: European Geoscience Union | Organizer: European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Organizer: EGU General Assembly
Year: 2021 - Soil fungal communities and organic matter decomposition following pulse disturbance and stand dieback in a mountain forest ecosystem
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Gorfer, M; Berger, H; Rosinger, C; Sandén, H; Rewald, B; Katzensteiner, K; Godbold, D
Event: EUROSOIL 2021
Period: 23.08.2021 - 27.08.2021 | Location: Online | Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Year: 2020 - Influence of Glyphosate and Barrier-H on soil respiration, soil enzymatic activity and microbial community composition
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Wasserer, A; König, O; Sandén, H; Mayer, M; Rewald, B
Event: 5. DWB Student Conference 2020 - Sharing Forest and Soil Science
Period: 13.05.2020 | Location: Online | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2019 - Do Norway spruce, Douglas fir and European larch stands differ in litter decomposition and belowground carbon storage?
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Bischofer, L; Berger, TW; Godbold, DL; Mayer, M
Event: 25th IUFRO World Congress 2019 - Forest Research and Cooperation for Sustainable Development
Period: 30.09.2019 - 05.10.2019 | Location: Curitiba, Brazil
Year: 2019 - Litter decomposition and soil carbon storage in Norway spruce, Douglas fir, and European larch stands
Art: Poster - Selected presentation
Autoren: Bischofer, L.; Berger, T.W.; Mayer, M.
Event: EGU General Assembly 2019
Period: 07.04.2019 - 12.04.2019 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer: European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Organizer: European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Organizer: EGU General Assembly
Year: 2019 - Ergebnisse aus 10 Jahren Waldstörungsforschung
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Mayer, M
Event: Waldökosystemforschung in den Kalkalpen - Workshop
Period: 19.09.2019 | Location: Molln, Austria
Year: 2019 - Post forest disturbance vegetation and soil dynamics in karst areas
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Katzensteiner, K; Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Schume, H., Pröll, G; Keßler, D; Simon, A
Event: EGU General Assembly 2019
Period: 07.04.2019 - 12.04.2019 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer: European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Organizer: European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Organizer: EGU General Assembly
Year: 2019 - Soil fungal communities and decomposition after forest disturbance by clear cut harvest and tree girdling
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Gorfer, M; Berger, H; Rosinger, C; Sandén, H; Rewald, B; Katzensteiner, K; Godbold, DL
Event: EGU General Assembly 2019
Period: 07.04.2019 - 12.04.2019 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer: European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Organizer: European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Organizer: EGU General Assembly
Year: 2019 - Disturbance and extreme weather events impact soil microbial processes and fungal communities in a mountain beech forest
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Mayer, M; Gorfer, M; Matthews, B; Berger, H; Bittner, A; Sandén, H; Rewald, B; Katzensteiner, K; Godbold, DL
Event: 25th IUFRO World Congress 2019 - Forest Research and Cooperation for Sustainable Development
Period: 30.09.2019 - 05.10.2019 | Location: Curitiba, Brazil
Year: 2018 - Thin skin – forest soil dynamics in Karst environments Klaus Katzensteiner1,
Art: Poster - Selected presentation
Autoren: Katzensteiner, K; Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Kessler, D
Event: 13 th North American Forest Soils Conference – 9 th International Symposium on Forest Soils 2018 Soils - Forests Interactions in Changing Environments
Period: 10.06.2018 - 16.06.2018 | Location: Quebec City, PQ, Canada
Year: 2018 - Soil of a mountain beech forest harbours a highly diverse, distinct fungal community
Art: Poster - Selected presentation
Autoren: Gorfer, M; Berger, H; Tallian, C; Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Sandén, H; Rewald, B; Kobler, J; Katzensteiner, K; Godbold, DL
Event: Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) Conference 2018
Period: 22.05.2018 - 25.05.2018 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2018 - Moth outbreaks reduce decomposition of soil organic matter in subarctic birch forests
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Sandén, H; Mayer, M; Stark, S; Sandén, T; Nilsson, LS; Jepsen, JU; Wäli, P; Rewald, B
Event: 48th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland GfÖ 2018 - Ecology – Meeting the Scientific Challenges of a complex World
Period: 10.09.2018 - 14.09.2018 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2018 - Forest disturbance effects on soil fungal guilds and decomposition in a mountain ecosystem
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Gorfer, M; Berger, H; Kobler, J; Rosinger, C; Sandén, H; Rewald, B; Katzensteiner, K; Godbold, DL
Event: Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) Conference 2018
Period: 22.05.2018 - 25.05.2018 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2018 - Effects of geometrid moth attacks on belowground processes in sub-arctic birch forests
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Sandén, H; Mayer, M; Stark, S; Sandén, T; Nilsson, LO; Rewald, B
Event: EGU General Assembly 2018
Period: 08.04.2018 - 13.04.2018 | Location: Wien | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer: European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Organizer: European Geoscience Union (EGU) | Organizer: European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Organizer: EGU General Assembly
Year: 2018 - Forest disturbances and soil organic carbon dynamics in the Austrian Alps
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Sandén, H; Rewald, B; Rosinger, C; Schindelbacher, A; Godbold, D; Katzensteiner, K
Event: EGU General Assembly 2018
Period: 08.04.2018 - 13.04.2018 | Location: Wien | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer: European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Organizer: European Geoscience Union (EGU) | Organizer: European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Organizer: EGU General Assembly
Year: 2018 - Soil fungal guilds and decomposition in a disturbed forest ecosystem
Art: Poster - Selected presentation
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Gorfer, M; Berger, H; Kobler, J; Rosinger, C; Sandén, H; Rewald, B; Katzensteiner, K; Godbold, DL
Event: 48th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland GfÖ 2018 - Ecology – Meeting the Scientific Challenges of a complex World
Period: 10.09.2018 - 14.09.2018 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2018 - Linking litter decomposition to soil carbon stocks under Norway spruce, Douglas fir and European larch
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Bischofer, L.M.; Berger, T.W.; Mayer, M.
Event: 48th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland GfÖ 2018 - Ecology – Meeting the Scientific Challenges of a complex World
Period: 10.09.2018 - 14.09.2018 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2018 - Linking litter decomposition to soil carbon stocks under non-native and native tree species
Art: Poster - Selected presentation
Autoren: Bischofer, L.M; Berger, T.W; Mayer, M
Event: 3rd Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, 2018
Period: 25.05.2018 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2018 - Temporal and small-scale spatial heterogeneity of soil fungal communities in a montane beech forest
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Gorfer, M; Berger, H; Tallian, C; Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Sandén, H; Rewald, B; Kobler, J; Katzensteiner, K; Godbold, DL
Event: 48th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland GfÖ 2018 - Ecology – Meeting the Scientific Challenges of a complex World
Period: 10.09.2018 - 14.09.2018 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2017 - Einfluss von Umbruch und Wiederaufnahme der Nutzung auf den Kohlenstoffkreislauf von unterschiedlich alten Biodiversitätsflächen
Art: Poster - Selected presentation
Autoren: Muck, P; Mayer, M; Bodner, G; Rewald, B
Event: 2. Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences 2017
Period: 24.05.2017 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Year: 2017 - Tree regeneration retards decomposition of soil organic carbon after gap disturbance in a mountain forest
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Rosinger, C; Sandén, H; Godbold, DL; Katzensteiner, K
Event: BIOGEOMON 2017
Period: 20.08.2017 - 25.08.2017 | Location: Litomysl, Czech Republic
Year: 2017 - Revealing patterns in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in ectomycorrhizal communities in European forests
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Rosinger, C; Matthews, B; Mayer, M; Sandén, H; Godbold, D
Event: 2. Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences 2017
Period: 24.05.2017 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Year: 2017 - Effects of ungulate herbivores on post disturbance forest soil carbon dynamics in the Northern Calcareous Alps
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Keßler, D; Mayer, M; Katzensteiner, K
Event: 2. Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences 2017
Period: 24.05.2017 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Year: 2017 - Störungseinflüsse auf die Bodenkohlenstoffdynamik von Bergwaldökosystemen
Art: Poster - Selected presentation
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Sandén, H; Rewald, B; Rosinger, C; Schindlbacher, A; Godbold, DL; Katzensteiner, K
Event: Jahrestagung der Österreichischen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 2017
Period: 14.11.2017 | Location: Tulln an der Donau, Austria
Year: 2016 - Dynamics of soil carbon processes following forest disturbance by clear cut harvest and stem girdling
Art: Poster - Selected presentation
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Gorfer, M; Berger, H; Sanden, H; Rewald, B; Katzensteiner, K; Godbold, DL
Event: COST Action FP1305 BioLink 2016
Period: 12.04.2016 - 14.04.2016 | Location: Sofia, Bulgaria | Location: Krakow, Poland | Location: Krakow, Poland
Year: 2016 - The last survivors – pre-disturbance tree recruitment retards post-disturbance soil decomposition
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Rosinger, C; Sanden, H; Godbold, DL; Katzensteiner, K
Event: 5th meeting of COST Action FP1305 Biolink
Period: 25.10.2016 - 26.10.2016 | Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Year: 2016 - Soil carbon dynamics after forest disturbance by wind
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Schindlbacher, A; Göransson, H; Rewald, B; Godbold, DL; Katzensteiner, K.
Event: 1. Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, 2016
Period: 24.05.2016 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2016 - The significance of rare ectomycorrhizal species in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Rosinger, C.; Matthews, B.; Mayer, M.; Sandén, H.; Godbold, D. L.
Event: 5th meeting of COST Action FP1305 Biolink
Period: 25.10.2016 - 26.10.2016 | Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Year: 2016 - Dynamics of soil carbon processes following forest disturbance by clear cut harvest and stem girdling
Art: Poster - Selected presentation
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Gorfer, M; Berger, H; Tallian, C; Sanden, H; Rewald, B; Katzensteiner, K; Godbold, DL
Event: 46th Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland GfÖ 2016
Period: 05.09.2016 - 09.09.2016 | Location: Marburg, Germany
Year: 2016 - Temperature sensitivity (Q10) of CO2 fluxes of two plant functional types in a mesocosm experiment
Art: Poster - Selected presentation
Autoren: Müller, N; Hörzinger, F; Mayer, M; Göransson, H; Rewald, B
Event: 1. Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, 2016
Period: 24.05.2016 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2015 - Following post-windthrow soil carbon dynamics in the Austrian Alps
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Schindlbacher, A; Göransson, H; Rewald, B; Godbold, D; Katzensteiner, K
Event: Perth III 2015 - Mountains of Our Future Earth
Period: 04.10.2015 - 08.10.2015 | Location: Perth, Scotland, UK | Organizer: Centre for Mountain Studies at Perth College UHI, in collaboration with the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) and Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA). | Organizer: Centre for Mountain Studies at Perth College, University of the Highlands & Islands, Mountain Research Initiative (MRI), Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA)
Year: 2015 - Effects of geometrid moth attacks on belowground processes in sub-arctic birch forests
Art: Talk - Keynote Speaker (Invited Speaker)
Autoren: Göransson,H; Lehtinen, T; Nilsson, L-O; Stark, S; Mayer, M; Rewald, B
Event: 3rd Annual Meeting of FP1305 Biolink Cost Action 2015
Period: 17.11.2015 - 19.11.2015 | Location: Rome, Italy
Year: 2015 - Investigating the influence of windthrow on forestatmosphere fluxes in the European Alps
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Matthews, B; Mayer, M; Katzensteiner, K; Kobler, J; Dirnböck, T; Godbold, D; Schume, H
Event: Perth III 2015 - Mountains of Our Future Earth
Period: 04.10.2015 - 08.10.2015 | Location: Perth, Scotland, UK | Organizer: Centre for Mountain Studies at Perth College UHI, in collaboration with the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) and Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA). | Organizer: Centre for Mountain Studies at Perth College, University of the Highlands & Islands, Mountain Research Initiative (MRI), Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA)
Year: 2014 - Humusdynamik auf Windwurfflächen
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Pröll, G; Schume, H; Göttlein, A; Kohlpaintner, M; Weis, W; Katzensteiner, K
Event: Wälder der Kalkalpen - Strategien für die Zukunft
Period: 23.10.2014 - 24.10.2014 | Location: Gmunden, Austria
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