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
Projects
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Publications
Knowledge Transfer to Society
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Lectures
Year: 2022 - High soil carbon losses in response to forest windthrow
Autoren: Mayer, M; Rusch, S; Didion, M; Baltensweiler, A; Ranft, F; Walthert, L; Zimmermann, S; Hagedorn, F
Event: EGU General Assembly 2022
Year: 2021 - Soil fungal communities and organic matter decomposition following pulse disturbance and stand dieback in a mountain forest ecosystem
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Gorfer, M; Berger, H; Rosinger, C; Sandén, H; Rewald, B; Katzensteiner, K; Godbold, D
Event: EUROSOIL 2021
Year: 2020 - Influence of Glyphosate and Barrier-H on soil respiration, soil enzymatic activity and microbial community composition
Autoren: Wasserer, A; König, O; Sandén, H; Mayer, M; Rewald, B
Event: 5. DWB Student Conference 2020 - Sharing Forest and Soil Science
Year: 2019 - Do Norway spruce, Douglas fir and European larch stands differ in litter decomposition and belowground carbon storage?
Autoren: Bischofer, L; Berger, TW; Godbold, DL; Mayer, M
Event: 25th IUFRO World Congress 2019 - Forest Research and Cooperation for Sustainable Development
Year: 2019 - Litter decomposition and soil carbon storage in Norway spruce, Douglas fir, and European larch stands
Autoren: Bischofer, L.; Berger, T.W.; Mayer, M.
Event: European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2019
Year: 2019 - Ergebnisse aus 10 Jahren Waldstörungsforschung
Autoren: Mayer, M
Event: Waldökosystemforschung in den Kalkalpen - Workshop
Year: 2019 - Post forest disturbance vegetation and soil dynamics in karst areas
Autoren: Katzensteiner, K; Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Schume, H., Pröll, G; Keßler, D; Simon, A
Event: European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2019
Year: 2019 - Soil fungal communities and decomposition after forest disturbance by clear cut harvest and tree girdling
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Gorfer, M; Berger, H; Rosinger, C; Sandén, H; Rewald, B; Katzensteiner, K; Godbold, DL
Event: European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2019
Year: 2019 - Disturbance and extreme weather events impact soil microbial processes and fungal communities in a mountain beech forest
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
Year: 2018 - Thin skin – forest soil dynamics in Karst environments Klaus Katzensteiner1,
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
Year: 2018 - Soil of a mountain beech forest harbours a highly diverse, distinct fungal community
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
Year: 2018 - Moth outbreaks reduce decomposition of soil organic matter in subarctic birch forests
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
Year: 2018 - Effects of ungulate herbivory on post disturbance forest soil carbon dynamics in the Northern Calcareous Alps
Autoren: Keßler, D; Mayer, M; Katzensteiner, K
Event: EGU General Assembly 2018
Year: 2018 - Forest disturbance effects on soil fungal guilds and decomposition in a mountain ecosystem
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
Year: 2018 - Effects of geometrid moth attacks on belowground processes in sub-arctic birch forests
Autoren: Sandén, H; Mayer, M; Stark, S; Sandén, T; Nilsson, LO; Rewald, B
Event: EGU General Assembly 2018
Year: 2018 - Forest disturbances and soil organic carbon dynamics in the Austrian Alps
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Sandén, H; Rewald, B; Rosinger, C; Schindelbacher, A; Godbold, D; Katzensteiner, K
Event: EGU General Assembly 2018
Year: 2018 - Soil fungal guilds and decomposition in a disturbed forest ecosystem
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
Year: 2018 - Open Wounds in Thin Skin: Soil Processes after Natural Disturbances
Autoren: Katzensteiner K., Darabant A., Mayer M., Matthews B., Pröll G., Schaufler J.
Event: 6th Symposium for Research in Protected Areas 2017
Year: 2018 - Linking litter decomposition to soil carbon stocks under Norway spruce, Douglas fir and European larch
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
Year: 2018 - Linking litter decomposition to soil carbon stocks under non-native and native tree species
Autoren: Bischofer, L.M; Berger, T.W; Mayer, M
Event: 3rd Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, 2018
Year: 2018 - Temporal and small-scale spatial heterogeneity of soil fungal communities in a montane beech forest
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
Year: 2017 - Einfluss von Umbruch und Wiederaufnahme der Nutzung auf den Kohlenstoffkreislauf von unterschiedlich alten Biodiversitätsflächen
Autoren: Muck, P; Mayer, M; Bodner, G; Rewald, B
Event: 2. Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, 2017
Year: 2017 - Tree regeneration retards decomposition of soil organic carbon after gap disturbance in a mountain forest
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Rosinger, C; Sandén, H; Godbold, DL; Katzensteiner, K
Event: BIOGEOMON 2017
Year: 2017 - Revealing patterns in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in ectomycorrhizal communities in European forests
Autoren: Rosinger, C; Matthews, B; Mayer, M; Sandén, H; Godbold, D
Event: 2. Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, 2017
Year: 2017 - Effects of ungulate herbivores on post disturbance forest soil carbon dynamics in the Northern Calcareous Alps
Autoren: Keßler, D; Mayer, M; Katzensteiner, K
Event: 2. Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, 2017
Year: 2017 - Störungseinflüsse auf die Bodenkohlenstoffdynamik von Bergwaldökosystemen
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Sandén, H; Rewald, B; Rosinger, C; Schindlbacher, A; Godbold, DL; Katzensteiner, K
Event: Jahrestagung der Österreichischen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 2017
Year: 2016 - Dynamics of soil carbon processes following forest disturbance by clear cut harvest and stem girdling
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Gorfer, M; Berger, H; Sanden, H; Rewald, B; Katzensteiner, K; Godbold, DL
Event: COST Action FP1305 BioLink 2016
Year: 2016 - The significance of rare ectomycorrhizal species in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
Autoren: Christoph Rosinger, Bradley Matthews, Mathias Mayer, Hans Sandén, Douglas L. Godbold
Event: 5th meeting of COST Action FP1305 Biolink
Year: 2016 - The last survivors – pre-disturbance tree recruitment retards post-disturbance soil decomposition
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Rosinger, C; Sanden, H; Godbold, DL; Katzensteiner, K
Event: 5th meeting of COST Action FP1305 Biolink
Year: 2016 - Soil carbon dynamics after forest disturbance by wind
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
Year: 2016 - Effects of ungulate herbivory on post disturbance forest soil carbon dynamics in the Northern Calcareous Alps
Autoren: Keßler, D; Mayer, M; Katzensteiner, K
Event: 1. Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, 2016
Year: 2016 - The significance of rare ectomycorrhizal species in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
Autoren: Rosinger, C.; Matthews, B.; Mayer, M.; Sandén, H.; Godbold, D. L.
Event: 5th meeting of COST Action FP1305 Biolink
Year: 2016 - Dynamics of soil carbon processes following forest disturbance by clear cut harvest and stem girdling
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
Year: 2016 - Temperature sensitivity (Q10) of CO2 fluxes of two plant functional types in a mesocosm experiment
Autoren: Müller, N; Hörzinger, F; Mayer, M; Göransson, H; Rewald, B
Event: 1. Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, 2016
Year: 2015 - Eddy covariance measurements along a forest disturbance chronosequence in the Austrian Alps
Autoren: Matthews, B; Mayer, M; Katzensteiner, K; Godbold, D; Schume, H
Event: Potsdam GHG Flux Workshop: From Natural to Urban Systems
Year: 2015 - Post-disturbance dynamics in forest-atmosphere fluxes: Observations from a windthrow site in the European Alps
Autoren: Matthews, B; Mayer, M; Katzensteiner, K; Schume, H
Event: European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2015
Year: 2015 - Following post-windthrow soil carbon dynamics in the Austrian Alps
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Schindlbacher, A; Göransson, H; Rewald, B; Godbold, D; Katzensteiner, K
Event: Perth III 2015 - Mountains of Our Future Earth
Year: 2015 - Effects of geometrid moth attacks on belowground processes in sub-arctic birch forests
Autoren: Göransson,H; Lehtinen, T; Nilsson, L-O; Stark, S; Mayer, M; Rewald, B
Event: 3rd Annual Meeting of FP1305 Biolink Cost Action 2015 - Soil Biological Communities and Aboveground Resilience
Year: 2015 - Investigating the influence of windthrow on forestatmosphere fluxes in the European Alps
Autoren: Matthews, B; Mayer, M; Katzensteiner, K; Kobler, J; Dirnböck, T; Godbold, D; Schume, H
Event: Perth III 2015 - Mountains of Our Future Earth
Year: 2015 - Temperature-enhanced decomposition contributes to a decline in soil carbon stocks of a mountain forest after windthrow
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Schindlbacher, A; Göransson, H; Rewald, B; Godbold, D; Katzensteiner, K
Event: European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2015
Year: 2015 - Exploring the drivers of post-disturbance soil CO2 efflux in the Austrian Alps
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Göransson, H; Rewald, B; Katzensteiner, K; Godbold, D
Event: COST Action FP1305 BioLink 2015
Year: 2015 - From the forester’s tool box: Using forest manipulation to separate the factors driving soil carbon dynamics
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Göransson, H; Rewald, B; Katzensteiner, K; Berger, H; Gorfer, M; Godbold, D
Event: 3rd annual meeting COST Action FP1305 BioLink 2015 - Linking belowground biodiversity and ecosystem function in European forests
Year: 2014 - Post-windthrow dynamics of soil CO2 efflux in mountainous forests of the Austrian Alps
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Schindlbacher, A; Katzensteiner, K
Event: 8th International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior BIOGEOMON 2014
Year: 2014 - Humusdynamik auf Windwurfflächen
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
Year: 2013 - Surface-atmosphere exchange at a disturbed forest site in the Austrian Alps
Autoren: Matthews, B; Mayer, M; Katzensteiner, K; Schume, H;
Event: Climate Extremes and Biogeochemical Cycles 2013
Year: 2013 - The contribution of soil respiration to net ecosystem exchange after forest disturbance – a case study from the Austrian Alps
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Schume, H; Holtermann, C; Katzensteiner, K
Event: Climate Extremes and Biogeochemical Cycles 2013
Year: 2013 - Forest soil, Biochar and Glyphosate: A love triangle? - Influence of herbicides on the respiration of charcoal affected forest soil
Autoren: Fajtak, A; Mayer, M; Rewald, B
Event: ELLS Scientific Stundent Conference 2013 - Sustainability Challenge - Technological Advancements and other Solutions
Year: 2012 - Effects of Forest Disturbance on the Dynamics of Soil Respiration
Autoren: Mayer, M; Katzensteiner, K
Event: ÖBG Conference 2012 - Soil Science for the Future
Year: 2012 - Impact of forest disturbance on soil respiration in organic soils on calcareous bedrock
Autoren: Mayer, M; Holtermann, C; Matthews, B; Katzensteiner K
Event: 4th International Congress EUROSOIL 2012
Year: 2011 - Auswirkungen von Störungen auf die Bodenrespiration von Humuskarbonatböden
Autoren: Mayer, M; Katzensteiner, K
Event: Jahrestagung der Österreichischen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 2011 - Ökosystemleistungen des Bodens