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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Presentations
Year: 2022 - High soil carbon losses in response to forest windthrow (Vortrag)
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: Operngasse 17-21 1040 Vienna Austria | Organizer:
European Geosciences Union (EGU)Year: 2021 - Soil fungal communities and organic matter decomposition following pulse disturbance and stand dieback in a mountain forest ecosystem (Vortrag)
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 (Vortrag)
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? (Vortrag)
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 (Poster)
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)Year: 2019 - Ergebnisse aus 10 Jahren Waldstörungsforschung (Vortrag)
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 (Vortrag)
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)Year: 2019 - Soil fungal communities and decomposition after forest disturbance by clear cut harvest and tree girdling (Vortrag)
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)Year: 2019 - Disturbance and extreme weather events impact soil microbial processes and fungal communities in a mountain beech forest (Vortrag)
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, (Poster)
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 (Poster)
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 (Vortrag)
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 - Effects of ungulate herbivory on post disturbance forest soil carbon dynamics in the Northern Calcareous Alps (Vortrag)
Autoren: Keßler, D; Mayer, M; Katzensteiner, K
Event: EGU General Assembly 2018
Period: 08.04.2018 - 13.04.2018 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
European Geosciences Union (EGU)Year: 2018 - Forest disturbance effects on soil fungal guilds and decomposition in a mountain ecosystem (Vortrag)
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 (Vortrag)
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: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
European Geosciences Union (EGU)Year: 2018 - Forest disturbances and soil organic carbon dynamics in the Austrian Alps (Vortrag)
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: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
European Geosciences Union (EGU)Year: 2018 - Soil fungal guilds and decomposition in a disturbed forest ecosystem (Poster)
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 - Open Wounds in Thin Skin: Soil Processes after Natural Disturbances (Vortrag)
Autoren: Katzensteiner K., Darabant A., Mayer M., Matthews B., Pröll G., Schaufler J.
Event: 6th Symposium for Research in Protected Areas 2017
Period: 02.11.2017 - 03.11.2017 | Location: Mittersill, Austria | Location: Salzburg, Austria
Year: 2018 - Linking litter decomposition to soil carbon stocks under Norway spruce, Douglas fir and European larch (Vortrag)
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 (Poster)
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 (Vortrag)
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 (Poster)
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, ViennaYear: 2017 - Tree regeneration retards decomposition of soil organic carbon after gap disturbance in a mountain forest (Vortrag)
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 (Vortrag)
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, ViennaYear: 2017 - Effects of ungulate herbivores on post disturbance forest soil carbon dynamics in the Northern Calcareous Alps (Vortrag)
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, ViennaYear: 2017 - Störungseinflüsse auf die Bodenkohlenstoffdynamik von Bergwaldökosystemen (Poster)
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 (Poster)
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 (Vortrag)
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 (Vortrag)
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 - Effects of ungulate herbivory on post disturbance forest soil carbon dynamics in the Northern Calcareous Alps (Poster)
Autoren: Keßler, D; Mayer, M; 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 (Vortrag)
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 (Poster)
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 (Poster)
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 - Eddy covariance measurements along a forest disturbance chronosequence in the Austrian Alps (Poster)
Autoren: Matthews, B; Mayer, M; Katzensteiner, K; Godbold, D; Schume, H
Event: Potsdam GHG Flux Workshop: From Natural to Urban Systems
Period: 19.10.2015 - 23.10.2015 | Location: Potsdam, Germany
Year: 2015 - Post-disturbance dynamics in forest-atmosphere fluxes: Observations from a windthrow site in the European Alps (Vortrag)
Autoren: Matthews, B; Mayer, M; Katzensteiner, K; Schume, H
Event: European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2015
Period: 12.04.2015 - 17.04.2015 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2015 - Following post-windthrow soil carbon dynamics in the Austrian Alps (Vortrag)
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 (Vortrag)
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
Period: 17.11.2015 - 19.11.2015 | Location: Rome, Italy
Year: 2015 - Investigating the influence of windthrow on forestatmosphere fluxes in the European Alps (Vortrag)
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: 2015 - Temperature-enhanced decomposition contributes to a decline in soil carbon stocks of a mountain forest after windthrow (Vortrag)
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Schindlbacher, A; Göransson, H; Rewald, B; Godbold, D; Katzensteiner, K
Event: European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2015
Period: 12.04.2015 - 17.04.2015 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2015 - Exploring the drivers of post-disturbance soil CO2 efflux in the Austrian Alps (Vortrag)
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Göransson, H; Rewald, B; Katzensteiner, K; Godbold, D
Event: COST Action FP1305 BioLink 2015
Period: 17.03.2015 - 19.03.2015 | Location: Krakow, Poland
Year: 2015 - From the forester’s tool box: Using forest manipulation to separate the factors driving soil carbon dynamics (Poster)
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
Period: 17.11.2015 - 19.11.2015 | Location: Rome, Italy
Year: 2014 - Post-windthrow dynamics of soil CO2 efflux in mountainous forests of the Austrian Alps (Vortrag)
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Schindlbacher, A; Katzensteiner, K
Event: 8th International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior BIOGEOMON 2014
Period: 13.07.2014 - 17.07.2014 | Location: Bayreuth, Germany
Year: 2014 - Humusdynamik auf Windwurfflächen (Vortrag)
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
Year: 2013 - Surface-atmosphere exchange at a disturbed forest site in the Austrian Alps (Poster)
Autoren: Matthews, B; Mayer, M; Katzensteiner, K; Schume, H;
Event: Climate Extremes and Biogeochemical Cycles 2013
Period: 02.04.2013 - 05.04.2013 | Location: Seefeld, Austria
Year: 2013 - The contribution of soil respiration to net ecosystem exchange after forest disturbance – a case study from the Austrian Alps (Poster)
Autoren: Mayer, M; Matthews, B; Schume, H; Holtermann, C; Katzensteiner, K
Event: Climate Extremes and Biogeochemical Cycles 2013
Period: 02.04.2013 - 05.04.2013 | Location: Seefeld, Austria
Year: 2013 - Forest soil, Biochar and Glyphosate: A love triangle? - Influence of herbicides on the respiration of charcoal affected forest soil (Vortrag)
Autoren: Fajtak, A; Mayer, M; Rewald, B
Event: ELLS Scientific Stundent Conference 2013 - Sustainability Challenge - Technological Advancements and other Solutions
Period: 14.11.2013 - 16.11.2013 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2012 - Effects of Forest Disturbance on the Dynamics of Soil Respiration (Vortrag)
Autoren: Mayer, M; Katzensteiner, K
Event: ÖBG Conference 2012 - Soil Science for the Future
Period: 19.10.2012 | Location: Tulln an der Donau, Austria
Year: 2012 - Impact of forest disturbance on soil respiration in organic soils on calcareous bedrock (Poster)
Autoren: Mayer, M; Holtermann, C; Matthews, B; Katzensteiner K
Event: 4th International Congress EUROSOIL 2012
Period: 02.07.2012 - 06.07.2012 | Location: Bari, Italy
Year: 2011 - Auswirkungen von Störungen auf die Bodenrespiration von Humuskarbonatböden (Poster)
Autoren: Mayer, M; Katzensteiner, K
Event: Jahrestagung der Österreichischen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 2011 - Ökosystemleistungen des Bodens
Period: 06.10.2011 - 07.10.2011 | Location: St. Florian, Austria