Dr. Dirk Berkelmann Postdoc
Address
Georg-August University of Göttingen   Institute of Microbiology and Genetics   Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology   Grisebachstr. 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Office
Room: 0.130
Tel: ++49 (0)551 39 24897
E-Mail: dberkel(at)gwdg.de

Research Project(s)

• Ecological and socioeconomic functions of tropical lowland rainforest transformation systems (Sumatra, Indonesia)

Publications

Wenzel A, Westphal C, Ballauff J, Berkelmann D, Brambach F, Buchori D, Camarretta N, Corre MD, Daniel R, Darras K, Erasmi S, Formaglio G, Hölscher D, Iddris NA, Irawan B, Knohl A, Kotowska MM, Krashevska V, Kreft H, Mulyani Y, Muβhoff O, Paterno GB, Polle A, Potapov A, Röll A, Scheu S, Schlund M, Schneider D, Sibhatu KT, Stiegler C, Sundawati L, Tjoa A, Tscharntke T, Veldkamp E, Waite PA, Wollni M, Zemp DC, Grass I (2024) Balancing economic and ecological functions in smallholder and industrial oil palm plantations. PNAS 121(17):e2307220121 (doi:10.1073/pnas.2307220121).

Iddris NA-A, Formaglio G, Paul C, von Groß V, Chen G, Angulo-Rubiano A, Berkelmann D, Brambach F, Darras KFA, Krashevska V , Potapov A, Wenzel A, Irawan B, Damris M, Daniel R, Grass I, Kreft H, Scheu S, Tscharntke T, Tjoa A, Veldkamp E, Corre MD (2023) Mechanical weeding enhances ecosystem multifunctionality and profit in industrial oil palm. Nat Sustain 6:683-695 (doi:10.1038/s41893-023-01076-x).

Zemp DC, Guerrero-Ramirez N, Brambach F, Darras K, Grass I, Potapov A, Röll A, Arimond I, Ballauff J, Behling H, Berkelmann D, Biagioni S, Buchori D, Craven D, Daniel R, Gailing O, Ellsäßer F, Fardiansah R, Hennings N, Irawan B, Khokthong W, Krashevska V, Krause A, Kückes J, Li K, Lorenz H, Maraun M, Merk MS, Moura CCM, Mulyani YA, Paterno GB, Pebrianti HD, Polle A, Prameswari DA, Sachsenmaier L, Scheu S, Schneider D, Setiajiati F, Setyaningsih CA, Sundawati L, Tscharntke T, Wollni M, Hölscher D, Kreft H (2023) Tree islands enhance biodiversity and functioning in oil palm landscapes. Nature 618:316-321 (doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06086-5).

Berkelmann D, Schneider D, Meryandini A, Daniel R (2020) Unravelling the effects of tropical land use conversion on the soil microbiome. Environ Microbiome 15:5 (doi:10.1186/s40793-020-0353-3).

Berkelmann D, Schneider D, Hennings N, Meryandini A, Daniel R (2020) Soil bacterial community structures in relation to different oil palm management practices. Sci Data 7:421 (doi:10.1038/s41597-020-00752-3).

Wemheuer F, Berkelmann D, Wemheuer B, Daniel R, Vidal S, Bisseleua Daghela HB, (2020) Agroforestry management systems drive the composition, diversity, and function of fungal and bacterial endophyte communities in Theobroma cacao leaves. Microorganisms 8(3):405 (doi:10.3390/microorganisms8030405).

Berkelmann D, Schneider D, Engelhaupt M, Heinemann M, Christel S, Wijayanti M, Meryandini A, Daniel R (2018) How rainforest conversion to agricultural systems in Sumatra (Indonesia) affects active soil bacterial communities. Front Microbiol 9:2381 (doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02381).