Curriculum vitae

research interests

• Biogeochemistry and and Vegetation of mire ecosystems
• Peat and water chemistry of pristine and degraded/restored mires
• Soil-plant-interactions
• Stable isotopes

Memberships in scientific organisations

• International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG)
• Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS)

Publications

International publications (peer-reviewed)

• Wertebach T-M, Hölzel N,Kämpf I, Kiehl K, Knorr K-H, Kleinebecker T (submitted) Soil organic matter quality indicates a high potential for ongoing carbon sequestration in abandoned post-Soviet croplands
• Wertebach T-M, Hölzel N, Kämpf I, Yurtaev A, Tupitsin S, Kiehl K, Kamp J, Kleinebecker T (2017) Soil carbon sequestration due to post-Soviet cropland abandonment: estimates from a large-scale soil organic carbon field inventory. Global Change Biology 23 (9): 3729-3741 [doi:10.1111/gcb.13650]
• Wertebach T-M, Knorr K-H, Lordieck M, Tretiakov N, Blodau C, Hölzel N, Kleinebecker T (2016) Relationships between vegetation succession, pore water chemistry and CH₄ and CO₂ production in a transitional mire of Western Siberia (Tyumen Oblast). Wetlands 36 (5): 836-874 [doi:10.1007/s13157-016-0798-8] [free online access via Springer Nature SharedIt]
• Wertebach T-M, Hölzel N, Kleinebecker T (2014) Birch encroachment affects the base cation chemistry in a restored bog. Ecohydrology 7 (4): 1163-1171 [doi:10.1002/eco.1447]

Other Publications

• Kloster N, Wertebach T-M & Buchholz S (2010) Zur Webspinnenfauna (Arachnida: Araneae) des Venner Moores im Münsterland (Kreis Coesfeld, NRW). Dortmunder Beiträge zur Landeskunde - Naturwissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 42: 15-29

Conference Presentations

• Wertebach T-M, Kämpf I, Yurtaev A, Tretiakov N, Tupitsin S, Ryabogina NE, Kiehl K, Hölzel N & T Kleinebecker (2016): Quantifying carbon stocks and peatland carbon dynamics in Western Siberia to guide sustainable land-management. Talk, 6. International Conference on "Environment and Natural Ressource Management", Tyumen State University, 19-23/09/2016, Tyumen, Russia.
• Wertebach T-M, Fleischer E, Kämpf I, Yurtaev A, Khashimov I, Tretiakov N, Kleinebecker T, Kiehl K, Hölzel N & O Klemm (2016): Quantifying greenhouse-gas fluxes and carbon stocks in Western Siberia to guide sustainable land-management. Talk, Final conference of the BMBF-Research Programme 'Sustainable Land Management', 07-09/03/16, Berlin.
• Kühling I, Clemens G, Wertebach T-M, von Dressler H & D Trautz (2015): Systematische Abschätzung potentiell ackerfähiger Standorte in einem Untersuchungsgebiet mit geringer Datengrundlage. Poster, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, 05-10/09/2015, München.
• Hölzel N, Kämpf I, Mathar W, Tupitsin S, Wertebach T-M, Yurtaev A,  Kamp J, Kiehl K, Abramov NV, Tolstikov AV (2014): Impact of Land  Cover and Land-use Intensity on Soil Organic Carbon Stocks in the South of the Tyumen Province. 5. International Conference „Environment and Natural Resource Managment“, Tyumen State University, 01-03/10/2014, Tyumen, Russian Federation.
• Wertebach T-M, Lordieck M, Tretiakov N, Kleinebecker T, Hölzel N (2014): Biogeochemical processes in mires of the Tyumen region (Western Siberia) and their relevance for carbon cycling. SER2014, 9th SER Europe Conference, 03-08/08/2014, Oulu, Finland.
• Wertebach T-M, Kleinebecker T, Hölzel N (2013) Carbon dynamics in Western Siberian soils under climate and land-use change. Talk, 43rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Potsdam, 09-13/09/13
• Gottbehüt K, Kleinebecker T, Kämpf I, Mathar W, Typicin S, Wertebach T-M, Hölzel N (2013) Birch forests in Western Siberia – a modern analogue to Pre-Boreal European forests. Poster, 43rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Potsdam, 09-13/09/2013
• Mathar W, Gottbehüt K, Hölzel N, Kamp J, Kämpf I, Kiehl K, Tolstikov A, Tupizin S, Weking S, Wertebach T-M (2013) The Western Siberian forest steppe as a hotspot of biodiversity and carbon sequestration. Talk at the Status Conference 2013 of the BMBF-Research Programme “Sustainable Land Management“, Berlin, Germany, 17-19/04/2013
• Wertebach T-M, Hölzel N, Kleinebecker T (2012) How forestation alters the seasonal and spatial patterns of base cation chemistry in a degraded bog – Implications for peat bog restoration. Poster, 8th European Conference on Ecological Restoration, Budweis, 09-14/09/12

Diploma Thesis

• Wertebach T-M (2010) Seasonal variations of pore water chemistry in vertical profiles in a degraded bog. Diploma Thesis, University of Münster