Meyer S., Leifeld J., Bahn M., Fuhrer J.
Free and protected soil organic carbon dynamics respond differently to abandonment of mountain grassland.
Biogeosciences. 9, (2), 2012, 853-865

Zimmermann M., Leifeld J., Conen F., Bird M. , Meir P.
Can composition and physical protection of soil organic matter explain soil respiration temperature sensitivity?
Biogeochemistry. 107, (1), 2012, 423-436

Alm J., Byrne K. A., Hayes C., Leifeld J., Shurpali N. J.
Greenhouse gas balance in disturbed peatlands.
In: Soil carbon in sensitive European ecosystems. From science to land management. Publ. R. Jandl (et al.), Wiley-Blackwell. Oxford, 2011, 149-174.

Sjögersten-Turner S., Alewell C., Cécillon L., Hagedorn F., Jandl R., Leifeld J., Martinsen V., Schindlbacher A., Sebastià M.-T., Van Miegroet H.
Mountain soils in a changing climate – vulner-ability of carbon stocks and ecosystem feedbacks.
In: Soil carbon in sensitive European ecosystems. From science to land management. Publ. Jandl, R. (et al.), Wiley-Blackwell. Oxford, 2011, 118-148.

Vesterdal L., Leifeld J., Poeplau C., Don A. , van Wesemael B.
Land-use change effects on soil carbon stocks in temperate regions – development of carbon response functions.
In: Soil carbon in sensitive European ecosystems. From science to land management. Publ. R. Jandl (et al.), Wiley-Blackwell. Oxford, 2011, 33-48.

Jandl R., Alm J., Vesterdal L. , Olsson M., Weiss P., Sjögersten-Turner S., Rodeghiero M., , Leifeld J., Hagedorn F., Bellamy P. , Baritz R.
Soil carbon in sensitive European ecosystems: from science to land management – a summary.
In: Soil carbon in sensitive European ecosystems. From science to land management. Publ. R. Jandl (et al.), Wiley-Blackwell. Oxford, 2011, 267-282.

Conant, R. T., Ryan, M. G., Ågren, G. I., Birge, H. E., Davidson, E. A., Eliasson, P. E., Evans, S. E., Frey, S. D., Giardina, C. P., Hopkins, F. M., Hyvönen, R., Kirschbaum, M. U. F., Lavallee, J. M., Leifeld J., Parton, W. J., Megan Steinweg, J., Wallenstein, M. D., Martin Wetterstedt, J. Å., Bradford, M. A.
Temperature and soil organic matter decomposition rates – synthesis of current knowledge and a way forward.
Global Change Biology. 17, (11), 2011, 3392-3404

Leifeld J., Ammann C., Neftel A., Fuhrer J.
A comparison of repeated soil inventory and carbon flux budget to detect soil carbon stock changes after conversion from cropland to grasslands.
Global Change Biology. 17, (11), 2011, 3366-3375

Conen, F., Morris, C. E., Leifeld J., Yakutin, M. V., Alewell, C.
Biological residues define the ice nucleation properties of soil dust.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 11, 2011, 9643-9648

Budge, K., Leifeld J., Hiltbrunner, E. , Fuhrer J.
Alpine grassland soils contain large proportion of labile carbon but indicate long turnover times.
Biogeosciences. 8, (7), 2011, 1911-1923