Hilber I., Blum F., Leifeld J., Schmidt H.-P., Bucheli T.
Quantitative determination of PAHs in biochar: A prerequisite to ensure its quality and safe application.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60, (12), 2012, 3042-3050.

Leifeld J., Grünig A.
Response to Interpreting the ash trend within ombrotrophic bog profiles: atmospheric dust depositions vs. mineralization processes. The Etang de la Gruère case study.
Plant and Soil, 353, (1), 2012, 11-14.

Leifeld J.
How sustainable is organic farming?
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 150, 2012, 121-122.

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, 2012, 423-436.

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. Oxford, Hrsg. Jandl, R. (et al.), Wiley-Blackwell. 2011, 118-148.

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. Oxford, Hrsg. R. Jandl (et al.), Wiley-Blackwell. 2011, 267-282.

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. Oxford, Hrsg. R. Jandl (et al.), Wiley-Blackwell. 2011, 149-174.

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. Oxford, Hrsg. R. Jandl (et al.), Wiley-Blackwell. 2011, 33-48.

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. und weitere
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.

Alewell, C., Giesler, R., Klaminder, J., Leifeld J., Rollog, M.
Stable carbon isotopes as indicators for environmental change in palsa peats.
Biogeosciences, 8, (7), 2011, 1769-1778.

Poeplau, C., Don, A., Vesterdal, L., Leifeld J., Van Wesemael, B. A. S., Schumacher, J. , Gensior, A.
Temporal dynamics of soil organic carbon after land-use change in the temperate zone – carbon response functions as a model approach.
Global Change Biology, 17, (7), 2011, 2415-2427.

Leifeld J., Müller, M. , Fuhrer J.
Peatland subsidence and carbon loss from drained temperate fens.
Soil Use and Management, 27, (2), 2011, 170-176.

Budge, K., Leifeld J., Egli, M., Fuhrer J.
Soil microbial communities in (sub)alpine grasslands indicate a moderate shift towards new environmental conditions 11 years after soil translocation.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 43, (6), 2011, 1148-1154.

Fernández, J., Plante, A., Leifeld J., Rasmussen, C.
Methodological considerations for using thermal analysis in the characterization of soil organic matter.
Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 104, (1), 2011, 389-398.

Leifeld J., Gubler, L., Grünig A.
Organic matter losses from temperate ombrotrophic peatlands: an evaluation of the ash residue method.
Plant and Soil, 341, (1-2), 2011, 349-361.

Conen, F., Yukatin, M. V., Puchnin, A. N., Leifeld J., Alewell, C.
δ15N natural abundance in permafrost soil indicates impact of fire on nitrogen cycle.
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 25, 2011, 661-664.