Publications

Bartkowski B., Schepanski K., Bredenbeck S., Müller B. (2023.0). Wind erosion in European agricultural landscapes: More than physics. People and Nature, 5(1), 34-44. doi:10.1002/pan3.10418

Wind erosion from agricultural land is an underrated and understudied environmental challenge in Europe. Its societal and policy relevance will likely increase in the near future due to climate change and associated increases in the frequency, severity and patterns of atmospheric events such as drou…

Luster J., Crockford L., Keller T., Muñoz-Rojas M., Wollschläger U. (2023.0). Editorial: Eurosoil 2021: Sustainable management of soil functions as a basis to avoid, halt, and reverse land degradation. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10(), . doi:10.3389/fenvs.2022.1093226

This Research Topic (RT) is related to the Eurosoil 2021 conference, focusing on the contributions of soil science to reach the targets of the UN Sustainable Development Goals SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) and SDG 15 (Life on Land). The overall aim of SDG 15 is to sustainably use and manage ter…

Betancur-Corredor B., Lang B., Russell D. (2022.0). Organic nitrogen fertilization benefits selected soil fauna in global agroecosystems. Biology and Fertility of Soils, (), . doi:10.1007/s00374-022-01677-2

AbstractSoil fauna plays an essential role in agricultural productivity as it mediates nutrient cycling and soil organic matter dynamics, alters soil physicochemical properties and supports plant growth. Nitrogen fertilization may have a positive or negative influence on soil fauna in a manner that …

Cao X., Reichel R., Wissel H., Brüggemann N. (2023.0). Improving nitrogen retention of cattle slurry with oxidized biochar: An incubation study with three different soils. Journal of Environmental Quality, 52(1), 1-12. doi:10.1002/jeq2.20424

The application of livestock slurry in soils can lead to nitrogen (N) losses through ammonia (NH3) emission or nitrate (NO3−) leaching. Oxidized biochar has great potential to mitigate N losses due to its strong adsorption capacity; however, the effects of oxidized biochar in different soils treated…

Shao G., Martinson G., Corre M., Luo J., Niu D., Bischel X., Veldkamp E. (2023.0). Impacts of monoculture cropland to alley cropping agroforestry conversion on soil N2O emissions. GCB Bioenergy, 15(1), 58-71. doi:10.1111/gcbb.13007

Monoculture croplands are a major source of global anthropogenic emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to ozone depletion. Agroforestry has the potential to reduce N2O emissions. Presently, there is no systematic comparison of soil N2O emissions between cropland …

Zhao Y., Reichel R., Herbst M., Sun Y., Brüggemann N., Mörchen R., Welp G., Meng F., Bol R. (2022.0). Declining total carbon stocks in carbonate-containing agricultural soils over a 62-year recultivation chronosequence under humid conditions. Geoderma, 425(), 116060. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116060

Replanting of mining soils is necessary for utilizing soil resources and increasing cultivated land areas. However, limited information exists on the long-term temporal trends of carbon accrual in agricultural systems containing carbonate-rich soil material. We examined changes in soil organic carbo…

Cao X., Reichel R., Brüggemann N. (2022.0). Fenton oxidation of biochar improves retention of cattle slurry nitrogen. Journal of Environmental Quality, 51(6), 1319-1326. doi:10.1002/jeq2.20419

Nitrogen (N) losses during fertilization with livestock slurry, mainly in the form of ammonia (NH3), can cause environmental problems and reduce fertilizer efficiency. Leonardite, which is characterized by oxygen-rich functional groups and low pH, has been found to decrease losses of slurry N. Howev…

Uhlig D., Wu B., Berns A., Amelung W. (2022.0). Magnesium stable isotopes as a potential geochemical tool in agronomy – Constraints and opportunities. Chemical Geology, 611(), 121114. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.121114

A sustainable use of soil resources is urgently required to cope with the increasing demand for agricultural products during climate change. To inspire farmers on new soil cultivation methods like subsoil management requires not only yield measurements but also nutrient use efficiency measurements f…

Betancur‐Corredor B., Lang B., Russell D. (2022.0). Reducing tillage intensity benefits the soil micro‐ and mesofauna in a global meta‐analysis. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(6), . doi:10.1111/ejss.13321

Soil fauna drives crucial processes of energy and nutrient cycling in agricultural systems, and influences the quality of crops and pest incidence. Soil tillage is the most influential agricultural manipulation of soil structure, and has a profound influence on soil biology and its provision of ecos…

Schmiedgen A., Komainda M., Kayser M., Tonn B., Isselstein J. (2023.0). Trees in silvopastoral systems reduce legume proportion with no consequence for internal N resorption efficiency. Journal of Plant Ecology, 16(3), . doi:10.1093/jpe/rtac090

Abstract In legume-based grasslands, legumes supply the sward with nitrogen (N) from biological N2-fixation. Previous studies in silvopastoral systems have emphasized that legume proportions decline near trees which would cause spatial variation in the N supply and the concentration of N in the har…