Publications

Reinermann S., Gessner U., Asam S., Ullmann T., Schucknecht A., Kuenzer C. (2022). Detection of Grassland Mowing Events for Germany by Combining Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Time Series. Remote Sensing, 14(7), 1647. doi:10.3390/rs14071647

Grasslands cover one-third of the agricultural area in Germany and play an important economic role by providing fodder for livestock. In addition, they fulfill important ecosystem services, such as carbon storage, water purification, and the provision of habitats. These ecosystem services usually de…

Alongi F., Rüthers J., Giejsztowt J., LaPaglia K., Jentsch A. (2022). Interspecific trait variability and local soil conditions modulate grassland model community responses to climate. Ecology and Evolution, 12(2), . doi:10.1002/ece3.8513

AbstractMedium‐to‐high elevation grasslands provide critical services in agriculture and ecosystem stabilization, through high biodiversity and providing food for wildlife. However, these ecosystems face elevated risks of disruption due to predicted soil and climate changes. Separating the effects o…

Schmitt T., Riebl R., Martín-López B., Hänsel M., Koellner T. (2022). Plural valuation in space: mapping values of grasslands and their ecosystem services. Ecosystems and People, 18(1), 258-274. doi:10.1080/26395916.2022.2065361

The agricultural management of grasslands not only is strongly linked to fodder production but also provides other valuable ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, nutrient regulation, and recreation. Capturing the values that society places on such ecosystem services is a step to provide m…

Malique F., Wangari E., Andrade‐Linares D., Schloter M., Wolf B., Dannenmann M., Schulz S., Butterbach‐Bahl K. (2021.0). Effects of slurry acidification on soil N2O fluxes and denitrification. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 184(6), 696-708. doi:10.1002/jpln.202100095

Background Reductions of ammonia volatilization resulting from slurry applications to intensively managed grassland may be achieved via slurry acidification. However, it remains uncertain if this may result in pollution swapping, that is, due to reduced ammonia volatilization and increased soil N av…

Wang N., Xia L., Goodale C., Butterbach‐Bahl K., Kiese R. (2021.0). Climate Change Can Accelerate Depletion of Montane Grassland C Stocks. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35(10), . doi:10.1029/2020gb006792

Climate warming and management will likely affect carbon (C) fluxes of montane grassland ecosystems. In this study, we assessed the effect of simultaneous warming (+2°C) and decreased precipitation (−25%) on carbon exchange of montane grasslands in S-Germany by translocating large intact plant-soil …

Wilfahrt P., Schweiger A., Abrantes N., Arfin‐Khan M., Bahn M., Berauer B., Bierbaumer M., Djukic I., Dusseldorp M., Eibes P., Estiarte M., Hessberg A., Holub P., Ingrisch J., Schmidt I., Kesic L., Klem K., Kröel‐Dulay G., Larsen K., Lõhmus K., Mänd P., Orbán I., Orlovic S., Peñuelas J., Reinthaler … (2021.0). Disentangling climate from soil nutrient effects on plant biomass production using a multispecies phytometer. Ecosphere, 12(8), . doi:10.1002/ecs2.3719

Plant community biomass production is co-dependent on climatic and edaphic factors that are often covarying and non-independent. Disentangling how these factors act in isolation is challenging, especially along large climatic gradients that can mask soil effects. As anthropogenic pressure increasing…

Petersen K., Kraus D., Calanca P., Semenov M., Butterbach-Bahl K., Kiese R. (2021.0). Dynamic simulation of management events for assessing impacts of climate change on pre-alpine grassland productivity. European Journal of Agronomy, 128(), 126306. doi:10.1016/j.eja.2021.126306

The productivity of permanent temperate cut grasslands is mainly driven by weather, soil characteristics, botanical composition and management. To adapt management to climate change, adjusting the cutting dates to reflect earlier onset of growth and expansion of the vegetation period is particularly…

Andrade-Linares D., Zistl-Schlingmann M., Foesel B., Dannenmann M., Schulz S., Schloter M. (2021.0). Short term effects of climate change and intensification of management on the abundance of microbes driving nitrogen turnover in montane grassland soils. Science of The Total Environment, 780(), 146672. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146672

Montane grasslands in Europe are exposed to increasing temperatures twice as fast as the global average. Changes in climatic conditions are possibly accompanied by an increase in land use intensity, caused by a prolongation of the vegetation period and the need to improve productivity. Therefore, th…

Berauer B., Wilfahrt P., Schuchardt M., Schlingmann M., Schucknecht A., Jentsch A. (2021.0). High Land-Use Intensity Diminishes Stability of Forage Provision of Mountain Pastures under Future Climate Variability. Agronomy, 11(5), 910. doi:10.3390/agronomy11050910

Semi-natural, agriculturally used grasslands provide important ecologic and economic services, such as feed supply. In mountain regions, pastures are the dominant agricultural system and face more severe climate change impacts than lowlands. Climate change threatens ecosystem functions, such as abov…

von Heßberg A., Jentsch A., Dannenmann M. (2021.0). Almen in Zeiten des Klimawandels - Schutz der Artenvielfalt durch (Wieder-) Beweidung? Die Fallstudie Brunnenkopfalm im Ammergebirge. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung (NuL), 53(3), 28-36. doi:10.1399/nul.2021.03.02

Die Aufgabe der Almbewirtschaftung in den letzten Jahrzehnten ist ein massiver Landnutzungswandel im Alpenraum und führt zu einem Verlust von Jahrhunderte bis Jahrtausende alter Kulturlandschaft mit ihren Bodenfunktionen sowie ihrer Artenvielfalt und touristischer Attraktivität. Die 1955 aufgelassen…