Publications

Tavakoli H., Correa J., Sabetizade M., Vogel S. (2023.0). Predicting key soil properties from Vis-NIR spectra by applying dual-wavelength indices transformations and stacking machine learning approaches. Soil and Tillage Research, 229(), 105684. doi:10.1016/j.still.2023.105684

Soil visible and near-infrared (Vis-NIR) spectroscopy has been widely used for soil characterization, due to its high potential for assessing different soil properties. However, despite great successes achieved by applying the method, there is a potential for further improvement, especially regardin…

Winkelmann T., Mahnkopp-Dirks F. (2023.0). Apple replant disease – new insights into an old problem. Acta Horticulturae, (1366), 369-376. doi:10.17660/actahortic.2023.1366.45

Worldwide, tree nurseries and apple orchards are facing the problem of apple replant disease (ARD) which results in growth depression and fruit yield and quality reduction. The etiology of this complex soil-borne disease which persists at the affected sites for decades is still not fully understood,…

Chen H., Rosinger C., Blagodatsky S., Reichel R., Li B., Kumar A., Rothardt S., Luo J., Brüggemann N., Kage H., Bonkowski M. (2023.0). Straw amendment and nitrification inhibitor controlling N losses and immobilization in a soil cooling-warming experiment. Science of The Total Environment, 870(), 162007. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162007

It is common practice in agriculture to apply high‑carbon amendments, e.g. straw, or nitrification inhibitors (NI) to reduce soil nitrogen (N) losses. However, little is known on the combined effects of straw and NI and how seasonal soil temperature variations further affect N immobilization. We con…

Schuchardt M., Berauer B., Giejsztowt J., Heßberg A., Niu Y., Bahn M., Jentsch A. (2023.0). Drought erodes mountain plant community resistance to novel species under a warming climate. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 55(1), . doi:10.1080/15230430.2023.2174282

Warming in mountain regions is projected to occur three times faster than the global average. Recently, a small number of observational studies have reported species loss in mountain plant communities and have explored mechanisms facilitating the colonization by novel species. We monitored transloca…

Paul C., Bartkowski B., Dönmez C., Don A., Mayer S., Steffens M., Weigl S., Wiesmeier M., Wolf A., Helming K. (2023.0). Carbon farming: Are soil carbon certificates a suitable tool for climate change mitigation?. Journal of Environmental Management, 330(), 117142. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117142

Increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in agricultural soils removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and contributes towards achieving carbon neutrality. For farmers, higher SOC levels have multiple benefits, including increased soil fertility and resilience against drought-related yield los…

Siebers N., Kruse J., Jia Y., Lennartz B., Koch S. (2023.0). Loss of subsurface particulate and truly dissolved phosphorus during various flow conditions along a tile drain–ditch–brook continuum. Science of The Total Environment, 866(), 161439. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161439

Subsurface losses of colloidal and truly dissolved phosphorus (P) from arable land can cause ecological damage to surface water. To gain deeper knowledge about subsurface particulate P transport from inland sources to brooks, we studied an artificially drained lowland catchment (1550 ha) in north-ea…

Niu Y., Schuchardt M., von Heßberg A., Jentsch A. (2023.0). Stable plant community biomass production despite species richness collapse under simulated extreme climate in the European Alps. Science of The Total Environment, 864(), 161166. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161166

Direct observation of biodiversity loss in response to abrupt climate change can resolve fundamental questions about temporal community dynamics and clarify the controversial debate of biodiversity loss impacts on ecosystem functioning. We tracked local plant species loss and the corresponding chang…

Koch S., Rosewig E., Lennartz B. (2023.0). Legacy Phosphorus in Sediments of Lowland Waterways. Environments, 10(3), 43. doi:10.3390/environments10030043

Riverbed sediments in agricultural landscapes are loaded with phosphorus (P). They may act as a source or sink for riverine P, possibly causing harmful algae blooms and eutrophication in streams and receiving water bodies, including coastal waters. In this study, we aimed at identifying the labile, …

Vaupel A., Bednar Z., Herwig N., Hommel B., Moran-Rodas V., Beule L. (2023.0). Tree-distance and tree-species effects on soil biota in a temperate agroforestry system. Plant and Soil, (), . doi:10.1007/s11104-023-05932-9

Abstract Aims Cropland agroforestry systems are land-use systems with numerous environmental advantages over monoculture croplands including promotion of soil life. This study aimed to investigate tree-species and tree-distance effects on soil biota in a temperate agroforestry system. Methods Our s…

Zhou R., Liu Y., Dungait J., Kumar A., Wang J., Tiemann L., Zhang F., Kuzyakov Y., Tian J. (2023.0). Microbial necromass in cropland soils: A global meta‐analysis of management effects. Global Change Biology, 29(7), 1998-2014. doi:10.1111/gcb.16613

Microbial necromass is a large and persistent component of soil organic carbon (SOC), especially under croplands. The effects of cropland management on microbial necromass accumulation and its contribution to SOC have been measured in individual studies but have not yet been summarized on the global…