Publications

Helming K., Daedlow K., Hansjürgens B., Koellner T. (2018.0). Assessment and Governance of Sustainable Soil Management. Sustainability, 10(12), 4432. doi:10.3390/su10124432

The globally increasing demand for food, fiber, and bio-based products interferes with the ability of arable soils to perform their multiple functions and support sustainable development. Sustainable soil management under high production conditions means that soil functions contribute to ecosystem s…

Hansjürgens B., Lienkamp A., Möckel S. (2018.0). Justifying Soil Protection and Sustainable Soil Management: Creation-Ethical, Legal and Economic Considerations. Sustainability, 10(10), 3807. doi:10.3390/su10103807

Fertile soils form an important basis for survival for humans, but also for animals, plants and ecosystems, on which all terrestrial organisms rely. Soil is not only of central importance to the global provision of food and in the fight against hunger; climate, biological diversity and water bodies …

Macholdt J., Honermeier B. (2019.0). Stability analysis for grain yield of winter wheat in a long-term field experiment. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 65(5), 686-699. doi:10.1080/03650340.2018.1520979

Bartkowski B., Bartke S. (2018.0). Leverage Points for Governing Agricultural Soils: A Review of Empirical Studies of European Farmers’ Decision-Making. Sustainability, 10(9), 3179. doi:10.3390/su10093179

What drives farmers’ decision-making? To inform effective, efficient, and legitimate governance of agricultural soils, it is important to understand the behaviour of those who manage the fields. This article contributes to the assessment and development of innovative soil governance instruments by o…

Helming K., Daedlow K., Paul C., Techen A., Bartke S., Bartkowski B., Kaiser D., Wollschläger U., Vogel H. (2018.0). Managing soil functions for a sustainable bioeconomy-Assessment framework and state of the art. Land Degradation & Development, 29(9), 3112-3126. doi:10.1002/ldr.3066

Bartkowski B., Hansjürgens B., Möckel S., Bartke S. (2018.0). Institutional Economics of Agricultural Soil Ecosystem Services. Sustainability, 10(7), 2447. doi:10.3390/su10072447

Who owns the soils? What seems to be a straightforward legal issue actually opens up a debate about the ecosystem services that can be derived from soils and the distribution of benefits and responsibilities for sustaining functioning and healthy soils. In particular, agricultural land use may be co…

Hamidov A., Helming K., Bellocchi G., Bojar W., Dalgaard T., Ghaley B., Hoffmann C., Holman I., Holzkämper A., Krzeminska D., Kvaernø S., Lehtonen H., Niedrist G., Øygarden L., Reidsma P., Roggero P., Rusu T., Santos C., Seddaiu G., Skarbøvik E., Ventrella D., Żarski J., Schönhart M. (2018.0). Impacts of climate change adaptation options on soil functions: A review of European case-studies. Land Degradation & Development, 29(8), 2378-2389. doi:10.1002/ldr.3006

Juerges N., Hagemann N., Bartke S. (2018.0). A tool to analyse instruments for soil governance: the REEL-framework. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 20(5), 617-631. doi:10.1080/1523908x.2018.1474731

Societies need to govern soils to maintain the various ecosystem services provided to humans, for instance ensuring food security, biodiversity conservation, water regulation or carbon sequestration. Developing suitable policy instruments is therefore a precondition to implementing sustainable soil …

Vogel H., Bartke S., Daedlow K., Helming K., Kögel-Knabner I., Lang B., Rabot E., Russell D., Stößel B., Weller U., Wiesmeier M., Wollschläger U. (2018.0). A systemic approach for modeling soil functions. SOIL, 4(1), 83-92. doi:10.5194/soil-4-83-2018

Abstract. The central importance of soil for the functioning of terrestrial systems is increasingly recognized. Critically relevant for water quality, climate control, nutrient cycling and biodiversity, soil provides more functions than just the basis for agricultural production. Nowadays, soil is i…

Rabot E., Wiesmeier M., Schlüter S., Vogel H. (2018.0). Soil structure as an indicator of soil functions: A review. Geoderma, 314(), 122-137. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.11.009