A5042704554- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Bryophyte Studies and Records
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Forest ecology and management
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Sleep and related disorders
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Landslides and related hazards
- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
University of Tübingen
2015-2024
TH Bingen University of Applied Sciences
2023
Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
2022
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
2018
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
2017
Considering agroecosystem multifunctionality is essential for designing sustainable cropping systems.
The aim of our research was to understand small-scale effects topography and soil fertility on tree growth in a forest biodiversity ecosystem functioning (BEF) experiment subtropical SE China. Geomorphometric terrain analyses were carried out at spatial resolution 5×5 m. Soil samples different depth increments data height collected from total 566 plots (667 m2 each). soils analyzed for carbon (soil organic [SOC]), nitrogen, acidity, cation exchange capacity (CEC), exchangeable cations base...
Precise knowledge about the soil organic carbon (SOC) content in cropland soils is one requirement to design and execute effective climate food policies. In digital mapping (DSM), machine learning algorithms are used predict properties from covariates derived traditional mapping, elevation models, land use, Earth observation (EO). However, such DSM models trained for a specific dataset region have so far only allowed limited general statements be made that would enable transferred different...
Soil erosion is a key threat to many ecosystems, especially in subtropical China where high rates occur. While the mechanisms that induce soil on agricultural land are well understood, processes forests have rarely been studied. Throughfall kinetic energy (TKE) influenced manifold ways and often determined by tree's leaf architectural traits. We investigated role of species identity mono-specific stands TKE asking what extent species-specific which traits account for variation TKE. measured...
Abstract. This study investigated the development of biological soil crusts (biocrusts) in an early successional subtropical forest plantation and their impact on erosion. Within a biodiversity ecosystem functioning experiment southeast China (biodiversity (BEF) China), effect these biocrusts sediment delivery runoff was assessed within micro-scale plots under natural rainfall, biocrust cover surveyed over 5-year period. Results showed that occurred widely experimental developed from initial...
The effect of different rainfall patterns on surface runoff, infiltration and thus soil losses sediment concentrations are still in the focus current research. In most simulated experiments, precipitation is applied at a fixed intensity for time. However, impact erosion processes may be varying duration that produces an event with similar erosivity values. Twenty-five events were micro-scale runoff plots covered corn straw to evaluate yield rates. types composed by association (Dur) (IP)...
Abstract Soil properties and terrain attributes are of great interest to explain model plant productivity community assembly (hereafter P&CA). Many studies only sample surface soils, may therefore miss important variation deeper soil levels. We aimed identify a critical depth in which the relationships between P&CA were strongest due an ideal interplay among attributes. On 27 plots subtropical Chinese forest varying tree herb layer species richness productivity, 29 six columns four...
Abstract Although the protective role of leaf litter cover against soil erosion is known for a long time, little research has been conducted on processes involved. Moreover, impact meso‐ and macrofauna within layer control not clear. To investigate how diversity as well influence sediment discharge in subtropical forest ecosystems, field experiment carried out Southeast China. A full‐factorial random design with 96 micro‐scale runoff plots 7 domestic species was established triggered by...
Abstract. Soil erosion is seriously threatening ecosystem functioning in many parts of the world. In this context, it assumed that tree species richness and functional diversity communities can play a critical role improving services such as control. An experiment with 170 micro-scale run-off plots was conducted to investigate influence well traits on interrill young forest ecosystem. rate 47.5 Mg ha−1 a−1 calculated. This study provided evidence different affect differently, while did not...
Abstract Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning ( BEF ) research has extended its scope from communities that are short‐lived or reshape their structure annually to structurally complex forest ecosystems. The establishment of tree diversity experiments poses specific methodological challenges for assessing the multiple functions provided by In particular, inconsistencies and nonstandardized protocols impede analysis multifunctionality within, comparability across increasing number experiments....
Land degradation by soil erosion is still one of the most severe environmental issues our time [...]
Abstract. Soil erosion continues to be one of the most serious environmental problems our time and is exacerbated by progressive climate change. Until now, forests have been considered an ideal control. However, even minor disturbances forest floor, for example, from heavy vehicles used timber harvesting, can cause substantial sediment transport. An important countermeasure quick restoration uncovered soil surface vegetation. To date, very little attention has paid development nonvascular...
Abstract Forests are ecosystems critical to understanding the global carbon budget, due their sequestration potential in both aboveground and belowground compartments, especially species‐rich forests. Soil is strongly linked soil microbial communities, this link mediated by tree community, likely modifications of microenvironmental conditions (i.e., biotic conditions, properties, microclimate). We studied concentration biomass 180 local neighborhoods along a gradient species richness ranging...
Summary Nonvascular photoautotrophs (NVP), including bryophytes, lichens, terrestrial algae, and cyanobacteria, are increasingly recognized as being essential to ecosystem functioning in many regions of the world. Current research suggests that climate change may pose a substantial threat NVP, but extent which this will affect associated functions services is highly uncertain. Here, we propose agenda address urgent question, focusing on physiological ecological processes link NVP while also...
Abstract. Soil erosion threatens soil fertility and food security worldwide, with agriculture being both a cause victim. Vineyards are particularly at risk due to the often steep slopes detrimental management practices such as fallow interlines bare under vines. Therefore, search for alternative becomes vital, vegetation covers, including mosses, have potential reduce erosion. However, research on moss restoration an control method is still in its infancy, this form of has never been applied...
Rainfall simulators are indispensable in soil hydrology and erosion research, offering controlled conditions to investigate water erosion. Despite their widespread use, the absence of standardized methodologies leads variability design rainfall characteristics across simulators. To address this challenge, key parameters such as drop size distribution terminal velocity, uniformity spatial raindrops over sprinkled surface area (Christiansen coefficient; CU), kinetic energy (KE), intensity used...
Microbial biomass and nutrient content in soils are crucial indicators of ecosystem health soil productivity as they reflect intricate relationship among organic matter decomposition, cycling, resource availability for plants organisms. In the treeline ecotone Nepal Himalaya regions, there has only been a limited research focus on belowground microbial how it varies ecotones near-natural forest ecosystems, particularly context climate change dynamic positions. With this research, we tried to...
Rain splash, the initial stage of soil erosion by water, is influenced both rainfall erosivity and surface erodibility. Vegetation alters erosivity—quantified as kinetic energy—by serving either a protective, dispersive layer or an amplifying, drip-aggregating layer. Previous research on vegetation's impact throughfall energy (TKE) has primarily focused point-based vegetation data localized measurements. However, there growing need for spatially continuous, area-wide...
Abstract Mosses are often overlooked; however, they important for soil-atmosphere interfaces with regard to water exchange. This study investigated the influence of moss structural traits on maximum storage capacities (WSCmax) and evaporation rates, species-specific effects absorption patterns in layers, moss-soil-interfaces soil substrates using biocrust wetness probes. Five species typical Central European temperate forests were selected: field-collected Brachythecium rutabulum ,...