A5059745654- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Climate change and permafrost
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics
- Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement
Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture
2018-2025
Technical University of Munich
2016-2025
Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft
2019-2024
Landwirtschaftliche Untersuchungs- und Forschungsanstalt Speyer
2023
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
2021
Abstract Precise estimations of soil organic carbon ( SOC ) stocks are decided importance for the detection C sequestration or emission potential induced by land use changes. For Germany, a comprehensive, use–specific data set has not yet been compiled. We evaluated unique 1460 profiles in southeast Germany order to calculate representative depth 1 m main types. The results showed that grassland soils stored highest amount , with median value 11.8 kg −2 whereas considerably lower 9.8 and 9.0...
Abstract Sequestration of atmospheric carbon (C) in soils through improved management forest and agricultural land is considered to have high potential for global CO 2 mitigation. However, the sequester soil organic ( SOC ) a stable form, which limited by stabilization against microbial mineralization, largely unknown. In this study, we estimated C sequestration southeast Germany calculating saturation silt clay particles according Hassink [ Plant Soil 191 (1997) 77] on basis 516 profiles....
Increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in agricultural soils removes dioxide from the atmosphere and contributes towards achieving neutrality. For farmers, higher SOC levels have multiple benefits, including increased fertility resilience against drought-related yield losses. However, increasing requires management changes that are associated with costs. Private certificates could compensate for these In schemes, farmers register their fields commercial certificate providers who certify...
Abstract Aims Soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks of croplands can be enhanced by targeted management, which boosts soil fertility and contributes to climate change mitigation. One SOC sequestration option is adopting cover crops. The aim this study was quantify the potential crops in Germany. Methods We simulated scenarios on 1,267 cropland sites with site-specific management data using an model ensemble consisting RothC C-TOOL. A new method developed estimate input from that included effects...
Abstract Climate change and stagnating crop yields may cause a decline of SOC stocks in agricultural soils leading to considerable CO 2 emissions reduced productivity. Regional model-based projections are needed evaluate these potential risks. In this study, we simulated the future development cropland grassland Bavaria 21 st century. Soils from 51 study sites representing most important soil classes Central Europe were fractionated derived pools used initialize RothC carbon model. For each...
Abstract. The central importance of soil for the functioning terrestrial systems is increasingly recognized. Critically relevant water quality, climate control, nutrient cycling and biodiversity, provides more functions than just basis agricultural production. Nowadays, under pressure as a limited resource production food, energy raw materials. This has led to an increasing demand concepts assessing so that they can be adequately considered in decision-making aimed at sustainable management....
Spatial inaccessibility of soil organic carbon (SOC) for microbial decay within aggregates is an important stabilization mechanism. However, little known about the stability in semiarid grasslands and their sensitivity to intensive grazing. In this study, a combined approach using chemical physical analytical methods was applied investigate effect grazing exclusion on amount associated protection SOC. Topsoils from continuously grazed (CG) ungrazed sites where excluded 1979 onwards (UG79)...
Abstract Organic carbon ( OC ) sequestration in degraded semi‐arid environments by improved soil management is assumed to contribute substantially climate change mitigation. However, information about the organic SOC potential steppe soils and their current saturation status remains unknown. In this study, we estimated storage capacity of grassland on basis remote, natural fragments northern China. Based maximum silt clay particles <20 μm, potentials (grazing land, arable eroded areas)...
Soils play a key role for the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Thus, soils are essential human society not only because they form basis production food. This has been recognized since long and during last three decades need to establish methods evaluate ability provide soil functions moved towards top agenda in science. Quantitative evaluation schemes indispensable adequately include into strategies reach sustainable development targets. In this paper we build upon existing approaches...
Agricultural soils are widely recognized to be capable of carbon sequestration that contributes mitigating CO2 emissions. To better understand soil organic (SOC) stock dynamics and its driving controlling factors corresponding with a period rapid agronomic evolution from the 1980s 2010s in North China Plain (NCP), we collected data two region-wide sampling campaigns (in 2010s) conducted an analysis using random forest model. Between 2010s, environmental (i.e. salinity/fertility) societal...
Abstract Nearly 90% of the 390 million ha grasslands in northern China are degraded. ‘Grazing exclusion’ has been implemented as a nature‐based solution to rejuvenate degraded grasslands, but effectiveness rejuvenation processes is uncertain. Here, we investigated effects grazing exclusion on aboveground plant community traits, soil physiochemical and biological properties, mechanisms responsible for enhanced grassland rejuvenation. A meta‐analysis across various studies was used assess...
For decades, conservation tillage has been promoted as a measure to increase carbon stocks in arable soils. Since organic farming improves soil quality and storage, reduced under conditions may further enhance this potential. Therefore, we assessed (SOC) of compared with mouldboard ploughing nine field trials France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland same sampling analytical protocol. We sampled cores until depth 100 cm determine that are relevant for climate change mitigation but often...
Soil organic matter (SOM) is indispensable for soil health and, in the context of climate change, considered a significant CO2 sink. Improving agricultural management to increase long-term carbon (SOC) stocks mitigating change requires tools that estimate short and long-cycling SOM pools. In this study, we analyzed changes fast-cycling particulate (POM) slow-cycling mineral-associated (MAOM) induced by common practices, i.e., fertilization crop rotation topsoils from 25 Central European...