Publications

Betancur-Corredor B., Lang B., Russell D. (2022). Organic nitrogen fertilization benefits selected soil fauna in global agroecosystems. Biology and Fertility of Soils, (), . doi:10.1007/s00374-022-01677-2

AbstractSoil fauna plays an essential role in agricultural productivity as it mediates nutrient cycling and soil organic matter dynamics, alters soil physicochemical properties and supports plant growth. Nitrogen fertilization may have a positive or negative influence on soil fauna in a manner that …

Betancur‐Corredor B., Lang B., Russell D. (2022). Reducing tillage intensity benefits the soil micro‐ and mesofauna in a global meta‐analysis. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(6), . doi:10.1111/ejss.13321

Soil fauna drives crucial processes of energy and nutrient cycling in agricultural systems, and influences the quality of crops and pest incidence. Soil tillage is the most influential agricultural manipulation of soil structure, and has a profound influence on soil biology and its provision of ecos…

Mayer S., Wiesmeier M., Sakamoto E., Hübner R., Cardinael R., Kühnel A., Kögel-Knabner I. (2022). Soil organic carbon sequestration in temperate agroforestry systems – A meta-analysis. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 323(), 107689. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2021.107689

Soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration by improved agricultural practices is an acclaimed strategy to combat climate change. Nevertheless, the aim of increasing of SOC encounters limitations, e.g. with regards to permanence of carbon storage or leakage effects in food production. Agroforestry syste…

Just C., Poeplau C., Don A., van Wesemael B., Kögel-Knabner I., Wiesmeier M. (2021). A Simple Approach to Isolate Slow and Fast Cycling Organic Carbon Fractions in Central European Soils—Importance of Dispersion Method. Frontiers in Soil Science, 1(), . doi:10.3389/fsoil.2021.692583

Numerous approaches have been developed to isolate fast and slow cycling soil organic carbon (SOC) pools using physical and chemical fractionation. Most of these methods are complex, expensive, and time consuming and unsuited for high-throughput application, such as for regional scale assessments. F…

Bartkowski B., Bartke S., Hagemann N., Hansjürgens B., Schröter-Schlaack C. (2021). Application of the governance disruptions framework to German agricultural soil policy. SOIL, 7(2), 495-509. doi:10.5194/soil-7-495-2021

Governance of natural resources is inherently complex and requires navigating trade-offs at multiple dimensions. In this paper, we present and operationalize the “governance disruptions framework” (GDF) as a tool for holistic analysis of natural resource governance systems. For each of the four dime…

Schmidt M., Corre M., Kim B., Morley J., Göbel L., Sharma A., Setriuc S., Veldkamp E. (2021). Nutrient saturation of crop monocultures and agroforestry indicated by nutrient response efficiency. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 119(1), 69-82. doi:10.1007/s10705-020-10113-6

Efficient use of nutrients is a key requisite for a sustainable intensification of agriculture in order to meet the increasing global crop demand while minimizing deleterious environmental impacts. Agroforestry systems exhibit tree–crop interactions, which potentially contribute to nutrient-efficien…

Bartkowski B., Droste N., Ließ M., Sidemo-Holm W., Weller U., Brady M. (2021). Payments by modelled results: A novel design for agri-environmental schemes. Land Use Policy, 102(), 105230. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105230

Agrarumweltzahlungen sind ein zentrales Instrument der Politik zur Verbesserung der Umweltqualität von Agrarlandschaften. Der interdisziplinäre Beitrag schlägt ein neuartiges Design für Agrarumweltzahlungs-Programme (genannt payments for modelled results, PAMR) vor, in dessen Rahmen die Zahlungen au…

Wiesmeier, M., Mayer, S., Paul, C., Helming, K., Don, A., Franko, U., Steffens, M., Kögel-Knabner, I. (2020). CO2-Zertifikate für die Festlegung atmosphärischen Kohlenstoffs in Böden: Methoden, Maßnahmen und Grenzen.. BonaRes Series 1, (), . doi:10.20387/bonares-f8t8-xz4h

The PLOS ONE Staff (2020). Correction: Conversion of monoculture cropland and open grassland to agroforestry alters the abundance of soil bacteria, fungi and soil-N-cycling genes. PLOS ONE, 14(7), e0220713. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0220713

Möckel S., Wolf A. (2020). Düngung bleibt weiterhin eine ökologische, rechtliche und politische Herausforderung. Natur und Recht, 42(11), 736-746. doi:10.1007/s10357-020-3758-2

In der öffentlichen Debatte ist die landwirtschaftliche Düngung bis- her vor allem ein Problem der Nitrat-Richtlinie sowie der Gewässer und Grundwasserkörper. Dies verkürzt sowohl die vielfältigen öko- logischen Wirkungen als auch die rechtliche Relevanz von Dün- gung. In Folge dieser eingeschränkte…