Publications

Schreiber M., Bazaios E., Ströbel B., Wolf B., Ostler U., Gasche R., Schlingmann M., Kiese R., Dannenmann M. (2023). Impacts of slurry acidification and injection on fertilizer nitrogen fates in grassland. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 125(2), 171-186. doi:10.1007/s10705-022-10239-9

AbstractLow nitrogen (N) use efficiency of broadcast slurry application leads to nutrient losses, air and water pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and—in particular in a warming climate—to soil N mining. Here we test the alternative slurry acidification and injection techniques for their mitigation…

Niu Y., Schuchardt M., von Heßberg A., Jentsch A. (2023). 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…

Reinermann S., Gessner U., Asam S., Ullmann T., Schucknecht A., Kuenzer C. (2022). Detection of Grassland Mowing Events for Germany by Combining Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Time Series. Remote Sensing, 14(7), 1647. doi:10.3390/rs14071647

Grasslands cover one-third of the agricultural area in Germany and play an important economic role by providing fodder for livestock. In addition, they fulfill important ecosystem services, such as carbon storage, water purification, and the provision of habitats. These ecosystem services usually de…

Bahn M., Ingrisch J., Jentsch A. (2022). Disturbance Ecology. Cham (CH), : in: Thomas Wohlgemuth, Anke Jentsch, Rupert Seidl (Hrsg.): Springer International Publishing.

Schmitt T., Riebl R., Martín-López B., Hänsel M., Koellner T. (2022). Plural valuation in space: mapping values of grasslands and their ecosystem services. Ecosystems and People, 18(1), 258-274. doi:10.1080/26395916.2022.2065361

The agricultural management of grasslands not only is strongly linked to fodder production but also provides other valuable ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, nutrient regulation, and recreation. Capturing the values that society places on such ecosystem services is a step to provide m…

von Heßberg A., Jentsch A., Dannenmann M. (2021). Almen in Zeiten des Klimawandels - Schutz der Artenvielfalt durch (Wieder-) Beweidung? Die Fallstudie Brunnenkopfalm im Ammergebirge. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung (NuL), 53(3), 28-36. doi:10.1399/nul.2021.03.02

High alpine pastures and climate change – Protecting biodiversity through (re-)grazing? The case study of Brunnenkopfalm in the Ammergau Alps.The abandonment of traditional alpine farming on high mountain pastures (Alms) is the strongest land use change in the European Alps. Besides the loss of a ce…

Wang N., Xia L., Goodale C., Butterbach‐Bahl K., Kiese R. (2021). Climate Change Can Accelerate Depletion of Montane Grassland C Stocks. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35(10), . doi:10.1029/2020gb006792

Climate warming and management will likely affect carbon (C) fluxes of montane grassland ecosystems. In this study, we assessed the effect of simultaneous warming (+2°C) and decreased precipitation (−25%) on carbon exchange of montane grasslands in S-Germany by translocating large intact plant-soil …

Wilfahrt P., Schweiger A., Abrantes N., Arfin‐Khan M., Bahn M., Berauer B., Bierbaumer M., Djukic I., Dusseldorp M., Eibes P., Estiarte M., Hessberg A., Holub P., Ingrisch J., Schmidt I., Kesic L., Klem K., Kröel‐Dulay G., Larsen K., Lõhmus K., Mänd P., Orbán I., Orlovic S., Peñuelas J., Reinthaler … (2021). Disentangling climate from soil nutrient effects on plant biomass production using a multispecies phytometer. Ecosphere, 12(8), . doi:10.1002/ecs2.3719

Plant community biomass production is co-dependent on climatic and edaphic factors that are often covarying and non-independent. Disentangling how these factors act in isolation is challenging, especially along large climatic gradients that can mask soil effects. As anthropogenic pressure increasing…

Schuchardt M., Berauer B., Heßberg A., Wilfahrt P., Jentsch A. (2021). Drought effects on montane grasslands nullify benefits of advanced flowering phenology due to warming. Ecosphere, 12(7), . doi:10.1002/ecs2.3661

Warming due to climate change is generally expected to lengthen the growing season in areas of seasonal climate and to advance plant phenology, particularly the onset of leafing and flowering. However, a reduction in aboveground biomass production and reproductive output may occur when warming is ac…

Petersen K., Kraus D., Calanca P., Semenov M., Butterbach-Bahl K., Kiese R. (2021). Dynamic simulation of management events for assessing impacts of climate change on pre-alpine grassland productivity. European Journal of Agronomy, 128(), 126306. doi:10.1016/j.eja.2021.126306

The productivity of permanent temperate cut grasslands is mainly driven by weather, soil characteristics, botanical composition and management. To adapt management to climate change, adjusting the cutting dates to reflect earlier onset of growth and expansion of the vegetation period is particularly…