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Research Area 1 "Landscape Functioning"

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How do agricultural landscapes function?

The primary objective of this Research Area is an integrated understanding of the biogeochemical (C, N, Si) cycles in agricultural landscapes, including the interactions between land and atmosphere (e.g. trace gas fluxes and dust emissions) and their relevance for agricultural production. A major focus is on crop plants, microorganisms and soils as the major drivers of biogeochemical cycles in agricultural landscapes. In this context, lateral transport processes (soil erosion, dust, water) are of particular interest, as these contribute considerably to the formation of spatially differentiated biogeochemical process domains in agricultural landscapes and determine the local site conditions relevant for agricultural production.

This Research Area currently focusses on three core research questions:

  • Which role do the long-term structures and processes of soil landscapes play in recent water and solute fluxes, biogeochemical cycles (C, N, Si), land-atmosphere interactions and agricultural productivity?
  • How do both positive and negative interactions between crop plants and their microbiome influence agricultural productivity, C and nutrient dynamics, and land-atmosphere interactions?
  • How can stable isotopes and radionuclides be used to quantify and spatially characterize C and N metabolic processes in soils and land-atmosphere interactions?

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Our Working Groups

 

The research topics of Research Area 1 are mainly linked to three UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG; UN 2015), which are also addressed in the German Sustainable Development Strategy (2016): Zero Hunger (SDG 2), Climate Action (SDG 13), and Life on Land (SDG 15).

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Working groups in research area 1 

Landscape Pedology (LAP); Soil Erosion & Feedbacks (SEF); Fungal Interactions (FIA); Isotope Biogeochemistry & Gas Fluxes (IBG); Microbial Biogeochemistry (MIC);
Silicon Biogeochemistry (SIB); Hydropedology (HYP)

 

News

Title: Jörg Schaller appointed adjunct Professor
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21.09.2023

Jörg Schaller appointed adjunct Professor

Title: LANDSCAPE 2024: Call for sessions and masterclasses now open
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15.09.2023

LANDSCAPE 2024: Call for sessions and masterclasses now open

Title: Francesca Calitri successfully defended her dissertation
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28.06.2023

Francesca Calitri successfully defended her dissertation

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 Publications

MyTitle: A field experiment for tracing lateral subsurface flow in a post-glacial hummocky arable soil landscape
MyLinkAnsehenUrl: https://doi.org/10.3390/w15061248, Take a look
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MyAutoren: Ehrhardt, A., Koszinski, S., Gerke, H. (2023)
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A field experiment for tracing lateral subsurface flow in a post-glacial hummocky arable soil landscape

Ehrhardt, A., Koszinski, S., Gerke, H. (2023)
MyTitle: The dilemma of analytical method changes for soil organic carbon in long-term experiments
MyLinkAnsehenUrl: https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13362, Take a look
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MyAutoren: Grahmann, K., Zwink, M., Barkusky, D., Verch, G., Sommer, M. (2023)
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The dilemma of analytical method changes for soil organic carbon in long-term experiments

Grahmann, K., Zwink, M., Barkusky, D., Verch, G., Sommer, M. (2023)
MyTitle: Environmental filtering drives fungal phyllosphere community in regional agricultural landscapes
MyLinkAnsehenUrl: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12030507, Take a look
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MyAutoren: Hoffmann, A., Posirca, A.-R., Lewin, S., Verch, G., Büttner, C., Müller, M. (2023)
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Environmental filtering drives fungal phyllosphere community in regional agricultural landscapes

Hoffmann, A., Posirca, A.-R., Lewin, S., Verch, G., Büttner, C., Müller, M. (2023)
MyTitle: Increased wheat yield and soil C stocks after silica fertilization at the field scale
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MyAutoren: Schaller, J., Macagga, R., Kaczorek, D., Augustin, J., Barkusky, D., Sommer, M., Hoffmann, M. (2023)
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Increased wheat yield and soil C stocks after silica fertilization at the field scale

Schaller, J., Macagga, R., Kaczorek, D., Augustin, J., Barkusky, D., Sommer, M., Hoffmann, M. (2023)

 Projects

MyTitle: Methane Dynamics of Kettle Holes in a Postglacial Agricultural Landscape –Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry (MeDKet)
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Methane Dynamics of Kettle Holes in a Postglacial Agricultural Landscape –Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry (MeDKet)

Start: 01.07.2021
MyTitle: COINS - Co-developing innovations for sustainable land management in West African smallholder farming systems
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COINS - Co-developing innovations for sustainable land management in West African smallholder farming systems

Start: 01.10.2022
MyTitle: Peatland soil monitoring forest
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Peatland soil monitoring forest

Start: 01.06.2022
MyTitle: Reduction of environmental and climate impacts of agricultural crop production through the use of an optimized topsoil deepening technique (Krumensenke)
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Reduction of environmental and climate impacts of agricultural crop production through the use of an optimized topsoil deepening technique (Krumensenke)

Start: 01.06.2019
MyTitle: ErosioN - Erosion Impact on Nitrogen Turnover and Retention in Soil
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ErosioN - Erosion Impact on Nitrogen Turnover and Retention in Soil

Start: 01.07.2022

 

  

People of the research area

 

Co-Heads

Prof. Dr. Steffen Kolb
T +49 (0)33432 82-282 / -240

Prof. Dr. Michael Sommer
T +49 (0)33432 82-282 / -240

 

Administration

Dr. Marion Tauschke
T +49 (0)33432 82-249

 

Secretary’s office

Ines Mann
T +49 (0)33432 82-240

Anke Lange
T +49 (0)33432 82-282

Juliane Pfeiffer
T +49 (0)33432 82-115

 

F +49 (0)33432 82-280
E-mail secretariat 

 

 

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