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Andreas Gattinger

Andreas Gattinger

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Environmental Sciences

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46
Citations
9120
World Ranking
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National Ranking
396

Overview

Andreas Gattinger is affiliated with the University of Giessen in Germany. Their research primarily centers on agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant focus on environmental science. Their work spans several subfields including soil science, ecology, plant science, agronomy and crop science, and forestry.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics related to soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, agroforestry and silvopastoral systems, agronomic practices and intercropping systems, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, land use and ecosystem services, microbial community ecology and physiology, and organic food and agriculture.

Recent publications by Andreas Gattinger include:

  • Reduced tillage in organic farming affects soil organic carbon stocks in temperate Europe, 2021, Soil and Tillage Research
  • The Role of Small Woody Landscape Features and Agroforestry Systems for National Carbon Budgeting in Germany, 2021, Land
  • Compared to conventional, ecological intensive management promotes beneficial proteolytic soil microbial communities for agro-ecosystem functioning under climate change-induced rain regimes, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Yield dynamics of crop rotations respond to farming type and tillage intensity in an organic agricultural long-term experiment over 24 years, 2023, Field Crops Research
  • Assessment of multiple stable isotopes for tracking regional and organic authenticity of plant products in Hesse, Germany, 2021, Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Frequent publication venues for their work include Soil and Tillage Research, Agroforestry Systems, Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, and Soil Systems.

Andreas Gattinger has collaborated extensively with several coauthors. Notable frequent collaborators include Wiebke Niether, Lutz Breuer, Eva-Maria L. Minarsch, Benjamin Wolf, and Philipp Weckenbrock.

The scientist's contributions extend to book publications, notably two titles published by Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture): "Sol et climat. Impact sur le climat de l'exploitation biologique des sols" and "Boden und Klima. Klimawirkung der biologischen Bodenbewirtschaftung," both released in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Agricultural intensification reduces microbial network complexity and the abundance of keystone taxa in roots

    Samiran Banerjee;Florian Walder;Lucie Büchi;Marcel Meyer

  • Enhanced top soil carbon stocks under organic farming

    Andreas Gattinger;Adrian Müller;Matthias Haeni;Matthias Haeni;Collin Skinner

  • Organic farming enhances soil microbial abundance and activity-A meta-analysis and meta-regression

    Martina Lori;Martina Lori;Sarah Symnaczik;Paul Mäder;Gerlinde De Deyn

  • Managing soil carbon for climate change mitigation and adaptation in Mediterranean cropping systems: A meta-analysis

    Eduardo Aguilera;Luis Lassaletta;Luis Lassaletta;Andreas Gattinger;Benjamín S. Gimeno

  • Improving Crop Yield and Nutrient Use Efficiency via Biofertilization-A Global Meta-analysis.

    Lukas Schütz;Andreas Gattinger;Matthias Meier;Adrian Müller;Adrian Müller

  • Greenhouse gas fluxes from agricultural soils under organic and non-organic management--a global meta-analysis.

    Colin Skinner;Andreas Gattinger;Adrian Muller;Paul Mäder

  • Response of soil microbial biomass and community structures to conventional and organic farming systems under identical crop rotations

    Jürgen Esperschütz;Andreas Gattinger;Paul Mäder;Michael Schloter

  • Direct and indirect effects of tree diversity drive soil microbial diversity in temperate deciduous forest

    Carolin Thoms;Andreas Gattinger;Mascha Jacob;Frank M. Thomas

  • Methane fluxes in permafrost habitats of the Lena Delta: effects of microbial community structure and organic matter quality

    Dirk Wagner;André Lipski;Arndt Embacher;Andreas Gattinger

  • Methanogenic activity and biomass in Holocene permafrost deposits of the Lena Delta, Siberian Arctic and its implication for the global methane budget

    Dirk Wagner;Andreas Gattinger;Arndt Embacher;Eva-Maria Pfeiffer

  • The impact of long-term organic farming on soil-derived greenhouse gas emissions

    Colin Skinner;Andreas Gattinger;Andreas Gattinger;Maike Krauss;Hans-Martin Krause

  • Productivity, profitability and partial nutrient balance in maize-based conventional and organic farming systems in Kenya

    Noah Adamtey;Martha W. Musyoka;Christine Zundel;Juan Guillermo Cobo

  • Variability of soil methane production on the micro-scale: spatial association with hot spots of organic material and Archaeal populations

    Gisela Wachinger;Sabine Fiedler;Kornelia Zepp;Andreas Gattinger

  • Impact of reduced tillage on greenhouse gas emissions and soil carbon stocks in an organic grass-clover ley - winter wheat cropping sequence.

    Maike Krauss;Reiner Ruser;Torsten Müller;Sissel Hansen

  • Linking 3D Soil Structure and Plant-Microbe-Soil Carbon Transfer in the Rhizosphere

    Alix Vidal;Juliane Hirte;S. Franz Bender;Jochen Mayer

  • Methane oxidation in slurry storage surface crusts.

    Søren O. Petersen;Barbara Amon;Andreas Gattinger

  • Reduced tillage in organic farming affects soil organic carbon stocks in temperate Europe

    M. Krauss;M. Wiesmeier;A. Don;F. Cuperus

  • Exploring the concept of agroecological food systems in a city-region context

    Mette Vaarst;Arthur Getz Escudero;M. Jahi Chappell;Catherine Brinkley

  • The dynamics of water extractable organic matter (WEOM) in common arable topsoils: I. Quantity, quality and function over a three year period

    A. Embacher;A. Zsolnay;A. Gattinger;J.C. Munch

  • Influence of reduced tillage on earthworm and microbial communities under organic arable farming

    Marianne Kuntz;Marianne Kuntz;Alfred Berner;Andreas Gattinger;Johannes Scholberg

  • Characterization of Microbial Consortia in Paddy Rice Soil by Phospholipid Analysis.

    Q. Bai;A. Gattinger;L. Zelles

  • The Importance of soil organic matter for adaptation and evolution of archaeal communities in terrestrial ecosystems

    A. Gattinger;A. Embacher;M. Labrenz;Dirk Wagner

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Mäder
Paul Mäder Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau
Michael Schloter
Michael Schloter Technical University of Munich
Franz Buegger
Franz Buegger Helmholtz Zentrum München
Jean Charles Munch
Jean Charles Munch Technical University of Munich
Johan Six
Johan Six ETH Zurich
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden University of Zurich
Lutz Breuer
Lutz Breuer University of Giessen
Rainer Georg Joergensen
Rainer Georg Joergensen University of Kassel
Torsten Müller
Torsten Müller University of Hohenheim
Nina Buchmann
Nina Buchmann ETH Zurich

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