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Franz Zehetner

Franz Zehetner

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
40
Citations
7110
World Ranking
8014
National Ranking
71

Overview

Franz Zehetner is affiliated with BOKU University in Austria and has a body of research spanning Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work frequently intersects with subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Soil Science, Ecology, Biomaterials, and Geophysics.

The scientist's research focuses on several main topics including:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Franz Zehetner has contributed to various publication venues, with multiple articles published in:

  • CATENA
  • Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geoderma
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Franz Zehetner include:

  • "Microbial necromass formation, enzyme activities and community structure in two alpine elevation gradients with different bedrock types," 2021, Geoderma
  • "Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes," 2021, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • "Heavy metal contents, mobility and origin in agricultural topsoils of the Galápagos Islands," 2021, Chemosphere
  • "Soil development and mineral transformations along a one-million-year chronosequence on the Galápagos Islands," 2021, Soil Science Society of America Journal
  • "Linking rock age and soil cover across four islands on the Galápagos archipelago," 2020, Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Notably, Franz Zehetner has also published a book titled Geldwertklauseln im grenzüberschreitenden Wirtschaftsverkehr in 2022 through Mohr Siebeck eBooks.

The scientist often collaborates with colleagues including:

  • Martin H. Gerzabek
  • Maria V. Rechberger
  • Katharina Keiblinger
  • I Nyoman Candra
  • Franz Ottner

Best Publications

  • Characterization of slow pyrolysis biochars: effects of feedstocks and pyrolysis temperature on biochar properties.

    Stefanie Kloss;Franz Zehetner;Alex Dellantonio;Raad Hamid

  • Long-term effects of biochar on soil physical properties

    Leigh D. Burrell;Franz Zehetner;Nicola Rampazzo;Bernhard Wimmer

  • Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

    Ika Djukic;Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas;Inger Kappel Schmidt;Klaus Steenberg Larsen

  • Biochar application to temperate soils: Effects on soil fertility and crop growth under greenhouse conditions

    Stefanie Kloss;Stefanie Kloss;Franz Zehetner;Bernhard Wimmer;Jannis Buecker

  • A comparison of 14 soil phosphorus extraction methods applied to 50 agricultural soils from Central Europe

    R. Wuenscher;H. Unterfrauner;R. Peticzka;F. Zehetner

  • Microbial community composition and activity in different Alpine vegetation zones

    Ika Djukic;Franz Zehetner;Axel Mentler;Martin H. Gerzabek

  • Soil organic-matter stocks and characteristics along an Alpine elevation gradient

    Ika Djukic;Franz Zehetner;Michael Tatzber;Martin H. Gerzabek

  • Changes in biochar physical and chemical properties: Accelerated biochar aging in an acidic soil

    Maria V. Rechberger;Stefanie Kloss;Harald Rennhofer;Johannes Tintner

  • Biochar application to temperate soils: effects on nutrient uptake and crop yield under field conditions

    Jasmin Karer;Bernhard Wimmer;Franz Zehetner;Stefanie Kloss

  • Preservation of terrestrial organic carbon in marine sediments offshore Taiwan: mountain building and atmospheric carbon dioxide sequestration

    S.-J. Kao;S.-J. Kao;R. G. Hilton;K. Selvaraj;K. Selvaraj;M. Dai

  • Distribution of Road Salt Residues, Heavy Metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons across a Highway-Forest Interface

    Franz Zehetner;Ulrike Rosenfellner;Axel Mentler;Martin H. Gerzabek

  • Soil microbial communities responded to biochar application in temperate soils and slowly metabolized 13C-labelled biochar as revealed by 13C PLFA analyses: results from a short-term incubation and pot experiment

    A. Watzinger;S. Feichtmair;S. Feichtmair;B. Kitzler;F. Zehetner

  • Rapid carbon accretion and organic matter pool stabilization in riverine floodplain soils

    Franz Zehetner;Georg J. Lair;Martin H. Gerzabek

  • Phosphorus sorption–desorption in alluvial soils of a young weathering sequence at the Danube River

    Georg J. Lair;Franz Zehetner;Zakir H. Khan;Martin H. Gerzabek

  • Toward the Standardization of Biochar Analysis: The COST Action TD1107 Interlaboratory Comparison

    Hans Jörg Bachmann;Thomas D. Bucheli;Alba Dieguez-Alonso Dieguez-Alonso;Daniele Fabbri

  • How do long-term development and periodical changes of river-floodplain systems affect the fate of contaminants? Results from European rivers

    G.J. Lair;F. Zehetner;M. Fiebig;M.H. Gerzabek

  • Enhanced Cu and Cd sorption after soil aging of woodchip-derived biochar: What were the driving factors?

    Maria V. Rechberger;Stefanie Kloss;Shan-Li Wang;Johannes Lehmann

  • Pedogenesis of Volcanic Ash Soils in Andean Ecuador

    F. Zehetner;W. P. Miller;L. T. West

  • Dating of soil layers in a young floodplain using iron oxide crystallinity

    Georg J. Lair;Franz Zehetner;Markus Hrachowitz;Nikolaus Franz

  • Effects of Biochars and Compost Mixtures and Inorganic Additives on Immobilisation of Heavy Metals in Contaminated Soils

    Jasmin Karer;Anna Wawra;Franz Zehetner;Gerald Dunst

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin H. Gerzabek
Martin H. Gerzabek BOKU University
Gerhard Soja
Gerhard Soja Austrian Institute of Technology
J.C. Huang
J.C. Huang City University of Hong Kong
Thomas Hein
Thomas Hein BOKU University
Walter W. Wenzel
Walter W. Wenzel BOKU University
Zeng-Yei Hseu
Zeng-Yei Hseu National Taiwan University
Barbara Kitzler
Barbara Kitzler Austrian Research Centre for Forests
Shuh-Ji Kao
Shuh-Ji Kao Hainan University
Markus Puschenreiter
Markus Puschenreiter BOKU University

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