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Friedhelm Taube

Friedhelm Taube

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
48
Citations
8209
World Ranking
2417
National Ranking
152

Friedhelm Taube publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Friedhelm Taube sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 460 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Friedhelm Taube D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Friedhelm Taube sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Friedhelm Taube is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on subfields such as Agronomy and Crop Science, Soil Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of main topics including:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Bioenergy Crop Production and Management
  • Pasture and Agricultural Systems
  • Crop Yield and Soil Fertility

Key recent publications by Friedhelm Taube include:

  • "Is organic agriculture in line with the EU-Nitrate directive? On-farm nitrate leaching from organic and conventional arable crop rotations," 2020, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • "A perspective on the potential of using marine organic fertilizers for the sustainable management of coastal ecosystem services," 2020, Environmental Sustainability
  • "Nitrous Oxide Emissions and Methane Uptake from Organic and Conventionally Managed Arable Crop Rotations on Farms in Northwest Germany," 2020, Sustainability
  • "Methane Emission and Milk Production from Jersey Cows Grazing Perennial Ryegrass-White Clover and Multispecies Forage Mixtures," 2021, Agriculture
  • "Examining the Variables Leading to Apparent Incongruity between Antimethanogenic Potential of Tannins and Their Observed Effects in Ruminants-A Review," 2021, Sustainability

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Taube include:

  • Christof Kluß
  • Thorsten Reinsch
  • Ralf Loges
  • Carsten S. Malisch
  • Iris Vogeler

The scientist commonly publishes in venues such as:

  • Agronomy
  • Econstor (Econstor)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Sustainability
  • Agriculture

In addition to journal articles, Friedhelm Taube has contributed to book publications. One such contribution is to a volume published by Universitätsverlag Kiel | Kiel University Publishing eBooks titled "Festschrift zum 75. Jubiläum der Agrar- und Ernährungswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (1946-2021)" in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Weed suppression greatly increased by plant diversity in intensively managed grasslands: A continental-scale experiment

    John Connolly;Maria Teresa Sebastià;Laura Kirwan;Laura Kirwan;John Anthony Finn

  • Grassland responses to grazing: effects of grazing intensity and management system in an Inner Mongolian steppe ecosystem

    Philipp Schönbach;Hongwei Wan;Martin Gierus;Yongfei Bai

  • Whole-farm perspectives of nutrient flows in grassland agriculture

    C. A. Rotz;F. Taube;M. P. Russelle;J. Oenema

  • N balance and cycling of Inner Mongolia typical steppe: a comprehensive case study of grazing effects

    M. Giese;H. Brueck;H. Brueck;Y. Z. Gao;Y. Z. Gao;S. Lin

  • Patterns and thresholds of grazing‐induced changes in community structure and ecosystem functioning: species‐level responses and the critical role of species traits

    Wenhuai Li;Fengwei Xu;Shuxia Zheng;Friedhelm Taube

  • Above and belowground net primary productivity of grassland influenced by supplemental water and nitrogen in Inner Mongolia

    Jiangzhou Li;Jiangzhou Li;Shan Lin;Friedhelm Taube;Qingmin Pan

  • Differential responses of plant functional trait to grazing between two contrasting dominant C3 and C4 species in a typical steppe of Inner Mongolia, China

    Shuxia Zheng;Zhichun Lan;Wenhuai Li;Ruixin Shao

  • Grassland and globalization – challenges for north‐west European grass and forage research

    F. Taube;M. Gierus;A. Hermann;R. Loges

  • The range of the critical nitrogen dilution curve for maize (Zea mays L.) can be extended until silage maturity

    Antje Herrmann;Friedhelm Taube

  • Nitrogen leaching losses after biogas residue application to maize.

    Nikolai Svoboda;Friedhelm Taube;Babette Wienforth;Christof Kluß

  • Forage legume species determine the nutritional quality of binary mixtures with perennial ryegrass in the first production year

    M. Gierus;J. Kleen;R. Loges;F. Taube

  • Short-term effects of single or combined application of mineral N fertilizer and cattle slurry on the fluxes of radiatively active trace gases from grassland soil

    K. Dittert;C. Lampe;R. Gasche;K. Butterbach-Bahl

  • Tradeoffs between nitrogen- and water-use efficiency in dominant species of the semiarid steppe of Inner Mongolia

    Xiao Ying Gong;Xiao Ying Gong;Qing Chen;Shan Lin;Holger Brueck

  • Drought and Desertification in Iran

    Iraj Emadodin;Thorsten Reinsch;Friedhelm Taube

  • Performance and environmental effects of forage production on sandy soils. II. Impact of defoliation system and nitrogen input on nitrate leaching losses

    M. Wachendorf;M. Büchter;H. Trott;F. Taube

  • Nitrogen Leaching from 15N Labelled Cow Urine and Dung Applied to Grassland on a Sandy Soil

    Christine Wachendorf;Friedhelm Taube;Michael Wachendorf

  • Short-term management and stocking rate effects of grazing sheep on herbage quality and productivity of Inner Mongolia steppe

    P. Schönbach;H. Wan;A. Schiborra;M. Gierus

  • Different approaches to evaluate tannin content and structure of selected plant extracts - review and new aspects

    Marika Kardel;Friedhelm Taube;Hartwig Schulz;Wolfgang Schütze

  • Vertebrate herbivore-induced changes in plants and soils: linkages to ecosystem functioning in a semi-arid steppe

    Dima Chen;Shuxia Zheng;Yumei Shan;Friedhelm Taube

  • Short-term and cumulative effects of grassland cultivation on nitrogen and carbon cycling in ley-arable rotations

    F. Vertès;D.J. Hatch;G.L. Velthof;F. Taube

  • Effects of grazing management system on plant community structure and functioning in a semiarid steppe: scaling from species to community

    Hongwei Wan;Yongfei Bai;Philipp Schönbach;Martin Gierus

  • Effects of Grazing Intensity and Environmental Factors on Species Composition and Diversity in Typical Steppe of Inner Mongolia, China

    Haiyan Ren;Philipp Schönbach;Hongwei Wan;Martin Gierus

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Herrmann
Andreas Herrmann RWTH Aachen University
Karl Auerswald
Karl Auerswald Technical University of Munich
Henning Kage
Henning Kage Kiel University
Andreas Susenbeth
Andreas Susenbeth Kiel University
Klaus Dittert
Klaus Dittert University of Göttingen
Matthias Gauly
Matthias Gauly University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Yongfei Bai
Yongfei Bai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shan Lin
Shan Lin China Agricultural University
Matin Qaim
Matin Qaim University of Bonn

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