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Heike Knicker is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research portfolio spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Soil Science, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution, Biomaterials, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work covers several core topics, including:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Municipal Solid Waste Management

Heike Knicker has contributed to a variety of journals with multiple publications in the following venues:

  • Agronomy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • European Journal of Soil Science

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • José M. de la Rosa Arranz
  • Paloma Campos
  • Marco Panettieri
  • Marta Velasco-Molina
  • José Antonío González-Pérez

Among the recent papers contributed by Heike Knicker are:

  • Current Wildland Fire Patterns and Challenges in Europe: A Synthesis of National Perspectives, 2021, Air Soil and Water Research
  • Chemical, physical and morphological properties of biochars produced from agricultural residues: Implications for their use as soil amendment, 2020, Waste Management
  • Biochar amendment increases bacterial diversity and vegetation cover in trace element-polluted soils: A long-term field experiment, 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Recycling pyrolyzed organic waste from plant nurseries, rice production and shrimp industry as peat substitute in potting substrates, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • High-pH and anoxic conditions during soil organic matter extraction increases its electron-exchange capacity and ability to stimulate microbial Fe(III) reduction by electron shuttling, 2020, Biogeosciences

Best Publications

  • The effect of fire on soil organic matter--a review.

    José A. González-Pérez;Francisco J. González-Vila;Gonzalo Almendros;Heike Knicker

  • How does fire affect the nature and stability of soil organic nitrogen and carbon? A review

    Heike Knicker

  • Improvement of 13C and 15N CPMAS NMR spectra of bulk soils, particle size fractions and organic material by treatment with 10% hydrofluoric acid

    M. W. I. Schmidt;Heike Knicker;Heike Knicker;Patrick G. Hatcher;I. Kögel-Knabner

  • Soil C and N stocks as affected by cropping systems and nitrogen fertilisation in a southern Brazil Acrisol managed under no-tillage for 17 years

    J. Diekow;J. Mielniczuk;Heike Knicker;C. Bayer

  • N-15 and C-13 CPMAS and solution NMR studies of N-15 enriched plant material during 600 days of microbial degradation

    Heike Knicker;H.-D. Lüdemann

  • Rearrangement of carbon and nitrogen forms in peat after progressive thermal oxidation as determined by solid-state 13C- and 15N-NMR spectroscopy

    Gonzalo Almendros;Heike Knicker;Francisco J. González-Vila

  • Fire-induced transformation of C- and N- forms in different organic soil fractions from a Dystric Cambisol under a Mediterranean pine forest (Pinus pinaster)

    Heike Knicker;Francisco J. González-Vila;Oliva Polvillo;José A. González

  • Characterization of Ferrihydrite-Soil Organic Matter Coprecipitates by X-ray Diffraction and Mossbauer Spectroscopy

    Karin Eusterhues;Friedrich E Wagner;Werner Häusler;Marianne Hanzlik

  • Carbon and nitrogen stocks in physical fractions of a subtropical Acrisol as influenced by long-term no-till cropping systems and N fertilisation

    Jeferson Diekow;João Mielniczuk;Heike Knicker;Cimélio Bayer

  • Soil organic N - An under-rated player for C sequestration in soils?

    Heike Knicker

  • Knowledge gaps in soil carbon and nitrogen interactions – From molecular to global scale

    Annemieke I. Gärdenäs;Göran I. Ågren;Jeffrey A. Bird;Marianne Clarholm

  • Fractionation of organic matter due to reaction with ferrihydrite: coprecipitation versus adsorption.

    Karin Eusterhues;Thilo Rennert;Heike Knicker;Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

  • Survival of Protein in an Organic-Rich Sediment: Possible Protection by Encapsulation in Organic Matter

    Heike Knicker;Patrick G. Hatcher

  • The effect of 10% HF treatment on the resolution of CPMAS 13C NMR spectra and on the quality of organic matter in Ferralsols

    Cristiano N Gonçalves;Ricardo S.D Dalmolin;Deborah P Dick;Heike Knicker

  • Pyrogenic organic matter in soil: Its origin and occurrence, its chemistry and survival in soil environments

    Heike Knicker

  • Mineralisation and structural changes during the initial phase of microbial degradation of pyrogenic plant residues in soil

    André Hilscher;Katja Heister;Christian Siewert;Heike Knicker

  • 13C- and 15N-NMR spectroscopic examination of the transformation of organic nitrogen in plant biomass during thermal treatment

    H. Knicker;G. Almendros;F.J. González-Vila;F. Martin

  • Stabilization of N-compounds in soil and organic-matter-rich sediments—what is the difference?

    Heike Knicker

  • Effects of aging under field conditions on biochar structure and composition: Implications for biochar stability in soils.

    José María de la Rosa;Mario Rosado;Marina Paneque;Ana Z. Miller

  • A new conceptual model for the structural properties of char produced during vegetation fires

    Heike Knicker;André Hilscher;Francisco J. González-Vila;Gonzalo Almendros

  • Characterization of humic acids from a Brazilian Oxisol under different tillage systems by EPR, 13C NMR, FTIR and fluorescence spectroscopy

    Martha González Pérez;Martha González Pérez;Ladislau Martin-Neto;Sérgio C Saab;Sérgio C Saab;Etelvino H Novotny;Etelvino H Novotny

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingrid Kögel-Knabner
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner Technical University of Munich
Cornelia Rumpel
Cornelia Rumpel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Patrick G. Hatcher
Patrick G. Hatcher Old Dominion University
Felipe Macías
Felipe Macías University of Santiago de Compostela
Michael W. I. Schmidt
Michael W. I. Schmidt University of Zurich
Cimélio Bayer
Cimélio Bayer Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Jan Jacob Keizer
Jan Jacob Keizer University of Aveiro
David A. C. Manning
David A. C. Manning Newcastle University
Cesáreo Sáiz-Jiménez
Cesáreo Sáiz-Jiménez Spanish National Research Council
João Mielniczuk
João Mielniczuk Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

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