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Overview

Jan Willem van Groenigen is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong focus on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Plant Science, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the understanding of soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, soil and water nutrient dynamics, and peatlands and wetlands ecology. Other notable topics of interest include phosphorus and nutrient management, invertebrate taxonomy and ecology, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, and plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

Van Groenigen's recent publications include:

  • Towards a global-scale soil climate mitigation strategy (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Long-term nitrogen loading alleviates phosphorus limitation in terrestrial ecosystems (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Is the climate change mitigation effect of enhanced silicate weathering governed by biological processes? (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • Photosynthetic limits on carbon sequestration in croplands (2022, Geoderma)
  • Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and reduced irrigation water use in rice production through water-saving irrigation scheduling, reduced tillage and fertiliser application strategies (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)

Frequent co-authors of van Groenigen include Alix Vidal, Gerlinde B. De Deyn, Gabriel Y.K. Moinet, Ángel Velasco-Sánchez, and Tullia Calogiuri.

The scientist has published regularly in journals such as Geoderma, SSRN Electronic Journal, Global Change Biology, Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Best Publications

  • Soil quality – A critical review

    Else K. Bünemann;Giulia Bongiorno;Giulia Bongiorno;Zhanguo Bai;Rachel E. Creamer

  • Towards an agronomic assessment of N2O emissions: a case study for arable crops

    J. W. Van Groenigen;G. L. Velthof;O. Oenema;K. J. Van Groenigen

  • Biochar boosts tropical but not temperate crop yields

    Simon Jeffery;Diego Abalos;Diego Abalos;Marija Prodana;Ana Catarina Bastos

  • Towards a global-scale soil climate mitigation strategy.

    W Amelung;W Amelung;D Bossio;W de Vries;I Kögel-Knabner

  • Earthworms increase plant production: a meta- analysis

    Jan Willem van Groenigen;Ingrid M. Lubbers;Hannah M. J. Vos;George G. Brown

  • Nitrifier denitrification as a distinct and significant source of nitrous oxide from soil

    Dorien M. Kool;Jan Dolfing;Nicole Wrage;Jan Willem Van Groenigen

  • Trends in Global Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Animal Production Systems

    O. Oenema;N. Wrage;N. Wrage;G.L. Velthof;J.W. van Groenigen

  • Greenhouse-gas emissions from soils increased by earthworms

    Ingrid M. Lubbers;Kees Jan van Groenigen;Steven J. Fonte;Johan Six

  • Diet effects on urine composition of cattle and N2O emissions.

    J. Dijkstra;O. Oenema;J.W. van Groenigen;J.W. Spek

  • Constrained optimisation of soil sampling for minimisation of the kriging variance

    J.W. van Groenigen;W. Siderius;A. Stein

  • Biochar application does not improve the soil hydrological function of a sandy soil

    S. Jeffery;M.B.C. Meinders;C.R. Stoof;T.M. Bezemer

  • The way forward in biochar research: targeting trade‐offs between the potential wins

    Simon Jeffery;T. Martijn Bezemer;Gerard Cornelissen;Thomas W. Kuyper

  • Sequestering Soil Organic Carbon: A Nitrogen Dilemma

    Jan Willem van Groenigen;Chris van Kessel;Bruce A. Hungate;Oene Oenema

  • Tracing 15N through landscapes: potential uses and precautions

    A. Bedard-Haughn;J.W. van Groenigen;C. van Kessel

  • Global trends and uncertainties in terrestrial denitrification and N2O emissions

    A. F. Bouwman;A. F. Bouwman;A. H. W. Beusen;A. H. W. Beusen;J. Griffioen;J. W. Van Groenigen

  • Dissolved organic nitrogen : an overlooked pathway of nitrogen loss from agricultural systems?

    Chris van Kessel;Tim Clough;Jan Willem van Groenigen

  • Constrained Optimization of Spatial Sampling using Continuous Simulated Annealing

    J.W. van Groenigen;A. Stein

  • The soil N cycle: new insights and key challenges

    J van Groenigen;Dries Huygens;Dries Huygens;Dries Huygens;Pascal Boeckx;Th W Kuyper

  • A novel dual-isotope labelling method for distinguishing between soil sources of N2O

    N. Wrage;J. W. van Groenigen;O. Oenema;E. M. Baggs

  • How fertile are earthworm casts? A meta-analysis

    Jan Willem Van Groenigen;Kees Jan Van Groenigen;Gerwin F. Koopmans;Lotte Stokkermans

  • Nitrous oxide emission from urine-treated soil as influenced by urine composition and soil physical conditions

    Jan Willem van Groenigen;Peter J. Kuikman;Willy J.M de Groot;Gerard L. Velthof

Frequent Co-Authors

Oene Oenema
Oene Oenema Wageningen University & Research
Gerard L. Velthof
Gerard L. Velthof Wageningen University & Research
Peter Kuikman
Peter Kuikman Wageningen University & Research
Alfred Stein
Alfred Stein University of Twente
Maria Luz Cayuela
Maria Luz Cayuela Spanish National Research Council
Dries Huygens
Dries Huygens Ghent University
Jan Dolfing
Jan Dolfing Northumbria University
Elizabeth M. Baggs
Elizabeth M. Baggs University of Edinburgh
Brigitte Josefine Feigl
Brigitte Josefine Feigl Universidade de São Paulo
A. Bannink
A. Bannink Wageningen University & Research

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