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Martin Wiesmeier is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields including Soil Science, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, notably Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems, and Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science.

Martin Wiesmeier has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include Geoderma, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, CATENA, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Remote Sensing.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Martin Wiesmeier include:

  • Unlocking complex soil systems as carbon sinks: multi-pool management as the key (2023) in Nature Communications
  • Carbon farming: Are soil carbon certificates a suitable tool for climate change mitigation? (2023) in Journal of Environmental Management
  • Soil organic carbon sequestration in temperate agroforestry systems - A meta-analysis (2021) in Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Reduced tillage in organic farming affects soil organic carbon stocks in temperate Europe (2021) in Soil and Tillage Research
  • The potential of cover crops to increase soil organic carbon storage in German croplands (2022) in Plant and Soil

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Ingrid Kögel-Knabner, Noelia García-Franco, Michael Dannenmann, Jordi Sardans, and Josep Peñuelas.

Best Publications

  • Soil organic carbon storage as a key function of soils - A review of drivers and indicators at various scales

    Martin Wiesmeier;Livia Urbanski;Eleanor Hobley;Birgit Lang

  • Soil structure as an indicator of soil functions: A review

    E. Rabot;M. Wiesmeier;S. Schlüter;H.-J. Vogel

  • Isolating organic carbon fractions with varying turnover rates in temperate agricultural soils : a comprehensive method comparison

    Christopher Poeplau;Axel Don;Johan Six;Michael Kaiser;Michael Kaiser

  • Digital mapping of soil organic matter stocks using Random Forest modeling in a semi-arid steppe ecosystem

    Martin Wiesmeier;Frauke Barthold;Benjamin Blank;Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

  • Soil organic carbon stocks in southeast Germany (Bavaria) as affected by land use, soil type and sampling depth

    Martin Wiesmeier;Peter Spörlein;Uwe Geuß;Edzard Hangen

  • Unlocking complex soil systems as carbon sinks: multi-pool management as the key

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  • Carbon sequestration potential of soils in southeast Germany derived from stable soil organic carbon saturation.

    Martin Wiesmeier;Rico Hübner;Peter Spörlein;Uwe Geuß

  • Amount, distribution and driving factors of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in cropland and grassland soils of southeast Germany (Bavaria)

    Martin Wiesmeier;Rico Hübner;Frauke Barthold;Peter Spörlein

  • Carbon farming: Are soil carbon certificates a suitable tool for climate change mitigation?

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  • Projected loss of soil organic carbon in temperate agricultural soils in the 21 st century: effects of climate change and carbon input trends

    Martin Wiesmeier;Christopher Poeplau;Carlos A. Sierra;Harald Maier

  • A systemic approach for modeling soil functions

    Hans-Jörg Vogel;Hans-Jörg Vogel;Stephan Bartke;Katrin Daedlow;Katharina Helming

  • Storage and drivers of organic carbon in forest soils of southeast Germany (Bavaria) - Implications for carbon sequestration

    Martin Wiesmeier;Jörg Prietzel;Frauke Barthold;Peter Spörlein

  • Aggregate stability and physical protection of soil organic carbon in semi-arid steppe soils

    M. Wiesmeier;M. Steffens;C. W. Mueller;A. Kölbl

  • Soil organic carbon sequestration in temperate agroforestry systems: A meta-analysis

    Stefanie Mayer;Martin Wiesmeier;Eva Sakamoto;Rico Hübner

  • Carbon storage capacity of semi‐arid grassland soils and sequestration potentials in northern China

    Martin Wiesmeier;Sam Munro;Frauke Barthold;Markus Steffens

  • Land use effects on organic carbon storage in soils of Bavaria: The importance of soil types

    Martin Wiesmeier;Margit von Lützow;Peter Spörlein;Uwe Geuß

  • The potential of cover crops to increase soil organic carbon storage in German croplands

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  • Grazing exclusion—An effective approach for naturally restoring degraded grasslands in Northern China

    Li Wang;Yantai Gan;Martin Wiesmeier;Guiqin Zhao

  • Quantitative Evaluation of Soil Functions: Potential and State

    Hans-Jörg Vogel;Einar Eberhardt;Uwe Franko;Birgit Lang

  • Large soil organic carbon increase due to improved agronomic management in the North China Plain from 1980s to 2010s

    Daorui Han;Martin Wiesmeier;Richard T. Conant;Anna Kühnel

  • Estimation of total organic carbon storage and its driving factors in soils of Bavaria (southeast Germany)

    Martin Wiesmeier;Frauke Barthold;Peter Spörlein;Uwe Geuß

  • Degradation and small-scale spatial homogenization of topsoils in intensively-grazed steppes of Northern China

    Martin Wiesmeier;Markus Steffens;Angelika Kölbl;Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

  • Land use and climate control the spatial distribution of soil types in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia

    F.K. Barthold;M. Wiesmeier;L. Breuer;H.-G. Frede

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingrid Kögel-Knabner
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner Technical University of Munich
Hans-Jörg Vogel
Hans-Jörg Vogel Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Michael Dannenmann
Michael Dannenmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Ralf Kiese
Ralf Kiese Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Katharina Helming
Katharina Helming Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research
Bas van Wesemael
Bas van Wesemael Université Catholique de Louvain
Jordi Sardans
Jordi Sardans Spanish National Research Council
Carsten W. Mueller
Carsten W. Mueller University of Copenhagen
Josep Peñuelas
Josep Peñuelas Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), CSIC
María Martínez-Mena
María Martínez-Mena Spanish National Research Council

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