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Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

M.T. van Wijk spends much of his time researching Agronomy, Ecology, Soil fertility, Ecosystem and Dominance. His Agronomy study combines topics in areas such as Soil science, Soil water and Nutrient. His Tundra and Arctic study are his primary interests in Ecology.

His work deals with themes such as Graminoid, Terrestrial ecosystem, Subarctic climate and Deciduous, which intersect with Arctic. M.T. van Wijk combines subjects such as Agriculture, Crop yield and Manure with his study of Soil fertility. The Agriculture study combines topics in areas such as Resource, Environmental resource management and Land use.

His most cited work include:

  • Communicating complexity: Integrated assessment of trade-offs concerning soil fertility management within African farming systems to support innovation and development (295 citations)
  • Long‐term ecosystem level experiments at Toolik Lake, Alaska, and at Abisko, Northern Sweden: generalizations and differences in ecosystem and plant type responses to global change (289 citations)
  • Long‐term ecosystem level experiments at Toolik Lake, Alaska, and at Abisko, Northern Sweden: generalizations and differences in ecosystem and plant type responses to global change (289 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of investigation include Agriculture, Agroforestry, Agronomy, Soil fertility and Manure. His Agriculture study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Livestock, Land use, Sustainability and Crop. His study looks at the relationship between Agronomy and topics such as Soil water, which overlap with Water use.

His work carried out in the field of Soil fertility brings together such families of science as Nutrient management and Surface runoff. His studies deal with areas such as Soil management and Fertilizer as well as Manure. The study incorporates disciplines such as Dominance and Subarctic climate in addition to Betula nana.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agriculture (60.49%)
  • Agroforestry (40.74%)
  • Agronomy (38.27%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2020)?

  • Agriculture (60.49%)
  • Food security (17.28%)
  • Livestock (18.52%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Agriculture, Food security, Livestock, Agroforestry and Livelihood. Market orientation and Diversification are fields of study that overlap with his Agriculture research. M.T. van Wijk interconnects Climate change, Sustainability and Agricultural economics in the investigation of issues within Livestock.

His studies in Climate change integrate themes in fields like Crop residue and Environmental resource management. His Agroforestry research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Agronomy, Leaf area index and Crop. His Agronomy study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Eucalyptus, Water balance and Soil water.

Between 2014 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Is production intensification likely to make farm households food-adequate? A simple food availability analysis across smallholder farming systems from East and West Africa (36 citations)
  • Agricultural intensification scenarios, household food availability and greenhouse gas emissions in Rwanda: Ex-ante impacts and trade-offs (26 citations)
  • Interactions between intervention packages, climatic risk, climate change and food security in mixed crop–livestock systems in Burkina Faso (26 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

Agriculture, Livestock, Food security, Agricultural science and Household income are his primary areas of study. His Food security research includes elements of Environmental degradation and Environmental resource management. His Environmental degradation research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Greenhouse gas and Environmental protection.

M.T. van Wijk has researched Environmental resource management in several fields, including Climate change and Crop residue. M.T. van Wijk integrates many fields, such as Household income, Agroecology, Agricultural productivity, Livelihood, Agricultural economics and Resource, in his works.

Best Publications

  • Communicating complexity: Integrated assessment of trade-offs concerning soil fertility management within African farming systems to support innovation and development

    K.E. Giller;P.A. Tittonell;M.C. Rufino;M.T. van Wijk

  • One-, two-, and three-dimensional root water uptake functions for transient modeling

    J. A. Vrugt;M. T. van Wijk;J. W. Hopmans;J. Šimunek

  • Long‐term ecosystem level experiments at Toolik Lake, Alaska, and at Abisko, Northern Sweden: generalizations and differences in ecosystem and plant type responses to global change

    M. T. van Wijk;M. T. van Wijk;K. E. Clemmensen;G. R. Shaver;Mathew Williams

  • Closing the cassava yield gap: An analysis from smallholder farms in East Africa

    A.M. Fermont;A.M. Fermont;P.J.A. van Asten;P. Tittonell;M.T. van Wijk

  • What is the relationship between changes in canopy leaf area and changes in photosynthetic CO2 flux in arctic ecosystems

    Lorna Street;G. R. Shaver;M. Williams;M. T. van Wijk

  • Manure as a key resource within smallholder farming systems: Analysing farm-scale nutrient cycling efficiencies with the NUANCES framework

    M.C. Rufino;P.A. Tittonell;P.A. Tittonell;M.T. van Wijk;A. Castellanos-Navarrete

  • Analysis of trade-offs in agricultural systems: Current status and way forward

    CJ Klapwijk;CJ Klapwijk;MT van Wijk;TS Rosenstock;Pja van Asten

  • Competing use of organic resources, village-level interactions between farm types and climate variability in a communal area of NE Zimbabwe

    M.C. Rufino;J. Dury;P.A. Tittonell;P.A. Tittonell;M.T. van Wijk

  • Transitions in agro-pastoralist systems of East Africa: Impacts on food security and poverty

    M.C. Rufino;P.K. Thornton;S.K. Ng’ang’a;I. Mutie

  • Luxury consumption of soil nutrients: A possible competitive strategy in above-ground and below-ground biomass allocation and root morphology for slow-growing arctic vegetation?

    M. T. van Wijk;M. T. van Wijk;Mathew Williams;L. Gough;S. E. Hobbie

  • Nutrient use efficiencies and crop responses to N, P and manure applications in Zimbabwean soils: Exploring management strategies across soil fertility gradients

    P.A. Tittonell;P.A. Tittonell;S. Zingore;M.T. van Wijk;M. Corbeels

  • Beyond resource constraints - Exploring the biophysical feasibility of options for the intensification of smallholder crop-livestock systems in Vihiga district, Kenya

    P.A. Tittonell;P.A. Tittonell;M.T. van Wijk;M. Herrero;M.C. Rufino

  • Analysing trade-offs in resource and labour allocation by smallholder farmers using inverse modelling techniques: A case-study from Kakamega district, western Kenya

    P.A. Tittonell;P.A. Tittonell;M.T. van Wijk;M.C. Rufino;J.A. Vrugt

  • Combining organic and mineral fertilizers for integrated soil fertility management in smallholder farming systems of Kenya : Explorations using the crop-soil model FIELD

    P.A. Tittonell;P.A. Tittonell;M. Corbeels;M.T. van Wijk;B. Vanlauwe

  • Interannual variability of plant phenology in tussock tundra: modelling interactions of plant productivity, plant phenology, snowmelt and soil thaw

    M. T. Van Wijk;M. T. Van Wijk;M. Williams

  • Modeling daily gas exchange of a Douglas-fir forest: comparison of three stomatal conductance models with and without a soil water stress function.

    M. T. Van Wijk;S. C. Dekker;W. Bouten;F. C. Bosveld

  • Sources of vulnerability to a variable and changing climate among smallholder households in Zimbabwe : A participatory analysis

    J. Rurinda;J. Rurinda;P. Mapfumo;M.T. van Wijk;M.T. van Wijk;F. Mtambanengwe

  • Managing soil fertility diversity to enhance resource use efficiencies in smallholder farming systems: a case from Murewa District, Zimbabwe

    S. Zingore;P.A. Tittonell;P.A. Tittonell;M. Corbeels;M. Corbeels;M.T. van Wijk

  • Simulating potential growth and yield of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) with PALMSIM: Model description, evaluation and application

    M.P. Hoffmann;A. Castaneda Vera;M.T. van Wijk;M.T. van Wijk;K.E. Giller

  • Plant Volatiles in Defence.

    M.R. Kant;P.M. Bleeker;M. van Wijk;R.C. Schuurink

  • Towards understanding tree root profiles: simulating hydrologically optimal strategies for root distribution

    M. T. van Wijk;W. Bouten

  • CAN TREE SEEDLINGS SURVIVE INCREASED FLOOD LEVELS OF RIVERS

    H.N. Siebel;M. van Wijk;C.W.P.M. Blom

  • Household-level drivers of dietary diversity in transitioning agricultural systems: Evidence from the Greater Mekong Subregion

    R.S. Ritzema;R.S. Ritzema;S. Douxchamps;S. Fraval;A. Bolliger

  • Simulation of carbon and water budgets of a Douglas fir forest

    M.T. Van Wijk;S.C. Dekker;W. Bouten;W. Kohsiek

  • Climate change and forest ecosystem dynamics : carbon and water relations, competition, and consequences for forest development and forest use

    G.M.J. Mohren;K. Kramer;M. van Wijk;W. Bouten

Frequent Co-Authors

Ken E. Giller
Ken E. Giller Wageningen University & Research
Mariana C. Rufino
Mariana C. Rufino Lancaster University
Pablo Tittonell
Pablo Tittonell University of Groningen
Paul Mapfumo
Paul Mapfumo University of Zimbabwe
Bernard Vanlauwe
Bernard Vanlauwe International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Marc Corbeels
Marc Corbeels International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Shamie Zingore
Shamie Zingore International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
Godefridus M. J. Mohren
Godefridus M. J. Mohren Wageningen University & Research
Daniel Rodriguez
Daniel Rodriguez University of Queensland
Eric Smaling
Eric Smaling Wageningen University & Research

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