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Nicolas Brüggemann

Nicolas Brüggemann

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Environmental Sciences
Germany
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
67
Citations
13602
World Ranking
844
National Ranking
73

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
68
Citations
14314
World Ranking
1894
National Ranking
128

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Nicolas Brüggemann is affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with particular interest in Soil Science, Plant Science, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers various main topics, including:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
  • Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Notable recent publications authored or co-authored by Brüggemann include:

  • "Soil hydrology in the Earth system," 2022, published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Denitrifying pathways dominate nitrous oxide emissions from managed grassland during drought and rewetting," 2021, published in Science Advances
  • "Value of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence for quantifying hydrological states and fluxes: Current status and challenges," 2020, published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • "Altered energy partitioning across terrestrial ecosystems in the European drought year 2018," 2020, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Return of crop residues to arable land stimulates N2O emission but mitigates NO3− leaching: a meta-analysis," 2021, published in Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research include Rüdiger Reichel, Harry Vereecken, Holger Wissel, Fantaw Yimer, and Nikolaos Kaloterakis.

The scientist frequently publishes in several key venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Environmental Quality
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • European Journal of Soil Science
  • Biogeosciences

Best Publications

  • Atmospheric composition change: Ecosystems–Atmosphere interactions

    D. Fowler;Kim Pilegaard;M.A. Sutton;Per Ambus

  • Modeling Soil Processes: Review, Key Challenges, and New Perspectives

    H. Vereecken;A. Schnepf;J. W. Hopmans;M. Javaux

  • Carbon allocation and carbon isotope fluxes in the plant-soil-atmosphere continuum: a review

    Nicolas Brüggemann;Arthur Gessler;Zachary E. Kayler;Sonjagisela Keel

  • Soil hydrology in the Earth system

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  • Stimulation of N2O emission by manure application to agricultural soils may largely offset carbon benefits: a global meta-analysis

    Minghua Zhou;Minghua Zhou;Bo Zhu;Shijie Wang;Xinyu Zhu

  • Grazing-induced reduction of natural nitrous oxide release from continental steppe

    Benjamin Wolf;Xunhua Zheng;Nicolas Brüggemann;Weiwei Chen

  • Does photosynthesis affect grassland soil‐respired CO2 and its carbon isotope composition on a diurnal timescale?

    Michael Bahn;Michael Schmitt;Rolf Siegwolf;Andreas Richter

  • A review of chemical reactions of nitrification intermediates and their role in nitrogen cycling and nitrogen trace gas formation in soil

    Jannis Heil;Jannis Heil;H. Vereecken;N. Brüggemann

  • Factors controlling regional differences in forest soil emission of nitrogen oxides (NO and N 2 O)

    K. Pilegaard;U. Skiba;P. Ambus;C. Beier

  • Soil hydrology: Recent methodological advances, challenges, and perspectives

    H. Vereecken;J. A. Huisman;H. J. Hendricks Franssen;N. Brüggemann

  • Inventories of N2O and NO Emissions from European Forest Soils

    M. Kesik;P. Ambus;R. Baritz;N. Brüggemann

  • Effects of soil moisture and temperature on CO2 and CH4 soil–atmosphere exchange of various land use/cover types in a semi-arid grassland in Inner Mongolia, China

    X. Wu;X. Wu;Z. Yao;N. Brüggemann;Z.Y. Shen

  • A meta‐analysis of soil salinization effects on nitrogen pools, cycles and fluxes in coastal ecosystems

    Minghua Zhou;Klaus Butterbach-Bahl;Klaus Butterbach-Bahl;Harry Vereecken;Nicolas Brüggemann

  • Low yield and abiotic origin of N2O formed by the complete nitrifier Nitrospira inopinata.

    K. Dimitri Kits;Man-Young Jung;Julia Vierheilig;Julia Vierheilig;Petra Pjevac

  • Validation and application of a cryogenic vacuum extraction system for soil and plant water extraction for isotope analysis

    N. Orlowski;H.-G. Frede;N. Brüggemann;L. Breuer

  • Isoprene synthase activity and its relation to isoprene emission in Quercus robur L. leaves

    A. Lehning;I. Zimmer;R. Steinbrecher;N. Brüggemann

  • Sustaining crop productivity while reducing environmental nitrogen losses in the subtropical wheat-maize cropping systems: A comprehensive case study of nitrogen cycling and balance

    Minghua Zhou;Minghua Zhou;Bo Zhu;Nicolas Brüggemann;Michael Dannenmann

  • Fluxes of nitrous oxide, methane and carbon dioxide during freezing–thawing cycles in an Inner Mongolian steppe

    J. Holst;C. Liu;Z. Yao;N. Brüggemann

  • Effect of biochar origin and soil pH on greenhouse gas emissions from sandy and clay soils

    Di Wu;Mehmet Senbayram;Huadong Zang;Ferhat Ugurlar

  • Metabolic Flux Analysis of Plastidic Isoprenoid Biosynthesis in Poplar Leaves Emitting and Nonemitting Isoprene

    Andrea Ghirardo;Louwrance Peter Wright;Zhen Bi;Maaria Rosenkranz

  • Site-specific 15N isotopic signatures of abiotically produced N2O

    Jannis Heil;Jannis Heil;Benjamin Wolf;Nicolas Brüggemann;Lukas Emmenegger

  • Process-based modelling of isoprene emission by oak leaves.

    W. Zimmer;N. Brüggemann;S. Emeis;C. Giersch

  • Monitoring water stable isotopic composition in soils using gas-permeable tubing and infrared laser absorption spectroscopy

    Youri Rothfuss;Harry Vereecken;Nicolas Brüggemann

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Harry Vereecken
Harry Vereecken Forschungszentrum Jülich
Xunhua Zheng
Xunhua Zheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhisheng Yao
Zhisheng Yao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jörg-Peter Schnitzler
Jörg-Peter Schnitzler Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Jan Vanderborght
Jan Vanderborght Forschungszentrum Jülich
Roland Bol
Roland Bol Forschungszentrum Jülich
Xingguo Han
Xingguo Han Hebei University
Wulf Amelung
Wulf Amelung University of Bonn

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