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Sergey Blagodatsky

Sergey Blagodatsky

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
35
Citations
7003
World Ranking
7285
National Ranking
377

Overview

Sergey Blagodatsky is affiliated with the University of Hohenheim in Germany. Their research focuses extensively on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant body of work also contributing to Environmental Science.

The primary subfields of study include:

  • Soil Science
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Environmental Engineering

Blagodatsky's main research topics span various aspects of soil and plant sciences, specifically:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping

In terms of publication venues, Sergey Blagodatsky frequently publishes in the following journals:

  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Applied Soil Ecology
  • Biology and Fertility of Soils
  • Plants
  • Scientific Reports

Recent publications include:

  • "Response of bacterial and fungal communities to high petroleum pollution in different soils," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Soil microbial activity along an altitudinal gradient: Vegetation as a main driver beyond topographic and edaphic factors," 2021, Applied Soil Ecology
  • "The anaerobic soil volume as a controlling factor of denitrification: a review," 2024, Biology and Fertility of Soils
  • "Microbial carbon use efficiency during plant residue decomposition: Integrating multi-enzyme stoichiometry and C balance approach," 2020, Applied Soil Ecology
  • "DRIFTS band areas as measured pool size proxy to reduce parameter uncertainty in soil organic matter models," 2020, Biogeosciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sergey Blagodatsky include:

  • Kristina Ivashchenko
  • Sofia Sushko
  • Georg Cadisch
  • Еvgenia Blagodatskaya
  • Martin-Georg Endress

Best Publications

  • Soil C and N availability determine the priming effect: microbial N mining and stoichiometric decomposition theories

    Ruirui Chen;Ruirui Chen;Mehmet Senbayram;Mehmet Senbayram;Sergey Blagodatsky;Sergey Blagodatsky;Olga Myachina

  • Priming effects in chernozem induced by glucose and N in relation to microbial growth strategies

    Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Sergeij A. Blagodatsky;Traute-Heidi Anderson;Yakov Kuzyakov

  • Nitrogen availability regulates topsoil carbon dynamics after permafrost thaw by altering microbial metabolic efficiency.

    Leiyi Chen;Li Liu;Chao Mao;Shuqi Qin

  • Contrasting effects of glucose, living roots and maize straw on microbial growth kinetics and substrate availability in soil.

    E. V. Blagodatskaya;S. A. Blagodatsky;T.-H. Anderson;Y. Kuzyakov

  • Stimulation of microbial extracellular enzyme activities by elevated CO2 depends on soil aggregate size

    Maxim Dorodnikov;Maxim Dorodnikov;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Sergey A. Blagodatsky;Sven Marhan

  • Soil physics meets soil biology: Towards better mechanistic prediction of greenhouse gas emissions from soil

    Sergey Blagodatsky;Sergey Blagodatsky;Pete Smith

  • Model of apparent and real priming effects: Linking microbial activity with soil organic matter decomposition

    Sergey Blagodatsky;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Tatyana Yuyukina;Yakov Kuzyakov

  • Microbial Growth and Carbon Use Efficiency in the Rhizosphere and Root-Free Soil

    Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Sergeij A. Blagodatsky;Traute-Heidi Anderson;Yakov Kuzyakov

  • Turnover of soil organic matter and of microbial biomass under C3–C4 vegetation change: Consideration of 13C fractionation and preferential substrate utilization

    E. Blagodatskaya;E. Blagodatskaya;T. Yuyukina;S. Blagodatsky;S. Blagodatsky;Y. Kuzyakov

  • Estimating the active and total soil microbial biomass by kinetic respiration analysis.

    Sergey A. Blagodatsky;Otto Heinemeyer;Jörg Richter

  • Microbial growth in soil and nitrogen turnover : A theoretical model considering the activity state of microorganisms

    S.A. Blagodatsky;O. Richter

  • Elevated atmospheric CO2 increases microbial growth rates in soil: results of three CO2 enrichment experiments

    Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Sergey Blagodatsky;Maxim Dorodnikov;Yakov Kuzyakov

  • Three-source-partitioning of microbial biomass and of CO2 efflux from soil to evaluate mechanisms of priming effects

    E. Blagodatskaya;E. Blagodatskaya;T. Yuyukina;S. Blagodatsky;S. Blagodatsky;S. Blagodatsky;Y. Kuzyakov

  • Temperature sensitivity and enzymatic mechanisms of soil organic matter decomposition along an altitudinal gradient on Mount Kilimanjaro.

    Еvgenia Blagodatskaya;Sergey Blagodatsky;Nikita Khomyakov;Olga Myachina

  • Effect of pH, temperature and substrate on N2O, NO and CO2 production by Alcaligenes faecalis p.

    M. Kesik;S. Blagodatsky;H. Papen;K. Butterbach-Bahl

  • Model evaluation of different mechanisms driving freeze-thaw N2O emissions

    A.M.G. de Bruijn;K. Butterbach-Bahl;S. Blagodatsky;R. Grote

  • Stimulation of r‐ vs. K‐selected microorganisms by elevated atmospheric CO2 depends on soil aggregate size

    Maxim Dorodnikov;Maxim Dorodnikov;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Sergey Blagodatsky;Andreas Fangmeier

  • Carbon balance of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations: A review of uncertainties at plot, landscape and production level

    Sergey Blagodatsky;Jianchu Xu;Georg Cadisch

  • Comments on the paper by Kemmitt et al. (2008) ‘Mineralization of native soil organic matter is not regulated by the size, activity or composition of the soil microbial biomass – A new perspective’ [Soil Biology & Biochemistry 40, 61–73]: The biology of the Regulatory Gate

    Yakov Kuzyakov;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Sergey A. Blagodatsky;Sergey A. Blagodatsky

  • Response of bacterial and fungal communities to high petroleum pollution in different soils.

    Polina Galitskaya;Liliya Biktasheva;Sergey Blagodatsky;Svetlana Selivanovskaya

  • Oxygen and substrate availability interactively control the temperature sensitivity of CO2 and N2O emission from soil

    Е. Blagodatskaya;Е. Blagodatskaya;X. Zheng;S. Blagodatsky;S. Blagodatsky;R. Wiegl

  • Microbial growth in soil and nitrogen turnover: Model calibration with laboratory data

    S.A. Blagodatsky;I.V. Yevdokimov;A.A. Larionova;J. Richter

  • Soil respiration and carbon balance of gray forest soils as affected by land use

    A.A. Larionova;A.M. Yermolayev;S.A. Blagodatsky;L.N. Rozanova

Frequent Co-Authors

Evgenia Blagodatskaya
Evgenia Blagodatskaya Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Yakov Kuzyakov
Yakov Kuzyakov University of Göttingen
Georg Cadisch
Georg Cadisch University of Hohenheim
Jianchu Xu
Jianchu Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Andreas Fangmeier
Andreas Fangmeier University of Hohenheim
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Klaus Dittert
Klaus Dittert University of Göttingen
Hans-Peter Piepho
Hans-Peter Piepho University of Hohenheim
Sven Marhan
Sven Marhan University of Hohenheim
Xiangui Lin
Xiangui Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences

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