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2025
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Germany
2023

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Plant Science and Agronomy

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104
Citations
41507
World Ranking
130
National Ranking
16

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107
Citations
44065
World Ranking
239
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Wolfgang Zech is affiliated with the University of Bayreuth in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad spectrum with notable focus areas such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Climate Change and Permafrost, Landslides and Related Hazards, Geological Formations and Processes, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

Wolfgang Zech has published several papers in various recognized scientific journals. Selected recent publications include:

  • Leaf Waxes and Hemicelluloses in Topsoils Reflect the δ2H and δ18O Isotopic Composition of Precipitation in Mongolia, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • An hourly ground temperature dataset for 16 high-elevation sites (3493-4377 m a.s.l.) in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia (2017-2020), 2022, Earth system science data
  • δ2Hn-alkane and δ18Osugar biomarker proxies from leaves and topsoils of the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia, and implications for paleoclimate reconstructions, 2021, Biogeochemistry
  • Climate, vegetation and fire history during the past 18,000 years, recorded in high altitude lacustrine sediments on the Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains (Ethiopia), 2022, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
  • Terpenoid profiling of keystone plant species of the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia: Implications for chemotaxonomy and paleovegetation studies, 2024, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

The frequent coauthors associated with Wolfgang Zech's publications include:

  • Michael Zech
  • Lucas Bittner
  • Bruno Glaser
  • Bruk Lemma
  • Roland Zech

Wolfgang Zech regularly publishes in specific venues, with notable repetition in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Earth system science data
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Progress in Earth and Planetary Science

Best Publications

  • Ameliorating physical and chemical properties of highly weathered soils in the tropics with charcoal – a review

    Bruno Glaser;Johannes Lehmann;Wolfgang Zech

  • Nutrient availability and leaching in an archaeological Anthrosol and a Ferralsol of the Central Amazon basin: fertilizer, manure and charcoal amendments

    Johannes Lehmann;Jose Pereira da Silva;Christoph Steiner;Thomas Nehls

  • Long term effects of manure, charcoal and mineral fertilization on crop production and fertility on a highly weathered Central Amazonian upland soil

    Christoph Steiner;Wenceslau G. Teixeira;Johannes Lehmann;Thomas Nehls

  • The 'Terra Preta' phenomenon: a model for sustainable agriculture in the humid tropics.

    Bruno Glaser;Ludwig Haumaier;Georg Guggenberger;Wolfgang Zech

  • Factors controlling humification and mineralization of soil organic matter in the tropics

    Wolfgang Zech;Nicola Senesi;Georg Guggenberger;Klaus Kaiser

  • Nitrogen retention and plant uptake on a highly weathered central Amazonian Ferralsol amended with compost and charcoal

    Christoph Steiner;Bruno Glaser;Wenceslau Geraldes Teixeira;Johannes Lehmann

  • Black carbon in density fractions of anthropogenic soils of the Brazilian Amazon region

    Bruno Glaser;Eugene Balashov;Ludwig Haumaier;Georg Guggenberger

  • Black carbon in soils: the use of benzenecarboxylic acids as specific markers

    Bruno Glaser;Ludwig Haumaier;Georg Guggenberger;Wolfgang Zech

  • Land-use effects on the composition of organic matter in particle-size separates of soil: I. Lignin and carbohydrate signature

    G. Guggenberger;B.T. Christensen;W. Zech

  • Morphological and chemical properties of black carbon in physical soil fractions as revealed by scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.

    Sonja Brodowski;Sonja Brodowski;Wulf Amelung;Ludwig Haumaier;Clarissa Abetz

  • Sorption of DOM and DOM fractions to forest soils

    Klaus Kaiser;Georg Guggenberger;Wolfgang Zech

  • Growth variations of Common beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) under different climatic and environmental conditions in Europe—a dendroecological study

    Christoph Dittmar;Wolfgang Zech;Wolfram Elling

  • Urban soil contamination in Bangkok : heavy metal and aluminium partitioning in topsoils

    Wolfgang Wilcke;Silke Müller;Nualsri Kanchanakool;Wolfgang Zech

  • Charcoal and smoke extract stimulate the soil microbial community in a highly weathered xanthic Ferralsol

    Christoph Steiner;Keshav C. Das;Marcos Garcia;Bernhard Förster

  • Sources and composition of soil organic matter fractions between and within soil aggregates

    Johan Six;Georg Guggenberger;Keith H. Paustian;Ludwig Haumaier

  • Formation and mobilization pathways of dissolved organic matter: evidence from chemical structural studies of organic matter fractions in acid forest floor solutions

    Georg Guggenberger;Wolfgang Zech;Hans-Rolf Schulten

  • Dissolved organic matter sorption on sub soils and minerals studied by 13C‐NMR and DRIFT spectroscopy

    Klaus Kaiser;Georg Guggenberger;Ludwig Haumaier;Wolfgang Zech

  • Seasonal variations in the chemical composition of dissolved organic matter in organic forest floor layer leachates of old-growth Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) stands in northeastern Bavaria, Germany

    Klaus Kaiser;Georg Guggenberger;Ludwig Haumaier;Wolfgang Zech

  • Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur Pools in Particle-Size Fractions as Influenced by Climate

    Wulf Amelung;Wolfgang Zech;Xudong Zhang;Ronald F. Follett

  • Pesticides in surface water, sediment, and rainfall of the northeastern Pantanal basin, Brazil.

    Volker Laabs;Wulf Amelung;Alicio A. Pinto;Matthias Wantzen

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno Glaser
Bruno Glaser Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Georg Guggenberger
Georg Guggenberger University of Hannover
Wolfgang Wilcke
Wolfgang Wilcke Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Wulf Amelung
Wulf Amelung University of Bonn
Johannes Lehmann
Johannes Lehmann Cornell University
Ludwig Haumaier
Ludwig Haumaier University of Bayreuth
Klaus Kaiser
Klaus Kaiser Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Roland Zech
Roland Zech Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Götz Schroth
Götz Schroth Rainforest Alliance
Henry Neufeldt
Henry Neufeldt Technical University of Denmark

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