ISI-listed publications and peer-reviewed book chapters

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• Gall, C., Nebel, M., Scholten, T., Thielen, S. M., & Seitz, S. (2024). Water’s path from moss to soil Vol. 2: How soil-moss combinations affect soil water fluxes and soil loss in a temperate forest. Biologia. doi: 10.1007/s11756-024-01666-w
• Broeg, T., Don, A., Gocht, A., Scholten, T., Taghizadeh, R., Erasmi, S. (2024): Using local ensemble models and Landsat bare soil composites for large-scale soil organic carbon maps in cropland. In: Geoderma 444, 116850. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.116850
• Wang, N., Chen, S., Huang, J., Frappart, F., Taghizadeh, R., Zhang, X., Wigneron, J.-P., Xue, J., Xiao, Y., Peng, J. and Shi, Z. (2024). Global Soil Salinity Estimation at 10 m Using Multi-source Remote Sensing. Journal of Remote Sensing, 0130. doi: 10.34133/remotesensing.0130
• Taghizadeh, R., Nabiollahi, K., Kebonye, N. M., Kakhani, N., Ghebleh-Goydaragh, M., Heung, B., Amirian-Chakan, A., Hossaini, S. M. T. & Scholten, T. (2024). High-performance soil class delineation via UMAP coupled with machine learning in Kurdistan Province, Iran. In: Geoderma Regional, 36, e00754. doi: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2024.e00754
• Zamanian, K., Taghizadeh, R., Tao, J., Fan, L., Raza, S., Guggenberger, G. & Kuzyakov, Y. (2024). Acidification of European croplands by nitrogen fertilization: Consequences for carbonate losses, and soil health. In: Science of The Total Environment, 171631. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171631
• Höpfer, B., Deckers, K., Scherer, S., Kühn, P., Scholten, T. & Knopf, T. (2024). Mittelbronzezeitliche Siedlungsfunde aus Engen-Anselfingen (Lkr. Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg): Erste Einblicke in Struktur und Organisation der Siedlung. In: Willeroth, K.-H. [Hrsg.]: Elemente bronzezeitlicher Siedlungslandschaften. Studien zur nordeuropäischen Bronzezeit, Band 5. Wachtholtz Verlag, Kiel, Hamburg: 77-102.
• Kakhani, N., Alamdar, S., Kebonye, N. M., Amani, M. & Scholten, T. (2024). Uncertainty Quantification of Soil Organic Carbon Estimation from Remote Sensing Data with Conformal Prediction. In: Remote Sensing, Jg. 16, H. 3, S. 438. doi: 10.3390/rs16030438
• Rodríguez, V., Bartholomäus, A., Witzgall, K., Riveras-Muñoz, N., Oses, R., Liebner, S., Kallmeyer, J., Rach, O., Mueller, C. W., Seguel, O., Scholten, T. & Wagner, D. (2024). Microbial impact on initial soil formation in arid and semiarid environments under simulated climate change. In: Front. Microbiol., Jg. 15. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1319997
• Taghizadeh, R., Zeraatpisheh, M., Amirian Chakan, A. & Scholten, T. (2024). A Brief Review of Digital Soil Mapping in Iran. In: Melesse, A.M., Rahamati, O. und Khsoravi, R. (Hrsg.): Remote Sensing of Soil and Land Surface Processes. Elsevier Earth Observation Series. Amsterdam, S. 217–228, ISBN: 978-0-443-15341-9.
• Guan, Z.-H., Cao, Z., Li, X. G., Scholten, T., Kühn, P., Wang, L., Yu, R.-P. & He, J.-S. (2024). Soil phosphorus availability mediates the effects of nitrogen addition on community- and species-level phosphorus-acquisition strategies in alpine grasslands. In: Science of The Total Environment, S. 167630. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167630

• Katayama, A., Nanko, K., Jeong, S., Kume, T., Shinohara, Y., Seitz, S. (2023): Short communication: Concentrated impacts by tree canopy drips – hotspots of soil erosion in forests. In: Earth Surf. Dynam., Jg. 11, H. 6, S. 1275–1282. doi:  doi: 10.5194/esurf-11-1275-2023.
• Müller, M., Martac, E., Schäffer, J., Seitz, S., Cable, S. (2023): Minimal-invasive Methoden im Bodenschutz. Ein innovativer Ansatz zur Erfassung und Bewertung von Bodenstrukturveränderungen? In: Bodenschutz 2023 (4).
• Scherer, S., Höpfer, B., Deckers, K., Fuchs, M., Kandeler, E., Lehndorff, E., Lomax, J., Marhan, S., Poll, C., Kristen, W., Knopf, T., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2023): Archaeopedological reconstruction of Middle Bronze Age subsistence farming in SW-Germany from sedimentary archives in the Western Allgäu. In: Geoderma Regional, Jg. 35, S. e00715. doi: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2023.e00715
• Lotfollahi, L., Delavar, M.A., Biswas, A., Jamshidi, M., Fatehi, S., Taghizadeh, R. (2023): Spatial prediction and uncertainty estimation of crucial GlobalSoilMap properties - A contextual study in the semi-arid area of western Iran. Geoderma Regional, p.e00713. doi: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2023.e00713
• Brevik, E. C., Field, D., Hannam, J., Krzic, M., Horn, R., Muggler, C., Odhiambo, J., Uchida, Y., Itkin, D., Wu, H., Pozza, L., Reyes-Sánchez, L. B., Scholten, T. (2023): Degrees Pursued by Students in Different Countries to Train for Careers in Soil Science. In: Patzel, N., Grunwald, S., Brevik, E. C., Feller, C. (Hrsg.) (2023): Cultural understanding of soils, 483-507. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-13169-1_24
• Lang, V., Schneider, V., Puhlmann, H., Schengel, A., Seitz, S., Schack-Kirchner, H., Schäffer, J., Maier, M. (2023): Spotting ethylene in forest soils - What influences the occurrence of the phytohormone? In: Biology and Fertility of Soils 59: 953-972. doi: 10.1007/s00374-023-01763-z
• Bouasria, A., Bouslihim, Y., Gupta, S., Taghizadeh, R., Hengl, T., (2023). Predictive performance of machine learning model with varying sampling designs, sample sizes, and spatial extents. Ecological Informatics, 78, p.102294. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102294
• Lotfollahi, L., Delavar, M. A., Biswas, A., Fatehi, S., Scholten, T. (2023): Spectral prediction of soil salinity and alkalinity indicators using visible, near-, and mid-infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Environmental Management 345, 118854. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118854
• Guan, Z.-H., Cao, Z., Li, X. G., Kühn, P., Hu, G., Scholten, T., Zhu, J., He, J.-S. (2023): Effects of winter grazing and N addition on soil phosphorus fractions in an alpine grassland on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Jg. 357, 108700. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2023.108700
• Bogaert, P., Taghizadeh, R., Hamzehpour, N. (2023): Model averaging of machine learning algorithms for digital soil mapping: A minimum variance framework. Geoderma, 437, p.116604. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116604
• Webber, C. L., Bremer, U. F., Taghizadeh, R., Weber, B., Rosa, A., Scholten, T., Seitz, S. (2023): Biological soil crusts as a major ecosystem component in sandization areas of the Brazilian Pampa. In: Geoderma Regional, e00682. doi: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2023.e00682
• Ghotbi, M., Taghizadeh, R., Knief, C., Ghotbi, M., Kent, A. D., Horwath, W. R. (2023): The patchiness of soil 13C versus the uniformity of 15N distribution with geomorphic position provides evidence of erosion and accelerated organic matter turnover. In: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Jg. 356, S. 108616. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2023.108616
• Mousavi, A., Karimi, A., Maleki, S., Safari, T., Taghizadeh, R. (2023): Digital mapping of selected soil properties using machine learning and geostatistical techniques in Mashhad plain, northeastern Iran. In: Environmental, 82, 234
• Lotfollahi, L., Delavar, A., Biswas, A., Jamshidi, M., Taghizadeh, R. (2023): Modeling the spatial variation of calcium carbonate equivalent to depth using machine learning techniques. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195, 607
• Schuldt, A., Liu, X., Buscot, F., Bruelheide, H., Erfmeier, A., He, J.-S., Klein, A.-M., Ma, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Scholten, T., Tang, Z., Trogisch, S., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Staab, M. (2023): Carbon-biodiversity relationships in a highly diverse subtropical forest. In: Global change biology. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16697
• Suchodoletz, H. von, van Meer, M., Kühn, P., Wiedner, K., Schunke, T., Reimann, T. (2023): Deciphering timing and rates of Central German Chernozem/Phaeozem formation through high resolution single-grain luminescence dating. In: Scientific reports, Jg. 13, H. 1. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32005-9
• Schmidt, J., Usmar, N., Westphal, L., Werner, M., Roller, S., Rademacher, R., Kühn, P., Werther, L., Kottmann, A. (2023): Erosion Modelling Indicates a Decrease in Erosion Susceptibility of Historic Ridge and Furrow Fields Near Albershausen, Southern Germany. In: Land, Jg. 12, H. 3, S. 544. doi: 10.3390/land12030544
• Schwarzkopf, K., Seitz, S., Fritz, M., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2023): Ice wedge polygon stability on steep slopes in West Greenland related to temperature and moisture dynamics of the active layer. In: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. doi: 10.1002/ppp.2181
• Broeg, T., Blaschek, M., Seitz, S., Taghizadeh, R., Zepp, S., Scholten, T. (2023): Transferability of Covariates to Predict Soil Organic Carbon in Cropland Soils. In: Remote Sensing, Jg. 15, H. 4, S. 876 doi: 10.3390/rs15040876
• Maleki R, Karimi, A., Mousavi, A., Kerry, R., Taghizadeh, R. (2023): Delineation of Soil Management Zone Maps at the Regional Scale Using Machine Learning. Agronomy, 13, 445. doi: 10.3390/agronomy13020445
• acatech - Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften (Hrsg.) (2023): Nachhaltige Stickstoffnutzung in der Agrarwirtschaft. acatech POSITION, München. doi: 10.48669/aca_2023-1
• Zolfaghari Nia, M., Moradi, M., Moradi, G., Taghizadeh, R. (2023): Machine Learning Models for Prediction of Soil Properties in the Riparian Forests. In: Land, Jg. 12, H. 1, S. 32. doi: 10.3390/land12010032
• Agyeman, P. C., Borůvka, L., Kebonye, N. M., Khosravi, V., John, K., Drabek, O., Tejnecky, V. (2023): Prediction of the concentration of cadmium in agricultural soil in the Czech Republic using legacy data, preferential sampling, Sentinel-2, Landsat-8, and ensemble models. In: Journal of Environmental Management, Jg. 330, S. 117194. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117194
• Agyeman, P.C., Kebonye, N.M., Khosravi, V., Kingsley, J., Borůvka, L., Vašát, R., Boateng, C.M. (2023): Optimal zinc level and uncertainty quantification in agricultural soils via visible near-infrared reflectance and soil chemical properties. Journal of Environmental Management, 116701. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116701

• Lembrechts, J. J., van den Hoogen, J., Aalto, J., Ashcroft, M. B., Frenne, P. de, Kemppinen, J., Kopecký, M., Luoto, M., Maclean, I. M. D., Crowther, T. W., Bailey, J. J., Haesen, S., Klinges, D. H., Niittynen, P., Scheffers, B. R., van Meerbeek, K., Aartsma, P., Abdalaze, O., Abedi, M., Aerts, R., Ahmadian, N., Ahrends, A., Alatalo, J. M., Alexander, J. M., Allonsius, C. N., Altman, J., Ammann, C., Andres, C., Andrews, C., Ardö, J., Arriga, N., Arzac, A., Aschero, V., Assis, R. L., Assmann, J. J., Bader, M. Y., Bahalkeh, K., Barančok, P., Barrio, I. C., Barros, A., Barthel, M., Basham, E. W., Bauters, M., Bazzichetto, M., Marchesini, L. B., Bell, M. C., Benavides, J. C., Benito Alonso, J. L., Berauer, B. J., Bjerke, J. W., Björk, R. G., Björkman, M. P., Björnsdóttir, K., Blonder, B., Boeckx, P., Boike, J., Bokhorst, S., Brum, B. N. S., Brůna, J., Buchmann, N., Buysse, P., Camargo, J. L., Campoe, O. C., Candan, O., Canessa, R., Cannone, N., Carbognani, M., Carnicer, J., Casanova-Katny, A., Cesarz, S., Chojnicki, B., Choler, P., Chown, S. L., Cifuentes, E. F., Čiliak, M., Contador, T., Convey, P., Cooper, E. J., Cremonese, E., Curasi, S. R., Curtis, R., Cutini, M., Dahlberg, C. J., Daskalova, G. N., Pablo, M. A. de, Della Chiesa, S., Dengler, J., Deronde, B., Descombes, P., Di Cecco, V., Di Musciano, M., Dick, J., Dimarco, R. D., Dolezal, J., Dorrepaal, E., Dušek, J., Eisenhauer, N., Eklundh, L., Erickson, T. E., Erschbamer, B., Eugster, W., Ewers, R. M., Exton, D. A., Fanin, N., Fazlioglu, F., Feigenwinter, I., Fenu, G., Ferlian, O., Fernández Calzado, M. R., Fernández-Pascual, E., Finckh, M., Higgens, R. F., Forte, T. G. W., Freeman, E. C., Frei, E. R., Fuentes-Lillo, E., García, R. A., García, M. B., Géron, C., Gharun, M., Ghosn, D., Gigauri, K., Gobin, A., Goded, I., Goeckede, M., Gottschall, F., Goulding, K., Govaert, S., Graae, B. J., Greenwood, S., Greiser, C., Grelle, A., Guénard, B., Guglielmin, M., Guillemot, J., Haase, P., Haider, S., Halbritter, A. H., Hamid, M., Hammerle, A., Hampe, A., Haugum, S. V., Hederová, L., Heinesch, B., Helfter, C., Hepenstrick, D., Herberich, M., Herbst, M., Hermanutz, L., Hik, D. S., Hoffrén, R., Homeier, J., Hörtnagl, L., Høye, T. T., Hrbacek, F., Hylander, K., Iwata, H., Jackowicz-Korczynski, M. A., Jactel, H., Järveoja, J., Jastrzębowski, S., Jentsch, A., Jiménez, J. J., Jónsdóttir, I. S., Jucker, T., Jump, A. S., Juszczak, R., Kanka, R., Kašpar, V., Kazakis, G., Kelly, J., Khuroo, A. A., Klemedtsson, L., Klisz, M., Kljun, N., Knohl, A., Kobler, J., Kollár, J., Kotowska, M. M., Kovács, B., Kreyling, J., Lamprecht, A., Lang, S. I., Larson, C., Larson, K., Laska, K., Le Maire, G., Leihy, R. I., Lens, L., Liljebladh, B., Lohila, A., Lorite, J., Loubet, B., Lynn, J., Macek, M., Mackenzie, R., Magliulo, E., Maier, R., Malfasi, F., Máliš, F., Man, M., Manca, G., Manco, A., Manise, T., Manolaki, P., Marciniak, F., Matula, R., Mazzolari, A. C., Medinets, S., Medinets, V., Meeussen, C., Merinero, S., Mesquita, R. d. C. G., Meusburger, K., Meysman, F. J. R., Michaletz, S. T., Milbau, A., Moiseev, D., Moiseev, P., Mondoni, A., Monfries, R., Montagnani, L., Moriana-Armendariz, M., Di Morra Cella, U., Mörsdorf, M., Mosedale, J. R., Muffler, L., Muñoz-Rojas, M., Myers, J. A., Myers-Smith, I. H., Nagy, L., Nardino, M., Naujokaitis-Lewis, I., Newling, E., Nicklas, L., Niedrist, G., Niessner, A., Nilsson, M. B., Normand, S., Nosetto, M. D., Nouvellon, Y., Nuñez, M. A., Ogaya, R., Ogée, J., Okello, J., Olejnik, J., Olesen, J. E., Opedal, Ø. H., Orsenigo, S., Palaj, A., Pampuch, T., Panov, A. V., Pärtel, M., Pastor, A., Pauchard, A., Pauli, H., Pavelka, M., Pearse, W. D., Peichl, M., Pellissier, L., Penczykowski, R. M., Penuelas, J., Petit Bon, M., Petraglia, A., Phartyal, S. S., Phoenix, G. K., Pio, C., Pitacco, A., Pitteloud, C., Plichta, R., Porro, F., Portillo-Estrada, M., Poulenard, J., Poyatos, R., Prokushkin, A. S., Puchalka, R., Pușcaș, M., Radujković, D., Randall, K., Ratier Backes, A., Remmele, S., Remmers, W., Renault, D., Risch, A. C., Rixen, C., Robinson, S. A., Robroek, B. J. M., Rocha, A. V., Rossi, C., Rossi, G., Roupsard, O., Rubtsov, A. V., Saccone, P., Sagot, C., Sallo Bravo, J., Santos, C. C., Sarneel, J. M., Scharnweber, T., Schmeddes, J., Schmidt, M., Scholten, T., Schuchardt, M., Schwartz, N., Scott, T., Seeber, J., Segalin de Andrade, A. C., Seipel, T., Semenchuk, P., Senior, R. A., Serra-Diaz, J. M., Sewerniak, P., Shekhar, A., Sidenko, N. V., Siebicke, L., Siegwart Collier, L., Simpson, E., Siqueira, D. P., Sitková, Z., Six, J., Smiljanic, M., Smith, S. W., Smith-Tripp, S., Somers, B., Sørensen, M. V., Souza, J. J. L. L., Souza, B. I., Souza Dias, A., Spasojevic, M. J., Speed, J. D. M., Spicher, F., Stanisci, A., Steinbauer, K., Steinbrecher, R., Steinwandter, M., Stemkovski, M., Stephan, J. G., Stiegler, C., Stoll, S., Svátek, M., Svoboda, M., Tagesson, T., Tanentzap, A. J., Tanneberger, F., Theurillat, J.-P., Thomas, H. J. D., Thomas, A. D., Tielbörger, K., Tomaselli, M., Treier, U. A., Trouillier, M., Turtureanu, P. D., Tutton, R., Tyystjärvi, V. A., Ueyama, M., Ujházy, K., Ujházyová, M., Uogintas, D., Urban, A. V., Urban, J., Urbaniak, M., Ursu, T.-M., Vaccari, F. P., van de Vondel, S., van den Brink, L., van Geel, M., Vandvik, V., Vangansbeke, P., Varlagin, A., Veen, G. F., Veenendaal, E., Venn, S. E., Verbeeck, H., Verbrugggen, E., Verheijen, F. G. A., Villar, L., Vitale, L., Vittoz, P., Vives-Ingla, M., Oppen, J. von, Walz, J., Wang, R., Wang, Y., Way, R. G., Wedegärtner, R. E. M., Weigel, R., Wild, J., Wilkinson, M., Wilmking, M., Wingate, L., Winkler, M., Wipf, S., Wohlfahrt, G., Xenakis, G., Yang, Y., Yu, Z., Yu, K., Zellweger, F., Zhang, J., Zhang, Z., Zhao, P., Ziemblińska, K., Zimmermann, R., Zong, S., Zyryanov, V. I., Nijs, I., Lenoir, J. (2022): Global maps of soil temperature. In: Global change biology, Jg. 28, H. 9, S. 3110–3144. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16060
• Wernicke, J., Seltmann, C. T., Wenzel, R., Becker, C., Körner, M. (2022): Forest canopy stratification based on fused, imbalanced and collinear LiDAR and Sentinel-2 metrics. Remote Sensing of Environment, 279, 113134.
• Thomas, F., Petzold, R., Landmark, S., Mollenhauer, H., Becker, C., Werban, U. (2022): Estimating Forest Soil Properties for Humus Assessment - Is Vis-NIR the Way to Go? Remote Sensing, 14(6), 1368.
• Miera, J., Knopf, T., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (Hrsg.) (2022): Gunst/Ungunst. Nutzung und Wahrnehmung von (Marginal-)Räumen. RessourcenKulturen 20. Tübingen University Press. ISBN Online: 978-3-947251-69-8. ISBN Print: 978-3-947251-68-1
• Beuzen-Waller, T., Desruelles, S., Marrast, A., Giraud, J., Gernez, G., Forman, S.L., Beskhani, A., Bonilauri, S., Lemée, M., Naccaro, H., Fouache, E. (2022): Late Pleistocene-Holocene fluvial records of the Wadi Dishshah: hydro-climatic and archaeological implications (Southern piedmont of the Hajar Mountains, Oman), Géomorphologie: processus, relief et environnement : 28 (4)
• Agyeman, P. C., Kebonye, N. M., John, K., Haghnazar, H., Borůvka, L., Vašát, R. (2022): Compositional mapping, uncertainty assessment, and source apportionment via pollution assessment-based receptor models in urban and peri-urban agricultural soils. In: J Soils Sediments. doi: 10.1007/s11368-022-03417-3
• Beugnon, R., Bu, W., Bruelheide, H., Davrinche, A., Du, J., Haider, S., Kunz, M., Oheimb, G. von, Perles‐Garcia, M. D., Saadani, M., Scholten, T., Seitz, S., Singavarapu, B., Trogisch, S., Wang, Y., Wubet, T., Xue, K., Yang, B., Cesarz, S., Eisenhauer, N. (2022): Abiotic and biotic drivers of tree trait effects on soil microbial biomass and soil carbon concentration. In: Ecological Monographs, Jg. 93, H. 2. doi: 10.1002/ecm.1563
• Gall, C., Ohan, J., Glaser, K., Karsten, U., Schloter, M., Scholten, T., Schulz, S., Seitz, S., Kurth, J. K. (2022): Biocrusts: Overlooked hotspots of managed soils in mesic environments. In: J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., Jg. 185, H. 6, S. 745–751. doi: 10.1002/jpln.202200252
• Gerke, H. H., Vogel, H.-J., Weber, T. K., van der Meij, W. M., Scholten, T. (2022): 3–4D soil model as challenge for future soil research: Quantitative soil modeling based on the solid phase. In: J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., Jg. 185, H. 6, S. 720–744. doi: 10.1002/jpln.202200239
• Teuber, S., Bartelheim, M., Hardenberg, R., Knopf, M., Knopf, T., Kühn, P., Schade, T., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T. (2022): Why do we need interdisciplinary cooperation with anthropologists and archaeologists in soil science? In: J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., Jg. 185, H. 6, S. 752–765. doi: 10.1002/jpln.202200120
• Porada, P., Bader, M. Y., Berdugo, M. B., Colesie, C., Ellis, C. J., Giordani, P., Herzschuh, U., Ma, Y., Launiainen, S., Nascimbene, J., Petersen, I., Raggio Quílez, J., Rodríguez‐Caballero, E., Rousk, K., Sancho, L. G., Scheidegger, C., Seitz, S., van Stan, J. T., Veste, M., Weber, B., Weston, D. J. (2022): A research agenda for non‐vascular photoautotrophs under climate change. In: New Phytologist 237(5), 1495-1504. doi: 10.1111/nph.18631
• Riveras-Muñoz, N., Seitz, S., Witzgall, K., Rodríguez, V., Kühn, P., Mueller, C. W., Oses, R., Seguel, O., Wagner, D., Scholten, T. (2022): Biocrust-linked changes in soil aggregate stability along a climatic gradient in the Chilean Coastal Range. In: SOIL, Jg. 8, H. 2, S. 717–731. doi: 10.5194/soil-8-717-2022
• Desie, E., Zuo, J., Verheyen, K., Djukic, I., van Meerbeek, K., Auge, H., Barsoum, N., Baum, C., Bruelheide, H., Eisenhauer, N., Feldhaar, H., Ferlian, O., Gravel, D., Jactel, H., Schmidt, I. K., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Meredieu, C., Mereu, S., Messier, C., Morillas, L., Nock, C., Paquette, A., Ponette, Q., Reich, P. B., Roales, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Seitz, S., Schmidt, A., Stefanski, A., Trogisch, S., Van-Halder, I., Weih, M., Williams, L. J., Yang, B., Muys, B. (2022): Disentangling drivers of litter decomposition in a multi-continent network of tree diversity experiments. Science of the total environment, 159717. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159717
• Agyeman, P. C., Kingsley, J., Kebonye, N. M., Khosravi, V., Borůvka, L., Vašát, R. (2022): Prediction of the concentration of antimony in agricultural soil using data fusion, terrain attributes combined with regression kriging. In: Environmental Pollution, S. 120697. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120697
• Riveras-Muñoz, N., Silva, C., Salazar, O., Scholten, T., Seitz, S., Seguel, O. (2022): Variability of Hydraulic Properties and Hydrophobicity in a Coarse-Textured Inceptisol Cultivated with Maize in Central Chile. In: Soil Systems, Jg. 6, H. 4, S. 83. doi: 10.3390/soilsystems6040083
• Morsy, M., Michaelides, S., Scholten, T., Dietrich, P. (2022): Monitoring and Integrating the Changes in Vegetated Areas with the Rate of Groundwater Use in Arid Regions. In: Remote Sensing, Jg. 14, H. 22, S. 5767. doi: 10.3390/rs14225767
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• Rentschler, T., Werban, U., Ahner, M., Behrens, T., Gries, P., Scholten, T., Teuber, S., Schmidt, K. (2020): 3D mapping of soil organic carbon content and soil moisture with multiple geophysical sensors and machine learning. Vadose zone journal, Jg. 19, H. 1. doi: 10.1002/vzj2.20062
• Stumpf, F., Schneider, M.K., Keller, A., Mayr, A., Rentschler, T., Meuli, R.G., Schaepman, M., Liebisch, F. (2020): Spatial monitoring of grassland management using multi-temporal satellite imagery. Ecological Indicators 113, 106201. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106201
• Seitz, S., Prasuhn, V., Scholten, T. (2020): Controlling Soil Erosion Using No-Till Farming Systems. In: Dang, Y., Dalal, R., Menzies, N. (eds.): No-till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-46409-7. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-46409-7_12
• Seifi, M., Ahmadi, A., Neyshabouri, MR, Taghizadeh, R., Bahrami, HR. (2020): Remote and Vis-NIR spectra sensing potential for soil salinization estimation in the eastern coast of Urmia hypersaline Lake, Iran. Remote Sensing Appl.: Society and Environment. doi: 10.1016/j.rsase.2020.100398
• Gries, P., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2020): Regional and local scale variations in soil organic carbon stocks in West Greenland. In: J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., Jg. 183, H. 3, S. 292–305. doi: 10.1002/jpln.201900390
• Ebrahimi-Khusfi, Z., Taghizadeh, R., Mirakbari, M. (2020): Evaluation of machine learning models for predicting the temporal variations of dust storm index in arid regions of Iran. Atmospheric Pollution Research. doi: 10.1016/j.apr.2020.08.029
• Fathizad, H., Hakimzadeh Ardakani, M.A., Heung, B., Sodaiezadeh, H., Rahmani, A., Fathabadi, A., Scholten, T., Taghizadeh, R.  (2020): Spatio-temporal dynamic of soil quality in the Central Iranian desert modeled with Machine Learning and Digital Soil Assessment techniques. Ecological Indicators 118, 106736. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106736
• Lal, R., Brevik E.C., Dawson L., Field, D., Glaser, B., Hartemink, A., Hatano, R., Lascelles, B., Monger, C., Scholten, T., Singh, B.R., Spiegel, H., Terribile, F., Basile, A., Zhang, Y., Horn, R, Kosaki, T, Reyes Sánchez, L.B. (2020): Managing Soils for Recovering from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Soil Syst. 4, 46. doi:10.3390/soilsystems4030046SoilSystems
• Seguel, O., Díaz, D., Acevedo, E., Silva, P., Homer, I., Seitz S. (2020): Hydraulic Conductivity in a Soil Cultivated with Wheat-Rapeseed Rotation under two Tillage Systems. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. Online First. doi: 10.1007/s42729-020-00296-w
• Taghizadeh, R., Schmidt, K., Amirian-Chakan, A., Rentschler, T., Zeraatpisheh, M., Sarmadian, F., Valavi, R., Davatgar, N., Behrens, T., Scholten, T. (2020): Improving the Spatial Prediction of Soil Organic Carbon Content in Two Contrasting Climatic Regions by Stacking Machine Learning Models and Rescanning Covariate Space. In: Remote Sensing, 12(7), 1095. doi: 10.3390/rs12071095
• Taghizadeh, R., Nabiollahi, K., Rasoli, L., Kerry, R., Scholten, T. (2020): Land Suitability Assessment and Agricultural Production Sustainability Using Machine Learning Models. In: Agronomy, 10 (4), 573. doi: 10.3390/agronomy10040573
• Skarbek, C. J., Noack, M., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W., Oheimb, G. von, Scholten, T., Seitz, S., Staab, M. (2020): A tale of scale: plot but not neighbourhood tree diversity increases leaf litter ant diversity. Journal of Animal Ecology.  89(2): 299 – 308. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13115
• Ma, T., Brus, D. J., Zhu, A., Zhang, L., Scholten, T. (2020): Comparison of conditioned Latin hypercube and feature space coverage sampling for predicting soil classes. Geoderma 370, 114316. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114366
• Taghizadeh, R., Schmidt, K., Eftekhari, K., Behrens, T., Jamshidi, M., Davatgar, N., Toomanian, N., Scholten, T. (2020): Synthetic resampling strategies and machine learning for digital soil mapping in Iran. Eur J Soil Sci. 71(3), 352-368. doi: 10.1111/ejss.12893
• Schwab N., Janecka K., Kaczka R. J., Böhner J., Chaudhary R. P., Scholten T., Schickhoff U. (2020): Ecological relationships at a near-natural treeline, Rolwaling valley, Nepal Himalaya. Erdkunde 74(1), 15-44. doi: 10.3112/erdkunde.2020.01.02
• Karki, R., Hasson, S., Schickhoff, U., Scholten, T., Böhner, J., Gerlitz, L. (2020): Near surface air temperature lapse rates over complex terrain: A WRF based analysis of controlling factors and processes for the central Himalaya. Climate Dynamics 54: 329-349. doi: 10.1007/s00382-019-05003-9
• Mahmoudzadeh, H., Matinfar, HR., Taghizadeh, R., Kerry, R. (2020): Spatial prediction of soil organic carbon using machine learning techniques in western Iran. Geoderma Regional. doi: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2020.e00260
• Senn, J. A., Fassnacht, F. E., Eichel, J., Seitz, S., Schmidtlein, S. (2020): A new concept for estimating the influence of vegetation on throughfall kinetic energy using aerial laser scanning. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 45(7): 1487-1498. doi: 10.1002/esp.4820
• Fathizad, H., Hakimzadeh, MA., Sodaiezadeh, HR., Kerry, R., Taghizadeh, R. (2020): Spatial and temporal variation of soil salinity using random forest in central desert of Iran. Geoderma, doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114233
• Zeraatpisheh, M., Jafari, A., Bagheri, M., Ayoubi, S., Taghizadeh, R., Toomanian, N., Kerry, R., Xu, M. (2020): Conventional and Digital Soil Mapping in Iran: Past, Present, and Future. Catena 188: 104424. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2019.104424
• Zhu, X., Liu, W., Chen, J., Bruijnzeel, LA., Mao, Z., Yang, X., Cardinael, R., Meng, FR., Sidle, RC., Seitz, S., Nair, VD., Nanko, K., Zou, X., Chen, C., Jiang, XJ. (2020): Reductions in water, soil and nutrient losses and pesticide pollution in agroforestry practices: a review of evidence and processes. Plant and Soil 453: 45-86. doi: 10.1007/s11104-019-04377-3

• Behrens, T., Viscarra Rossel, R. A., Kerry, R., MacMillan, R., Schmidt, K., Lee, J., Scholten, T., Zhu, A-X. (2019): The relevant range of scales for multi-scale contextual spatial modelling. Scientific Reports. 9: 14800. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51395-3
• Scholten, T., Seitz, S. (2019): Soil Erosion and Land Degradation. Soil Systems 3. 68. doi: 10.3390/soilsystems3040068
• Avazpoor, Z., Moradi, M., Basiri, R., Mirzaei, J., Taghizadeh, R., Kerry, R. (2019): Soil enzyme activity variations in riparian forests in relation to plant species and soil depth. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. doi: 10.1007/s12517-019-4910-2
• Mehrabi-Gohari, E ., Matinfar, H.R., Jafari, A., Taghizadeh, R., Triantafilis, J. (2019): The Spatial Prediction of Soil Texture Fractions in Arid Regions of Iran. Soil Systems 3, 65.  doi: 10.3390/soilsystems3040065
• Rentschler, T., Gries, P., Behrens, T., Bruelheide, H., Kühn, P., Seitz, S., Shi, X., Trogisch, S., Scholten, T., Schmidt, K. (2019): Comparison of catchment scale 3D and 2.5D modelling of soil organic carbon stocks in Jiangxi Province, PR China. PLoS ONE 14(8): e0220881. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220881
• Teuber, S., Schmidt, K., Kühn, P., Scholten, T. (2019): Engaging with urban green spaces – A comparison of urban and rural allotment gardens in Southwestern Germany. In: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Volume 43. doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126381
• Behrens, T., MacMillan, R.A., Viscarra Rossel, R.A., Schmidt, K., Lee, J. (2019): Teleconnections in spatial modelling. Geoderma, Volume 354, 113854. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.07.012
• Scholten, T. (2019): Soil genesis on canvas. Pedometron 44, 43 – 46 [pdf]
• Taghizadeh, R., Bawa, A., Kumar, S., Zeraatpisheh, M., Amirian, A., Akbarzadeh, A. (2019): Soil Erosion Spatial Prediction using Digital Soil Mapping and RUSLE methods for Big Sioux River Watershed. Soil Systems, 3 (3), 43. doi: 10.3390/soilsystems3030043
• Miera, J.J., Henkner, J., Schmidt, K., Fuchs, M., Scholten, T., Kühn, P., Knopf, T. (2019): Neolithic settlement dynamics derived from archaeological data and colluvial deposits between the Baar and adjacent low mountain ranges, Southwest Germany. E&G Quaternary Sci. J. 68, 75-93. doi: 10.5194/egqsj-68-75-2019
• Meier, L.A., Krauze, P., Prater, I., Horn, F., Schaefer, C.E.G.R., Scholten, T., Wagner, D., Mueller, C.W., Kühn, P. (2019): Pedogenic and microbial interrelation in initial soils under semiarid climate on James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula region. Biogeosciences 16, 2481 – 2499. doi: 10.5194/bg-16-2481-2019
• Goebes, P., Schmidt, K., Seitz, S., Both, S., Bruelheide, H., Erfmeier, A., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2019): The strength of soil-plant interactions under forest is related to a Critical Soil Depth. Scientific Reports 9: 8635. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45156-5
• von Suchodoletz, H., Tinapp, C., Lauer, T., Glaser, B., Stäuble, H., Kühn, P., Zielhofer, C. (2019): Distribution of Chernozems and Phaeozems in Central Germany during the Neolithic period. Quaternary International 511, 166 – 184. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.10.041
• Viscarra Rossel, R., Lee, J., Behrens, T., Luo, Z., Baldock, J., Richards, A., (2019): Continental-scale soil carbon composition and vulnerability modulated by regional environmental controls. Nature Geoscience, 12, 547–552 doi: 10.25919/5ca56d1d0166b
• Song, Z., Seitz, S., Li, J., Goebes, P., Schmidt, K., Kühn, P., Shi, X., Scholten, T. (2019): Tree diversity reduced soil erosion by affecting tree canopy and biological soil crust development in a subtropical forest experiment. Forest Ecology and Management 444, 69–77. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2019.04.015
• Acksel, A., Giani, L., Stasch, C., Kühn, P., Potthoff, K., Eiter, S., Regier, T., Leinweber, P., (2019): Humus-rich topsoils in SW Norway - Molecular and isotopic signatures of soil organic matter as indicators for anthropo-pedogensis. Catena 172, 831–845. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.09.005
• Seitz, S., Goebes, P., Loaiza Puerta, V., Pujol Pereira, E. I., Wittwer, R., Six, J., Heijden, M. G. A. van der, Scholten, T. (2019): Conservation tillage and organic farming reduce soil erosion. Agronomy for Sustainable Development 39: 4. doi:10.1007/s13593-018-0545-z

• Yang, Y, Viscarra Rossel, R.A., Li, S., Bissett, A., Lee, J., Shi, Z., Behrens, T., Court, L., (2018): Soil bacterial abundance and diversity better explained and predicted with spectro-transfer functions. Soil Biology & Biochemistry Vol. 129, pp. 29 – 38. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.11.005
• Behrens, T., Schmidt, K., MacMillan, R.A., Viscarra Rossel, R. (2018): Multi-scale Digital Soil Mapping with deep learning. Scientific Reports 8,15244. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-33516-6
• Scholten, T., Baumann, F., Schleuss, P.-M., He, J,-S. (2018): Soils, Climate, Vegetation, and Land-Use Feedbacks on the Tibetan Plateau. In: Lal, R., Stewart, B.A. (eds.): Soil and climate. Advances in Soil Science, 78 – 90. CRC Press. ISBN: 978-1498783651.
• Kühn, P., Henkner, J. (2018): Permafrost-affected Soils, Climate, and Feedbacks in West Greenland. In: Lal, R., Stewart, B.A. (eds.). Soil and Climate. Advances in Soil Science, 92 – 97. CRC Press. ISBN: 978-1498783651.
• Arnold, U., Scholten, T. (2018): A Kind of Soil Genesis on Canvas. In: Toland, A., Noller, J. S., Wessolek, G. (eds.): Field to Palette: Dialogues on Soil and Art in the Anthropocene. CRC Press, 137 – 148.
• Dazzi, C., Cornelis, W., Costantini, E. A. C., Dumitru, M., Fullen, M. A., Gabriels, D., Kasparinskis, R., Kertész, A., Lo Papa, G., Pérès, G., Rickson, J., Rubio, J. L., Scholten, T., Theocharopoulos, S., Vasenev (2018): The contribution of the European Society for Soil Conservation (ESSC) to scientific knowledge, education and sustainability. International Soil and Water Conservation Research. doi: 10.1016/j.iswcr.2018.11.003
• Ahlrichs, J., Henkner J., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Kühn, P., Knopf, T. (2018): Bronzezeitliche Siedlungsdynamiken zwischen der Baar und angrenzenden Naturräumen. In: Bianka, N., Daniel N., Martin, B. (eds.) Bronzezeitlicher Transport - Akteure, Mittel und Wege. RessourcenKulturen 8, 269 – 304. doi: 10.15496/publikation-26722
• Huang Y., Chen Y., Castro-Izaguirre N., Baruffol M., Brezzi M., Lang A., Li Y., Härdtle W., Oheimb G. von, Yang X., Liu X., Pei K., Both S., Yang B., Eichenberg D., Assmann T., Bauhus J., Behrens T., Buscot F., Chen X.-Y., Chesters D., Ding B.-Y., Durka W., Erfmeier A., Fang J., Fischer M., Guo L.-D., Guo D., Gutknecht J.L.M., He J.-S., He C.-L., Hector A., Hönig L., Hu R.-Y., Klein A.-M., Kühn P., Liang Y., Li S., Michalski S., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Schmidt K., Scholten T., Schuldt A., Shi X., Tan M.-Z., Tang Z., Trogisch S., Wang Z., Welk E., Wirth C., Wubet T., Xiang W., Yu M., Yu X.-D., Zhang J., Zhang S., Zhang N., Zhou H.-Z., Zhu C.-D., Zhu L., Bruelheide H., Ma K., Niklaus P.A., Schmid B., (2018): Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment. Science 362(6410), 80 – 83. doi: 10.1126/science.aat6405
• Kühn, P., Aguilar, J., Miedema, R., Bronnikova, M. (2018): Textural features and related horizons. In: Stoops, G., Marcelino, V., Mees, F. (eds.). Interpretation of micromorphological features of soils and regoliths. Their relevance for pedogenic studies and classifications. Elsevier, 377 – 423. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63522-8.00014-0
• Weißbecker, C., Wubet, T., Lentendu, G., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., Bruelheide, H., Buscot, F. (2018): Experimental evidence of functional group-dependent effects of tree diversity on soil fungi in subtropical forests. Frontiers in Microbiology 9, 2312. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02312
• Liu, X., Trogisch, S., He, J.-S., Niklaus, P.A., Bruelheide, H., Tang, Z., Erfmeier, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Pietsch, K.A., Yang, B., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., Huang, Y., Wang, C., Staab, M., Leppert, K.N., Wirth, C., Schmid, B., Ma, K. (2018): Tree diversity richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285: 20181240. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1240
• Bliedtner, M., Zech, R., Kühn, P., Schneider, B., Zielhofer, C., von Suchodoletz, H. (2018). The potential of leaf wax biomarkers from fluvial soil-sediment sequences for paleovegetation reconstructions - Upper Alazani River, central southern Greater Caucasus (Georgia). Quaternary Science Reviews 196, 62 – 79. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.07.029
• Schuldt, A., Assmann, T., Brezzi, M., Buscot, F., Eichenberg, D., Gutknecht, J., Härdtle, W., He, J-S., Klein, A.M., Kühn, P., Liu, X., Ma, K.P., Niklaus, P.A, Pietsch, K.A., Purahong, W., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Scholten, T., Staab, M., Tang, Z.Y., Trogisch, S., von Oheimb, G., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Zhu, C-D., Bruelheide, H. (2018): Biodiversity across trophic levels drives multifunctionality in highly diverse forests. Nature Communications 9, Article number: 2989. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05421-z
• Behrens, T., Schmidt, K., Viscarra Rossel, R.A., Gries, P., Scholten, T., MacMillan, R.A. (2018): Spatial modelling with Euclidean distance fields and machine learning. Eur J Soil Sci. doi: 10.1111/ejss.12687
• Bernhard, N., Moskwa, L.-M., Schmidt, K., Oeser, R.A., Aburto, F., Bader, M.Y., Baumann, K., Blanckenburg, F. von, Boy, J., van den Brink, L., Brucker, E., Büdel, B., Canessa, R., Dippold, M.A., Ehlers, T.A., Fuentes, J.P., Godoy, R., Jung, P., Karsten, U., Köster, M., Kuzyakov, Y., Leinweber, P., Neidhardt, H., Matus, F., Mueller, C.W., Oelmann, Y., Oses, R., Osses, P., Paulino, L., Samolov, E., Schaller, M., Schmid, M., Spielvogel, S., Spohn, M., Stock, S., Stroncik, N., Tielbörger, K., Übernickel, K., Scholten, T., Seguel, O., Wagner, D., Kühn, P. (2018). Pedogenic and microbial interrelations to regional climate and local topography: new insights from a climate gradient (arid to humid) along the Coastal Cordillera of Chile. Catena 170, 335 – 355. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.06.018
• Hounkpatin, O.K.L., Schmidt, K., Stumpf, F., Forkuor, G., Behrens, T., Scholten, T., Amelung, W., Welp, G. (2018): Predicting reference soil groups using legacy data: a data pruning and Random Forest approach for tropical environment (Dano catchment, Burkina Faso). Scientific Reports 8:9959. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28244-w
• Oeser, R.A., Stroncik, N., Moskwa, L.M., Bernhard, N., Schaller, M., Canessa, R., van den Brink, L., Köster, M., Brucker, E., Stock, S., Fuentes, J.P., Godoy, R., Matus, F.J., Pedraza, R.O., McIntyre, P.O., Paulino, L., Seguel, O., Bader, M.Y., Boy, J., Dippold, M.A., Ehlers, T.A., Kühn, P., Kuzyakov, Y., Leinweber, P., Scholten, T., Spielvogel, S., Spohn, M., Übernickel, K., Tielbörger, K., Wagner, D., von Blanckenburg, F. (2018): Chemistry and Microbiology of the Critical Zone along a steep climate and vegetation gradient in the Chilean Coastal Cordillera. Catena 170, 183 – 203. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.06.002
• De Castro Portes, R., Dahms D., Brandová D., Raab G., Christl M., Kühn P., Ketterer M., Egli M., (2018): Evolution of soil erosion rates in alpine soils of the Central Rocky Mountains using fallout Pu and δ¹³C. Earth and Planetary Sciene Letters 496, 257 – 269. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.06.002
• Henkner, J., Ahlrichs, J.J., Downey, S., Fuchs, M., James, B.R., Junge, A., Knopf, T., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2018): Archaeopedological analysis of colluvial deposits in favourable and unfavourable areas: Reconstruction of land use dynamics in SW Germany. Royal Society Open Science 5: 171624. doi: 10.1098/rsos.171624
• Binkenstein, J., Klein, A.M., Assmann, T., Buscot, F., Erfmeier, A., Ma, K., Pietsch, K.A., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Wubet, T., Bruelheide, H., Schuldt, A. & Staab, M. (2018): Multi-trophic guilds respond differently to changing elevation in a subtropical forest. Ecography 41(6), 1013 – 1023. doi: 10.1111/ecog.03086
• Song, Z., Seitz, S., Zhu, P., Goebes, P., Shi, X., Xu, S., Wang, M., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T. (2018): Spatial distribution of LAI and its relationship with throughfall kinetic energy of common tree species in a Chinese subtropical forest plantation. Forest Ecology and Management 425, 189 – 195. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2018.05.046
• Schwab, N., Kaczka, R. J., Janecka, K., Böhner, J., Chaudhary, R. P., Scholten, T., Schickhoff, U. (2018): Climate change-induced shift of tree growth sensitivity at a central Himalayan treeline ecotone. Forests 9(5), 267. doi:10.3390/f9050267
• Teng H., Viscarra Rossel, R.A., Shi, Z., Behrens, T. (2018): Updating a national soil classification with spectroscopic predictions and digital soil mapping. Catena 164. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.01.015
• Stumpf, F., Keller, A., Schmidt, K., Mayr, A., Gubler, A., Schaepman, M. (2018): Spatio-temporal land use dynamics and soil organic carbon in Swiss agroecosystems. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 258, 129 – 142. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2018.02.012
• Djukic, I., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Kappel Schmidt, I., Steenberg Larsen, K., Beier, C., Berg, B., Verheyen, K., TeaComposition Team with Scholten, T., Seitz, S. et al. (2018): Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science of the Total Environment (628-629), 1369 – 1394. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012
• Spinola D.N., de Castro Portes, R., Srivastava P., Torrent J., Barrón V., Kühn, P. (2018): Diagenetic reddening of Early Eocene paleosols on King George Island, Antarctica. Geoderma 315, 149 – 159. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.11.010
• Henkner, J., Ahlrichs, J., Fischer, E., Fuchs, M., Knopf, T., Rösch, M., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2018): Land use dynamics derived from colluvial deposits and bogs in the Black Forest, Germany. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 181(2), 240 – 260. doi: 10.1002/jpln.201700249

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• Korkka, М.А., Sedov, S.N., Sinitsyn, А.А., Otcherednoy, А.К., Kühn, P. (2017): Paleosols in the thin sections of Kostenki 14 and Khotylevo I: Chronicle of the natural conditions and archaeological complexes OIS 3. In: V.N. Kovalevsky, VN (Ed.): Multidisciplinary methods in the study and preservation of sites in the Kostenki-Borshchevo archaeological area : Proceedings of International Theoretical and Practical Conference (Voronezh, September 15–17, 2016); Department of Culture of Voronezh Region; Voronezh State University. – Voronezh: VSU Publishing House, 27-46. ISBN 978-5-9273-2549-8 [in Russian]
• Seitz, S., Nebel, M., Goebes, P., Käppeler, K., Schmidt, K., Shi, X., Song, Z., Webber, C.L., Weber, B., Scholten, T. (2017): Bryophyte-dominated biological soil crusts mitigate soil erosion in an early successional Chinese subtropical forest. Biogeosciences 14(24), 5775 – 5788. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-5775-2017
• Pietsch D., Kühn P. (2017): Buried soils in the context of geoarchaeological research - two examples from Germany and Ethiopia. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 9(8), 1571 – 1583. doi: 10.1007/s12520-014-0180-9
• Bürzle, B., Schickhoff, U., Schwab, N., Wernicke, L., Müller, Y.K., Böhner, J., Chaudhary, R.P., Scholten, T., Oldeland, J. (2017): Seedling recruitment and facilitation dependence on safe site characteristics in a Himalayan treeline ecotone. Plant Ecology. doi: 10.1007/s11258-017-0782-2
• Teuber, S., Ahlrichs, J., Henkner, J., Kühn, P., Scholten, T. (2017): SoilCultures - the adaptive cycles of agrarian soil use in Central Europe: an interdisciplinary study using soil scientific and archaeological research. Ecology and Society 22(4). doi: 10.5751/ES-09729-220413
• Trogisch, S., Schuldt, A., Bauhus, J., Blum, J.A., Both, S., Buscot, F., Castro Izaguirre, N., Chesters, D., Durka, W., Eichenberg, D., Erfmeier, A., Fischer, M., Geißler, C., Germany, M.S., Goebes, P., Gutknecht, J., Hahn, C.Z., Haider, S., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Hector, A., Hönig, L., Huang, Y., Klein, A.-M., Kühn, P., Kunz, M., Leppert, K.N., Li, Y., Liu, X., Niklaus, P.A., Pei, Z., Pietsch, K.A., Prinz, R., Proß, T., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Seitz, S., Song, Z., Staab M., von Oheimb, G., Weißbecker, C., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Yang, B., Yang, X., Zhu, C.-D., Schmid, B., Ma, K., Bruelheide, H. (2017): Toward a methodical framework for comprehensively assessing forest multifunctionality. Ecology and Evolution 7(24), 10652 – 10674. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3488
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• Oinam, B. C., Marx, W., Scholten, T. and Wieprecht, S. (2014): A fuzzy rule base approach for developing a soil protection index map: a case study in the Upper Awash basin, Ethiopian Highlands. Land Degradation and Development 25, 483-500. doi: 10.1002/ldr.2166

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• Pietsch, D., Kühn, P., Morris, M. (2013): Mubaraks's Garden. Land improvement in a dry tropical coastal environment in the Arabian Sea. Journal of Landscape Ecology 6, 109-123. doi: 10.2478/jlecol-2014-0006
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• Schönbrodt, S., Behrens, T., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T. (2013): Degradation of cultivated bench terraces in the Three Gorges Area - field mapping and data mining. Ecological Indicators 34, 478-493. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.06.010
• Wu, Y. T., Wubet, T., Trogisch, T., Both, S., Bruelheide, H., Scholten, T., Buscot, F. (2013): Forest age and plant species composition determine the soil fungal community structure in a Chinese subtropical forest. PLoS ONE 8(6), e66829 (2013), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066829
• Kleber, A., Terhorst, B., Bullmann, H., Hülle, D., Leopold, M., Müller, S., Raab, T., Sauer, D., Scholten, T., Dietze, M., Felix-Henningsen, P., Heinrich, J., Spies, E.-D-., Thiemeyer., H. (2013): Subdued mountains of Central Europe. In: A. Kleber, B. Terhorst, B. (Eds.): Mid-Latitude Slope Deposits (Cover Beds). Developments in Sedimentology 66, 9-93, Elsevier, Amsterdam. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53118-6.00002-7
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• Kühn, P., Techmer, A., Weidenfeller, M. (2013): Lower to middle Weichselian pedogenesis and palaeoclimate in Central Europe using combined micromorphology and geochemistry: the loess-paleosol sequence of Alsheim (Mainz Basin, Germany). Quaternary Science Reviews. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.05.019
• Ramirez-Lopez, L., Behrens, T., Schmidt, K., Viscarra Rossel, R., Demattê, J.A.M., Scholten, T. (2013): Distance and similarity-search metrics for use with soil vis-NIR spectra. Geoderma 199, 43-53. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.08.035
• Yang, X., Bauhus, J., Both, S., Fang, T., Härdtle, W., Kröber, W., Ma, K., Nadrowski, K., Pei, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scholten, T., Seidler, G., Schmid, B., von Oheimb, G., Bruelheide, H. (2013): Establishment success in a forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning experiment in subtropical China (BEF-China). European Journal of Forest Research 132(4), 593-606. doi: 10.1007/s10342-013-0696-z
• Rodeghiero, M., Churkina, G., Martinez, C., Scholten, T., Gianelle, D., Cescatti, A. (2013): Components of forest soil CO2 efflux estimated from 14C values of soil organic matter. Plant and Soil 364/1, 55-68. doi:10.1007/s11104-012-1309-1
• Ramirez-Lopez, L., Behrens, T., Schmidt, K., Stevens, A., Demattê, J.A.M., Scholten, T. (2012): The spectrum-based learner: a new local approach for modeling soil vis-NIR spectra. Geoderma 195, 268-279. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.12.014
• Dörfer, C., Kühn, P., Baumann, F., He, J.-S., Scholten, T. (2013): Soil Organic Carbon Pools and Stocks in Permafrost-Affected Soils on the Tibetan Plateau. Plos One 8(2): e57024. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057024
• Geißler, C., Nadrowski, K., Kühn, P., Baruffol, M., Bruelheide, H., Schmid, B., Scholten, T. (2013): Kinetic energy of throughfall in subtropical forests of SE China — Effects of tree canopy structure, functional traits, and biodiversity. Plos One 8(2): e49618. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049618
• Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Bosch, A., Behrens, T., Hartmann, H., Shi, X., Scholten, T. (2013): Approximation und Spatial Regionalization of Rainfall Erosivity based on Sparse Data in a Mountainous Catchment of the Yangtze River in Central China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 20(10), 6917-6933. doi: 10.1007/s11356-012-1441-8
• Iserloh, T., Ries, J.B., Cerdá, A., Echeverría, M.T., Fister, W., Geißler, C., Kuhn, N.J., León, F.J., Peters, P., Schindewolf, M., Schmidt, J., Scholten, T., Seeger, M. (2013): Comparative measurements with seven rainfall simulators on uniform bare fallow land. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie 57/1, 11-26. doi: 10.1127/0372-8854/2012/S-00085
• Fischer, T., Gemmer, M., Su, B., Scholten, T. (2013): Hydrological long-term dry and wet periods in the Xijiang River basin, South China. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 135-148. doi:10.5194/hess-17-135-2013
• Pietsch, D., Schenk, K., Japp, S., Schnelle, M. (2013): Standardised recording of sediments in the excavation of the Sabaean town of Sirwah, Yemen. Journal of Archaeological Science 40/5, 2430-2445. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2012.12.037
• Fischer, T., Menz, C., Su, B., Scholten, T. (2013): Simulated and projected climate extremes in the Zhujiang River Basin, South China, using the regional climate model COSMO-CLM. International
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• Zöller, L., Hambach, U., Kolb, T., Moine, O., Kühn, P. (2012): Landscape development in the Trebgast Valley north of Bayreuth and its surroundings (Upper Franconia) - ongoing research. In: Zöller, L. & Peterek, A. (eds.): From Paleozoic to Quaternary - A field trip from the Franconian Alb to Bohemia. Geozon, p. 6-24. [link]
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• Pietsch, D., Machdo, J.M. (2012): Colluvial deposits - proxies for climate change and cultural chronology. A case study from Tigray, Ethiopia. Zeitschrift für Geomorphology – Annals of Geomorphology. Special Issue ‘Geomorphological Systems’. doi:10.1127/0372-8854/2012/S-00114
• Liu, W., Chen, S., Qin, X., Baumann, F., Scholten, T., Zhou, Z., Sun, W., Zhang, T., Ren, J., Qin, D. (2012): Storage, patterns, and control of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in the northeastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Research Letters 7, 035401. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/035401
• Fischer, T., Su, B., Luo, Y., Scholten T. (2012): Probability distribution of precipitation extremes for weather-index based insurance in the Zhujiang River Basin, South China. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 13, 1023–1037. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-11-041.1
• Knopf, T., Baum, T., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2012): Landnutzung im frühen Mittelalter? Eine archäopedologische Prospektion im Mittleren Schwarzwald. Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 42: 123-133.
• Geng, Y., Wang, Y. Yang, K., Wang, S., Zeng, H., Baumann; F., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., He, J.-S. (2012): Soil Respiration in Tibetan Alpine Grasslands: Belowground Biomass and Soil Moisture, but Not Soil Temperature, Best Explain the Large-Scale Patterns. PLoS ONE 7(4): e34968. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034968
• Wu, Y. T., Gutknecht, J., Nadrowski, K., Geißler, C., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., Both, S., Erfmeier, A., Böhnke, M., Bruelheide, H., Wubet, T., Buscot, F. (2012): Relationships between soil microorganisms, plant communities and soil characteristics in Chinese subtropical forests. Ecosystems 15: 624–636. doi:10.1007/s10021-012-9533-3
• Pietsch, D., Mabit, L. (2012): Terrace soils in the Yemen Highlands: Using physical, chemical and radiometric data to assess their suitability for agriculture and their vulnerability to degradation. Geoderma: 185-186: 48–60. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.03.027
• Schatz, A-K., Buylaert, J-P., Murray, A., Stevens, T., Scholten, T. (2012): Establishing a luminescence chronology for a palaeosol-loess profile at Tokaj (Hungary): A comparison of quartz OSL and polymineral IRSL signals. Quaternary Geochronology 10: 68-74. doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2012.02.018
• Gocke, M., Pustovoytov, K., Kühn, P., Wiesenberg, G.L.B., Löscher, M., Kuzyakov, Y. (2012): Erratum to "Carbonate rhizoliths in loess and their implications for paleoenvironmental reconstruction – revealed by isotopic composition: δ13C, 14C. Chemical Geology 283: 251-260. Chemical Geology 291:294-295. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.10.012
• Shi, Y., Baumann, F., Ma, Y., Song, C., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., He, J.-S. (2012): Organic and inorganic carbon in the topsoil of the Mongolian and Tibetan grasslands: pattern, control and implications. Biogeosciences 9, 2287-2299. doi:0.5194/bg-9-2287-2012
• Geißler, C., Kühn, P. , Böhnke, M., Bruelheide, H,, Shi, X, Scholten, T. (2012): Splash erosion potential under tree canopies in subtropical SE China. Catena 91: 85-93. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2010.10.009
• Geißler, C., Lang, A.C., von Oheimb, G., Härdtle, W., Baruffol, M., Scholten, T. (2012): Impact of tree saplings on the kinetic energy of rainfall - The importance of stand density, species identity and tree architecture in subtropical forests in China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 156, 31-40. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.12.005
• Geng, Y., Wang, Z., Liang, C., Fang, J., Baumann, F., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., He, J.-S. (2012): Effect of geographical range size on plant functional traits and the relationships between plant, soil and climate in Chinese grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography 21: 416-427. doi:10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00692.x

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• Both, S., Fang, T., Böhnke, M., Bruelheide, H., Geißler, C., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., Trogisch, S., Erfmeier, A. (2011): Lack of tree layer control on herb layer characteristics in a subtropical forest, China. Journal of Vegetation Science 22: 1120-1131. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01324.x
• Bruelheide, H., Böhnke, M., Both, S., Fang, T., Assmann, T., Baruffol, M., Bauhus, J., Buscot, F., Chen, X.-Y., Ding, B.-Y.,Durka, W., Erfmeier, A., Fischer, M., Geißler, C., Guo, D., Guo, L.-D., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Hector, A., Kröber, W., Kühn, P., Lang, A.C., Nadrowski, K., Pei, K.Q., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Shi, X.Z., Scholten, T., Schuldt, A., Trogisch, S., von Oheimb, G., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Wu, Y.-T., Yang, X.F., Zeng, X.Q., Zhang, S.R., Zhou, H.Z., Ma, K.P., Schmid, B. (2011): Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest. Ecological Monographs 81(1), 25-41. doi: 10.1890/09-2172.1
• Qin, Cheng-Zhi; Zhu, A-Xing; Pei, Tao; Li, Bao-Lin; Scholten, T.; Behrens, T.; Zhou, Cheng-Hu (2011): An approach to computing topographic wetness index based on maximum downslope gradient. Precision Agriculture 12(1), 32-43. doi:10.1007/s11119-009-9152-y
• Scholten, T., Geißler, C., Goc, J., Kühn, P., Wiegand, C. (2011): A new splash cup to measure the kinetic energy of rainfall. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci 174 (4), 596–601. doi:10.1002/jpln.201000349
• Gocke, M., Pustovoytov, K., Kühn, P., Wiesenberg, G.L.B., Löscher, M., Kuzyakov, Y. (2011): Carbonate rhizoliths in loess and their implications for paleoenvironmental reconstruction – revealed by isotopic composition: δ13C, 14C. Chemical Geology 283: 251-260. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.01.022
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• Gemmer, M., Y. Yin, Y. Luo & T. Fischer (2011): Tropical Cyclones in China: County-Based Analysis of Landfalls and Economic Losses in Fujian Province. Quaternary International, 244/2, 169-177. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.03.021.
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• Schatz, A-K., Zech, M., Buggle, B., Gulyás, S., Hambach, U., Markovic, S.B., Sümegid, P., Scholten, T. (2011): The late Quaternary loess record of Tokaj, Hungary – reconstructing palaeoenvironment, palaeovegetation and palaeoclimate using stable C and N isotopes and biomarkers. Quaternary International 240 (1-2), 52-61. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2010.10.009
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• Schönbrodt, S., Saumer, P., Behrens, T., Seeber, C., Scholten, T. (2010): Assessing the USLE Crop and Management Factor C for Soil Erosion Modeling in a Large Mountainous Watershed in Central China. Journal of Earth Science, Vol. 21, No. 6, p. 835-845. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0135-8
• Geißler, C., Kühn, P., Shi, X., Scholten, T. (2010): Estimation of throughfall erosivity in a highly diverse forest ecosystem using sand-filled splash cups. Journal of Earth Science, 21: 897-900. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0132-y
• Velescu, A., Meßmer, T., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2010): Removal of short-range order mineral complexes prior to grain size analysis of volcanic ash soils. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 172: 799-804. doi: 10.1002/jpln.201000111
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• Kadereit, A., Kühn, P., Wagner, G. (2010): Holocene relief and soil changes in loess-covered areas of south-western Germany – the pedosedimentary archives of Bretten-Bauerbach (Kraichgau). Quaternary International 222: 99-119., doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2009.06.025
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• Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Friedrich, K., Scholten, T. (2010): A method to generate soilscapes from soil maps. J. Plant Nutri. Soil Sci. 173 (2): 163–172. doi:10.1002/jpln.200800208.
• Behrens, T., Schmidt, K., Zhu, A-X., Scholten, T. (2010): Topography revisited – the ConMap approach for terrain based digital soil mapping. Europ. J. Soil Sci. 61 (1): 133–143. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2009.01205.x
• Viscarra-Rossel, R., Behrens, T. (2010). Using data mining to model and interpret soil diffuse reflectance spectra. Geoderma 158: 46-54. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.12.025
• Lang, A.C., Härdtle, W., Bruelheide, H., Geißler, C., Nadrowski, K., Schuldt, A., Yu, M.Y., von Oheimb, G. (2010): Tree morphology responds to neighbourhood competition and slope in species-rich forests in subtropical China. Forest Ecology and Management 260: 1708-1715. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.08.015 

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• Behrens, T., Schneider, O., Lösel, G., Scholten, T., Hennings, V., Felix-Henningsen, P. Hartwich, R. (2009): Analysis on pedodiversity and spatial subset representativity of large scale soil maps - The German soil map 1:1,000,000. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 172, 1, 91-100. doi: 10.1002/jpln.200700339
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• Dahlke, H. E., Behrens, T., Seibert, J., Andersson, L. (2009): Test of statistical means for the extrapolation of soil depth point information using overlays of spatial environmental data and bootstrapping techniques. Hydrological Processes 23 (21): 3017–3029. doi: 10.1002/hyp.7413
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• Baumann, F., He, J.-S., Schmidt, K., Kühn, P., Scholten, T. (2009): Pedogenesis, permafrost, and soil moisture as controlling factors for soil nitrogen and carbon contents across the Tibetan Plateau. Global Change Biology 15, 3001-3017 (2009). doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01953.x
• Don, A., Scholten, T., Schulze, E.-D. (2009). Conversion of cropland into grassland – implications for soil organic carbon stocks in two soils with different texture. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 172/1, 53-62. doi: 10.1002/jpln.200700158
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• Pietsch, D., Lucke, B. (2008): Soil substrate classification and the FAO and World Reference Base (WRB) systems: examples from Yemen and Jordan. European Journal of Soil Science 59: 824-834. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2389.2008.01017.x
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• Wagner, S., Cattle, S. R., Scholten, T. (2007): Soil-aggregate formation as influenced by clay content and organic-matter amendment. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 170, 173-180. doi: 10.1002/jpln.200521732
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• Behrens, T., Scholten, T. (2006): Digital soil mapping in Germany – a review. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 169/3, 434-443. doi: 10.1002/jpln.200521962
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