Publications

In peer-reviewed journals

Greenberg, I., Sawallisch, A., Stelling, J., Vohland, M., Ludwig, B. (2024) Optimization of sample preparation and data evaluation techniques for X-ray fluorescence prediction of soil texture, pH, and cation exchange capacity of loess soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal 88(1), 27-42. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20598.
Guo, Z.M., Qiang, W. (...), Ludwig, B., Gunina, A. (2024). Nitrogen deposition raises temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition in subtropical forest. Science of the Total Environment 907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167925.
Greenberg, I., Vohland, M., Seidel, M., Hutengs, C., Bezard, R., Ludwig, B. (2023). Evaluation of Mid-Infrared and X-ray Fluorescence Data Fusion Approaches for Prediction of Soil Properties at the Field Scale. Sensors 23/2, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.2290/s23020662.
Liu, L., Gunina, A., Zhang, F., Cui, Z., Tian, J. (2023). Fungal necromass increases soil aggregation and organic matter chemical stability under improved cropland management and natural restoration. Science of The Total Environment 858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159953.
Ludwig, B., Greenberg, I., Vohland, M., Michel, K. (2023). Optimised use of data fusion and memory-based learning with an Austrian soil library for predictions with infrared data. European Journal of Soil Science 74(4). https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13394.
Qiang, W., Gunina, A., Kuzyakov, Y., He, L., Zhang, Y., Liu, B., Pang, X. (2023). Contributions of mycorrhizal fungi to soil aggregate formation during subalpine forest succession. Catena, 221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2022.106800.
Shi, JW., Deng, L., Gunina, A. et al. (2023). Carbon stabilization pathways in soil aggregates during long-term forest succession: Implications from 813C signatures. Soil Biology Biochemistry 180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.108988.
Zhou, Q., Gunina, A. et al. (2023). Reduction in soil CO2 efflux through alteration of hydrothermal factor in milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.)-rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) intercropping system. Frontiers in Plant Science 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.1093507.
Greenberg, I., Seidel. M., Vohland, M., Koch, HJ, Ludwig, B. (2022). Performance of in situ vs laboratory mid-infrared soil spectroscopy using local and regional calibration strategies. Geoderma 409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115614.
Gunina, A., Kuzyakov, Y. (2022). From energy to (soil organic) matter. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16071.
Ludwig, B., Kluver, K., Filipinski, M., Greenberg, I., Piepho, HP, Cordsen, E. (2022). Description and prediction of copper contents in soils using different modeling approaches-Results of long-term monitoring of soils of northern Germany. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.202200075.
Ludwig, B., Wolfel, P., Greenberg, I., Piepho, HP, Sporlein, P. (2022). Application of mixed-effects modelling and rule-based models to explain copper variation in soil profiles of southern Germany. European Journal of Soil Science 73,3. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13258.
Seidel, M., Vohland, M., Greenberg, I., Ludwig, B., et al. (2022). Soil moisture effects on predictive VNIR and MIR modeling of soil organic carbon and clay content. Geoderma 427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116103.
Semella, S., Hutengs, C., Seidel, M., Ulrich, M., Schneider, B., Ortner, M., Thiele-Bruhn, S., Ludwig, B., Vohland, M. (2022). Accuracy and Reproducibility of Laboratory Diffuse Reflectance Measurements with Portable VNIR and MIR Spectrometers for Predictive Soil Organic Carbon Modeling. Sensors 22, 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22072749.
Vohland, M., Ludwig, B., Seidel, M., Hutengs, C. (2022). Quantification of soil organic carbon at regional scale: Benefits of fusing vis-NIR and MIR diffuse reflectance data are greater for in situ than for laboratory-based modelling approaches. Geoderma 405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115426.
Yan, ZJ, Zhou, J., Yang, L., Gunina, A., et al. (2022). Diversified cropping systems benefit soil carbon and nitrogen stocks by increasing aggregate stability: Results of three fractionation methods. Science of the Total Environment 824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153878.
Zhang, Q., Liu, M., Xu, XL, Gunina, A. (2022). Species-specific interaction affects organic nitrogen uptake during intercropping of four important crop species: A useful index for selecting appropriate intercropping combination. Rhizosphere 21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2021.100460.
Engell, I., Linsler, D., Schrader, S., Taylor, A., Ludwig, B., Potthoff, M. (2021). Crop residue displacement by soil inversion: Annelid responses and their impact on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a lab-based mesocosm study. Applied Soil Ecology 167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.104151.
Greenberg, I., Seidel, M., Vohland, M., Ludwig, B. (2021). Performance of field-scale lab vs in situ visible/near- and mid-infrared spectroscopy for estimation of soil properties. European Journal of Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13180.
Li, BZ, Gunina, A., et al (2021). Fate of low-molecular-weight organic phosphorus compounds in the P-rich and P-poor paddy soils. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 20,9:2526-2534. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2095-3119(20)63310-X.
Ludwig, B., Song, XN, Gunina, A.,Greenberg, I., Dippold, MA, Piepho, HP (2021). Importance of sources of variability, scales and experimental design: A case study about the effects of biochar and slurry application on soil properties in agricultural silty loam soils. European Journal of Soil Science 72,5:1954-1968. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13120
Ludwig, B., Greenberg, I., Sawallisch, A., Vohland, M. (2021). Diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy estimates for soil properties using multiple partitions: Effects of the range of contents, sample size, and algorithms. Soil Science Society of America Journal 83, 3:546-559. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20205
Xia, Y.H., Chen, X.B., Zheng, S.M., Gunina, A. et al (2021). Manure application accumulates more nitrogen in paddy soils than rice straw but less from fungal necromass. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107575.
Zang, Q.Q, Duan, P.P, Gunina, A., et.al. (2021). Mitigation of carbon dioxide by accelerated sequestration from long-term biochar amended paddy soil. Soil & Tillage Research, 209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2021.104955
Atere, CT., Gunina, A. et.al. (2020). Organic matter stabilization in aggregates and density fractions in paddy soil depending on long-term fertilization: Tracing of pathways by ¹³C natural abundance. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107931.
Cooper, J., Greenberg, I., Ludwig, B., Hippich, L., Fischer, D., Glaser, B., Kaiser, M.(2020). Effect of biochar and compost on soil properties and organic matter in aggregate size fractions under field conditions. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.106882.
Greenberg, I., Linsler, D., Vohland, M., Ludwig, B. (2020). Robustness of visible near-infrared and mid-infrared spectroscopic models to changes in the quantity and quality of crop residues in soil. Soil Science Society of America Journal 84, 3:963-977. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20067.
Shen, CC., Gunina, A. et al. (2020). Contrasting patterns and drivers of soil bacterial and fungal diversity across a mountain gradient. Environmental Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15090.
Song, XN., Razavi, BS., Ludwig, B., Zamanian, K., Zang, HD., Kuzyakov, Y., Dippold, MH., Gunina, A. (2020). Combined biochar and nitrogen application stimulates enzyme activity and root plasticity. Science of The Total Environment. 735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139393
Vormstein, S., Kaiser, M., Piepho, HP, Ludwig, B. (2020). Aggregate formation and organo-mineral association affect characteristics of soil organic matter across soil horizons and parent materials in temperate broadleaf forest. Biogeochemistry 148:169-189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-020-00652-z.
Zhao, X., Xu, XL., Wang, F., Greenberg, I., Liu, M., Che, RX., Zang, L., Cui, XY (2020). Climatic, Edaphic and Biotic Controls over Soil delta C-13 and delta N-15 in Temperate Grasslands. Forests 11,4:433. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11040433.
Greenberg, I., Kaiser, M., Gunina, A., Ledesma, P., Polifka, S., Wiedner, K., Mueller, CW., Glaser, B., Ludwig, B. (2019). Substitution of mineral fertilizers with biogas digestate plus biochar increases physically stabilized soil carbon but not crop biomass in a field trial. Science of the total Environment 680:181-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.051.
Greenberg, I., Kaiser, M., Polifka, S., Wiedner, K., Glaser, B., Ludwig, B. (2019). The effect of biochar with biogas digestate or mineral fertilizer on fertility, aggregation and organic carbon content of a sandy soil: Results of a temperate field experiment. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 182:824-835. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.201800496.
Gunina, A., Vormstein, S., Kaiser, M., Ludwig, B. (2019). Decomposition of beech leaves and roots in the topsoil and subsoil of a sandy Cambisol: Results of a one-year incubation. European Journal of Soil Biology 95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2019.103136.
Hutengs,C., Seidel, M., Oertel, F., Ludwig, B., Vohland, M. (2019). In situ and laboratory soil spectroscopy with portable visible-to-near-infrared and mid-infrared instruments for the assessment of organic carbon in soils. Geoderma 355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.113900.
Ludwig, B., Murugan, R., Parama, VRR, Vohland, M. (2019). Accuracy of Estimating Soil Properties with Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy: Implications of Different Chemometric Approaches and Software Packages Related to Calibration Sample Size. Soil Science Society of America Journal 83,5:1542-1552. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2018.11.0413.
Murugan, R., Parama, VRR, Madan, B., Muthuraju, R., Ludwig, B. (2019). Short-Term Effect of Nitrogen Intensification on Aggregate Size Distribution, Microbial Biomass and Enzyme Activities in a Semi-Arid Soil Under Different Crop Types. Pedosphere 29,4:483-491. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1002-0160(19)60802-7.
Seidel, M., Hutengs, C., Ludwig, B., Thiele-Bruhn, S., Vohland, M. (2019). Strategies for the efficient estimation of soil organic carbon at the field scale with vis-NIR spectroscopy: Spectral libraries and spiking vs. local calibrations. Geoderma 354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.07.014.
Zhao, ZW., Ge, TD., Gunina, A. et al (2019). Carbon and nitrogen availability in paddy soil affects rice photosynthate allocation, microbial community composition, and priming: combining continuous C-13 labeling with PLFA analysis. Plant and Soil 445:1-2, 137-152. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3873-5
Grunwald, D., Kaiser, M., Piepho, H.-P., Koch, H.-J., Rauber, R. and Ludwig, B. (2018). Effects of biochar and slurry application as well as drying and rewetting on soil macro-aggregate formation in agricultural silty loam soils. Soil Use Manage 34: 575-583. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12465
Heinze, S., Ludwig, B., Piepho, H.-P., et al. (2018). Factors controlling the variability of organic matter in the top- and subsoil of a sandy Dystric Cambisol under beech forest. Geoderma 311: 37-44.
Hutengs, C., Ludwig, B., Jung, A., Eisele, A., Vohland, M. (2018). Comparison of Portable and Bench-Top Spectrometers for Mid-Infrared Diffuse Reflectance Measurements of Soils. Sensors 18, 4, 993. https://doi.org/10.3390/s18040993.
Linsler, D., Nüsse, A., Buchen, C., Helfrich, M., Piepho, H.-P. and Ludwig, B. (2018). Effects of chemical and physical grassland renovation on the temporal dynamics of organic carbon stocks and water-stable aggregate distribution in a sandy temperate grassland soil. Soil Use Manage 34: 490-499. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12451.
Ludwig, B., Murugan, R., Parama, V.R.R., Vohland, M. (2018). Use of different chemometric approaches for an estimation of soil properties at field scale with near infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 181:704-713. DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201800130.
Nüsse, A., Linsler, D., Loges, R., Ludwig, B. (2018). Effect of grassland harvesting frequency and N-fertilization on stocks and dynamics of soil organic matter in the temperate climate. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 54, 1925-1931. DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2018.1468561.
Vohland, M., Ludwig, M., Thiele-Brun, S. and Ludwig B. (2018). Quantification of soil properties with hyperspectral data: Selecting spectral variables with different methods to improve accuracies and analyse prediction mechanisms. Remote Sensing 9:1103, doi:10.3390.
Grunwald, D., Kaiser, M., Ludwig, B. (2017). Influence of elevated soil temperature and biochar application on organic matter associated with aggregate-size and density fractions in an arable soil. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 241:79-87.
Linsler, D., Sawallisch, A., Höper, H., Schmidt, H., Vohland, M., Ludwig, B. (2017). Near-infrared spectroscopy for determination of soil organic C, microbial biomass C and C and N fractions in a heterogeneous sample of German arable surface soils. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 63, 11: 1499-1509.
Ludwig, B., Vormstein, S., Niebuhr, J., Heinze, S., Marschner, B., and Vohland, M. (2017). Estimation accuracies of near infrared spectroscopy for general soil properties and enzyme activities for two forest sites along three transects.
Geoderma 288: 37-46.
Nüsse, A., Linsler, D., Kaiser, M., u.a. (2017). Effect of grazing intensity and soil characteristics on soil organic carbon and nitrogen stocks in a temperate long-term grassland. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 63, 12.
Vohland, M., Ludwig, M., Thiele-Bruhn, S., Ludwig, B. (2017). Quantification of Soil Properties with Hyperspectral Data: Selecting Spectral Variables with Different Methods to Improve Accuracies and Analyze Prediction Mechanisms. Remote Sensing 9/11, 1103.
Vormstein, S., Kaiser, M., Piepho, H.P. and Ludwig, B. (2017). Effects of fine root characteristics of beech on carbon turnover in the topsoil and subsoil of a sandy Cambisol. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 68,2:177-188.
Grunwald, D., Kaiser, M., Ludwig, B. (2016): Effect of biochar and organic fertilizers on C mineralization and macro-aggregate dynamics under different incubation temperatures. Soil and Tillage Research 164:11-17.
Kaiser, M., Zederer, D.P., Ellerbrock, R.H., Sommer, M., Ludwig, B. (2016): Effects of mineral characteristics on content, composition, and stability of organic matter fractions separated from seven forest topsoils of different pedogenesis. Geoderma 263: 1-7.
Linsler, D., Kaiser, M., Andruschkewitsch, R., Ludwig, B. (2016): Effects of cover crop growth and decomposition on the distribution of aggregate size fractions and soil microbial carbon dynamics. Soil Use and Management 32:192-199.
Ludwig, B., Linsler, D., Hoper, H., Schmidt, H., Piepho, H.P., Vohland, M. (2016): Pitfalls in the use of middle-infrared spectroscopy: representativeness and ranking criteria for the estimation of soil properties. Geoderma 268: 165-175.
Pinggera, J., Geisseler, D., Merbach, I. (2015): Effect of substrate quality on the N uptake routes of soil microorganisms in an incubation experiment. Europ. Journal of Soil Biology 69: 17-23.
Pinggera, J., Geisseler, D., Piepho, H.P., Joergensen, R.G., Ludwig, B. (2015): Effect of substrate quality on the N uptake routes of soil microorganisms in different soil depths. Pedobiologia 58, 5-6: 211-218.
Helfrich, M., Ludwig, B., Thoms, C. et al. (2015): The role of soil fungi and bacteria in plant litter decomposition and macroaggregate formation determined using phospholipid fatty acids. Applied Soil Ecology 96: 261-264.
Linsler, D., Taube, F., Geisseler, D. et al. (2015): Temporal variations of the distribution of water-stable aggregates, microbial biomass and ergosterol in temperate grassland soils with different cultivation histories. Geoderma 241: 221-229.
Ludwig, B., Sawallisch, A., Heinze, S., Joergensen, R.G., Vohland, M. (2015): Usefulness of middle infrared spectroscopy for an estimation of chemical and biological soil properties - Underlying principles and comparison of different software packages. Soil Biology and Biochem. 86: 116-125.
Staunton, S.; Ludwig, B.; Torrent, J. (2015): Barrow, NJA mechanistic model for describing the sorption and desorption of phosphate by soil. Journal of Soil Science, 34, 733-750.
Andruschkewitsch, R., Geisseler, D., Dultz, S., Joergensen, R.-G., Ludwig, B. (2014): Rate of soil-aggregate formation under different organic matter amendments - a short-term incubation experiment. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 177,2: 297-306.
Andruschkewitsch, R., Koch, H.J., Ludwig, B. (2014): Effect of long-term tillage treatments on the temporal dynamics of water-stable aggregates and on macro-aggregate turnover at three German sites. Geoderma 217-218: 57-64.
Kaiser, M., Piegholdt, C., Andruschkewitsch, R., Linsler, D. Koch, H.-J., Ludwig, B. (2014) Impact of tillage intensity on carbon and nitrogen pools in surface and sub-surface soils of three long-term field experiments. Europ. Journal of Soil Science, 65,4: 499-509
Linsler, D., Geisseler, D., Loges, R., Taube, F., Ludwig, B. (2014): Effects of tillage and application of cattle slurry on carbon pools and aggregate distribution in temperate grassland soils. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 177,3: 388-394.
Saenger, A., Geisseler, D., Ludwig, B. (2014): C and N dynamics of a range of biogas slurries as a function of application rate and soil texture: a laboratory experiment. Agronomy and Soil Science 60, 12: 1779-1794.
Vohland, M., Ludwig, M., Thiele-Bruhn, S., Ludwig, B. (2014): Determination of soil properties with visible to near- and mid-infrared spectroscopy: Effect of spectral variable selection. Geoderma 223-225: 88-96.
Wachendorf, C., Potthoff, M., Ludwig, B., Joergensen, R.-G. (2014): Effects of addition of maize litter and earthworms on C mineralization and aggregate formation in single and mixed soils differing in soil organic carbon and clay content. Pedobiologia 57,3: 161-169.
Pokharel, A.K., Jannoura, R., Heitkamp, F., Kleikamp, B.,Wachendorf, C., Dyckmans, J., Ludwig, B., Joergensen, R.G. (2013): Development of aggregates after application of maize residues in the presence of mycorrhizal an non-mycorrhizal pea plants. Geoderma 202-203: 38-44.
Andruschkewitsch, R., Geisseler, D., Koch, H.-J. et al. (2013): Effects of tillage von contents of organic carbon, nitrogen, water-stable aggregates and light fraction for four different long-term trials. Geoderma 192: 368-377.
Jaeger, N., Duffner, A., Ludwig, B. (2013): Effect of fertilization history on short-term emission of CO₂ and N₂O after the application of different N fertilizers - a laboratory study. Arch. of Agronomy and Soil Sci. 59: 161-171.
Linsler, D., Geisseler, D., Loges, R. et al (2013): Temporal dynamics of soil organic matter composition and aggregate distribution in permanent grassland after a single tillage event in a temperate climate. Soil Till. Res. 126: 90-99.
Maqsood, S., Geisseler; B., Rauber, R., Ludwig, B. (2013): Long-term impacts of different tillage intensities on the C and N dynamics of a Haplic Luvisol. Agronomy and Soil Sci. 69,11: 1517-1528.
Piegholdt, C., Geisseler, D., Koch, H.-J. (2013): Long-term tillage effects on the distribution of phosphorus fractions of loess soils in Germany. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci 176: 217-226.
Geisseler, D., Joergensen, R.G., Ludwig, B. (2012): Temporal effect of straw addition on amino acid utilization by soil microorganisms. Eur. J. of Soil Biol. 53: 107-113.
Geisseler, D., Lazicki, P., Pettygrove, G. et al (2012): Nitrogen Dynamics in Irrigated Forage Systems Fertilized with Liquid Dairy Manure. Agronomy Journal 104: 897-907.
Geisseler, D., Joergensen, R.G., Ludwig, B. (2012): Potential soil enzyme activities are decoupled from microbial activity in dry residue-amended soil. Pedobiologia, 55:253-261.
Heitkamp, F., Jäger, N., Flessa, H., Raupp, J., Ludwig, B. (2012): Effect of fertilization on respiration from different sources in a sandy soil of an agricultural longterm experiment. Arch. Agron. Soil Sci.58: 933-944.
Ludwig, B., Hu, K., Niu, L. et al (2012): Modelling the dynamics of organic carbon in fertilization and tillage experiments in the North China Plain using the Rothamsted Carbon Model-initialization and calculation of C inputs (vol 332, pg 193,2010). Plant and Soil 355: 417-417.
Geisseler, D., Linsler, D., Piegholdt, C., Andruschkewitsch, R., Raupp, J. Ludwig, B. (2011): Distribution of phosphorus in size fractions of sandy soils with different fertilization histories. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., 174: 891-898 Abstract
Heinze, S., Oltmanns, M., Joergensen, R.G., Raupp, J. (2011): Changes in microbial biomass indices after 10 years of farmyard manure and vegetal fertilizer application to a sandy soil under organic management. Plant Soil 343: 221-234. Abstract
Heitkamp, F., Raupp, J., Ludwig, B. (2011): Soil organic matter pools and crop yields as affected by the rate of farmyard manure and use of biodynamic preparations in a sandy soil. Org. Agr. 1:111-124. Abstract
Heitkamp, F., Raupp, J., Ludwig, B. (2011): Effects of fertilizer type and rate on labile soil fractions of a sandy Cambisol - long-term and short-term dynamics. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 174, 121-127. Abstract
Jacobs, A., Helfrich, M., Dyckmans, J., Rauber, R., Ludwig, B. (2011): Aggregate dynamics in soil in an incubation experiment with ¹⁵N-maize: effects of residue location. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., in press.
Jacobs, A., Helfrich, M., Dyckmans, J., Rauber, R. , Ludwig, B. (2011): Effects of residue location on soil organic matter turnover: results from an incubation experiment with ¹⁵N-maize. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 174, 634-643. Abstract
Jacobs, A., Ludwig, B., Schmidt, J.H. et al. (2011): Influence of tillage on degradation kinetics using the litterbag method. Eur. J. of Soil Biol. 47, 198-204. Abstract
Jacobs, A., Kaiser, K., Ludwig, B. et al. (2011): Application of biochemical degradation indices to the microbial decomposition of maize leaves and wheat straw in soils under different tillage systems. Geoderma 162, 207-214. Abstract
Jäger, N., Stange, C.F., Ludwig, B., Flessa, H. (2011): Emission rates of N₂O and CO₂ from soils with different organic matter content from three long-term fertilization experiments - a laboratory study. Bio. Fertil. Soils 47: 483-494. Abstract
Ludwig, B., Jaeger, N., Priesack, E., Flessa, H. (2011): Application of the DNDC model to predict N₂O emissions from sandy arable soils with differing fertilization in a long-term experiment. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 174, 350-358 Abstract
Ludwig, B., Bergstermann, A., Priesack, E., Flessa, H. (2011): Modelling of crop yields and N₂O emissions from silty arable soils with differing tillage in two long-term experiments. Soil Till. Res., 112:114-121. Abstract
Ludwig, B., Geisseler, D., Michel, K., Joergensen, R.G., Schulz, E., Merbach, I., Raupp, J., Rauber, R., Hu, K., Niu, L., Liu, X. (2011): Effects of fertilization and soil management on crop yields and carbon stabilization in soils. A review. Agron. Sust. Dev., 31:361-372. Abstract
Mueller, E., Rottman, N., Bergstermann, A., Wildhagen, H. & Joergensen, R.G. (2011): Soil CO₂ evolution rates in the field – a comparison of three methods. Archi. Agron. Soil Sci. 57, 597-608 Abstract
Rottmann, N., Siegfried, K., Buerkert, A., Joergensen, R.G. (2011): Litter decomposition in fertilizer treatments of vegetable crops under irrigated subtropical conditions. Bio. Fertil. Soils 47, 71-80. Abstract
Rottmann, N. & Joergensen, R.G., (2011): Measuring the CO₂ production from maize-straw amended soil columns – a comparison of four methods. J. Plant Nutr.Soil Sci. 174, 373-380. Abstract
Sänger, A., Geisseler, D., Ludwig, B. (2011): Effects of moisture and temperature on greenhouse gas emissions and C and N leaching losses in soil treated with biogas slurry. Biol. Fertil. Soils 47: 249-259. Abstract
Vohland, M., Michel, K ., Ludwig, B. (2011): Use of near infrared spectroscopy to distinguish carbon and nitrogen originating from char and forest-floor material in soils: usefulness of a genetic algorithm. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci.174:695-701.
Buerkert, A., Jahn, H., Golombek, S.D., Al Rawahi, M.N., Gebauer, J. (2010): Carbon and nitrogen emissions from stored manure and cropped fields in irrigated mountain oases of Oman. J. Agric. Rural Devel. Trop. Subtrop. 111, 65-73. Abstract
Geisseler, D., Horwath, W.R., Joergensen, R.G., Ludwig, B. (2010): Pathways of nitrogen utilization by soil microorganisms - a review. Soil Biol. Biochem. 42, 2058-2067. Abstract
Heinze, S., Rauber, R., Joergensen, R.G. (2010): Influence of mouldboard plough and rotary harrow tillage on micobial biomass and nutrient stocks in two long-term experiments on loess derived Luvisols. Appl. Soil Ecol., 46, 405-412. Abstract
Heinze, S., Raupp, J. & Joergensen, R.G. (2010): Effects of fertilizer and spatial heterogeneity in soil pH on microbial biomass indices in a long-term field trial of organic agriculture. Plant Soil, 328:203-215. Abstract
Helfrich, M., Flessa, H. and Ludwig, B. (2010): Is thermal oxidation at different temperatures suitable to isolate soil organic carbon fractions with different turnover? J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci.173, 61-66. Abstract
Helfrich, M., Flessa, M., Ludwig, B. (2010): Modelling carbon dynamics in subsoils using simple models. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., 173: 671-677. Abstract
Jacobs, A., Helfrich, M., Hanisch, S., Quendt, U., Rauber, R. & Ludwig, B. (2010): Effect of conventional and minimum tillage on physical and biochemical stabilization of soil organic matter. Biol. Fertil. Soils 46:671-680. Abstract
Ludwig, B., Herrmann, S. & Michel, K. (2010): Modelling chemical and biological reactions during unsaturated flow through sandy soils. Aust. J. Soil Res., 48, 221-230. Abstract
Ludwig, B., Jaeger, N., Priesack, E., Flessa, H. (2010): Application of the DNDC model to predict N₂O emissions from sandy arable soils with differing fertilization in a long-term experiment. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 174, 350-358 Abstract
Ludwig, B., Hu, K., Niu, L. & Liu, X. (2010): Modelling the dynamics of organic carbon in fertilization and tillage experiments in the North China Plain using the Rothamsted Carbon Model—initialization and calculation of C inputs. Plant Soil, 332: 193-206. Abstract
Michel, K., Herrmann, S. & Ludwig, B. (2010): Modelling chemical and biological reactions during unsaturated flow in silty arable soils. Geoderma, 156, 293-301. Abstract
Michel, K and Ludwig, B. (2010): Prediction of model pools for a long-term experiment using near-infrared spectroscopy. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., 173, 55-60. Abstract
Sänger, A., Geisseler, D. & Ludwig, B. (2010): Effects of rainfall pattern on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in soil amended with biogas slurry and composted cattle manure. J. of Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., 173, 692-698. Abstract
Herrmann, S., Mayer, J., Michel, K. and Ludwig, B. (2009): Predictive capacity of visible-near-infrared spectroscopy for quality parameter assessment of compost. Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy 17, 289-301. Abstract
Heitkamp, F., Raupp, J. and Ludwig, B. (2009): Impact of fertilizer type and rate on carbon and nitrogen pools in a sandy Cambisol. Plant Soil, 319, 259-275. Abstract
Jacobs, A., Rauber, R. and Ludwig, B. (2009): Impact of reduced tillage on carbon and nitrogen storage of two Haplic Luvisols after 40 years. Soil Till. Res., in press.
Michel, K., Terhoeven-Urselmans, T., Nitschke, R., Steffan, P. and Ludwig, B. (2009): Use of near- and mid-infrared spectroscopy to distinguish C and N originating from char and forest floor material in soils. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci.172, 63-70. Abstract
Flessa, H., Amelung, W., Helfrich, M., Wiesenberg, G.L.B., Gleixner, G., Brodowski, S., Rethemeyer, J., Kramer, C. and Grootes, P.M. (2008):. Storage and stability of organic matter in a Luvisol and Phaeozem with continuous maize cropping: A synthesis from the priority program SPP 1090. Abstract
Ludwig, B., Nitschke, R., Terhoeven-Urselmans, T., Michel, K. and Flessa, H. (2008): Use of mid-infrared spectroscopy in the diffuse reflectance mode for the prediction of the composition of organic matter in soil and litter. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci.171, 384-391. Abstract
Helfrich, M., Ludwig, B., Potthoff, M. and Flessa, H. (2008): Effect of litter quality and soil fungi on macroaggregate dynamics and associated partitioning of litter carbon and nitrogen. Soil Biol. Biochem. 40:1823-1835. Abstract
Terhoeven-Urselmans, T., Bruns, C., Schmilewski, G. and Ludwig, B. (2008): Quality assessment of growing media with near-infrared spectroscopy: chemical characteristics and plant assay results. Europ. J. Hortic., 73:28-36. Abstract
Terhoeven-Urselmans, T., Schmidt, H., Jörgensen, R.G. and Ludwig, B. (2008): Usefulness of near-infrared spectroscopy to determine soil biological and chemical characteristics: importance of sample treatment. Soil Biol. Biochem., 40:1178-1188. Abstract
Ludwig, B., Kuka, K., Franko, U. and von Lützow, M. (2008): Comparison of two quantitative soil organic carbon models with a conceptual model using data from an agricultural long term experiments. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci.171, 83-90. Abstract
v. Lützow, M., Kögel-Knabner, I., Ludwig, B., Matzner, E., Flessa, H., Ekschmitt, K., Guggenberger, G., Marschner, B. and Kalbitz, K. (2008): Stabilization mechanisms of organic matter in four temperate soils: Development and application of a conceptual model. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci.171, 111-124. Abstract
Rethemeyer, J., Grootes, P.M., Brodowski, S. and Ludwig, B. (2007): Evaluation of soil 14C data for estimating inert organic matter in the RothC model. Radiocarbon 49, 1079-1091. Abstract
Terhoeven-Urselmans, T., Bruns, C., Schmilewski, G. and Ludwig, B. (2007): Effects of passive heating and storage on the quality of bagged peats and growing media. Sci. Hortic-Amsterdam 115, 82-90. Abstract
Helfrich, M., Flessa, H., Mikutta, R., Dreves, and Ludwig, B. (2007): Comparison of chemical fractionation methods for isolating stable soil organic carbon pools. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 58, 1316-1329. Abstract
Ludwig, B., Schulz, E., Merbach, I., Rethemeyer, J. and Flessa, H. (2007): Predictive modelling of the C dynamics for eight variants of the long-term static fertilization experiment in Bad Lauchstädt using the Rothamsted Carbon Model. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 58, 1155-1163. Abstract
Michel, K., Roose, M. and Ludwig, B. (2007): Comparison of different approaches for modelling heavy metal transport in acidic soils. Geoderma 140:207-214. Abstract
Ludwig, B., Teepe, R., Lopes de Gerenyu, V. and Flessa, H. (2006): CO2 and N2O emissions from gleyic soils in the Russian tundra and a German forest during freeze-thaw periods - a microcosm study. Soil Biol. Biochem., 38:3516-3519. Abstract
Michel, K., Terhoeven-Urselmans, T., Bruns, C., Kleikamp, B. and Ludwig, B. (2006): Determination of chemical and biological properties of composts using near infrared spectroscopy. J. Near Infrared Spec., 14:251-259. Abstract
Yamashita, T., Flessa, H., John, B., Helfrich, M. and Ludwig, B. (2006): Organic matter in density fractions of water-stable aggregates in silty soils: Effect of land use. Soil Biol. Biochem., 38:3222-3234. Abstract
Ludwig, B., Schmilewski, G. and Terhoeven-Urselmans, T. (2006): Use of near infrared spectroscopy to predict chemical parameters and phytotoxicity of peats and growing media. Sci. Hortic-Amsterdam, 109:86-91. Abstract
Helfrich, M., Ludwig, B., Buurmann, P. and Flessa, H. (2006): Effect of land use on the composition of soil organic matter in density and aggregate fractions as revealed by solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy. Geoderma 136:331-341. Abstract
Terhoeven-Urselmans T., Michel, K., Helfrich, M., Flessa, H.and Ludwig, B. (2006): Near infrared spectroscopy can predict the composition of organic matter in soil and litter. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., 169:168-174.Abstract
Michel, K., Matzner, E. Dignac, M.-F. & Kögel-Knabner, I. (2006): Properties of dissolved organic matter related to soil organic matter quality and nitrogen additions in Norway spruce forest floors. Geoderma 130(3-4):250-264. Abstract
Ludwig, B., Helfrich, M. and Flessa, H. (2005): Modelling the long-term stabilization of carbon from maize in a silty soil. Plant Soil 278:315-325. Abstract
Michel, K. and Ludwig, B. (2005): Modelling of seepage water composition from experiments with an acid soil and a calcareous sediment. Acta hydrochim. hydrobiol 33:595-604. Abstract
Lobe, I., Bol, R., Ludwig, B., Du Preez, C.C. and Amelung, W. (2005): Savanna-derived organic matter remaining in arable soils of the South African Highveld long-term mixed cropping: Evidence from 13C and 15N natural abundance. Soil Biol. Biochem. 37:1898-1909. Abstract
Ludwig, B., Khanna, P.K., Prenzel, J. and Beese, F. (2005): Heavy metal release from different ashes during serial batch tests using water and acid. Waste Manage. 25:1055-1066. Abstract
Ludwig, B., Beese, F. and Michel, K. (2005): Modelling cation transport and pH buffering during unsaturated flow through intact subsoils. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 56:635-645. Abstract
John, B., Yamashita, T., Ludwig, B. and Flessa, H. (2005): Storage of organic carbon in aggregate and density fractions of silty soils under different types of land use. Geoderma, 128:63-79. Abstract
Ludwig, B., Wolf, I. and Teepe, R. (2004): Contribution of nitrification and denitrification to the emission of N2O in a freeze-thaw event in an agricultural soil. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., 167:678-684. Abstract
Teepe, R. and Ludwig, B.* (2004): Variability of CO2 and N2O emissions during freeze-thaw cycles: results of model experiments on undisturbed forest-soil cores. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., 167:153-159. Abstract *Corresponding author.
John, B., Ludwig, B., Potthoff, M. and Flessa, H. (2004): Carbon and nitrogen mineralisation after maize harvest between and within maize rows: a microcosm study using 13C natural abundance. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., 167:270-276. Abstract
Teepe, R., Vor, A., Beese, F. and Ludwig, B.* (2004): Emissions of N2O from soils during cycles of freezing and thawing and the effects of soil water, texture and duration of freezing. Eur. J. Soil Sci., 55:357-365. Abstract *Corresponding author.
Teepe, R., Brumme, R., Beese, F. and Ludwig, B. (2004): Nitrous oxide emission and methane consumption following compaction of forest soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 68:605-611. Abstract
Ludwig, B. and Kölbl, A. (2003): Modeling cation exchange in an undisturbed subsoil at different flux rates. Soil Sci., 168:253-266. Abstract
Ludwig, B., John, B., Ellerbrock, R., Kaiser, M. and Flessa, H. (2003): Stabilization of carbon from maize in a sandy soil in a long-term experiment. Eur. J. Soil Sci., 54:117-126. Abstract
John, B., Ludwig, B. and Flessa, H. (2003): Carbon dynamics determined by natural 13C abundance in microcosm experiments with soils from long-term maize and rye monocultures. Soil Biol. Biochem., 35:1193-1202. Abstract
Ludwig, B. and Kölbl, A. (2002): Modelling cation exchange in columns of disturbed and undisturbed subsoil. Eur. J. Soil Sci., 53:645-653. Abstract

Book chapters

Michel, K. and Ludwig, B. (2005): Bioavailability and biogeochemistry of metals in the terrestrial environment. In Biogeochemistry, Availability, and Transport of Metals in the Environment, Vol. 44, S. 75-96 of Met. Ions Biol. Syst., A. Sigel, H. Sigel, and R. K. O. Sigel, eds., M. Dekker, New York & Basel, Conclusions

Other publications

Michel, K. Terhoeven-Urselmans, T., Steffan, P. Ludwig, B. (2009) Bestimmung des kohlebürtigen Kohlenstoffs in Böden mittels Nahinfrarotspektroskopie. In: Böden - eine endliche Ressource, September 2009, Bonn.
Helfrich, M., Flessa, H. & Ludwig, B. (2009): Modellierung der C-Dynamik in Unterböden mittels einfacher Modelle. In: Böden - eine endliche Ressource, September 2009, Bonn.
Ludwig, B., Jörgensen, R.G., Flessa, H. & Michel, K. (2009): Humus- und Nährstoffhaushalt in der ökologischen Landwirtschaft: Einfluss von Bodenbearbeitung und Düngung. In: Böden - eine endliche Ressource, September 2009, Bonn.
Heitkamp, F., Raupp, J. & Ludwig, B. (2009): Der Einfluss von Düngerart und Rate auf unterschiedlich schnell umsetzbare C- und N-Pools. In: Böden - eine endliche Ressource, September 2009, Bonn.
Herrmann, S., Mayer, J., Michel, K. & Ludwig, B. (2009): Anwendbarkeit der Nah- Infrarotspektroskopie zur Qualitätsbeurteilung von Komposten. In: Böden - eine endliche Ressource, September 2009, Bonn.
Jacobs, A., Helfrich, M., Dyckmans, J., Rauber, R. & Ludwig, B. (2009): Auswirkung der Bodenbearbeitung auf Mineralisierung und Stabilisierung organischer Substanz – ein Mikrokosmenversuch. In: Böden - eine endliche Ressource, September 2009, Bonn.
Sänger, A., Geisseler, D. & Ludwig, B. (2009): Einfluss unterschiedlicher Beregnungsmuster auf die Dynamik von C und N aus Biogasgülle und Rottemist im Boden. In: Böden - eine endliche Ressource, September 2009, Bonn.
Helfrich, M., Ludwig, B., Potthoff, M. & Flessa, H. (2008): Einfluss der Streuqualität und der Pilzbiomasse auf die Makroaggregatbildung und die Stabilisierung organischer Substanz im Zuge des Streuabbaus. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 110, 301–302.
Heinze, S., Raupp, J. & Joergensen, R.G. (2008): Influence of pH-heterogeneity of fertiliser effects on microbial biomass in a long-term field trial of ecological agriculture. Eurosoil Abstracts 2008, Wien, 59.
Heinze, S., Raupp, J. & Jörgensen, R. G. (2008).: Einfluss mineralischer und organischer Düngeranwendung auf die mikrobielle Biomasse in einem Langzeit-Versuch der ökologischen Landwirtschaft. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, im Druck.
Heitkamp, F, Raupp, J. & Ludwig, B. (2008): Fertilizer type and rate: effects on labile carbon and nitrogen pools in a long-term trial on a sandy Cambisol. Eurosoil Abstracts 2008, Wien, 228.
Jacobs, A., Rauber, R. & Ludwig, B. (2008): Impact of tillage on carbon and nitrogen storage of two Haplic Luvisols. Eurosoil Abstracts 2008, Wien, 17.
Rottmann, N., Raupp, J., Dyckmans, J. & Jörgensen, R.G. (2008): Decomposition and microbial colonisation of litter affected by the depth of incubation in a column experiment. Eurosoil Abstracts 2008, Wien, 5.
Rottmann, N., Raupp, J., Dyckmans, J. & Jörgensen, R.G. (2008): Abbau und mikrobielle Besiedelung von Streu in Abhängigkeit der Einarbeitungstiefe im Säulenversuch. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, im Druck.
Ludwig, B., Kuka, K., Franko, U. & v. Lützow, M. (2007): Vergleich zweier quantitativer Kohlenstoffdynamik-Modelle mit einem konzeptionellen Modell unter Berücksichtigung landwirtschaftlicher Dauerversuche. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, 110/1, 267.
Michel, K. & Ludwig, B. (2007): Modellierung des Chromtransportes in einem Boden und einem Sediment. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, 110/1, 229-230.
Terhoeven-Urselmans, T., Schmidt, H., Jörgensen, R.G. & Ludwig, B. (2007): Einsatz der Nahinfrarot-Spektroskopie zur Bestimmung von bodenchemischen und bodenbiologischen Meßgrößen und der Einfluß der Probenvorbehandlung. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, 110/1, 331.
Ernst, S., Amthauer Gallardo, D., Michel, K. & Ludwig, B. (2007): Freisetzung von Nährionen aus Böden unterschiedlicher Klimaregionen. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, 110/1, 185.
Heitkamp, F., Michel, K., Raupp, J. & Ludwig, B. (2007): Kohlenstoff- und Stickstoff-Pools in einem Ackerboden nach 27 Jahren organischer und mineralischer Düngung. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, 110/1, 197-198.
Jacobs, A., Rauber, R., Michel, K. & Ludwig, B. (2007): Einfluß von Bodenbearbeitung auf Aggregatstabilität sowie C- und N-Speicherung in Ackerböden zweier Langzeitversuche. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, 110/1, 209-210.
Helfrich, M., Ludwig, B., Mikutta, R., Dreves, A. & Flessa, H. (2006): Are chemical fractionation methods able to isolate stable soil organic matter pools? Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 8, 06912.
Helfrich, M., Ludwig, B. & Flessa, H. (2005): Assessing the suitability of chemical fractionation methods for extracting stable soil organic matter pools. Mechanisms of organic matter stabilization and destabilization in Soils, 2nd International Conference, 55.
Ludwig, B., Roose, M. and Michel, K. (2005): Comparison of different approaches for modelling heavy metal transport in soils. Proceedings. Association of German Chemists (GDCh), Section Water Chemistry, AGM. May 22-24, Celle, Germany, 287-291.
Michel, K. and Ludwig, B. (2005): Modellierung der pH-Pufferung und des Kationen- und Schwermetalltransportes unter ungesättigten Bedingungen. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, 107/1, 151-152.
Helfrich, M., Ludwig, B. and Flessa, H. (2005): Bewertung chemischer Fraktionierungsverfahren zur Gewinnung stabiler Pools der organischen Bodensubstanz. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, 107/2, 643-644.
Ludwig, B., Helfrich, M. and Flessa, H. (2005): Modellierung der Kohlenstoffdynamik in Ackerböden mit dem Rothamsted Carbon Model. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, 107/1, 259.
Terhoeven-Urselmans, T., Michel, K., Helfrich, M., Flessa, H. and Ludwig, B. (2005): Nahinfrarot-Spektroskopie ist zur Qualitätsbeurteilung von Böden geeignet. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, 107/1, 281.
Ludwig, B., Khanna, P., Prenzel, J. and Beese, F. (2005). Patterns of heavy metal release from different types of ashes by sequential extraction methods. Proceedings. Association of German Chemists (GDCh), Section Water Chemistry, AGM. May 2-4, Bad Mergentheim, Germany, 431-435.
Michel, K., Matzner, E. Dignac, M.-F. & Kögel-Knabner, I. (2004): Release and properties of dissolved organic matter related to soil organic matter quality. Eurosoil Abstracts 2004, Freiburg, 316.
Helfrich, M., Yamashita, T., John, B., Ludwig, B. & Flessa, H. (2004): Mineral-associated and occluded particular organic matter in water stable aggregates of silty soils under different types of land use. Eurosoil Abstracts 2004, Freiburg, 372.
Ludwig, B. and Teepe, R. (2004): N2O-Emissionen in Frost-Tau-Perioden: Einfluss der Frostdauer und der Textur. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 103: 33-34.
Ludwig, B., John, B., Ellerbrock, R., Kaiser, M. and Flessa, H. (2003): Stabilisierung des maisbürtigen Kohlenstoffs in einem sandigen Boden: experimentelle und Modellierungsergebnisse. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 102,2: 369.
Michel, K., Ludwig, B. and Kölbl, A. (2003): Modellierung des Kationenaustauschs in gestörten und ungestörten Böden. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 102,1: 215-216.
John, B., Yamashita, T., Flessa, H. and Ludwig, B. (2003): Kohlenstoffumsatz in aggregierten Böden - Messung anhand der natürlichen 13C-Verteilung. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 102,2: 351-352.
Ludwig, B. and Hölscher, D. (2003): Nutrient retention in an Amazonian Ultisol: implications for sustainable land use. In: Challenges to Organic Farming and Sustainable Land Use in the Tropics and Subtropics. Deutscher Tropentag 2002.