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Peer-reviewed scientific paper by Christopher Poeplau

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    Poeplau C, Liang Z, Don A, Seitz D, De Notaris C, Angers D, Barré P, Beillouin D, Cardinael R, Ceschia E, Chenu C, Constantin J, Demenois J, Mary B, Pellerin S, Plaza-Bonilla D, Quemada M, Justes E (2024) Cover crops do increase soil organic carbon stocks - A critical comment on Chaplot and Smith (2023). Global Change Biol 30(1):e17128, DOI:10.1111/gcb.17128

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    Schroeder J, Peplau T, Pennekamp F, Gregorich E, Tebbe CC, Poeplau C (2024) Deforestation for agriculture increases microbial carbon use efficiency in subarctic soils. Biol Fertil Soils 60(1):17-34, DOI:10.1007/s00374-022-01669-2

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn065532.pdf

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    Don A, Drexler S, Poeplau C (2024) Indikatoren zur Bewertung von Humusgehalten für die Bodengesundheit. Bodenschutz(1):8-15

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    Schroeder J, Damatîrca C, Bölscher T, Chenu C, Elsgaard L, Tebbe CC, Skadell LE, Poeplau C (2024) Liming effects on microbial carbon use efficiency and its potential consequences for soil organic carbon stocks. Soil Biol Biochem 191:109342, DOI:10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109342

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn067614.pdf

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    Poeplau C, Don A (2023) A simple soil organic carbon level metric beyond the organic carbon-to-clay ratio. Soil Use Manag 39(3):1057-1067, DOI:10.1111/sum.12921

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066438.pdf

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    Liu B, Schroeder J, Ahnemann H, Poeplau C, Tebbe CC (2023) Crop diversification improves the diversity and network structure of the prokaryotic soil microbiome at conventional nitrogen fertilization. Plant Soil 489(1-2):259-276, DOI:10.1007/s11104-023-06011-9

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066320.pdf

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    Peplau T, Poeplau C, Gregorich E, Schroeder J (2023) Deforestation for agriculture leads to soil warming and enhanced litter decomposition in subarctic soils. Biogeosciences 20(5):1063-1074, DOI:10.5194/bg-20-1063-2023

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066189.pdf

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    Finn D, Schroeder J, Samad MS, Poeplau C, Tebbe CC (2023) Importance of sample pre-treatments for the DNA-based characterization of microbiomes in cropland and forest soils. Soil Biol Biochem 184:109077, DOI:10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109077

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    Begill N, Don A, Poeplau C (2023) No detectable upper limit of mineral-associated organic carbon in temperate agricultural soils. Global Change Biol 29(16):4662-4669, DOI:10.1111/gcb.16804

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066439.pdf

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    Liang Z, Rasmussen J, Poeplau C, Elsgaard L (2023) Priming effects decrease with the quantity of cover crop residues - Potential implications for soil carbon sequestration. Soil Biol Biochem 184:109110, DOI:10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109110

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066490.pdf

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    Poeplau C, Begill N, Don A (2023) Response to: "The robust concept of mineral-associated organic matter saturation: A letter to Begill et al. (2023)". Global Change Biol 29(21):e4-e6, DOI:10.1111/gcb.16920

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066732.pdf

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    Poeplau C, Begill N, Liang Z, Schiedung M (2023) Root litter quality drives the dynamic of native mineral-associated organic carbon in a temperate agricultural soil. Plant Soil 491(1-2):439-456, DOI:10.1007/s11104-023-06127-y

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066491.pdf

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    Poeplau C, Dechow R (2023) The legacy of one hundred years of climate change for organic carbon stocks in global agricultural topsoils. Sci Rep 13:7483, DOI:10.1038/s41598-023-34753-0

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066328.pdf

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    Quezada JC, Guillaume T, Poeplau C, Ghazoul J, Buttler A (2022) Deforestation-free land-use change and organic matter-centered management improve the C footprint of oil palm expansion. Global Change Biol 28(7):2476-2490, DOI:10.1111/gcb.16069

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn064529.pdf

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    Harbo LS, Schulz G, Heinemann H, Dechow R, Poeplau C (2022) Flower strips as a carbon sequestration measure in temperate croplands. Plant Soil 482(1-2):647-663, DOI:10.1007/s11104-022-05718-5

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn065469.pdf

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    Mganga KZ, Sietiö O-M, Meyer N, Poeplau C, Adamczyk S, Biasi C, Kalu S, Räsänen M, Ambus P, Fritze H, Pellikka PKE, Karhu K (2022) Microbial carbon use efficiency along an altitudinal gradient. Soil Biol Biochem 173:108799, DOI:10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108799

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn065272.pdf

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    Poeplau C, Prietz R, Don A (2022) Plot-scale variability of organic carbon in temperate agricultural soils - Implications for soil monitoring. J Plant Nutr Soil Sci 185(3):403-416, DOI:10.1002/jpln.202100393

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn064730.pdf

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    Verbrigghe N, Leblans NIW, Sigurdsson BD, Vicca S, Fang C, Fuchslueger L, Soong J, Weedon JT, Poeplau C, Ariza-Carricondo C, Bahn M, Guenet B, Gundersen P, Gunnarsdotir GE, Kätterer T, Liu Z, Maljanen M, Marañón-Jiménez S, Meeran K, Oddsdottir ES, et al (2022) Soil carbon loss in warmed subarctic grasslands is rapid and restricted to topsoil. Biogeosciences 19(14):3381-3393, DOI:10.5194/bg-19-3381-2022

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn065273.pdf

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    Peplau T, Schroeder J, Gregorich E, Poeplau C (2022) Subarctic soil carbon losses after deforestation for agriculture depend on permafrost abundance. Global Change Biol 28(17):5227-5242, DOI:10.1111/gcb.16307

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn065080.pdf

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    Schroeder J, Peplau T, Gregorich E, Tebbe CC, Poeplau C (2022) Unexpected microbial metabolic responses to elevated temperatures and nitrogen addition in subarctic soils under different land uses. Biogeochemistry 160(1):105-125, DOI:10.1007/s10533-022-00943-7

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn065023.pdf

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    Just C, Poeplau C, Don A, Wesemael B van, Kögel-Knabner I, Wiesmeier M (2021) A simple approach to isolate slow and fast cycling organic carbon fractions in Central European soils - importance of dispersion method. Front Soil Sci 1:692583, DOI:10.3389/fsoil.2021.692583

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn064226.pdf

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    Boysen LR, Brovkin V, Warlind D, Peano D, Lanso AS, Delire C, Burke E, Poeplau C, Don A (2021) Evaluation of soil carbon dynamics after forest cover change in CMIP6 land models using chronosequences. Environ Res Lett 16(7):074030, DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/ac0be1

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn064024.pdf

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    Poeplau C (2021) Grassland soil organic carbon stocks along management intensity and warming gradients. Grass Forage Sci 76(2):186-195, DOI:10.1111/gfs.12537

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn063709.pdf

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    Riggers C, Poeplau C, Don A, Frühauf C, Dechow R (2021) How much carbon input is required to preserve or increase projected soil organic carbon stocks in German croplands under climate change? Plant Soil 460:417-433, DOI:10.1007/s11104-020-04806-8

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn063271.pdf

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    Schroeder J, Kammann L, Helfrich M, Tebbe CC, Poeplau C (2021) Impact of common sample pre-treatments on key soil microbial properties. Soil Biol Biochem 160:108321, DOI:10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108321

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn063708.pdf

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    Peplau T, Schroeder J, Gregorich E, Poeplau C (2021) Long-term geothermal warming reduced stocks of carbon but not nitrogen in a subarctic forest soil. Global Change Biol 27(20):5341-5355, DOI:10.1111/gcb.15754

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn063760.pdf

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    Fukumasu J, Poeplau C, Coucheney E, Jarvis N, Klöffel T, Koestel J, Kätterer T, Nimblad Svensson D, Wetterlind J, Larsbo M (2021) Oxalate-extractable aluminum alongside carbon inputs may be a major determinant for organic carbon content in agricultural topsoils in humid continental climate. Geoderma 402:115345, DOI:10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115345

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn063792.pdf

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    Cecillon L, Baudin F, Chenu C, Christensen BT, Franko U, Houot S, Kanari E, Kätterer T, Merbach I, van Oort F, Poeplau C, Quezada JC, Savignac F, Soucemarianadin LN, Barré P (2021) Partitioning soil organic carbon into its centennially stable and active fractions with machine-learning models based on Rock-Eval® thermal analysis (PARTYSOCv2.0 and PARTYSOCv2.0EU). Geosci Model Dev 14(6):3879-3898, DOI:10.5194/gmd-14-3879-2021

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn063710.pdf

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    Schneider F, Poeplau C, Don A (2021) Predicting ecosystem responses by data-driven reciprocal modelling. Global Change Biol 27(21):5670-5679, DOI:10.1111/gcb.15817

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn063839.pdf

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    Poeplau C, Don A, Schneider F (2021) Roots are key to increasing the mean residence time of organic carbon entering temperate agricultural soils. Global Change Biol 27(19):4921-4934, DOI:10.1111/gcb.15787

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn063791.pdf

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    Walker TWN, Janssens IA, Weedon JT, Sigurdsson BD, Richter A, Penuelas J, Leblans NIW, Bahn M, Bartrons M, de Jonge C, Fuchslueger L, Gargallo-Garriga A, Gunnarsdotir GE, Maranon-Jimenez S, Oddsdottir ES, Ostonen I, Poeplau C, Prommer J, Radujkovic D, Sardans J, et al (2020) A systemic overreaction to years versus decades of warming in a subarctic grassland ecosystem. Nature Ecol Evol 4:101-108, DOI:10.1038/s41559-019-1055-3

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    Poeplau C, Sigurdsson P, Sigurdsson BD (2020) Depletion of soil carbon and aggregation after strong warming of a subarctic Andosol under forest and grassland cover. Soil 6(1):115-129, DOI:10.5194/soil-6-115-2020

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn062763.pdf

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    Jacobs A, Poeplau C, Weiser C, Fahrion-Nitschke A, Don A (2020) Exports and inputs of organic carbon on agricultural soils in Germany. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst 118:249-271, DOI:10.1007/s10705-020-10087-5

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn062762.pdf

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    Jacobs A, Heidecke C, Jumshudzade Z, Osterburg B, Paulsen HM, Poeplau C (2020) Soil organic carbon certificates - potential and limitations for private and public climate action. Landbauforsch J Sustainable Organic Agric Syst 70(2):31-35, DOI:10.3220/LBF1605778405000

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn062975.pdf

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    Poeplau C, Jacobs A, Don A, Vos C, Schneider F, Wittnebel M, Tiemeyer B, Heidkamp A, Prietz R, Flessa H (2020) Stocks of organic carbon in German agricultural soils - Key results of the first comprehensive inventory. J Plant Nutr Soil Sci 183(6):665-681, DOI:10.1002/jpln.202000113

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn062722.pdf

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    Poeplau C, Barré P, Cecillon L, Baudin F, Sigurdsson BD (2019) Changes in the Rock-Eval signature of soil organic carbon upon extreme soil warming and chemical oxidation - A comparison. Geoderma 337:181-190, DOI:10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.09.025

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    Poeplau C, Schroeder J, Gregorich E, Kurganova I (2019) Farmers' perspective on agriculture and environmental change in the circumpolar north of Europe and America. Land 8(12):190, DOI:10.3390/land8120190

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn061859.pdf

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    Poeplau C, Helfrich M, Dechow R, Szoboszlay M, Tebbe CC, Don A, Greiner B, Zopf D, Thumm U, Korevaar H, Geerts R (2019) Increased microbial anabolism contributes to soil carbon sequestration by mineral fertilization in temperate grasslands. Soil Biol Biochem 130:167-176, DOI:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.12.019

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    Jaconi A, Poeplau C, Ramirez-Lopez L, Wesemael B van, Don A (2019) Log-ratio transformation is the key to determining soil organic carbon fractions with near-infrared spectroscopy. Eur J Soil Sci 70(1):127-139, DOI:10.1111/ejss.12761

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    Riggers C, Poeplau C, Don A, Bamminger C, Höper H, Dechow R (2019) Multi-model ensemble improved the prediction of trends in soil organic carbon stocks in German croplands. Geoderma 345:17-30, DOI:10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.03.014

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    Poeplau C, Germer K, Schwarz KU (2019) Seasonal dynamics and depth distribution of belowground biomass carbon and nitrogen of extensive grassland and a Miscanthus plantation. Plant Soil 440(1-2):119–133, DOI:10.1007/s11104-019-04074-1

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    Poeplau C, Don A, Six J, Kaiser M, Benbi D, Chenu C, Cotrufo MF, Derrien D, Gioacchini P, Grand S, Gregorich E, Griepentrog M, Gunina A, Haddix M, Kuzyakov Y, Kühnel A, Macdonald LM, Soong J, Trigalet S, Vermeire M-L, et al (2018) Isolating organic carbon fractions with varying turnover rates in temperate agricultural soils - A comprehensive method comparison. Soil Biol Biochem 125:10-26, DOI:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.06.025

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    Poeplau C, Zopf D, Greiner B, Geerts R, Korvaar H, Thumm U, Don A, Heidkamp A, Flessa H (2018) Why does mineral fertilization increase soil carbon stocks in temperate grasslands? Agric Ecosyst Environ 265:144-155, DOI:10.1016/j.agee.2018.06.003

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    Larjavaara M, Kanninen M, Alam SA, Mäkinen A, Poeplau C (2017) Carboscen: a tool to estimate carbon implications of land-use scenarios. Ecography 40(7):894-900, DOI:10.1111/ecog.02576

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn058468.pdf

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    Ghafoor A, Poeplau C, Kätterer T (2017) Fate of straw- and root derived carbon in a Swedish agricultural soil. Biol Fertil Soils 53(2):257-267, DOI:10.1007/s00374-016-1168-7

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    Szoboszlay M, Dohrmann AB, Poeplau C, Don A, Tebbe CC (2017) Impact of land-use change and soil organic carbon quality on microbial diversity in soils across Europe. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 93(12):1-12, DOI:10.1093/femsec/fix146

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    Poeplau C, Kätterer T (2017) Is soil texture a major controlling factor of root:shoot ratio in cereals? Eur J Soil Sci 68(6):964-970, DOI:10.1111/ejss.12466

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    Don A, Böhme IH, Dohrmann AB, Poeplau C, Tebbe CC (2017) Microbial community composition affects soil organic carbon turnover in mineral soils. Biol Fertil Soils 53(4):445-456, DOI:10.1007/s00374-017-1198-9

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    Poeplau C, Reiter L, Berti A, Kätterer T (2017) Qualitative and quantitative response of soil organic carbon to 40 years of crop residue incorporation under contrasting nitrogen fertilisation regimes. Soil Res 55(1):1-9, DOI:10.1071/SR15377

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    Poeplau C, Kätterer T, Leblans NIW, Sigurdsson BD (2017) Sensitivity of soil carbon fractions and their specific stabilization mechanisms to extreme soil warming in a subarctic grassland. Global Change Biol 23(3):1316-1327, DOI:10.1111/gcb.13491

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    Poeplau C, Vos C, Don A (2017) Soil organic carbon stocks are systematically overestimated by misuse of the parameters bulk density and rock fragment content. Soil 3:61-66, DOI:10.5194/soil-3-61-2017

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn058467.pdf

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    Poeplau C, Marstorp H, Thored K, Kätterer T (2016) Effect of grassland cutting frequency on soil carbon storage - A case study on public lawns in three Swedish cities. Soil 2(2):175-184, DOI:10.5194/soil-2-175-2016

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn056550.pdf

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    Poeplau C (2016) Estimating root: shoot ratio and soil carbon inputs in temperate grasslands with the RothC model. Plant Soil 407(1):293-305, DOI:10.1007/s11104-016-3017-8

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    Sigurdsson BD, Leblans NIW, Dauwe S, Gudmundsdottir E, Gundersen P, Gunnarsdotir GE, Holmstrup M, Ilieva-Makulec K, Kätterer T, Marteinsdottir B, Maljanen M, Oddsdottir ES, Ostonen I, Penuelas J, Poeplau C, Richter A, Sigurdsson P, Bodegom PMv, Wallander H, Weedon J, et al (2016) Geothermal ecosystems at natural climate change experiments: the ForHot research site in Iceland as a case study. Icelandic Agric Sci 29:53-71, DOI:10.16886/IAS.2016.05

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    Vliet J van, Magliocca NR, Büchner B, Cook E, Rey-Benayas JM, Ellis EC, Heinimann A, Keys E, Lee TM, Liu J, Mertz O, Meyfroidt P, Moritz M, Poeplau C, Robinson BE, Seppelt R, Seto KC, Verburg PH (2016) Meta-studies in land use science: current coverage and prospects. Ambio 45:15-28, DOI:10.1007/s13280-015-0699-8

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn056534.pdf

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    Poeplau C, Herrmann AM, Kätterer T (2016) Opposing effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on soil microbial metabolism and the implications for soil carbon storage. Soil Biol Biochem 100:83-91, DOI:10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.05.021

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    Poeplau C, Bolinder Martin A, Kirchmann H, Kätterer T (2016) Phosphorus fertilisation under nitrogen limitation can deplete soil carbon stocks: evidence from Swedish meta-replicated long-term field experiments. Biogeosciences 13(4):1119-1127, DOI:10.5194/bg-13-1119-2016

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn056536.pdf

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    Wiesmeier M, Poeplau C, Sierra CA, Maier H, Frühauf C, Hübner R, Kühnel A, Spörlein P, Geuß U, Hangen E, Schilling B, Lützow M von, Kögel-Knabner I (2016) Projected loss of soil organic carbon in temperate agricultural soils in the 21st century: effects of climate change and carbon input trends. Sci Rep 6:32525, DOI:10.1038/srep32525

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn057153.pdf

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    Poeplau C, Bolinder Martin A, Kätterer T (2016) Towards an unbiased method for quantifying treatment effects on soil carbon in long-term experiments considering initial within-field variation. Geoderma 267:41-47, DOI:10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.12.026

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    Poeplau C, Don A (2015) Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils via cultivation of cover crops - a meta-analysis. Agric Ecosyst Environ 200(1):33-41, DOI:10.1016/j.agee.2014.10.024

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    Poeplau C, Aronsson H, Myrbeck A, Kätterer T (2015) Effect of perennial ryegrass cover crop on soil organic carbon stocks in southern Sweden. Geoderma Reg 4:126-133, DOI:10.1016/j.geodrs.2015.01.004

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    Poeplau C, Eriksson J, Kätterer T (2015) Estimating residual water content in air-dried soil from organic carbon and clay content. Soil Tillage Res 145:181-183, DOI:10.1016/j.still.2014.09.021

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    Poeplau C, Kätterer T, Bolinder Martin A, Börjesson G, Berti A, Lugato E (2015) Low stabilization of aboveground crop residue carbon in sandy soils of Swedish long-term experiments. Geoderma 237/238:246-255, DOI:10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.09.010 0016-7061

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    Bolinder Martin A, Kätterer T, Poeplau C, Börjesson G, Parent LE (2015) Net primary productivity and below-ground crop residue inputs for root crops: Potato (Solanum tuberosumL.) and sugar beet (Beta vulgarisL.). Can J Soil Sci 95(2):87-93, DOI:10.4141/CJSS-2014-091

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    Poeplau C, Bolinder Martin A, Eriksson J, Lundblad M, Kätterer T (2015) Positive trends in organic carbon storage in Swedish agricultural soils due to unexpected socio-economic drivers. Biogeosciences 12(11):3241-3251, DOI:10.5194/bg-12-3241-2015

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn056532.pdf

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    Poeplau C, Don A (2014) Effect of ultrasonic power on soil organic carbon fractions. J Plant Nutr Soil Sci 177(2):137-140, DOI:10.1002/jpln.201300492

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    Wiesmeier M, Schad P, Lützow M von, Poeplau C, Spörlein P, Geuß U, Hangen E, Reischl A, Schilling B, Kögel-Knabner I (2014) Quantification of functional soil organic carbon pools for major soil units and land uses in southeast Germany (Bavaria). Agric Ecosyst Environ 185:208-220, DOI:10.1016/j.agee.2013.12.028

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    Poeplau C, Don A (2014) Soil carbon changes under Miscanthus driven by C4 accumulation and C3 decomposition - toward a default sequestration function. GCB Bioenergy 6(4):327-338, DOI:10.1111/gcbb.12043

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    Poeplau C, Don A, Dondini M, Leifeld J, Nemo R, Schumacher J, Senapati N, Wiesmeier M (2013) Reproducibility of a soil organic carbon fractionation method to derive RothC carbon pools. Eur J Soil Sci 64(6):735-746, doi:10.1111/ejss.12088

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    Poeplau C, Don A (2012) Sensitivity of soil organic carbon stocks and fractions to different land-use changes across Europe. Geoderma 192:189-201, DOI:10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.08.003

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    Poeplau C, Don A, Vesterdal L, Leifeld J, Wesemael B van, Schumacher J, Gensior A (2011) Temporal dynamics of soil organic carbon after land-use change in the temperate zone - carbon response functions as a model approach. Global Change Biol 17(7):2415-2427, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02408.x

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