Soil Sciences, Geo-Ecology, and Land Use Management
Soil Sciences, Geo-Ecology, and Land Use Management integrate a multitude field of studies at different scales, ranging from colloidal clay minerals, organic matter, and microorganisms to soils as compartments of the pedosphere to processes at the landscape level under anthropogenic impact.
This SUREMA topic deals with the processes controlling the functioning of our environment, includes the analyses of energy and matter fluxes, and aims at identifying management options. It is of central significance for a sustainable and resource saving management of ecosystems.
– Terrestrial Biogeochemistry
– Soil Conservation, Remediation, and Restoration
– Matter Budget of Urban Ecosystems
– Pollutant Research
– Risk Assessment and Ecotoxicology
– Environmental Impact Assessment
– GIS, Monitoring, Remote Sensing
– Conservation of Pedo- and Biodiversity
– Ecosystem Analysis under Environmental Change
– Land Use Planning
Regional and international co-operation in the field of research and teaching
- soil genesis, classification and evaluation
- C cycling in terrestrial ecosystems
- clay-humus interactions
- weathering, transformation and neo-formation of soil minerals
- processes of anthropogenic soils
- recultivation of mining areas
- contaminants and their behaviour in soils and landscapes
- effects of environmental change on the function of terrestrial ecosystems
- pedodiversity and soil biodiversity
- management of tropical and semiarid soils and ecosystems
- land use change and geo-ecological response
- point and non point sources of nutrient fluxes
- hyperspectral remote sensing and spectral analyses
- applied remote sensing in soil science, vegetation structures and hydrochemistry
- virtual landscapes
- measurement of sustainability on farm level
- indicators and threshold definition for sustainable development
Contact
Please contact the members of the SUREMA topic “Soil Sciences, Geo-Ecology, and Land Use Management”
Soil Science and Soil Conservation
Prof. Dr. Reinhold Jahn
reinhold.jahn@landw.uni-halle.de
Soil Biology and Soil Ecology
Prof. Dr. Georg Guggenberger
georg.guggenberger@landw.uni-halle.de
Agronomy and Organic Farming
Prof. Dr. Olaf Christen
olaf.christen@landw.uni-halle.de
Geo- and Urban Ecology
Prof. Dr. Manfred Frühauf
manfred.fruehauf@geo.uni-halle.de
Remote Sensing
Prof. Dr. Cornelia Gläßer
cornelia.glaesser@geo.uni-halle.de
Spatial and Environmental Planning
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Kühling
wilfried.kuehling@geo.uni-halle.de
Applied Landscape Ecology
Prof. Dr. Ralf Seppelt
ralf.seppelt@ufz.de