Department of Soil Quality
Our department consists of two chair groups: Soil Biology & Biological Soil Quality and Soil Chemistry & Chemical Soil Quality. Both groups collaborate in research, education and management.
About usChair holders
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Outcomes 2nd Scientific European Phosphorus Workshop 2013
On February 6 & 7 2013, the 2th Scientific European Phosphorus Workshop (SEPW) on ‘Sustainable use of phosphorus’ took place at Wageningen University and Research Centre in Wageningen (the Netherlands). This workshop was a follow-up of the SEPW in Bordeaux (France) in 2011 on 'Designing phosphorus cycle at country scale'.
Read moreOur research
Our current research deals with chemical compounds and organisms in soil and their characteristics, behavior and interactions. Important themes are:
- nutrients
- contaminants
- soil particles
- soil organisms
- chemical speciation
- biological transformations
- bioavailability & mobility
- soil biodiversity
- organic matter & soil structure
Our education
The chair groups participate in the following BSc and MSc programs of Wageningen University:
- BSc Soil, Water, Atmosphere (BBW)
- BSc Environmental Sciences (BMW)
- BSc Plant sciences (BPW)
- MSc Earth a Environment (MEE)
- MSc Environmental sciences (MES)
- MSc Climate studies, Biology, Organic agriculture
Latest publications
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Greenhouse-gas emissions from soils increased by earthworms
Nature Climate Change 3 (2013). - ISSN 1758-678X - p. 187 - 194.
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Post-harvesting silvicultural treatments in logging gaps: A comparison between enrichment planting and tending of natural regeneration
Forest Ecology and Management 293 (2013). - ISSN 0378-1127 - p. 57 - 64.
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Opportunities and limitations for functional agrobiodiversity in the European context
Environmental Science and Policy 27 (2013). - ISSN 1462-9011 - p. 223 - 231.