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Maik Lucas is an academic researcher from Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ. The author has contributed to research in topics: Soil structure & Soil biology. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 9 publications. Previous affiliations of Maik Lucas include Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg.
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Roots compact the surrounding soil depending on the structures they encounter
Maik Lucas,Steffen Schlüter,Hans-Jörg Vogel,Hans-Jörg Vogel,Doris Vetterlein,Doris Vetterlein +5 more
TL;DR: Porosity gradients extending from the root/biopore surface into the bulk soil were investigated with X-ray µCT for undisturbed soil samples from a field chronosequence as well as for a laboratory experiment, which showed that growing roots only compact the surrounding soil if macroporosity is low and dominated by isolated pores.
Revealing pore connectivity across scales and resolutions with X‐ray CT
Maik Lucas,Doris Vetterlein,Doris Vetterlein,Hans-Jörg Vogel,Hans-Jörg Vogel,Steffen Schlüter +5 more
TL;DR: The scale dependence of connectivity metrics needs to be accounted for in this article, where the authors investigated the changes in pore connectivity with changing sample size, covering a range of analysed pore diameters of more than three orders of magnitude.
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Initial soil formation in an agriculturally reclaimed open-cast mining area - the role of management and loess parent material
Evelin Pihlap,Evelin Pihlap,Miljenka Vuko,Maik Lucas,Markus Steffens,Michael Schloter,Doris Vetterlein,Doris Vetterlein,Manuel Endenich,Ingrid Kögel-Knabner +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a chronosequence approach to elucidate soil formation on agriculturally reclaimed loess soils in an open-cast lignite mining area in Garzweiler (Germany).
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The soil pore structure encountered by roots affects plant-derived carbon inputs and fate.
Maik Lucas,J. P. Santiago,Jinyi Chen,Andrey Guber,Alexandra Kravchenko +4 more
TL;DR: Soil pore structure influences plant-derived carbon inputs and fate by affecting root growth and rhizodeposition, with small pores promoting strong rhizodeposition and high microbial activity, and varying root-soil contact among plant species.
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Interactions among soil texture, pore structure, and labile carbon influence soil carbon gains
Jin Ho Lee,Maik Lucas,Andrey Guber,Xiufen Li,Alexandra N. Kravchenko +4 more
TL;DR: Perennial vegetation with high plant diversity, such as restored prairie, stimulates soil carbon gains through enhanced pore structure formation, influencing microbial biomass, organic matter, and respiration, with medium pore volumes driving SOC accumulation across various soil textures.
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