Publicaties
2025
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Diepen, J., & Mganga, K. Z. (2025). Pasture cropping for sustainable agricultural production in African drylands. Cambridge Prisms: Drylands. [DOI]
Ngugi, M. M., Stock, S. C., Mganga, K. Z., Loginova, I., Munene, R., Mweu, B., Akuja, T., & Dippold, M. A. (2025). Belowground traits of perennial grasses shape restoration strategies in tropical grasslands. Plant and Soil. Advance online publication. [DOI]
Tuure, J., Mganga, K. Z., Mäkelä, P. S. A., Räsänen, M., Pellikka, P., Wachiye, S., & Alakukku, L. (2025). Maize (Zea mays L.) yields and water productivity as affected by cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) intercropping over five consecutive growing seasons in a semi-arid environment in Kenya. Agricultural Water Management, 319, Article 109779. [DOI] [Portal]
Chen, M., Kuzyakov, Y., Zhou, J., Zamanian, K., Wang, S., Abdalla, K., Wang, J., Li, X., Li, H., Zhang, H., Mganga, K. Z., Li, Y., & Blagodatskaya, E. (2025). High soil salinity reduces straw decomposition but primes soil organic carbon loss. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 207, 1-11. Article 109835. [DOI]
Munene, R., Mustafa, O., Loftus, S., Banfield, C. C., Rötter, R. P., Bore, E. K., Mweu, B., Mganga, K. Z., Otieno, D. O., Ahmed, M. A., & Dippold, M. A. (2025). Contribution of arbuscular mycorrhiza and exoenzymes to nitrogen acquisition of sorghum under drought. Frontiers in Plant Science, 16, Article 1514416. [DOI] [Portal]
Wen, Y., Yao, W., Yu, T., Cheng, L., Zhang, Q., Yang, J., Lin, F., Zhu, H., Gunina, A., Yang, Y., Mganga, K. Z., Zeng, Z., & Zang, H. (2025). Long-term organic farming improves the red soil quality and microbial diversity in subtropics. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 381, Article 109410. [DOI] [Portal]
2024
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Mganga, K. Z., Munyoki, B., Bosma, L., Kadenyi, N., Kaindi, E., Amolo, K. O., Kioko, T., Musyoki, G. K., & van Steenbergen, F. (2024). Pasture farming for climate change adaptation in a semi-arid dryland in Kenya: status, challenges and opportunities. Discover Sustainability, 5(1), Article 508. [DOI] [Portal]
Mganga, K. Z., Rolando, J., Kalu, S., & Karhu, K. (2024). Microbial soil quality indicators depending on land use and soil type in a semi-arid dryland in Kenya. European Journal of Soil Biology, 121, 1-8. Article 103626. [DOI] [Repository]
Daghighi, E., Ayugi, V., Daghighi, E., Farajpour, A., Mganga, K. Z., & Orthen, T. (2024). Better Soils for Resilient Agricultural Production. Journal of Academics Stand Against Poverty, 4(Special Issue), 10-28. [DOI] [Repository]
Yan, Z., Jia, R., Zhou, J., Zamanian, K., Yang, Y., Mganga, K. Z., Zeng, Z., & Zang, H. (2024). Soybean inclusion reduces soil organic matter mineralization despite increasing its temperature sensitivity. Science of the Total Environment, 922, Article 171334. [DOI] [Repository]
Clements, H. S., Do Linh San, E., Hempson, G., Linden, B., Maritz, B., Monadjem, A., Reynolds, C., Siebert, F., Stevens, N., Biggs, R., De Vos, A., Blanchard, R., Child, M., Esler, K. J., Hamann, M., Loft, T., Reyers, B., Selomane, O., Skowno, A. L., ... Woodhouse, G. M. (2024). The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses. Scientific data, 11(1), Article 191. [DOI] [Repository]
Kalu, S., Seppänen, A., Mganga, K. Z., Sietiö, O.-M., Glaser, B., & Karhu, K. (2024). Biochar reduced the mineralization of native and added soil organic carbon: evidence of negative priming and enhanced microbial carbon use efficiency. Biochar, 6(1), Article 7. [DOI] [Repository]
Martin Vivanco, A., Sietiö, O.-M., Meyer, N., Mganga, K. Z., Kalu, S., Adamczyk, S., Celis Huayllasco, S., Alegre Orihuela, J., & Karhu, K. (2024). Microbial carbon use efficiency and soil organic carbon stocks across an elevational gradient in the Peruvian Andes. Applied Soil Ecology, 195, Article 105228. [DOI] [Repository]
2023
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Yan, Z., Zhou, J., Liu, C., Jia, R., Mganga, K. Z., Yang, L., Yang, Y., Peixoto, L., Zang, H., & Zeng, Z. (2023). Legume-based crop diversification reinforces soil health and carbon storage driven by microbial biomass and aggregates. Soil and Tillage Research, 234, 1-10. Article 105848. [DOI] [Repository]
Meyer, N., Sietiö, O.-M., Adamczyk, S., Ambus, P., Biasi, C., Glaser, B., Kalu, S., Martin, A., Mganga, K. Z., Olin, M., Seppänen, A., Shrestha, R., & Karhu, K. (2023). Fate and stabilization of labile carbon in a sandy boreal forest soil: A question of nitrogen availability? Applied Soil Ecology, 191, 1-14. Article 105052. [DOI] [Repository]
Mganga, K. Z., Kaindi, E., Bosma, L., Amollo, K. O., Munyoki, B., Kioko, T., Kadenyi, N., Musyoki, G. K., Wambua, S. M., Ndathi, A. J. N., Steenbergen, F. V., & Musimba, N. K. R. (2023). Multi‐stakeholder participation for successful implementation of applied research projects in Africa. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 4(2), Article e12252. [DOI] [Repository]
Heimsch, L., Huusko, K., Karhu, K., Mganga, K. Z., Kalu, S., & Kulmala, L. (2023). Effects of a tree row on greenhouse gas fluxes, growing conditions and soil microbial communities on an oat field in Southern Finland. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 352, Article 108525. [DOI] [Repository]
Mganga, K. Z., Kuhla, J., Carminati, A., Pausch, J., & Ahmed, M. A. (2023). Leaf gas exchange characteristics, biomass partitioning, and water use efficiencies of two C 4 African grasses under simulated drought. Grassland Research, 2(1), 37-45. [DOI] [Repository]
Mganga, K. Z., Rolando, J. L., Kalu, S., Biasi, C., & Karhu, K. (2023). Priming effect depending on land use and soil types in a typical semi-arid landscape in Kenya. Biogeochemistry, 163(1), 49-63. [DOI] [Repository]
Nsikani, M. M., Anderson, P., Bouragaoui, Z., Geerts, S., Gornish, E. S., Kairo, J. G., Khan, N., Madikizela, B., Mganga, K. Z., Ntshotsho, P., Okafor-Yarwood, I., Webster, K. M. E., & Peer, N. (2023). UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: key considerations for Africa. Restoration Ecology, 31(3), 1-8. Article e13699. [DOI]
2022
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Mganga, K. Z. (2022). Agricultural Land Degradation in Kenya. In P. Pereira, M. Munoz-Rojas, I. Bogunovic, & W. Zhao (Eds.), Impact of Agriculture on Soil Degradation I: Perspectives from Africa, Asia, America and Oceania (pp. 273-300). (Handbook of Environmental Chemistry; Vol. 120). Springer. [DOI] [Portal]
Mganga, K. Z., Sietiö, O.-M., Meyer, N., Poeplau, C., Adamczyk, S., Biasi, C., Kalu, S., Räsänen, M., Ambus, P., Fritze, H., Pellikka, P. K. E., & Karhu, K. (2022). Microbial carbon use efficiency along an altitudinal gradient. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 173, 1-12. Article 108799. [DOI] [Repository]
Mganga, K. Z., Bosma, L., Amollo, K. O., Kioko, T., Kadenyi, N., Ndathi, A. J. N., Wambua, S. M., Kaindi, E. M., Musyoki, G. K., Musimba, N. K. R., & Steenbergen, F. V. (2022). Combining Rainwater Harvesting and Grass Reseeding to Revegetate Denuded African Semi-arid Landscapes. Anthropocene Science, 1, 80-90. [DOI]
Meyer, N., Xu, Y., Karjalainen, K., Adamczyk, S., Biasi, C., van Delden, L., Martin, A., Mganga, K. Z., Myller, K., Sietiö, O. M., Suominen, O., & Karhu, K. (2022). Living, dead, and absent trees—How do moth outbreaks shape small-scale patterns of soil organic matter stocks and dynamics at the Subarctic mountain birch treeline? Global Change Biology, 28(2), 441-462. [DOI]
2021
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Mganga, K. Z., Kaindi, E., Ndathi, A. J. N., Bosma, L., Kioko, T., Kadenyi, N., Wambua, S. M., van Steenbergen, F., & Musimba, N. K. R. (2021). Morphoecological characteristics of grasses used to restore degraded semi-arid African rangelands. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2(2), 1-8. Article e12078. [DOI] [Repository]
Mganga, K. Z., Ndathi, A. J. N., Wambua, S. M., Bosma, L., Kaindi, E. M., Kioko, T., Kadenyi, N., Musyoki, G. K., Van Steenbergen, F., & Musimba, N. K. R. (2021). Forage value of vegetative leaf and stem biomass fractions of selected grasses indigenous to African rangelands. Animal Production Science, 61(14), 1476-1483. [DOI] [Repository]
Shackelford, N., Paterno, G. B., Winkler, D. E., Erickson, T. E., Leger, E. A., Svejcar, L. N., Breed, M. F., Faist, A. M., Harrison, P. A., Curran, M. F., Guo, Q., Kirmer, A., Law, D. J., Mganga, K. Z., Munson, S. M., Porensky, L. M., Quiroga, R. E., Török, P., Wainwright, C. E., ... Suding, K. L. (2021). Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 5(9), 1283-1290. [DOI]
Mganga, K. Z., Kaindi, E., Ndathi, A. J. N., Bosma, L., Kioko, T., Kadenyi, N., Musyoki, G. K., Wambua, S., van Steenbergen, F., & Musimba, N. K. R. (2021). Plant Morphoecological Traits, Grass-Weed Interactions and Water Use Efficiencies of Grasses Used for Restoration of African Rangelands. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 1-12. Article 613835. [DOI] [Repository]
2019
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Mganga, K. Z., Razavi, B. S., Sanaullah, M., & Kuzyakov , Y. (2019). Phenological Stage, Plant Biomass, and Drought Stress Affect Microbial Biomass and Enzyme Activities in the Rhizosphere of Enteropogon macrostachyus. Pedosphere, 29(2), 259-265. [DOI]
Mganga, K. Z., Nyariki, D. M., Musimba, N. K. R., & Mwang’ombe, A. W. (2019). Indigenous Grasses for Rehabilitating Degraded African Drylands. In Y. Bamutaze, S. Kyamanywa, B. Ram Singh, G. Nabanoga, & R. Lal (Eds.), Agriculture and Ecosystem Resilience in Sub Saharan Africa: Livelihood Pathways Under Changing Climate (pp. 53-68). (Climate Change Management). Springer. [DOI]
2018
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Mganga, K. Z., Nyariki, D. M., Musimba, N. K. R., & Amwata, D. A. (2018). Determinants and rates of land degradation: Application of stationary time-series model to data from a semi-arid environment in Kenya. Journal of Arid Land, 10(1), 1-11. [DOI]
Mganga, K. Z., & Kuzyakov, Y. (2018). Land use and fertilisation affect priming in tropical andosols. European Journal of Soil Biology, 87, 9-16. [DOI]
2016
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Mganga, K. Z., Razavi, B. S., & Kuzyakov, Y. (2016). Land use affects soil biochemical properties in Mt. Kilimanjaro region. Catena, 141, 22-29. [DOI]
2015
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Mganga, K. Z., Musimba, N. K. R., Nyariki, D. M., Nyangito, M. M., & Mwang'ombe, A. W. (2015). The choice of grass species to combat desertification in semi-arid Kenyan rangelands is greatly influenced by their forage value for livestock. Grass and Forage Science, 70(1), 161-167. [DOI]
Mganga, K. Z., Musimba, N. K. R., & Nyariki, D. M. (2015). Competition indices of three perennial grasses used to rehabilitate degraded semi-arid rangelands in Kenya. Rangeland Journal, 37(5), 489-495. [DOI]
Mganga, K. Z., Musimba, N. K. R., & Nyariki, D. M. (2015). Combining Sustainable Land Management Technologies to Combat Land Degradation and Improve Rural Livelihoods in Semi-arid Lands in Kenya. Environmental Management, 56(6), 1538-1548. [DOI]
Mganga, K. Z., Razavi, B. S., & Kuzyakov, Y. (2015). Microbial and enzymes response to nutrient additions in soils of Mt. Kilimanjaro region depending on land use. European Journal of Soil Biology, 69, 33-40. [DOI]
2014
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Mganga, K. Z., & Kuzyakov, Y. (2014). Glucose decomposition and its incorporation into soil microbial biomass depending on land use in Mt. Kilimanjaro ecosystems. European Journal of Soil Biology, 62, 74-82. [DOI]