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Here, we explore asexual sporulation (spore abundance, size and shape) in 32 co\uffe2\uff80\uff90occurring soil fungal isolates under varying resource conditions, to answer the question whether resource limitation triggers or inhibits fungal investment into reproduction. We further hypothesized that trade\uffe2\uff80\uff90offs exist in fungal investment towards growth, spore production and size. The results revealed overall increased fungal investment into spore production under resource limitations; however, effect sizes and response types varied strongly among fungal isolates. Such isolate\uffe2\uff80\uff90specific effects were apparent in all measured traits, resulting in unique trait spaces of individual isolates. This comprehensive dataset also elucidated variability in sporulation strategies and trade\uffe2\uff80\uff90offs with fungal growth and reproduction under resource scarcity, as only predicted by theoretical models before. The observed isolate\uffe2\uff80\uff90specific strategies likely underpin mechanisms of co\uffe2\uff80\uff90existence in this diverse group of saprobic soil fungi.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "570", "ymp\u00e4rist\u00f6tekij\u00e4t", "Reproduction", "Fungi", "1. No poverty", "500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie", "maaper\u00e4eli\u00f6st\u00f6", "Spores", " Fungal", "15. 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These methodologies were intended for use at large spatial scales. This can introduce error in predictions at finer spatial scales. There is an urgent need for development and implementation of higher tier methodologies that can be applied at fine spatial scales (e.g. farm/project/plantation) for food and bioenergy crop greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting to facilitate decision making in the land\uffe2\uff80\uff90based sectors. Higher tier methods have been defined by IPCC and must be well evaluated and operate across a range of domains (e.g. climate region, soil type, crop type, topography), and must account for land use transitions and management changes being implemented. Furthermore, the data required to calibrate and drive the models used at higher tiers need to be available and applicable at fine spatial resolution, covering the meteorological, soil, cropping system and management domains, with quantified uncertainties. Testing the reliability of the models will require data either from sites with repeated measurements or from chronosequences. We review current global capability for estimating changes in soil carbon at fine spatial scales and present a vision for a framework capable of quantifying land use change and management impacts on soil carbon, which could be used for addressing issues such as bioenergy and biofuel sustainability, food security, forest protection, and direct/indirect impacts of land use change. The aim of this framework is to provide a globally accepted standard of carbon measurement and modelling appropriate for GHG accounting that could be applied at project to national scales (allowing outputs to be scaled up to a country level), to address the impacts of land use and land management change on soil carbon.</p>", "keywords": ["land use change", "Environmental Impact Assessment", "550", "ecosystem model", "Carbon Sequestration Science", "01 natural sciences", "7. 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Many traditional practices have been abandoned including the substitution of cash payments for community labour co\uffe2\uff80\uff90operation (gotong\uffe2\uff80\uff90royong), the use of traditional methods to monitor soil fertility such as maintaining fallow periods and the selection of appropriate hill rice varieties. The result has been a reduction in labour input, a shortage of land, continuous production, increased used of weedicides and a general failure to continue sustainable agricultural practices. Despite state incentives to abandon the practice the pressure to maintain real incomes among the rural communities has meant a continuation of the practice of shifting cultivation but under conditions which are now resulting in land degradation, slope instability and soil infertility.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "1. No poverty", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Ian Douglas, Jennifer Nyuk-Wo Lim,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8373.00072"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Asia%20Pacific%20Viewpoint", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/1467-8373.00072", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/1467-8373.00072", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/1467-8373.00072"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "1998-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/1541-4337.12727", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-03-05", "title": "Antimicrobial nanoparticles and biodegradable polymer composites for active food packaging applications", "description": "Abstract<p>The food industry faces numerous challenges to assure provision of tasty and convenient food that possesses extended shelf life and shows long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term high\uffe2\uff80\uff90quality preservation. Research and development of antimicrobial materials for food applications have provided active antibacterial packaging technologies that are able to meet these challenges. Furthermore, consumers expect and demand sustainable packaging materials that would reduce environmental problems associated with plastic waste. In this review, we discuss antimicrobial composite materials for active food packaging applications that combine highly efficient antibacterial nanoparticles (i.e., metal, metal oxide, mesoporous silica and graphene\uffe2\uff80\uff90based nanomaterials) with biodegradable and environmentally friendly green polymers (i.e., gelatin, alginate, cellulose, and chitosan) obtained from plants, bacteria, and animals. In addition, innovative syntheses and processing techniques used to obtain active and safe packaging are showcased. Implementation of such green active packaging can significantly reduce the risk of foodborne pathogen outbreaks, improve food safety and quality, and minimize product losses, while reducing waste and maintaining sustainability.</p", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "Polymers", "PFAS", "polyvinil alcohol", "EFSA", "MRSA", "02 engineering and technology", "multiwalled carbon nanotubes NP", "European Food Safety Agency", "perfluoroalkyl substances PGA", "food industry", " food safety", " agriculture", "cinnamon essential oil CNT", "reduced graphene oxide ROS", "biodegradable natural polymers", "Anti-Infective Agents", "polybutylene succinate", "biodegradable natural polymers CEO", "ultraviolet", "poly(glycolic acid) PHB", "generally recognized as safe MSN", "methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MWCNTs", "PBS", "perfluoroalkyl substances", "CEO", "reactive oxygen species", "2. 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A better understanding of response of soil microorganisms to climate warming is important to predict soil organic matter preservation in future scenario. We selected a typically altitudinal gradient (4400 m-5200 m a.s.l) along south-facing slope of Nyainqentanglha Mountains on central Tibetan Plateau. Bacterial communities were investigated using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis (T-RFLP) combined with sequencing methods. Acidobacteria and Proteobacteria were dominant bacteria in this alpine soil. Redundancy analysis revealed that soil bacterial communities were significantly different along the large altitudinal gradient, although the dominant environmental driving factors varied at different soil depth. Specifically, our results showed that precipitation and soil NH4 + were dominant environmental factors that influence bacterial communities at 0-5 cm depth along the altitudinal gradients, whereas pH was a major influential factor at 5-20 cm soil. In this semi-arid region, precipitation rather than temperature was a main driving force on soil bacterial communities as well as on plant communities. We speculate that an increase in temperature might not significantly change soil bacterial community structures along the large altitudinal gradient, whereas precipitation change would play a more important role in affecting soil bacterial communities.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "Bacteria", "Altitude", "Climate", "Molecular Sequence Data", "Temperature", "15. Life on land", "Poaceae", "Tibet", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "Ecosystem", "Phylogeny", "Soil Microbiology"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Tianxiang Luo, Yanli Yuan, Gengxin Zhang, Jian Wang, Guicai Si,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/1574-6941.12197"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/FEMS%20Microbiology%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/1574-6941.12197", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/1574-6941.12197", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/1574-6941.12197"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-09-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/1751-7915.13396", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-03-12", "title": "Accelerated genome engineering of Pseudomonas putida by I\u2010 Sce I\u2015mediated recombination and CRISPR \u2010Cas9 counterselection", "description": "Summary<p>Pseudomonas species have become reliable platforms for bioproduction due to their capability to tolerate harsh conditions imposed by large\uffe2\uff80\uff90scale bioprocesses and their remarkable resistance to diverse physicochemical stresses. The last few years have brought forth a variety of synthetic biology tools for the genetic manipulation of pseudomonads, but most of them are either applicable only to obtain certain types of mutations, lack efficiency, or are not easily accessible to be used in different Pseudomonas species (e.g. natural isolates). In this work, we describe a versatile, robust and user\uffe2\uff80\uff90friendly procedure that facilitates virtually any kind of genomic manipulation in Pseudomonas species in 3\uffe2\uff80\uff935\uffc2\uffa0days. The protocol presented here is based on DNA recombination forced by double\uffe2\uff80\uff90stranded DNA cuts (through the activity of the I\uffe2\uff80\uff90SceI homing meganuclease from yeast) followed by highly efficient counterselection of mutants (aided by a synthetic CRISPR\uffe2\uff80\uff90Cas9 device). The individual parts of the genome engineering toolbox, tailored for knocking genes in and out, have been standardized to enable portability and easy exchange of functional gene modules as needed. The applicability of the procedure is illustrated both by eliminating selected genomic regions in the platform strain P.\uffc2\uffa0putida KT2440 (including difficult\uffe2\uff80\uff90to\uffe2\uff80\uff90delete genes) and by integrating different reporter genes (comprising novel variants of fluorescent proteins) into a defined landing site in the target chromosome.</p>", "keywords": ["Gene Editing", "Recombination", " Genetic", "0301 basic medicine", "03 medical and health sciences", "Pseudomonas putida", "Brief Reports", "Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats", "CRISPR-Cas Systems", "TP248.13-248.65", "Biotechnology", "3. Good health"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1751-7915.13396"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13396"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microbial%20Biotechnology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/1751-7915.13396", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/1751-7915.13396", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/1751-7915.13396"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-03-12T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/1751-7915.13654", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-08-31", "title": "An underappreciated DIET for anaerobic petroleum hydrocarbon\u2010degrading microbial communities", "description": "Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) via electrically conductive minerals can play a role in the anaerobic oxidation of petroleum hydrocarbons in contaminated sites and can be exploited for the development of new, more effective bioremediation approaches.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "H100", "0303 health sciences", "petroleum hydrocarbon", "anaerobic degradation", "Microbiota", "H800", "Hydrocarbons", "6. Clean water", "DIET", "03 medical and health sciences", "Biodegradation", " Environmental", "Petroleum", "Soil Pollutants", "Anaerobiosis", "Crystal Ball", "TP248.13-248.65", "Biotechnology"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/44983/8/1751-7915.13654.pdf"}, {"href": "https://iris.cnr.it/bitstream/20.500.14243/394172/1/An%20underappreciated%20DIET%20for%20anaerobic%20petroleum.pdf"}, {"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1751-7915.13654"}, {"href": "https://eprints.ncl.ac.uk/fulltext.aspx?url=270998/E5D81B02-CB5D-4798-8D73-9D54E5057C34.pdf&pub_id=270998"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13654"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microbial%20Biotechnology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/1751-7915.13654", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/1751-7915.13654", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/1751-7915.13654"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-08-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/1751-7915.14434", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-03-11", "title": "Microbial biotechnology and beyond: A roadmap for sustainable development and climate mitigation in the transition from fossil fuels to green chemistry", "description": "Abstract<p>Our planet, which operates as a closed system, is facing increasing entropy due to human activities such as the overexploitation of natural resources and fossil fuel use. The COP28 in Dubai emphasized the urgency to abandon fossil fuels, recognizing them as the primary cause of human\uffe2\uff80\uff90induced environmental changes, while highlighting the need to transition to renewable energies. We promote the crucial role of microbes for sustaining biogenic cycles to combat climate change and the economic potential of synthetic biology tools for producing diverse non\uffe2\uff80\uff90fossil fuels and chemicals, thus contributing to emission reduction in transport and industry. The shift to \uffe2\uff80\uff98green chemistry\uffe2\uff80\uff99 encounters challenges, derived from the availability of non\uffe2\uff80\uff90food residues and waste (mainly lignocellulosic) as raw material, the construction of cost\uffe2\uff80\uff90effective bioprocessing plants, product recovery from fermentation broths and the utilization of leftover lignin residues for synthesizing new chemicals, aligning with circular economy and sustainable development goals. To meet the Paris Agreement goals, an urgent global shift to low\uffe2\uff80\uff90carbon, renewable sources is imperative, ultimately leading to the cessation of our reliance on fossil fuels.</p", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Fossil Fuels", "Sustainable Development", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption", "Editorial", "13. Climate action", "Natural Resources", "11. Sustainability", "Humans", "Renewable Energy", "TP248.13-248.65", "Biotechnology", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Juan\u2010Luis Ramos, Ana Segura,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.14434"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microbial%20Biotechnology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/1751-7915.14434", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/1751-7915.14434", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/1751-7915.14434"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/1758-2229.12049", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-03-14", "title": "Soil Phosphorus Depletion And Shifts In Plant Communities Change Bacterial Community Structure In A Long-Term Grassland Management Trial", "description": "Summary<p>Agricultural systems rely on healthy soils and their sustainability requires understanding the long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term impacts of agricultural practices on soils, including microbial communities. We examined the impact of 17 years of land management on soil bacterial communities in a New Zealand randomized\uffe2\uff80\uff90block pasture trial. Significant variation in bacterial community structure related to mowing and plant biomass removal, while nitrogen fertilizer had no effect. Changes in soil chemistry and legume abundance described 52% of the observed variation in the bacterial community structure. Legumes (Trifolium species) were absent in unmanaged plots but increased in abundance with management intensity; 11% of the variation in soil bacterial community structure was attributed to this shift in the plant community. Olsen P explained 10% of the observed heterogeneity, which is likely due to persistent biomass removal resulting in P limitation; Olsen P was significantly lower in plots with biomass removed (14\uffe2\uff80\uff89mg kg\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff891.3SE) compared with plots that were not mown, or where biomass was left after mowing (32\uffe2\uff80\uff89mg kg\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff891.6SE). Our results suggest that removal of plant biomass and associated phosphorus, as well as shifts in the plant community, have greater long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term impacts on soil bacterial community structure than application of nitrogen fertilizers.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "Bacteria", "Nitrogen", "Microbial Consortia", "Population Dynamics", "Agriculture", "Fabaceae", "Phosphorus", "15. Life on land", "Poaceae", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "Biomass", "Fertilizers", "Ecosystem", "Soil Microbiology", "New Zealand"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12049"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Microbiology%20Reports", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/1758-2229.12049", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/1758-2229.12049", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/1758-2229.12049"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-04-10T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/1574-6941.12384", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-07-21", "title": "Impact Of Long-Term N, P, K, And Npk Fertilization On The Composition And Potential Functions Of The Bacterial Community In Grassland Soil", "description": "Soil abiotic and biotic interactions govern important ecosystem processes. However, the mechanisms behind these interactions are complex, and the links between specific environmental factors, microbial community structures, and functions are not well understood. Here, we applied DNA shotgun metagenomic techniques to investigate the effect of inorganic fertilizers N, P, K, and NPK on the bacterial community composition and potential functions in grassland soils in a 54-year experiment. Differences in total and available nutrients were found in the treatment soils; interestingly, Al, As, Mg, and Mn contents were variable in N, P, K, and NPK treatments. Bacterial community compositions shifted and Actinobacteria were overrepresented under the four fertilization treatments compared to the control. Redundancy analysis of the soil parameters and the bacterial community profiles showed that Mg, total N, Cd, and Al were linked to community variation. Using correlation analysis, Acidobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Verrucomicrobia were linked similarly to soil parameters, and Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria were linked separately to different suites of parameters. Surprisingly, we found no fertilizers effect on microbial functional profiles which supports functional redundancy as a mechanism for stabilization of functions during changes in microbial composition. We suggest that functional profiles are more resistant to environmental changes than community compositions in the grassland ecosystem.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "sandy loam", "Nitrogen", "verrucomicrobia", "microbial communities", "nitrogen", "diversity", "Phosphates", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "Fertilizers", "Soil Microbiology", "2. Zero hunger", "metagenomics", "0303 health sciences", "Bacteria", "national", "15. Life on land", "Grassland", "13. Climate action", "genome size", "ammonia-oxidizing bacteria", "Potassium", "Metagenomics", "ecosystems", "management"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/1574-6941.12384"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/FEMS%20Microbiology%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/1574-6941.12384", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/1574-6941.12384", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/1574-6941.12384"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-08-21T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/1751-7915.13383", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-03-13", "title": "Physical decoupling of XylS/ Pm regulatory elements and conditional proteolysis enable precise control of gene expression in Pseudomonas putida", "description": "Summary<p>Most of the gene expression systems available for Gram\uffe2\uff80\uff90negative bacteria are afflicted by relatively high levels of basal (i.e. leaky) expression of the target gene(s). This occurrence affects the system dynamics, ultimately reducing the output and productivity of engineered pathways and synthetic circuits. In order to circumvent this problem, we have designed a novel expression system based on the well\uffe2\uff80\uff90known XylS/Pm transcriptional regulator/promoter pair from the soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida mt\uffe2\uff80\uff902, in which the key functional elements are physically decoupled. By integrating the xylS gene into the chromosome of the platform strain KT2440, while placing the Pm promoter into a set of standard plasmid vectors, the inducibility of the system (i.e. the output difference between the induced and uninduced state) improved up to 170\uffe2\uff80\uff90fold. We further combined this modular system with an extra layer of post\uffe2\uff80\uff90translational control by means of conditional proteolysis. In this setup, the target gene is tagged with a synthetic motif dictating protein degradation. When the system features were characterized using the monomeric superfolder GFP as a model protein, the basal levels of fluorescence were brought down to zero (i.e. below the limit of detection). In all, these novel expression systems constitute an alternative tool to altogether suppress leaky gene expression, and they can be easily adapted to other vector formats and plugged\uffe2\uff80\uff90in into different Gram\uffe2\uff80\uff90negative bacterial species at the user's will.</p>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "Pseudomonas putida", "Gene Expression", "Gene Expression Regulation", " Bacterial", "03 medical and health sciences", "Bacterial Proteins", "Proteolysis", "Trans-Activators", "Brief Reports", "Promoter Regions", " Genetic", "TP248.13-248.65", "Biotechnology", "Plasmids"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1751-7915.13383"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13383"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microbial%20Biotechnology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/1751-7915.13383", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/1751-7915.13383", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/1751-7915.13383"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-03-12T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/1755-0998.12949", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-09-29", "title": "Conditionally autoregressive models improve occupancy analyses of autocorrelated data: An example with environmental DNA", "description": "Abstract<p>Site occupancy\uffe2\uff80\uff90detection models (SODMs) are statistical models widely used for biodiversity surveys where imperfect detection of species occurs. For instance, SODMs are increasingly used to analyse environmental DNA (eDNA) data, taking into account the occurrence of both false\uffe2\uff80\uff90positive and false\uffe2\uff80\uff90negative errors. However, species occurrence data are often characterized by spatial and temporal autocorrelation, which might challenge the use of standard SODMs. Here we reviewed the literature of eDNA biodiversity surveys and found that most of studies do not take into account spatial or temporal autocorrelation. We then demonstrated how the analysis of data with spatial or temporal autocorrelation can be improved by using a conditionally autoregressive SODM, and show its application to environmental DNA data. We tested the autoregressive model on both simulated and real data sets, including chronosequences with different degrees of autocorrelation, and a spatial data set on a virtual landscape. Analyses of simulated data showed that autoregressive SODMs perform better than traditional SODMs in the estimation of key parameters such as true\uffe2\uff80\uff90/false\uffe2\uff80\uff90positive rates and show a better discrimination capacity (e.g., higher true skill statistics). The usefulness of autoregressive SODMs was particularly high in data sets with strong autocorrelation. When applied to real eDNA data sets (eDNA from lake sediment cores and freshwater), autoregressive SODM provided more precise estimation of true\uffe2\uff80\uff90/false\uffe2\uff80\uff90positive rates, resulting in more reasonable inference of occupancy states. Our results suggest that analyses of occurrence data, such as many applications of eDNA, can be largely improved by applying conditionally autoregressive specifications to SODMs.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Genetics", " Population", "Spatio-Temporal Analysis", "330", "DNA", "[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology", "Biostatistics", "15. Life on land", "Biota", "01 natural sciences", "conditionally autoregressive model; sedimentary DNA; spatial autocorrelation; species occupancy-detection model; temporal autocorrelation; true skill statistics; Biostatistics; DNA; Spatio-Temporal Analysis; Biota; Genetics", " Population; Biotechnology; Ecology", " Evolution", " Behavior and Systematics; Genetics"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://air.unimi.it/bitstream/2434/635968/2/Chen_et_al-2019-Molecular_Ecology_Resources.pdf"}, {"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1755-0998.12949"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12949"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Molecular%20Ecology%20Resources", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/1755-0998.12949", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/1755-0998.12949", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/1755-0998.12949"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01549.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:20:11Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-08-11", "title": "Grazing Triggers Soil Carbon Loss By Altering Plant Roots And Their Control On Soil Microbial Community", "description": "Summary<p>1.\uffe2\uff80\uff82Depending on grazing intensity, grasslands tend towards two contrasting systems that differ in terms of species diversity and soil carbon (C) storage. To date, effects of grazing on C cycling have mainly been studied in grasslands subject to constant grazing regimes, whereas little is known for grasslands experiencing a change in grazing intensity. Analysing the transition between C\uffe2\uff80\uff90storing and C\uffe2\uff80\uff90releasing grasslands under low\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and high\uffe2\uff80\uff90grazing regimes, respectively, will help to identify key plant\uffe2\uff80\uff93soil interactions for C cycling.</p><p>2.\uffe2\uff80\uff82The transition was studied in a mesocosm experiment with grassland monoliths submitted to a change in grazing after 14\uffe2\uff80\uff83years of constant high and low grazing. Plant\uffe2\uff80\uff93soil interactions were analysed by following the dynamics of plant and microbial communities, roots and soil organic matter fractions over 2\uffe2\uff80\uff83years. After disturbance change, mesocosms were continuously exposed to13C\uffe2\uff80\uff90labelled CO2, which allowed us to trace both the incorporation of new litter C produced by a modified plant community in soil and the fate of old unlabelled litter C.</p><p>3.\uffe2\uff80\uff82Changing disturbance intensity led to a cascade of events. After shift to high disturbance, photosynthesis decreased followed by a decline in root biomass and a change in plant community structure 1.5\uffe2\uff80\uff83months later. Those changes led to a decrease of soil fungi, a proliferation of Gram(+) bacteria and accelerated decomposition of old particulate organic C (&lt;6\uffe2\uff80\uff83months). At last, accelerated decomposition released plant available nitrogen and decreased soil C storage. Our results indicate that intensified grazing triggers proliferation of Gram(+) bacteria and subsequent faster decomposition by reducing roots adapted to low disturbance.</p><p>4.\uffe2\uff80\uff82Synthesis. Plant communities exert control on microbial communities and decomposition through the activity of their living roots: slow\uffe2\uff80\uff90growing plants adapted to low disturbance reduce Gram(+) bacteria, decomposition of low and high quality litter, nitrogen availability and, thus, ingress of fast\uffe2\uff80\uff90growing plants. Our results indicate that grazing impacts on soil carbon storage by altering plant roots and their control on the soil microbial community and decomposition, and that these processes will foster decomposition and soil C loss in more productive and disturbed grassland systems.</p>", "keywords": ["580", "disturbance", "[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "decomposition", "[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]", "carbon cycling", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "matter", "[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio]", "[SDV.EE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology", " environment", "nitrogen cycling", "13. Climate action", "[SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology", "ARISA", "[SDE]Environmental Sciences", "PLFA", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "grassland", "microbial community", "environment", "management", "particulate organic"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01549.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01549.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01549.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01549.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-08-11T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/1758-2229.12119", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-11-04", "title": "Grazing Of Heterotrophic Flagellates On Viruses Is Driven By Feeding Behaviour", "description": "Summary<p>The trophic interactions between viruses, bacteria and protists play a crucial role in structuring microbial communities and regulating nutrient and organic matter flux. Here, we show that the impact on viral density by heterotrophic flagellates is related to their feeding behaviour (feeding on sedimented particles \uffe2\uff80\uff93 Thaumatomonas coloniensis, filter feeding of suspended particles \uffe2\uff80\uff93 Salpingoeca sp., and actively searching raptorial feeding \uffe2\uff80\uff93 Goniomonas truncata). Phage MS2 was co\uffe2\uff80\uff90incubated with flagellates and the natural bacterial and viral community originating from the same groundwater habitats where the flagellates were isolated. Three complementary assays, i.e. flow cytometry, qPCR and plaque assay, were used for enumeration of total viruses, total MS2 phages, and free and infectious MS2, respectively, to provide insights into the grazing mechanisms of the flagellates on viruses. Phage MS2 was actively removed by the suspension feeders T.\uffe2\uff80\uff89coloniensis and Salpingoeca sp. in contrast with the actively raptoriale grazer G.\uffe2\uff80\uff89truncata. The decline of viral titre was demonstrated to be caused by ingestion rather than random absorption by both qPCR and locating protein fluorescently labelled MS2 inside the flagellates. Further, we indicate that phages can be used as a minor carbon source for flagellates. Collectively, these data demonstrate that eliminating viruses can be an important function of protists in microbial food webs, carbon cycling and potentially water quality control.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "Bacteria", "Viral Plaque Assay", "Viral Load", "Flow Cytometry", "Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction", "7. Clean energy", "Carbon", "6. Clean water", "03 medical and health sciences", "Cercozoa", "Cryptophyta", "Choanoflagellata", "Levivirus"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12119"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Microbiology%20Reports", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/1758-2229.12119", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/1758-2229.12119", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/1758-2229.12119"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-11-19T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/SUM.12506", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-02-26", "title": "Harvesting European knowledge on soil functions and land management using multi\u2010criteria decision analysis", "description": "Abstract<p>Soil and its ecosystem functions play a societal role in securing sustainable food production while safeguarding natural resources. A functional land management framework has been proposed to optimize the agro\uffe2\uff80\uff90environmental outputs from the land and specifically the supply and demand of soil functions such as (a) primary productivity, (b) carbon sequestration, (c) water purification and regulation, (d) biodiversity and (e) nutrient cycling, for which soil knowledge is essential. From the outset, the LANDMARK multi\uffe2\uff80\uff90actor research project integrates harvested knowledge from local, national and European stakeholders to develop such guidelines, creating a sense of ownership, trust and reciprocity of the outcomes. About 470 stakeholders from five European countries participated in 32 structured workshops covering multiple land uses in six climatic zones. The harmonized results include stakeholders\uffe2\uff80\uff99 priorities and concerns, perceptions on soil quality and functions, implementation of tools, management techniques, indicators and monitoring, activities and policies, knowledge gaps and ideas. Multi\uffe2\uff80\uff90criteria decision analysis was used for data analysis. Two qualitative models were developed using Decision EXpert methodology to evaluate \uffe2\uff80\uff9cknowledge\uffe2\uff80\uff9d and \uffe2\uff80\uff9cneeds\uffe2\uff80\uff9d. Soil quality perceptions differed across workshops, depending on the stakeholder level and regionally established terminologies. Stakeholders had good inherent knowledge about soil functioning, but several gaps were identified. In terms of critical requirements, stakeholders defined high technical, activity and policy needs in (a) financial incentives, (b) credible information on improving more sustainable management practices, (c) locally relevant advice, (d) farmers\uffe2\uff80\uff99 discussion groups, (e) training programmes, (f) funding for applied research and monitoring, and (g) strengthening soil science in education.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "locally relevant advice", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "DEX model", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "participatory research", "farmers and multi-stakeholders", "soil quality", "Biology"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/sum.12506"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/SUM.12506"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Use%20and%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/SUM.12506", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/SUM.12506", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/SUM.12506"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/1758-2229.13114", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-08-09", "title": "N\u2010damo, an opportunity to reduce methane emissions?", "description": "H2020 MGA EJP Cofund, EJP SOIL (TRACE-Soils), Grant/Award Number: 862695; HORIZON CSA, Project PREPSOIL, Grant/Award Number: 101070045", "keywords": ["Highlight", "0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "03 medical and health sciences", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "Denitrification", "Anaerobiosis", "Methane", "Oxidation-Reduction", "Nitrites"], "contacts": [{"organization": "G\u00f3mez\u2010Gallego, Tamara", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1758-2229.13114"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.13114"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Microbiology%20Reports", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/1758-2229.13114", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/1758-2229.13114", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/1758-2229.13114"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-08-09T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/1758-2229.13212", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-11-08", "title": "Whole\u2010cell studies of substrate and inhibitor specificity of isoprene monooxygenase and related enzymes", "description": "Abstract<p>Co\uffe2\uff80\uff90oxidation of a range of alkenes, dienes, and aromatic compounds by whole cells of the isoprene\uffe2\uff80\uff90degrading bacterium Rhodococcus sp. AD45 expressing isoprene monooxygenase was investigated, revealing a relatively broad substrate specificity for this soluble diiron centre monooxygenase. A range of 1\uffe2\uff80\uff90alkynes (C2\uffe2\uff80\uff93C8) were tested as potential inhibitors. Acetylene, a potent inhibitor of the related enzyme soluble methane monooxygenase, had little inhibitory effect, whereas 1\uffe2\uff80\uff90octyne was a potent inhibitor of isoprene monooxygenase, indicating that 1\uffe2\uff80\uff90octyne could potentially be used as a specific inhibitor to differentiate between isoprene consumption by bona fide isoprene degraders and co\uffe2\uff80\uff90oxidation of isoprene by other oxygenase\uffe2\uff80\uff90containing bacteria, such as methanotrophs, in environmental samples. The isoprene oxidation kinetics of a variety of monooxygenase\uffe2\uff80\uff90expressing bacteria were also investigated, revealing that alkene monooxygenase from Xanthobacter and soluble methane monooxygenases from Methylococcus and Methylocella, but not particulate methane monooxygenases from Methylococcus or Methylomicrobium, could co\uffe2\uff80\uff90oxidise isoprene at appreciable rates. Interestingly the ammonia monooxygenase from the nitrifier Nitrosomonas europaea could also co\uffe2\uff80\uff90oxidise isoprene at relatively high rates, suggesting that co\uffe2\uff80\uff90oxidation of isoprene by additional groups of bacteria, under the right conditions, might occur in the environment.</p", "keywords": ["570", "Bacteria", "Alkynes", "Oxygenases", "Brief Reports", "540", "Methane", "Mixed Function Oxygenases"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/93925/1/Environ_Microbiol_Rep_2023_Sims_Whole_cell_studies_of_substrate_and_inhibitor_specificity_of_isoprene_monooxygenase.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.13212"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Microbiology%20Reports", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/1758-2229.13212", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/1758-2229.13212", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/1758-2229.13212"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-11-07T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/avsc.12107", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-05-02", "title": "Scale-Dependent Effects Of Grazing And Topographic Heterogeneity On Plant Species Richness In A Dutch Salt Marsh Ecosystem", "description": "AbstractQuestion<p>For over three decades, low\uffe2\uff80\uff90intensity grazing has been used to maintain or increase plant species richness in European natural areas, but the effects are highly variable. Thus far, good predictors of whether grazing will have positive effects on plant species richness are limited. How does the interplay between low\uffe2\uff80\uff90intensity grazing and topographic heterogeneity affect plant species richness at different spatial scales?</p>Location<p>Long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term grazed and ungrazed salt marshes of the Dutch Wadden Sea island of Schiermonnikoog.</p>Methods<p>We selected ten plots of 2200\uffc2\uffa0m2 in grazed and ungrazed areas of our study sites, and recorded and compared plant species richness in 0.1, 1, 10, 100 and 1000\uffc2\uffa0m2 subplots. Topographic heterogeneity was quantified at the plot scale using the standard deviation of the elevation derived from a high\uffe2\uff80\uff90resolution (5\uffc2\uffa0m\uffc2\uffa0\uffc3\uff97\uffc2\uffa05\uffc2\uffa0m) digital elevation model. We calculated species\uffe2\uff80\uff93area relationships to analyse our data.</p>Results<p>We found that large\uffe2\uff80\uff90scale topographic heterogeneity (based on the whole plot of 2200\uffc2\uffa0m2) positively affects plant species richness at all scales (even at the smallest 0.1\uffe2\uff80\uff90m2 scale), and that grazing has a positive additive effect at the small scales (0.1 and 10\uffc2\uffa0m2). While grazing also had a positive effect on species richness at larger scales (1000\uffc2\uffa0m2), the strength of the effect was dependent on the topographic heterogeneity at that scale. The effectiveness of grazing for increased plant species richness was highest at low topographic heterogeneity, and lowest at intermediate topographic heterogeneity. Effects of intermediate heterogeneity were probably counterbalanced by the effects of grazing.</p>Conclusions<p>Our results suggest that the variation in elevation is an important predictor of whether low\uffe2\uff80\uff90intensity grazing has positive effects on plant species richness or not. Grazing appears most beneficial at low topographic heterogeneity, but whether these findings hold for other grazed ecosystems will depend on several factors, most importantly, the relationship between topographic and abiotic heterogeneity. Results of our study are highly relevant for the application of low\uffe2\uff80\uff90intensity grazing as tool for conservation management in salt marshes and other natural areas.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Topography", "Livestock", "IMPACT", "Vascular plants", "Spatial scale", "DIVERSITY", "Nature management", "Biodiversity", "Conservation", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "SOIL", "Grazing lawns", "HERBIVORES", "BIODIVERSITY", "Herbivory", "VEGETATION", "14. Life underwater", "Plant-herbivore interactions", "GRASSLANDS", "RESTORATION", "RESPONSES", "ENVIRONMENTS"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12107"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Vegetation%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/avsc.12107", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/avsc.12107", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/avsc.12107"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-05-02T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/agec.12057", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-07-08", "title": "Competition For Land In The Global Bioeconomy", "description": "Abstract<p>The global land use implications of biofuel expansion have received considerable attention in the literature over the past decade. Model\uffe2\uff80\uff90based estimates of the emissions from cropland expansion have been used to assess the environmental impacts of biofuel policies. And integrated assessment models have estimated the potential for biofuels to contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement over the coming century. All of these studies feature, explicitly or implicitly, competition between biofuel feed stocks and other land uses. However, the economic mechanisms governing this competition, as well as the contribution of biofuels to global land use change, have not received the close scrutiny that they deserve. The purpose of this article is to offer a deeper look at these factors. We begin with a comparative static analysis which assesses the impact of exogenously specified forecasts of biofuel expansion over the period: 2006\uffe2\uff80\uff932035. Global land use change is decomposed according to the three key margins of economic response: extensive supply, intensive supply, and demand. Under the International Energy Agency's \uffe2\uff80\uff9cNew Policies\uffe2\uff80\uff9d scenario, biofuels account for nearly one\uffe2\uff80\uff90fifth of global land use change over the 2006\uffe2\uff80\uff932035 period. The article also offers a comparative dynamic analysis which determines the optimal path for first and second generation biofuels over the course of the entire 21st century. In the absence of GHG regulation, the welfare\uffe2\uff80\uff90maximizing path for global land use, in the face of 3% annual growth in oil prices, allocates 225 Mha to biofuel feed stocks by 2100, with the associated biofuels accounting for about 30% of global liquid fuel consumption. This area expansion is somewhat diminished by expected climate change impacts on agriculture, while it is significantly increased by an aggressive GHG emissions target and by advances in conversion efficiency of second generation biofuels.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0502 economics and business", "05 social sciences", "11. Sustainability", "Biofuels", " global land use", " partial equilibrium analysis", " comparative statics", " comparative dynamics", " climate change impacts", " carbon policies", " Land Economics/Use", " Resource /Energy Economics and Policy", " Q11", " Q15", " Q24", " Q42", " Q54", "", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "01 natural sciences", "12. Responsible consumption", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Uris Lantz C. Baldos, Jevgenijs Steinbuks, Jevgenijs Steinbuks, Thomas W. Hertel,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12057"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Economics", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/agec.12057", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/agec.12057", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/agec.12057"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/arcm.12605", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-08-07", "title": "Ceramic productions and human interactions during the Early Bronze Age in northern Iberia", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>The Early Bronze Age ceramic collection found into the caves of La Llana and El Toral III in Asturias (Spain) presents common decoration such as that found in the centre of Cantabrian Spain from the same period, which resembles others found in the Ebro Valley and Atlantic Europe. Therefore, the main objective of this study it is to identify the raw material origin and understand the pottery production process during the Early Bronze Age in the Cantabrian region. A methodological approach based on the chemical and mineralogical analysis of vessels and experimentally fired clay samples collected all over the centre of this region was developed. Furthermore, the post\u2010depositional processes affecting the sherds\u2019 composition was evaluated by employing the rare earth elements as markers. The results showed that the studied assemblage has important similarities with the raw materials of the surrounding area, which supports the hypothesis of a regional mobility.</p></article>", "keywords": ["Human mobility", "Pottery", "Rare earth element", "Chemical-mineralogical characterisation", "Post-depositional processes", "0601 history and archaeology", "06 humanities and the arts", "01 natural sciences", "Raw material", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12605"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Archaeometry", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/arcm.12605", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/arcm.12605", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/arcm.12605"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-09-02T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/cobi.13930", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-05-05", "title": "Challenges of and opportunities for protecting European soil biodiversity", "description": "Abstract<p>Soil biodiversity and related ecosystem functions are neglected in most biodiversity assessments and nature conservation actions. We examined how society, and particularly policy makers, have addressed these factors worldwide with a focus on Europe and explored the role of soils in nature conservation in Germany as an example. We reviewed past and current global and European policies, compared soil ecosystem functioning in\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and outside protected areas, and examined the role of soils in nature conservation management via text analyses. Protection and conservation of soil biodiversity and soil ecosystem functioning have been insufficient. Soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90related policies are unenforceable and lack soil biodiversity conservation goals, focusing instead on other environmental objectives. We found no evidence of positive effects of current nature conservation measures in multiple soil ecosystem functions in Europe. In German conservation management, soils are considered only from a limited perspective (e.g., as physicochemical part of the environment and as habitat for aboveground organisms). By exploring policy, evidence, and management as it relates to soil ecosystems, we suggest an integrative perspective to move nature conservation toward targeting soil ecosystems directly (e.g., by setting baselines, monitoring soil threats, and establishing a soil indicator system).</p>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "570", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "0303 health sciences", "nature conservation", "soil biodiversity", "Biodiversity", "belowground", "Europe", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "Biowissenschaften; Biologie", "Germany", "soil ecosystem functioning", "protected areas", "soil policy", "Ecosystem"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/cobi.13930"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13930"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Conservation%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/cobi.13930", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/cobi.13930", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/cobi.13930"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-07-19T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/een.13234", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-03-02", "title": "Forest and grassland habitats support pollinator diversity more than wildflowers and sunflower monoculture", "description": "Abstract<p> <p>Intensively managed agricultural landscapes often lack suitable habitats to support diverse wildlife, particularly harming pollinator communities. Besides mass flowering crops, remnant patches of natural and semi\uffe2\uff80\uff90natural vegetation may play a key role in maintaining and conserving biodiversity. Yet, the effects of different natural habitats, including forests and grasslands, on different pollinator communities are poorly understood at the landscape scale.</p> <p>We examined the abundance, richness, and diversity of wild bees and hoverflies, two key pollinator groups, across a land\uffe2\uff80\uff90use gradient spanning forest edges, grassland, wildflower strips, and sunflower monoculture. We also examined the distribution of hoverfly larvae trophic guilds and wild bee nesting traits across the above\uffe2\uff80\uff90mentioned land\uffe2\uff80\uff90use gradient. Finally, we evaluated the impact of landscape structure (forest, grassland, and water cover in the surrounding landscape) on pollinator community composition.</p> <p>Our results indicate that forest and grassland habitats supported a higher abundance and greater richness of pollinators than wildflower strips and sunflower monocultures. Furthermore, hoverflies were more sensitive to habitat and floristic homogenization than wild bees. Sunflower and wildflower habitats also hosted a lower diversity of larvae trophic guilds and wild bee nesting guilds as compared to forests and grasslands.</p> <p>Our study suggests that conserving and restoring forest and grassland habitats within agricultural mosaics may serve as the main \uffe2\uff80\uff98refuge\uffe2\uff80\uff99 for wild pollinators.</p> </p", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "bees; habitat types; hoverflies; intensive agriculture; landscape composition; pollination", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13234"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Entomology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/een.13234", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/een.13234", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/een.13234"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-03-02T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ecog.05308", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-01-19", "title": "Evaluating predictive performance of statistical models explaining wild bee abundance in a mass\u2010flowering crop", "description": "<p>Wild bee populations are threatened by current agricultural practices in many parts of the world, which may put pollination services and crop yields at risk. Loss of pollination services can potentially be predicted by models that link bee abundances with landscape\uffe2\uff80\uff90scale land\uffe2\uff80\uff90use, but there is little knowledge on the degree to which these statistical models are transferable across time and space. This study assesses the transferability of models for wild bee abundance in a mass\uffe2\uff80\uff90flowering crop across space (from one region to another) and across time (from one year to another). The models used existing data on bumblebee and solitary bee abundance in winter oilseed rape fields, together with high\uffe2\uff80\uff90resolution land\uffe2\uff80\uff90use crop\uffe2\uff80\uff90cover and semi\uffe2\uff80\uff90natural habitats data, from studies conducted in five different regions located in four countries (Sweden, Germany, Netherlands and the UK), in three different years (2011, 2012, 2013). We developed a hierarchical model combining all studies and evaluated the transferability using cross\uffe2\uff80\uff90validation. We found that both the landscape\uffe2\uff80\uff90scale cover of mass\uffe2\uff80\uff90flowering crops and permanent semi\uffe2\uff80\uff90natural habitats, including grasslands and forests, are important drivers of wild bee abundance in all regions. However, while the negative effect of increasing mass\uffe2\uff80\uff90flowering crops on the density of the pollinators is consistent between studies, the direction of the effect of semi\uffe2\uff80\uff90natural habitat is variable between studies. The transferability of these statistical models is limited, especially across regions, but also across time. Our study demonstrates the limits of using statistical models in conjunction with widely available land\uffe2\uff80\uff90use crop\uffe2\uff80\uff90cover classes for extrapolating pollinator density across years and regions, likely in part because input variables such as cover of semi\uffe2\uff80\uff90natural habitats poorly capture variability in pollinator resources between regions and years.</p>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "Model predictions", "Transferability in ecology", "Brassica napus", "wild pollinators", "mass flowering crops", "15. Life on land", "Mass flowering crops", "", "transferability in ecology", "03 medical and health sciences", "Permanent seminatural habitats", "model predictions", "ddc:570", "permanent semi-natural habitats", "Wild pollinators"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/95616/1/ecog.05308.pdf"}, {"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ecog.05308"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05308"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecography", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ecog.05308", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ecog.05308", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ecog.05308"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-01-19T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/rs10111720", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:22:41Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-10-31", "title": "Towards Estimating Land Evaporation at Field Scales Using GLEAM", "description": "<p>The evaporation of water from land into the atmosphere is a key component of the hydrological cycle. Accurate estimates of this flux are essential for proper water management and irrigation scheduling. However, continuous and qualitative information on land evaporation is currently not available at the required spatio-temporal scales for agricultural applications and regional-scale water management. Here, we apply the Global Land Evaporation Amsterdam Model (GLEAM) at 100 m spatial resolution and daily time steps to provide estimates of land evaporation over The Netherlands, Flanders, and western Germany for the period 2013\uffe2\uff80\uff932017. By making extensive use of microwave-based geophysical observations, we are able to provide data under all weather conditions. The soil moisture estimates from GLEAM at high resolution compare well with in situ measurements of surface soil moisture, resulting in a median temporal correlation coefficient of 0.76 across 29 sites. Estimates of terrestrial evaporation are also evaluated using in situ eddy-covariance measurements from five sites, and compared to estimates from the coarse-scale GLEAM v3.2b, land evaporation from the Satellite Application Facility on Land Surface Analysis (LSA-SAF), and reference grass evaporation based on Makkink\uffe2\uff80\uff99s equation. All datasets compare similarly with in situ measurements and differences in the temporal statistics are small, with correlation coefficients against in situ data ranging from 0.65 to 0.95, depending on the site. Evaporation estimates from GLEAM-HR are typically bounded by the high values of the Makkink evaporation and the low values from LSA-SAF. While GLEAM-HR and LSA-SAF show the highest spatial detail, their geographical patterns diverge strongly due to differences in model assumptions, model parameterizations, and forcing data. The separate consideration of rainfall interception loss by tall vegetation in GLEAM-HR is a key cause of this divergence: while LSA-SAF reports maximum annual evaporation volumes in the Green Heart of The Netherlands, an area dominated by shrubs and grasses, GLEAM-HR shows its maximum in the national parks of the Veluwe and Heuvelrug, both densely-forested regions where rainfall interception loss is a dominant process. The pioneering dataset presented here is unique in that it provides observational-based estimates at high resolution under all weather conditions, and represents a viable alternative to traditional visible and infrared models to retrieve evaporation at field scales.</p>", "keywords": ["microwave remote sensing", "EVAPOTRANSPIRATION", "WACMOS-ET PROJECT", "Science", "FLUXNET", "Q", "LSA-SAF", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "MODEL", "CARBON", "VARIABILITY", "terrestrial evaporation", "root-zone soil moisture", "13. Climate action", "Earth and Environmental Sciences", "SURFACE EVAPORATION", "GLOBAL DATABASE", "WATER", "SOIL-MOISTURE RETRIEVALS", "terrestrial evaporation; root-zone soil moisture; microwave remote sensing; GLEAM; LSA-SAF", "GLEAM", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/11/1720/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10111720"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Remote%20Sensing", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/rs10111720", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/rs10111720", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/rs10111720"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-10-31T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ddi.13146", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-09-02", "title": "Shifting aspect or elevation? The climate change response of ectotherms in a complex mountain topography", "description": "AbstractAim<p>Climate change is expected to cause mountain species to shift their ranges to higher elevations. Due to the decreasing amounts of habitats with increasing elevation, such shifts are likely to increase their extinction risk. Heterogeneous mountain topography, however, may reduce this risk by providing microclimatic conditions that can buffer macroclimatic warming or provide nearby refugia. As aspect strongly influences the local microclimate, we here assess whether shifts from warm south\uffe2\uff80\uff90exposed aspects to cool north\uffe2\uff80\uff90exposed aspects in response to climate change can compensate for an upward shift into cooler elevations.</p>Location<p>Switzerland, Swiss Alps.</p>Methods<p>We built ensemble distribution models using high\uffe2\uff80\uff90resolution climate data for two mountain\uffe2\uff80\uff90dwelling viviparous ectotherms, the Alpine salamander and the Common lizard, and projected them into various future scenarios to gain insights into distributional changes. We further compared elevation and aspect (northness) of current and predicted future locations to analyse preferences and future shifts.</p>Results<p>Future ranges were consistently decreasing for the lizard, but for the salamander they were highly variable, depending on the climate scenario and threshold rule. Aspect preferences were elevation\uffe2\uff80\uff90dependent: warmer, south\uffe2\uff80\uff90exposed microclimates were clearly preferred at higher compared to lower elevations. In terms of presence and future locations, we observed both elevational upward shifts and northward shifts in aspect. Under future conditions, the shift to cooler north\uffe2\uff80\uff90exposed aspects was particularly pronounced at already warmer lower elevations.</p>Main conclusions<p>For our study species, shifts in aspect and elevation are complementary strategies to mitigate climatic warming in the complex mountain topography. This complements the long\uffe2\uff80\uff90standing view of elevational upward shift being their only option to move into areas with suitable future climate. High\uffe2\uff80\uff90resolution climate data are critical in heterogeneous environments to identify microrefugia and thereby improving future impact assessments of climate change.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "0301 basic medicine", "570", "4290733-0", "elevation", "aspect", "Modellierung", "4077275-5", "ddc:900", "01 natural sciences", "4128128-7", "10127 Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies", "03 medical and health sciences", "4170297-9", "Schweizer Alpen", "Anthropogene Klima\u00e4nderung", "Wechselwarme", "aspect; climate change; ectotherms; microrefugia; mountain topography; Salamandra atra; species distribution modelling; Switzerland; thresholds; Zootoca vivipara", "4189352-9", "shift", "15. Life on land", "reptile", "1105 Ecology", " Evolution", " Behavior and Systematics", "climate change", "Geschichte und Geografie", "900", "13. Climate action", "Anpassung", "570 Life sciences; biology", "590 Animals (Zoology)", "amphibian", "[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://air.unimi.it/bitstream/2434/785568/2/feldmeier%202020%20divers%20distrib.pdf"}, {"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ddi.13146"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13146"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Diversity%20and%20Distributions", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ddi.13146", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ddi.13146", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ddi.13146"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-08-26T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ecog.05478", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-05-07", "title": "Multi\u2010taxa colonisation along the foreland of a vanishing equatorial glacier", "description": "<p>Retreating glaciers, icons of climate change, release new potential habitats for both aquatic and terrestrial organisms. High\uffe2\uff80\uff90elevation species are threatened by temperature increases and the upward migration of lowlands species. Improving our understanding of successional processes after glacier retreat becomes urgent, especially in the tropics, where glacier shrinkage is particularly fast. We examined the successional patterns of aquatic invertebrates, ground beetles, terrestrial plants, soil eukaryotes (algae, invertebrates, plants) in an equatorial glacier foreland (Carihuairazo, Ecuador). Based on both taxonomical identification and eDNA metabarcoding, we analysed the effects of both environmental conditions and age of deglacierization on community composition. Except for algae, diversity increased with time since deglacierization, especially among passive dispersers, suggesting that dispersal was a key driver structuring the glacier foreland succession. Spatial \uffce\uffb2\uffe2\uff80\uff90diversity was mainly attributed to nestedness for aquatic invertebrates, terrestrial plants and soil algae, likely linked to low environmental variability within the studied glacier foreland; and to turnover for soil invertebrates, suggesting competition exclusion at the oldest successional stage. Pioneer communities were dominated by species exhibiting flexible feeding strategies and high dispersal ability (mainly transported by wind), probably colonising from lower altitudes, or from the glacier in the case of algae. Overall, glacier foreland colonisation in the tropics exhibit common characteristics to higher latitudes. High\uffe2\uff80\uff90elevation species are nevertheless threatened, as the imminent extinction of many tropical glaciers will affect species associated to glacier\uffe2\uff80\uff90influenced habitats but also prevent cold\uffe2\uff80\uff90adapted and hygrophilous species from using these habitats as refuges in a warming world.</p>", "keywords": ["Colonization", "[SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics", "550", "Early succession", "glacier retreat", "Sociology", "[SDV.EE.ECO] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology", " environment/Ecosystems", "Environmental DNA Sequencing", "Glacier", "Ecology", "Geography", "early succession", "Life Sciences", "Phylogenetics and taxonomy", "Biodiversity", "[SDV.BV.BOT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics", "Threatened species", "FOS: Sociology", "Multiple-taxa", "multiple-taxa", "Habitat", "[SDE]Environmental Sciences", "Physical Sciences", "environment/Ecosystems", "570", "Physical geography", "Population", "Global Diversity of Microbial Eukaryotes and Their Evolution", "[SDV.BV.BOT] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics", "Ecological succession", "Biochemistry", " Genetics and Molecular Biology", "Biological dispersal", "[SDV.BID.SPT] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics", " Phylogenetics and taxonomy", "equatorial glacier foreland", "Equatorial glacier foreland", "Glacier retreat", "Molecular Biology", "Biology", "Demography", "Marine Microbial Diversity and Biogeography", "Colonisation", "South America", "15. Life on land", "[SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology", "13. Climate action", "FOS: Biological sciences", "[SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology", "Environmental Science", "[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology", "early succession; equatorial glacier foreland; glacier retreat; multiple-taxa", "Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://air.unimi.it/bitstream/2434/851699/2/rosero%202021.pdf"}, {"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ecog.05478"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05478"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecography", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ecog.05478", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ecog.05478", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ecog.05478"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-05-06T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/een.12788", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-07-30", "title": "Come to the dark side! The role of functional traits in shaping dark diversity patterns of south-eastern European hoverflies", "description": "<p>1. Dark diversity represents the set of species that can potentially inhabit a given area under particular ecological conditions, but are currently \uffe2\uff80\uff98missing\uffe2\uff80\uff99 from a site. This concept allows characterisation of the mechanisms determining why species are sometimes absent from an area that seems ecologically suitable for them.</p><p>2. The aim of this study was to determine the dark diversity of hoverflies in south\uffe2\uff80\uff90eastern Europe and to discuss the role of different functional traits that might increase the likelihood of species contributing to dark diversity. Based on expert opinion, the Syrph the Net database and known occurrences of species, the study estimated species pools, and observed and dark diversities within each of 11 defined vegetation types for 564 hoverfly species registered in south\uffe2\uff80\uff90eastern Europe. To detect the most important functional traits contributing to species being in dark diversity across different vegetation types, a random forest algorithm and respective statistics for variable importance were used.</p><p>3. The highest dark diversity was found for southwest Balkan sub\uffe2\uff80\uff90Mediterranean mixed oak forest type, whereas the lowest was in Mediterranean mixed forest type. Three larval feeding modes (saproxylic, and phytophagous on bulbs or roots) were found to be most important for determining the probability of a species contributing to hoverfly dark diversity, based on univariate correlations and random forest analysis.</p><p>4. This study shows that studying dark diversity might provide important insights into what drives community assembly in south\uffe2\uff80\uff90eastern European hoverflies, especially its missing components, and contributes to more precise conservation prioritisation of both hoverfly species and their habitats.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "functional characteristics", "CLIMATE-CHANGE", "LAND-USE", "vegetation types", "missing species", "Disturbance", "15. Life on land", "DIPTERA SYRPHIDAE", "FOREST", "01 natural sciences", "POLLINATORS", "COMMUNITY", "Ecology", " evolutionary biology", "MANAGEMENT", "BIODIVERSITY", "insects", "Syrphidae", "HABITAT", "OAK DECLINE", "richness"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/een.12788"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12788"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Entomology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/een.12788", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/een.12788", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/een.12788"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-07-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01192.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:20:18Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-09-01", "title": "Soil Characteristics More Strongly Influence Soil Bacterial Communities Than Land-Use Type", "description": "To gain insight into the factors driving the structure of bacterial communities in soil, we applied real-time PCR, PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoreses, and phylogenetic microarray approaches targeting the 16S rRNA gene across a range of different land usages in the Netherlands. We observed that the main differences in the bacterial communities were not related to land-use type, but rather to soil factors. An exception was the bacterial community of pine forest soils (PFS), which was clearly different from all other sites. PFS had lowest bacterial abundance, lowest numbers of operational taxonomic units (OTUs), lowest soil pH, and highest C : N ratios. C : N ratio strongly influenced bacterial community structure and was the main factor separating PFS from other fields. For the sites other than PFS, phosphate was the most important factor explaining the differences in bacterial communities across fields. Firmicutes were the most dominant group in almost all fields, except in PFS and deciduous forest soils (DFS). In PFS, Alphaproteobacteria was most represented, while in DFS, Firmicutes and Gammaproteobacteria were both highly represented. Interestingly, Bacillii and Clostridium OTUs correlated with pH and phosphate, which might explain their high abundance across many of the Dutch soils. Numerous bacterial groups were highly correlated with specific soil factors, suggesting that they might be useful as indicators of soil status.", "keywords": ["land use change", "DNA", " Bacterial", "0301 basic medicine", "RNA 16S", "polymerase chain reaction", "soil nitrogen", "DNA sequence", "soil microorganism", "electrokinesis", "chemistry", "phylogeny", "Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction", "soil", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "NIOO", "RNA", " Ribosomal", " 16S", "genetics", "soil carbon", "Phylogeny", "Soil Microbiology", "phosphate", "biodiversity", "Alphaproteobacteria", "Netherlands", "growth", " development and aging", "2. Zero hunger", "abundance", "0303 health sciences", "real time", "Bacteria", "pH", "Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis", "microbiology", "denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis", "Biodiversity", "Sequence Analysis", " DNA", "15. Life on land", "bacterium", "bacterial DNA", "phylogenetics", "classification", "real time polymerase chain reaction", "microbial community", "Gammaproteobacteria"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01192.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/FEMS%20Microbiology%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01192.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01192.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01192.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-09-19T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.13090", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:52Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-01-22", "title": "Inconsistent effects of agricultural practices on soil fungal communities across 12 European long\u2010term experiments", "description": "Abstract                                                             <p>Cropping practices have a great potential to improve soil quality through changes in soil biota. Yet the effects of these soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90improving cropping systems on soil fungal communities are not well known. Here, we analysed soil fungal communities using standardized measurements in 12 long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term experiments and 20 agricultural treatments across Europe. We were interested in whether the same practices (i.e., tillage, fertilization, organic amendments and cover crops) applied across different sites have predictable and repeatable effects on soil fungal communities and guilds. The fungal communities were very variable across sites located in different soil types and climatic regions. The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) were the fungal guild with most unique species in individual sites, whereas plant pathogenic fungi were most shared between the sites. The fungal communities responded to the cropping practices differently in different sites and only fertilization showed a consistent effect on AMF and plant pathogenic fungi, whereas the responses to tillage, cover crops and organic amendments were site, soil and crop\uffe2\uff80\uff90species specific. We further show that the crop yield is negatively affected by cropping practices aimed at improving soil health. Yet, we show that these practices have the potential to change the fungal communities and that change in plant pathogenic fungi and in AMF is linked to the yield. We further link the soil fungal community and guilds to soil abiotic characteristics and reveal that especially Mn, K, Mg and pH affect the composition of fungi across sites. In summary, we show that fungal communities vary considerably between sites and that there are no clear directional responses in fungi or fungal guilds across sites to soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90improving cropping systems, but that the responses vary based on soil abiotic conditions, crop type and climatic conditions.</p>                                                           Highlights                     <p>                                                                           <p>Soil fungi were analysed using standardized measurements in 12 long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term experiments and 20 agricultural treatments</p>                                                                             <p>Fungal communities responded to the cropping practices differently at different sites</p>                                                                             <p>Only reduced fertilization showed a consistent effect on AMF and plant pathogenic fungi, whereas the responses to tillage, cover crops and organic amendments were site specific.</p>                                                                             <p>Fungal community structure varied significantly between sites, crops and climate conditions; therefore, more cross\uffe2\uff80\uff90site studies are needed in order to manage beneficial soil fungi in agricultural systems.</p>                                                                     </p>", "keywords": ["soil&#8208", "DIVERSITY", "0607 Plant Biology", "0703 Crop and Pasture Production", "Soil Science", "ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI", "FERTILIZATION", "improving cropping systems", "soil fungi", "0503 Soil Sciences", "S Agriculture (General)", "CROPS", "METAANALYSIS", "TILLAGE", "2. Zero hunger", "Science & Technology", "long&#8208", "LAND-USE", "soil-improving cropping systems", "Agriculture", "Agronomy & Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "PERFORMANCE", "15. Life on land", "4106 Soil sciences", "long-term experiments", "organic amendments", "tillage", "term experiments", "POPULATIONS", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "BIODIVERSITY", "Life Sciences & Biomedicine"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ejss.13090"}, {"href": "https://rau.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/16456/1/ejss.13090.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13090"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.13090", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.13090", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.13090"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-02-18T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.12231", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-04-08", "title": "Nitrogen Addition And Mowing Affect Microbial Nitrogen Transformations In A C4 Grassland In Northern China", "description": "Summary<p>Microbial nitrogen (N) transformations play a key role in regulating N cycling in grassland ecosystems. However, there is still little information on how management of semi\uffe2\uff80\uff90arid grassland such as mowing and/or N fertilizer application affects microbial activity and N transformations. In a field experiment in northern China, N was added at a rate of 10 g N m\uffe2\uff88\uff922 year\uffe2\uff88\uff921 as NH4NO3 to mown and unmown plots (4 \uffc3\uff97 4 m2) and in situ rates of net ammonification (Ramm), nitrification (Rnit) and mineralization (Rmin) were followed at monthly intervals for the vegetation growth periods in the years 2006\uffe2\uff80\uff932009. In addition, we also measured soil microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and nitrogen (MBN), microbial respiration (MR) and peak above\uffe2\uff80\uff90ground biomass in August of each measurement year. Driven by the pronounced inter\uffe2\uff80\uff90annual variability of rainfall, all the properties investigated varied markedly across years. Nevertheless, we were able to demonstrate that over the 4 years N addition significantly stimulated Rnit, Rmin and MBN, on average, by 288, 149 and 11.6%, respectively. However, N addition decreased MBC significantly as well as the ratio of MBC:MBN by, on average, 10 and 23%, respectively, whereas an effect of N addition on MR could not be demonstrated. Mowing decreased MBN, MR and qCO2 significantly by 9, 28 and 24%, respectively, but no effects were found on microbial net N transformation rates and MBC. N addition and mowing interactively affected Ramm and Rmin, and MBN, MBC:MBN. In summary, our results indicate a positive effect of N addition but a negative effect of mowing on microbial N transformation in this C4 grassland in northern China.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Earth sciences", "570", "info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550", "550", "ddc:550", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "china", "mowing", "630", "nitrogen"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12231"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.12231", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.12231", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.12231"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-04-08T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.12257", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-04-29", "title": "Negative Priming Of Native Soil Organic Carbon Mineralization By Oilseed Biochars Of Contrasting Quality", "description": "Summary<p>Oilseed\uffe2\uff80\uff90derived biochar, a by\uffe2\uff80\uff90product of pyrolysis for biodiesel production, is richer in aliphatic compounds than the commonly studied wood\uffe2\uff80\uff90derived biochar, affecting both its mineralization in soil and its interaction with native soil organic carbon (nSOC). Here, we investigated the soil C sequestration potential of three different oilseed biochars derived from C3 plant material: soyabean, castor bean and jatropha cake. The chemical composition of these biochars was determined by elemental analysis (CHN) and 13C NMR spectroscopy. The cumulative CO2 efflux from 30\uffe2\uff80\uff90day laboratory incubations of biochar mixed with a sandy soil containing nSOC from C4 plants was measured as a proxy for mineralization rate. The relative contribution of each source to CO2 production was calculated based on the 13C\uffe2\uff80\uff90signatures of total CO2 efflux and the source materials (soil and biochars). Our results showed that: (i) castor bean biochar contained relatively large amounts of aliphatic compounds, resulting in a greater mineralization rate than soyabean and jatropha biochars; (ii) CO2 efflux from the soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90biochar mixtures originated mostly from the biochars, suggesting that these biochars contain rapidly decomposable compounds; and (iii) all three oilseed biochars decelerated nSOC mineralization. This negative priming effect appeared to be caused by different factors. We conclude that oilseed biochars have the potential to increase soil C stocks directly and increase soil C sequestration indirectly in the short term through negative priming of nSOC mineralization.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Life Science", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12257"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.12257", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.12257", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.12257"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-04-29T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.12327", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:52Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-03-20", "title": "Changes in organic carbon and nitrogen in soil with metal pollution by Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn: a meta-analysis", "description": "Summary<p>Organic carbon (OC) and nitrogen (N) storage in soil plays an important role in global climate change and in maintaining food security. Pollution of soil with heavy metals has occurred in many parts of the world, but their effects on soil OC and N have not been well addressed. Relevant data were extracted from peer\uffe2\uff80\uff90reviewed journal papers and analysed by a meta\uffe2\uff80\uff90analysis to determine how long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term heavy metal pollution affected soil OC and N status. Plant biomass decreased significantly because heavy metals in soil decreased soil OC and N concentrations by 5.0 and 17.9%, respectively, but increased the C/N ratio by 5.1%. The largest reductions in soil OC and N concentrations were in soil more strongly polluted by metals. The changes in soil OC and N with metal pollution varied with climatic conditions. More substantial decreases in OC and N concentrations were likely to occur in polluted soil with large background contents of OC and low pH. Overall, heavy metals were linked to greater reductions in soil OC and N concentrations in natural ecosystems than in agro\uffe2\uff80\uff90ecosystems. These results provided a quantitative evaluation of the effects of heavy metal pollution on the decrease in soil C and N concentrations and, therefore, on global climate change. Further consideration should be given to changes in the cycling of C and N in soil polluted with metals in natural and agro\uffe2\uff80\uff90ecosystems.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "anzsrc-for: 0503 Soil Sciences", "550", "anzsrc-for: 4105 Pollution and Contamination", "anzsrc-for: 0703 Crop and Pasture Production", "anzsrc-for: 4106 Soil sciences", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "41 Environmental Sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "anzsrc-for: 41 Environmental Sciences", "anzsrc-for: 0607 Plant Biology", "4105 Pollution and Contamination", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12327"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.12327", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.12327", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.12327"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.12261", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-05-14", "title": "Changes In Soil Nutrient Content And Bacterial Community After 12years Of Organic Amendment Application To A Vineyard", "description": "Summary<p>An interesting alternative to landfills for disposing of organic residues is their addition to soil as composted organic residues. There is little information available about the long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term benefits following prolonged periods of application. After 12\uffe2\uff80\uff89years of annual incorporation of organic amendments to the soil of a vineyard, three soil characteristics were analysed: mineral content, bacterial community and soil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The organic amendments were (i) a pelletized organic compost (PEL) made from plant, animal and sewage sludge residues, (ii) a compost made from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OF\uffe2\uff80\uff90MSW) and (iii) a stabilized sheep manure compost (SMC). Mineral fertilizer (NPK) and an unaltered control treatment were also included. Our results showed that long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term application of treated residues as compost changed soil nutrient content, bacterial community and gas emission rates. For instance, SMC increased nutrients and soil organic matter (OM) throughout the experiment. There was a change in bacterial community structure, with an increase in the phylum Proteobacteria observed for all four treated soils, and an increase in the phylum Bacteroidetes for PEL, OF\uffe2\uff80\uff90MSW and SMC treatments. Among the organically\uffe2\uff80\uff90amended soils, the amount of Adhaeribacter increased by a factor of 2.5 times more than the control, which reported a total of 2.0% of the bacterial community compared with 5.6% for PEL, 5.2% for OF\uffe2\uff80\uff90MSW and 5.0% for SMC. Adhaeribacter may be a genus that specializes in the degradation of residues in the different composts. The SMC treatment had the largest Chao1 estimator and was the most biodiverse of all treatments. These changes in bacterial community structure did not correlate with the observed GHG fluxes from the sampling day. The application of amendments did not affect N2O fluxes. However, the application of treatments slightly reduced the capacity for CH4 sequestration by soil with respect to the untreated soils. Compost is an effective method to increase soil fertility. Soil GHG emissions should be further evaluated.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12261"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.12261", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.12261", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.12261"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-05-14T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "44546066-980b-451c-84b0-d01be3da4064", "type": "Feature", "geometry": {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[5.81, 47.26], [5.81, 54.76], [15.77, 54.76], [15.77, 47.26], [5.81, 47.26]]]}, "properties": {"themes": [{"concepts": [{"id": "biota"}], "scheme": "https://standards.iso.org/iso/19139/resources/gmxCodelists.xml#MD_TopicCategoryCode"}, {"concepts": [{"id": "Soil"}, {"id": "soil density"}, {"id": "density"}, {"id": "soil chemicophysical properties"}, {"id": "earthworms"}, {"id": "soil organisms"}, {"id": "soil compaction"}, {"id": "soil porosity"}, {"id": "soil properties"}, {"id": "soil structure"}, {"id": "soil fauna"}], "scheme": "AGROVOC Multilingual agricultural thesaurus"}, {"concepts": [{"id": "opendata"}], "scheme": "Individual"}, {"concepts": [{"id": "Boden"}], "scheme": "GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0"}], "rights": "Restrictions applied to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property, and any special restrictions or limitations or warnings on using the resource or metadata. Reports, articles, papers, scientific and non - scientific works of any form, including tables, maps, or any other kind of output, in printed or electronic form, based in whole or in part on the data supplied, must contain an acknowledgement of the form: \"Data reused from the BonaRes Data Centre www.bonares.de. This data were created as part of the BonaRes Centre's research activities.\"\n\nAlthough every care has been taken in preparing and testing the data, the BonaRes Centre and  the BonaRes Data Centre cannot guarantee that the data are correct; neither does the BonaRes Centre and the BonaRes Data Centre accept any liability whatsoever for any error, missing data or omission in the data, or for any loss or damage arising from its use. The BonaRes Centre and BonaRes Data Centre will not be responsible for any direct or indirect use which might be made of the data.", "updated": "2020-12-08", "type": "Dataset", "created": "2020-09-29", "language": "eng", "title": "Effects of earthworms on bulk density: A meta\u2010analysis", "description": "Using meta-analysis, we quantified earthworm effects on bulk density and investigated the influence of driving factors (Lang, B. & Russell, D.J. Eur J Soil Sci. (2020) 71: 80\u2013 83. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12846). We compiled data from 22 articles, yielding 111 data points. In the supplementary data file, we give information on geographical location, climate, soils (soil type, soil texture, organic carbon, pH), experimental details (laboratory or field experiment, natural soil structure or repacked soil, mesocosm and sampling depth, experimental duration, land use, treatment, replication, initial bulk density), organisms (species or higher taxon, earthworm ecological group, mean individual mass, biomass, abundance),  and results (bulk density and standard deviation for fauna and control treatments).\n\nResearch domain: Other\n\nResearch question: We estimated taxon-specific impacts on bulk density, whether general earthworm effects depended on ecological groups, earthworm body mass, abundance, soil texture, land use or experimental duration. Furthermore, we assessed whether earthworms are able to counteract soil compaction.", "keywords": ["Soil", "soil density", "density", "soil chemicophysical properties", "earthworms", "soil organisms", "soil compaction", "soil porosity", "soil properties", "soil structure", "soil fauna", "opendata", "Boden"], "contacts": [{"name": "Birgit Lang", "organization": "Senckenberg Museum of Natural History G\u00f6rlitz", "position": null, "roles": ["author"], "phones": [{"value": null}], "emails": [{"value": "birgit.lang@senckenberg.de"}], "addresses": [{"deliveryPoint": [null], "city": null, "administrativeArea": null, "postalCode": null, "country": null}], "links": [{"href": null}]}, {"name": "David J. Russell", "organization": "Senckenberg Museum of Natural History G\u00f6rlitz", "position": null, "roles": ["projectLeader"], "phones": [{"value": null}], "emails": [{"value": "david.russell@senckenberg.de"}], "addresses": [{"deliveryPoint": [null], "city": null, "administrativeArea": null, "postalCode": null, "country": null}], "links": [{"href": null}]}, {"name": "BonaRes Data Centre", "organization": "Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)", "position": "Research Platform 'Data Analysis & Simulation' - WG Geodata", "roles": ["publisher"], "phones": [{"value": "+49 33432 82 171"}], "emails": [{"value": "bonares-datenzentrum@zalf.de"}], "addresses": [{"deliveryPoint": ["Eberswalder Strasse 84"], "city": "M\u00fcncheberg", "administrativeArea": "Brandenburg", "postalCode": "15374", "country": "Germany"}], "links": [{"href": null}]}, {"name": "David J. Russell", "organization": "Senckenberg Museum of Natural History G\u00f6rlitz", "position": null, "roles": ["author"], "phones": [{"value": null}], "emails": [{"value": "david.russell@senckenberg.de"}], "addresses": [{"deliveryPoint": [null], "city": null, "administrativeArea": null, "postalCode": null, "country": null}], "links": [{"href": null}]}, {"organization": "Senckenberg Museum of Natural History G\u00f6rlitz", "roles": ["contributor"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12846", "rel": "download"}, {"href": "https://maps.bonares.de/mapapps/resources/apps/bonares/index.html?lang=en&mid=44546066-980b-451c-84b0-d01be3da4064", "rel": "information"}, {"href": "https://metadata.bonares.de:443/smartEditor/preview/Lang_Graphic_overview.png", "name": "preview", "description": "Web image thumbnail (URL)", "protocol": "WWW:LINK-1.0-http--image-thumbnail", "rel": "preview"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "44546066-980b-451c-84b0-d01be3da4064", "name": "item", "description": "44546066-980b-451c-84b0-d01be3da4064", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/44546066-980b-451c-84b0-d01be3da4064"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-12-08T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.12998", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:52Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-05-21", "title": "Machine learning in space and time for modelling soil organic carbon change", "description": "Abstract<p>Spatially resolved estimates of change in soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks are necessary for supporting national and international policies aimed at achieving land degradation neutrality and climate change mitigation. In this work we report on the development, implementation and application of a data\uffe2\uff80\uff90driven, statistical method for mapping SOC stocks in space and time, using Argentina as a pilot. We used quantile regression forest machine learning to predict annual SOC stock at 0\uffe2\uff80\uff9330\uffe2\uff80\uff89cm depth at 250\uffe2\uff80\uff89m resolution for Argentina between 1982 and 2017. The model was calibrated using over 5,000 SOC stock values from the 36\uffe2\uff80\uff90year time period and 35 environmental covariates. We preprocessed normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) dynamic covariates using a temporal low\uffe2\uff80\uff90pass filter to allow the SOC stock for a given year to depend on the NDVI of the current as well as preceding years. Predictions had modest temporal variation, with an average decrease for the entire country from 2.55 to 2.48\uffe2\uff80\uff89kg\uffe2\uff80\uff89C\uffe2\uff80\uff89m\uffe2\uff88\uff922 over the 36\uffe2\uff80\uff90year period (equivalent to a decline of 211 Gg C, 3.0% of the total 0\uffe2\uff80\uff9330\uffe2\uff80\uff89cm SOC stock in Argentina). The Pampa region had a larger estimated SOC stock decrease from 4.62 to 4.34\uffe2\uff80\uff89kg\uffe2\uff80\uff89C\uffe2\uff80\uff89m\uffe2\uff88\uff922 (5.9%) during the same period. For the 2001\uffe2\uff80\uff932015 period, predicted temporal variation was seven\uffe2\uff80\uff90fold larger than that obtained using the Tier 1 approach of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. Prediction uncertainties turned out to be substantial, mainly due to the limited number and poor spatial and temporal distribution of the calibration data, and the limited explanatory power of the covariates. Cross\uffe2\uff80\uff90validation confirmed that SOC stock prediction accuracy was limited, with a mean error of 0.03\uffe2\uff80\uff89kg\uffe2\uff80\uff89C\uffe2\uff80\uff89m\uffe2\uff88\uff922 and a root mean squared error of 2.04\uffe2\uff80\uff89kg\uffe2\uff80\uff89C\uffe2\uff80\uff89m\uffe2\uff88\uff922. In spite of the large uncertainties, this work showed that machine learning methods can be used for space\uffe2\uff80\uff93time SOC mapping and may yield valuable information to land managers and policymakers, provided that SOC observation density in space and time is sufficiently large.</p>Highlights<p> <p>We tested the use of machine learning for space\uffe2\uff80\uff93time mapping of soil organic carbon (SOC) stock.</p> <p>Predictions for Argentina from 1982 to 2017 showed a 3% decrease of the topsoil SOC stock over time.</p> <p>The machine learning model predicted a greater temporal variation than the IPCC Tier 1 approach.</p> <p>Accurate machine learning SOC stock prediction requires dense soil sampling in space and time.</p> </p", "keywords": ["Estimaci\u00f3n de las Existencias de Carbono", "2. Zero hunger", "quantile regression forest", "land degradation", "Climate Change", "carbon stock", "Argentina", "Carbon Stock Assessments", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Space-time Mapping", "space\u2013time mapping", "climate change", "Bosque de Regresi\u00f3n de Cuantiles", "13. Climate action", "Cambio Clim\u00e1tico", "Land Degradation", "Quantile Regression Rorest", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Mapeo Espacio-tiempo", "Degradaci\u00f3n de Tierras", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ejss.12998"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12998"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.12998", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.12998", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.12998"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-06-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.13145", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:52Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-07-13", "title": "Sustainable futures over the next decade are rooted in soil science", "description": "Abstract<p>The importance of soils to society has gained increasing recognition over the past decade, with the potential to contribute to most of the United Nations\uffe2\uff80\uff99 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With unprecedented and growing demands for food, water and energy, there is an urgent need for a global effort to address the challenges of climate change and land degradation, whilst protecting soil as a natural resource. In this paper, we identify the contribution of soil science over the past decade to addressing gaps in our knowledge regarding major environmental challenges: climate change, food security, water security, urban development, and ecosystem functioning and biodiversity. Continuing to address knowledge gaps in soil science is essential for the achievement of the SDGs. However, with limited time and budget, it is also pertinent to identify effective methods of working that ensure the research carried out leads to real\uffe2\uff80\uff90world impact. Here, we suggest three strategies for the next decade of soil science, comprising a greater implementation of research into policy, interdisciplinary partnerships to evaluate function trade\uffe2\uff80\uff90offs and synergies between soils and other environmental domains, and integrating monitoring and modelling methods to ensure soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90based policies can withstand the uncertainties of the future.</p>Highlights<p> <p>We highlight the contributions of soil science to five major environmental challenges since 2010.</p> <p>Researchers have contributed to recommendation reports, but work is rarely translated into policy.</p> <p>Interdisciplinary work should assess trade\uffe2\uff80\uff90offs and synergies between soils and other domains.</p> <p>Integrating monitoring and modelling is key for robust and sustainable soils\uffe2\uff80\uff90based policymaking.</p> </p", "keywords": ["330", "550", "QH301 Biology", "Sustainable Development Goals", "NE/R016429/1", "Urban development", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "01 natural sciences", "333", "Ecosystems", "12. Responsible consumption", "QH301", "11. Sustainability", "SDG 13 - Climate Action", "774378", "Climate change", "SDG 2 - Zero Hunger", "European Commission", "[SDV.SA.SDS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "869625", "SDG 15 - Life on Land", "biodiversity", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)", "NE/P019455/1", "biodiversity; climate change; ecosystems; food security; sustainable development goals; urban development; water security", "Food security", "Biodiversity", "food security", "15. Life on land", "sustainable development goals", "water security", "urban development", "[SHS.SCIPO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Political science", "6. Clean water", "climate change", "13. Climate action", "Water security", "ecosystems", "[SHS.SCIPO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Political science"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3157809/1/2021%20Evans%20et%20al%20-%20European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science.pdf"}, {"href": "https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/157184/1/Evans_etal_2021_Decade.pdf"}, {"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ejss.13145"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13145"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.13145", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.13145", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.13145"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-07-26T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.13422", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:52Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-09-30", "title": "Stocktake study of current fertilisation recommendations across Europe and discussion towards a more harmonised approach", "description": "Abstract<p>The European Commission has set targets for a reduction in nutrient losses by at least 50% and a reduction in fertiliser use by at least 20% by 2030 while ensuring no deterioration in soil fertility. Within the mandate of the European Joint Programme EJP Soil \uffe2\uff80\uff98Towards climate\uffe2\uff80\uff90smart sustainable management of agricultural soils\uffe2\uff80\uff99, the objective of this study was to assess current fertilisation practices across Europe and discuss the potential for harmonisation of fertilisation methodologies as a strategy to reduce nutrient loss and overall fertiliser use. A stocktake study of current methods of delivering fertilisation advice took place across 23 European countries. The stocktake was in the form of a questionnaire, comprising 46 questions. Information was gathered on a large range of factors, including soil analysis methods, along with soil, crop and climatic factors taken into consideration within fertilisation calculations. The questionnaire was completed by experts, who are involved in compiling fertilisation recommendations within their country. Substantial differences exist in the content, format and delivery of fertilisation guidelines across Europe. The barriers, constraints and potential benefits of a harmonised approach to fertilisation across Europe are discussed. The general consensus from all participating countries was that harmonisation of fertilisation guidelines should be increased, but it was unclear in what format this could be achieved. Shared learning in the delivery and format of fertilisation guidelines and mechanisms to adhere to environmental legislation were viewed as being beneficial. However, it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to harmonise all soil test data and fertilisation methodologies at EU level due to diverse soil types and agro\uffe2\uff80\uff90ecosystem influences. Nevertheless, increased future collaboration, especially between neighbouring countries within the same environmental zone, was seen as potentially very beneficial. This study is unique in providing current detail on fertilisation practices across European countries in a side\uffe2\uff80\uff90by\uffe2\uff80\uff90side comparison. The gathered data can provide a baseline for the development of scientifically based EU policy targets for nutrient loss and soil fertility evaluation.</p", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "precision agriculture", "330", "Precision agriculture", "[SDV.SA.AGRO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Agronomy", "Nutrient management", "nutrient use efficiency", "15. Life on land", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "6. Clean water", "630", "Fertilisation", "12. Responsible consumption", "fertilisation", "Fertilisation recommendations", "13. Climate action", "nutrient management", "11. Sustainability", "[SDE]Environmental Sciences", "Nutrient use efficiency", "ta1181", "[SDV.SA.AEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Agriculture", "fertilisation recommendations", "economy and politics"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13422"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.13422", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.13422", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.13422"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.13379", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:52Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-05-10", "title": "Limitations of farm management data in analyses of decadal changes in SOC stocks in the Danish soil\u2010monitoring network", "description": "Abstract                   <p>                     Changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) storage in agricultural land are an important part of the Land Use, Land\uffe2\uff80\uff90Use Change and Forestry component of national greenhouse gas emission inventories. Furthermore, as climate mitigation strategies and incentives for carbon farming are being developed, accurate estimates of SOC stocks are essential to verify any management\uffe2\uff80\uff90induced changes in SOC. Based on agricultural mineral soils in the Danish soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90monitoring network, we analysed management effects on SOC stocks using data from the two most recent surveys (2009 and 2019). Between 2009 and 2019, the average increase in SOC stock was 1.2\uffe2\uff80\uff89Mg C\uffe2\uff80\uff89ha                     \uffe2\uff88\uff921                     for 0\uffe2\uff80\uff9350\uffe2\uff80\uff89cm despite a loss of 1.2\uffe2\uff80\uff89Mg\uffe2\uff80\uff89C\uffe2\uff80\uff89ha                     \uffe2\uff88\uff921                     from the topsoil (0\uffe2\uff80\uff9325\uffe2\uff80\uff89cm), stressing the importance of including deeper soil layers in soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90monitoring networks. Comparing all four national surveys (1986, 1997, 2009, 2019), the mean SOC stock of mineral soils in Denmark appears stable. The change in SOC stock between 2009 and 2019 was analysed in detail in relation to management practices as reported by farmers. We found that the effects of single management factors were difficult to isolate from co\uffe2\uff80\uff90varying factors including soil parameters and that the use of farm management data to explain changes in SOC stocks observed in soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90monitoring networks appears limited. Uncertainty in SOC stock estimates also arises from low sampling frequency and statistical challenges related to regression to the mean. However, repeated stock measurements at decadal intervals still represent a benchmark for the overall development in regional and national SOC storage, as affected by actual farm management.                   </p", "keywords": ["soil organic carbon", "2. Zero hunger", "national soil survey", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "straw incorporation", "carbon stock changes", "15. Life on land", "perennial crops", "ploughing", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13379"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.13379", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.13379", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.13379"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.13430", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:52Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-11-04", "title": "Effects of land use and soil properties on taxon richness and abundance of soil assemblages", "description": "Abstract<p>Land\uffe2\uff80\uff90use change and habitat degradation are among the biggest drivers of aboveground biodiversity worldwide but their effects on soil biodiversity are less well known, despite the importance of soil organisms in developing soil structure, nutrient cycling and water drainage. Combining a global compilation of biodiversity data from soil assemblages collated as part of the PREDICTS project with global data on soil characteristics, we modelled how taxon richness and total abundance of soil organisms have responded to land use. We also estimated the global Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII)\uffe2\uff80\uff94the average abundance and compositional similarity of taxa that remain in an area, compared to a minimally impacted baseline, for soil biodiversity. This is the first time the BII has been calculated for soil biodiversity. Relative to undisturbed vegetation, soil organism total abundance and taxon richness were reduced in all land uses except pasture. Soil properties mediated the response of soil biota, but not in a consistent way across land uses. The global soil BII in cropland is, on average, a third of that originally present. However, in grazed sites the decline is less severe. The BII of secondary vegetation depends on age, with sites with younger growth showing a lower BII than mature vegetation. We conclude that land\uffe2\uff80\uff90use change has reduced local soil biodiversity worldwide, and this further supports the proposition that soil biota should be considered explicitly when using global models to estimate the state of biodiversity.</p", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "Biodiversity Intactness Index", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "13. Climate action", "use intensity", "belowground biodiversity", "community composition", "15. Life on land", "global"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.iris.unict.it/bitstream/20.500.11769/605089/1/European%20J%20Soil%20Science%20-%202023%20-%20Burton%20-%20Effects%20of%20land%20use%20and%20soil%20properties%20on%20taxon%20richness%20and%20abundance%20of%20soil%20%281%29.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13430"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.13430", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.13430", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.13430"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.13439", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:52Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-11-28", "title": "Sustainable soil management: Soil knowledge use and gaps in Europe", "description": "Abstract                   <p>Soils are the foundation of agricultural production, ecosystem functioning and human well\uffe2\uff80\uff90being. Bridging soil knowledge gaps and improving the knowledge system is crucial to meet the growing EU soil policy ambitions in the face of climate change and the ongoing trend in soil degradation. The objective of this article is to assess the current state of knowledge, knowledge use and knowledge gaps concerning sustainable soil management in Europe. This study is based on interviews with 791 stakeholders and 254 researchers and on a comprehensive review of &gt;1800 documents carried out under the European Joint Programme on agricultural soils. Despite differences in stakeholder groups, the conclusions are rather consistent and complementary. We identified major knowledge gaps with respect to (1) soil carbon stocks, (2) soil degradation and fertility and (3) strategies for improved soil management. Transcending these three areas, particularly the loss of soil organic carbon, peatland degradation and soil compaction, are most critical, thus, we stress the urgency of developing more models and monitoring programmes on soils. Stakeholders further report that insufficient transfer of existing soil research findings to practitioners is a hindrance to the adoption of sustainable soil management practices. In addition to knowledge production, soil knowledge gaps may be addressed by considering seven recommendations from the stakeholders: (1) raising awareness, (2) strengthening knowledge brokers, (3) improving relevance of research activities and resource allocation for land users, (4) peer\uffe2\uff80\uff90to\uffe2\uff80\uff90peer communication, (5) targeting advice and information, (6) improving knowledge access, and (7) providing incentives. We argue that filling and bridging knowledge gaps should be a priority for policymakers and the insights provided in the article may help prioritise research and dissemination needs enabling a transition to more sustainable soil management in Europe.</p", "keywords": ["[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "ta1172", "Sustainable soil management", "sustainable soil management", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "630", "333", "12. Responsible consumption", "Soil policy", "Soil health", "11. Sustainability", "soil policy", "[SDV.SA.SDS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "stakeholder involvement", "2. Zero hunger", "EJP SOIL", "soil health", "9. Industry and infrastructure", "Soil policy Highlights", "soil use challenges", "ta4111", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "13. Climate action", "[SDE]Environmental Sciences", "JP SOIL", "Stakeholder involvement", "Soil use challenges"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04621243/file/Thors%C3%B8e%20et%20al%202023%20post%20print.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13439"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.13439", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.13439", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.13439"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.13468", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:53Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-03-13", "title": "Collected knowledge on the impacts of agricultural soil management practices in Europe", "description": "Abstract<p>Soil plays a central role in most aspects of human societies, and there is a large body of literature about sustainable soil management. Nevertheless, soil is currently facing degradation arising from different threats, which undermines sustainable development globally. In order to design effective research and policy strategies, it is necessary to identify the current knowledge level about sustainable soil management. This study summarises the key findings from a systematic stocktake of available knowledge about agricultural soil management practices in 23 European countries, which included the identification of soil management practices in use, the associated impacts and the soil challenges addressed. The aim of the study was to understand the current state of knowledge about the impacts of soil management practices, investigated and/or implemented across Europe. The results were analysed at the European level and were also grouped into European Regions and Environmental Zones. Key findings from this study were the identification of knowledge gaps that are key to climate mitigation and adaptation. There is a knowledge gap about soil management practices to avoid greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils, as the few reported studies evidence the complexity of the processes governing these emissions. Further knowledge is needed on the impact of tillage practices on long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term carbon storage and distribution along the soil profile, as the reported knowledge was not consensual about carbon storage in deeper soil layers.</p", "keywords": ["[SDV.SA.AGRO] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Agronomy", "2. Zero hunger", "stocktake", "[SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes", "[SDV.SA.AGRO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Agronomy", "knowledge level", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "630", "soil challenges", "knowledge gaps", "12. Responsible consumption", "soil management practices", "[SDE.MCG] Environmental Sciences/Global Changes", "13. Climate action", "EJPSOIL", "11. Sustainability", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "soil policy", "[SDV.SA.SDS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13468"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.13468", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.13468", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.13468"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.13470", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:53Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-03-14", "title": "Participatory soil citizen science: An unexploited resource for European soil research", "description": "Abstract<p>Soils are key components of our ecosystems and provide 95%\uffe2\uff80\uff9399% of our food. This importance is reflected by an increase in participatory citizen science projects on soils. Citizen science is a participatory research method that actively involves and engages the public in scientific enquiry to generate new knowledge or understanding. Here, we review past and current citizen science projects on agricultural soils across Europe. We conducted a web\uffe2\uff80\uff90based survey and described 24 reviewed European citizen science projects in the light of the 10 principles of citizen science and identified success factors for citizen science. Over 66% of the projects generated soil biodiversity data; 54% and 42% of the projects generated data on vegetation cover and soil organic carbon, respectively. Our findings show that soil citizen science projects aligned with the 10 principles of citizen science offer an unexploited resource for European soil health research. We conclude that promoting co\uffe2\uff80\uff90creation, fostering knowledge\uffe2\uff80\uff90sharing networks and enabling long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term communication and commitment with citizens are success factors for further development of citizen science on soils.</p", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "570", "web-based survey", "soil health", "soil biodiversity", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "333", "12. Responsible consumption", "03 medical and health sciences", "13. Climate action", "EJPSOIL", "EJPSOIL", " European agroecosystems", " participatory research", " soil biodiversity", " soil health", " web-based survey", "11. Sustainability", "European agroecosystems", "participatory research", "[SDV.SA.SDS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.cnr.it/bitstream/20.500.14243/469825/1/2024_European%20J%20Soil%20Scienc_Mason.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13470"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.13470", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.13470", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.13470"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.13476", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:53Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-03-22", "title": "Do we speak one language on the way to sustainable soil management in Europe? A terminology check via an EU\u2010wide survey", "description": "Abstract<p>European soils are under increasing pressure, making it difficult to maintain the provision of soil ecosystem services (SESs). A better understanding of soil processes is needed to counteract soil threats (STs) and to promote sustainable soil management. The EJP SOIL programme of the EU provides a framework for the necessary research. However, different definitions of soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90related terms potentially lead to varied understandings of concepts. Furthermore, there are numerous indicators available to quantify STs or SESs. As unclear communication is a key barrier that hinders the implementation of research results into practice, this study aimed to answer the question about whether the terminology of large\uffe2\uff80\uff90scale initiatives is adequately understood within the soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90science community and non\uffe2\uff80\uff90research stakeholders. An online questionnaire was used to provide definitions for 33 soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90related terms in both scientific and plain language, as well as indicators for seven SESs and 11 STs. Participants were asked to rate their agreement with the definitions and indicators on a seven\uffe2\uff80\uff90grade Likert scale. The level of agreement was calculated as the percentage of ratings above 4, the neutral position. The survey was available from June to September 2023 and was distributed by a snowball approach. More than 260 stakeholders assessed the survey; 70% of respondents were researchers, and 15% were practitioners. Mean agreement levels for the definitions and indicators were generally high, at 85% and 78% respectively. However, it was apparent that the lowest agreement was found for terms that are relatively new, such as Ecosystem Services and Bundle, or unfamiliar for certain subgroups, such as ecological terms for stakeholders working at the farm scale. Due to their distinct majority, the results of this study primarily reflect the opinions of scientists. Thus, broad conclusions can only be drawn by comparing scientists with non\uffe2\uff80\uff90scientists. In this regard, the agreement was surprisingly high across all types of questions. The combined outcomes indicate that there is still a need to facilitate communication between stakeholders and to improve knowledge distribution strategies. Nevertheless, this study can support and be used by future projects and programmes, especially regarding the harmonization of terminology and methods.</p", "keywords": ["Soilbased ecosystem services", "Soil policy stakeholders", "soil science terminology", "soil indicators", "610", "Sustainable soil management", "sustainable soil management", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "333", "12. Responsible consumption", "soil policy stakeholders", "Soil science terminology", "11. Sustainability", "Soil indicators", "Soil threats", "soil-based ecosystem services", "[SDV.SA.SDS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "2. Zero hunger", "EJP SOIL", "4. Education", "15. Life on land", "soil threats", "16. Peace & justice", "6. Clean water", "EJP SOIL", " soil indicators", " soil policy stakeholders", " soil science terminology", " soil threats", " soilbased ecosystem services", " sustainable soil management", "13. Climate action", "soil- based ecosystem services"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.cnr.it/bitstream/20.500.14243/467822/1/European%20J%20Soil%20Science%20-%202024%20-%20Weninger%20-%20Do%20we%20speak%20one%20language%20on%20the%20way%20to%20sustainable%20soil%20management%20in%20Europe%20%20A.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13476"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.13476", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.13476", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.13476"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.13902", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:56Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-09-11", "title": "CO2 evasion from boreal lakes: Revised estimate, drivers of spatial variability, and future projections", "description": "Abstract<p>Lakes (including reservoirs) are an important component of the global carbon (C) cycle, as acknowledged by the fifth assessment report of the IPCC. In the context of lakes, the boreal region is disproportionately important contributing to 27% of the worldwide lake area, despite representing just 14% of global land surface area. In this study, we used a statistical approach to derive a prediction equation\uffc2\uffa0for the partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) in lakes as a function of lake area, terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP), and precipitation (r2\uffc2\uffa0=\uffc2\uffa0.56), and to create the first high\uffe2\uff80\uff90resolution, circumboreal map (0.5\uffc2\uffb0) of lake pCO2. The map of\uffc2\uffa0pCO2 was combined with lake area from the recently published GLOWABO database and three different estimates of the gas transfer velocity k to produce a resulting map of CO2 evasion (FCO2). For the boreal region, we estimate an average, lake area weighted, pCO2 of 966 (678\uffe2\uff80\uff931,325) \uffce\uffbcatm and a total\uffc2\uffa0FCO2 of 189 (74\uffe2\uff80\uff93347) Tg\uffc2\uffa0C\uffc2\uffa0year\uffe2\uff88\uff921, and evaluate the corresponding uncertainties based on Monte Carlo simulation. Our estimate of FCO2 is approximately twofold greater than previous estimates, as a result of methodological and data source differences. We use our results along with published estimates of the other C fluxes through inland waters to derive a C budget for the boreal region, and find that FCO2 from lakes is the most significant flux of the land\uffe2\uff80\uff90ocean aquatic continuum, and of a similar magnitude as emissions from forest fires. Using the model and applying it to spatially resolved projections of terrestrial NPP and precipitation while keeping everything else constant, we predict a 107% increase in boreal lake FCO2 under emission scenario RCP8.5 by 2100. Our projections are largely driven by increases in terrestrial NPP over the same period, showing the very close connection between the terrestrial and aquatic C cycle.</p", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Precipitation", "precipitation", "01 natural sciences", "Lake", "Environnement et pollution", "carbon budget", "Carbon budget", "Geovetenskap och relaterad milj\u00f6vetenskap", "terrestrial NPP", "boreal", "Climate change", "Boreal", "lake", "Ecosystem", "Future projections", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "Ecologie", "Arctic Regions", "Terrestrial NPP", "Carbon Dioxide", "Models", " Theoretical", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "Carbon", "Lakes", "climate change", "13. Climate action", "[SDU.STU] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences", "contr\u00f4le de la pollution", "CO2", "Technologie de l'environnement", "Earth and Related Environmental Sciences", "future projections", "Forecasting"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gcb.13902"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13902"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/gcb.13902", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/gcb.13902", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/gcb.13902"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-10-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ejss.13483", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:53Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-04-25", "title": "Towards enhanced adoption of soil\u2010improving management practices in Europe", "description": "Abstract<p>Sustainable agricultural soil management practices are key to restore, maintain and improve soil health. The European Joint Programme for SOIL (EJP SOIL) has identified twelve main soil challenges in Europe. To assess the potential and eventually increase the adoption of soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90improving management practices, it is necessary to know (i) the current levels of adoption of the practices, (ii) socio\uffe2\uff80\uff90technical barriers influencing their adoption, and (iii) their bio\uffe2\uff80\uff90physical limits. This study compiled an inventory of soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90improving management practices relevant to European conditions, and used a survey among soil scientists to assess the levels of adoption of these practices in Europe. In total, 53 soil management practices were identified that address one or several of the soil challenges. The adoption of most practices was low or spatially heterogeneous across Europe, highlighting region\uffe2\uff80\uff90specific limitations to sustainable soil management. Qualitative interviews were conducted to explore the importance of socio\uffe2\uff80\uff90technical aspects of adoption. Using conservation agriculture as an example, factors that can hinder adoption included the availability of knowledge and adequate machinery, financial risks, and farming traditions. Through a modelling approach, 54% of arable land in Europe was found to be suitable for cover cropping, indicating that the adoption of soil management practices is frequently limited by climatic constraints. We propose a region\uffe2\uff80\uff90specific approach that recognizes the importance of identifying and overcoming socio\uffe2\uff80\uff90technical barriers, and by acknowledging bio\uffe2\uff80\uff90physical limits that may be expanded by innovation.</p", "keywords": ["Conservation agriculture", "Sustainable soil management", "sustainable soil management", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "Soil degradation", "630", "333", "12. Responsible consumption", "Soil challenges", "soil degradation", "Soil health", "11. Sustainability", "Life Science", "Soil threats", "[SDV.SA.SDS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "Soil restoration", "2. Zero hunger", "EJP SOIL", "soil health", "Cover crops", "15. Life on land", "soil threats", "soil challenges", "6. Clean water", "conservation agriculture", "13. Climate action", "soil restoration", "cover crops"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13483"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ejss.13483", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ejss.13483", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ejss.13483"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.12323", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:54Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-10-12", "title": "Multi-Nutrient Vs. Nitrogen-Only Effects On Carbon Sequestration In Grassland Soils", "description": "Abstract<p>Human activities have greatly increased the availability of biologically active forms of nutrients [e.g., nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg)] in many soil ecosystems worldwide. Multi\uffe2\uff80\uff90nutrient fertilization strongly increases plant productivity but may also alter the storage of carbon (C) in soil, which represents the largest terrestrial pool of organic C. Despite this issue is important from a global change perspective, key questions remain on how the single addition of N or the combination of N with other nutrients might affect C sequestration in human\uffe2\uff80\uff90managed soils. Here, we use a 19\uffe2\uff80\uff90year old nutrient addition experiment on a permanent grassland to test for nutrient\uffe2\uff80\uff90induced effects on soil C sequestration. We show that combined NPKMg additions to permanent grassland have \uffe2\uff80\uff98constrained\uffe2\uff80\uff99 soil C sequestration to levels similar to unfertilized plots whereas the single addition of N significantly enhanced soil C stocks (N\uffe2\uff80\uff90only fertilized soils store, on average, 11\uffc2\uffa0t C\uffc2\uffa0ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 more than unfertilized soils). These results were consistent across grazing and liming treatments suggesting that whilst multi\uffe2\uff80\uff90nutrient additions increase plant productivity, soil C sequestration is increased by N\uffe2\uff80\uff90only additions. The positive N\uffe2\uff80\uff90only effect on soil C content was not related to changes in plant species diversity or to the functional composition of the plant community. N\uffe2\uff80\uff90only fertilized grasslands show, however, increases in total root mass and the accumulation of organic matter detritus in topsoils. Finally, soils receiving any N addition (N only or N in combination with other nutrients) were associated with high N losses. Overall, our results demonstrate that nutrient fertilization remains an important global change driver of ecosystem functioning, which can strongly affect the long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term sustainability of grassland soil ecosystems (e.g., soils ability to deliver multiple ecosystem services).</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Carbon Sequestration", "root mass", "Nitrogen", "grasslands", "nitrogen losses", "Phosphorus", "nitrogen fertilization", "Biodiversity", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Plants", "15. Life on land", "Plant Roots", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "England", "nutrient addition", "13. Climate action", "Potassium", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Seasons", "plant productivity", "ecosystem services", "Ecosystem"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12323"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/gcb.12323", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/gcb.12323", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/gcb.12323"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-10-10T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.12347", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:55Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-08-08", "title": "Assessing The Performance Of The Photo-Acoustic Infrared Gas Monitor For Measuring Co2, N2o, And Ch4 Fluxes In Two Major Cereal Rotations", "description": "Abstract<p>Rapid, precise, and globally comparable methods for monitoring greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes are required for accurate GHG inventories from different cropping systems and management practices. Manual gas sampling followed by gas chromatography (GC) is widely used for measuring GHG fluxes in agricultural fields, but is laborious and time\uffe2\uff80\uff90consuming. The photo\uffe2\uff80\uff90acoustic infrared gas monitoring system (PAS) with on\uffe2\uff80\uff90line gas sampling is an attractive option, although it has not been evaluated for measuring GHG fluxes in cereals in general and rice in particular. We compared N2O, CO2, and CH4 fluxes measured by GC and PAS from agricultural fields under the rice\uffe2\uff80\uff93wheat and maize\uffe2\uff80\uff93wheat systems during the wheat (winter), and maize/rice (monsoon) seasons in Haryana, India. All the PAS readings were corrected for baseline drifts over time and PAS\uffe2\uff80\uff90CH4 (PCH4) readings in flooded rice were corrected for water vapor interferences. The PCH4 readings in ambient air increased by 2.3\uffc2\uffa0ppm for every 1000\uffc2\uffa0mg\uffc2\uffa0cm\uffe2\uff88\uff923 increase in water vapor. The daily CO2, N2O, and CH4 fluxes measured by GC and PAS from the same chamber were not different in 93\uffe2\uff80\uff9398% of all the measurements made but the PAS exhibited greater precision for estimates of CO2 and N2O fluxes in wheat and maize, and lower precision for CH4 flux in rice, than GC. The seasonal GC\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and PAS\uffe2\uff80\uff90N2O (PN2O) fluxes in wheat and maize were not different but the PAS\uffe2\uff80\uff90CO2 (PCO2) flux in wheat was 14\uffe2\uff80\uff9339% higher than that of GC. In flooded rice, the seasonal PCH4 and PN2O fluxes across N levels were higher than those of GC\uffe2\uff80\uff90CH4 and GC\uffe2\uff80\uff90N2O fluxes by about 2\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and 4fold, respectively. The PAS (i) proved to be a suitable alternative to GC for N2O and CO2 flux measurements in wheat, and (ii) showed potential for obtaining accurate measurements of CH4 fluxes in flooded rice after making correction for changes in humidity.</p>", "keywords": ["Chromatography", " Gas", "Spectrophotometry", " Infrared", "Nitrous Oxide", "Zea mays", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "greenhouse gases", "climate", "Triticum", "agriculture", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "cereals", "2. Zero hunger", "Air Pollutants", "nitrous oxide", "methane", "rice", "carbon dioxide", "Oryza", "Acoustics", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Carbon Dioxide", "monitoring", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Methane", "Environmental Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12347"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/gcb.12347", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/gcb.12347", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/gcb.12347"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-11-11T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ele.12954", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:54Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-08-01", "title": "Opposing effects of floral visitors and soil conditions on the determinants of competitive outcomes maintain species diversity in heterogeneous landscapes", "description": "<p>Theory argues that both soil conditions and aboveground trophic interactions are equally important for determining plant species diversity. However, it remains unexplored how they modify the niche differences that stabilise species coexistence and the average fitness differences driving competitive dominance. We conducted a field study in Mediterranean annual grasslands to parameterise population models of six competing plant species. Spatially explicit floral visitor assemblages and soil salinity variation were characterized for each species. Both floral visitors and soil salinity modified species population dynamics via direct changes in seed production and indirect changes in competitive responses. Although the magnitude and sign of these changes were species specific, floral visitors promoted coexistence at neighbourhood scales while soil salinity did so over larger scales by changing the superior competitor's identity. Our results show how below and aboveground interactions maintain diversity in heterogeneous landscapes through their opposing effects on the determinants of competitive outcomes.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Salinity", "Community assembly", "Pollinators", "Spatial structure", "Population Dynamics", "Plants", "15. Life on land", "Soil", "Multitrophic interactions", "Mutualism", "13. 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Such an approach allows species to be grouped according to particular functional characteristics. Increasingly viewed as an extremely important group of model organisms, hoverflies have been the focus of a variety of ecological studies. Based on data regarding selected functional traits of hoverflies registered in Southeast Europe, the main aims of our study were to define hoverfly functional groups according to the similarity of these traits, as well as to compare the representation of delineated hoverfly functional groups among these vegetation types. We used fuzzy clustering to classify 568 SE European hoverfly species into five functional groups. The principle trait separating these functional groups was larval feeding type, followed by size of species range, flight ability, number of generations, inundation tolerance, and tolerance to human impact. For 9 of 11 vegetation types, the dominant functional group was characterized by species with good flight ability, having high human impact tolerance and more annual generations. The remaining two vegetation types, South\uffe2\uff80\uff90west Balkan sub\uffe2\uff80\uff90Mediterranean mixed oak forests and Mediterranean mixed forests, showed disparate dominance patterns, indicating that richness of functional groups is dependent on vegetation. Further investigation of whether and how established conservation measures enable recovery of the functional richness affected by habitat disturbance would help elucidate the importance of functional diversity in preserving biodiversity.</p", "keywords": ["INDICATORS", "0106 biological sciences", "LIFE-HISTORY", "ENVIRONMENT", "Diptera", "functional classification", "DIVERSITY", "15. 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Warming can alter above\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and belowground linkages that regulate soil organic carbon dynamics and C\uffe2\uff80\uff90balance in peatlands. Here we examine the multiyear impact of in situ experimental warming on the microbial food web, vegetation, and their feedbacks with soil chemistry. We provide evidence of both positive and negative impacts of warming on specific microbial functional groups, leading to destabilization of the microbial food web. We observed a strong reduction (70%) in the biomass of top\uffe2\uff80\uff90predators (testate amoebae) in warmed plots. Such a loss caused a shortening of microbial food chains, which in turn stimulated microbial activity, leading to slight increases in levels of nutrients and labile C in water. We further show that warming altered the regulatory role of Sphagnum\uffe2\uff80\uff90polyphenols on microbial community structure with a potential inhibition of top predators. 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