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In this study, a macroscopic root-water-uptake model was used to adapt a plant water deficit index (PWDI) for irrigation scheduling under conditions of coexisting soil water and salinity stress-causing factors. The traditional approach, estimating PWDI with average root zone soil water and salt amounts, was improved by weighting the effects of soil water and salinity according to the normalized root length density profile. An experiment growing wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in soil columns and an experiment growing cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in a salinized field were implemented to explore and quantify the effects of soil water and salinity conditions on plant water status, and thus to validate the improvement and evaluate its application, by monitoring soil water and salinity dynamics and plant growth indexes (e.g., leaf area, dry weight, leaf water potential, transpiration and yield). The results indicate that, even under conditions with equal root zone averages of soil matric and osmotic potentials, plant water status might be significantly different. In general, plants were less stressed when more water and less salinity were allocated in the upper root zone with more roots while less water and more salinity occurred in the lower root zone with less roots. By referring to some information in the soil column experiment, a numerical experiment was conducted to further demonstrate the improvement. The root-weighted approach resulted in improved PWDI estimation and thus was more reliable for irrigation scheduling, leading to higher irrigation frequency and quantity, leaf area index, biomass, yield, and transpiration, without significant decrease in water productivity. However, further improvement could be possible by considering the effects of historical soil water and salinity stresses as well as meteorological conditions on plant water status. This research was supported partly by National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1706211, 51790532), Major Scientific and Technological Program of Xinjiang in China (2020A01002\u20133), and the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Project SHui (773903). Peer reviewed", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Soil salinity", "Soil water", "Plant water deficiency", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Root distribution", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Irrigation scheduling", "Data driven irrigation management", "6. 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Soil health (sometimes used synonymously with soil quality) is a concept that describes soil as a living system to sustain plants, animals, and human. Soil physical, chemical, and biological properties, along with their interactions, are required to quantify soil health. The use of cover crops in agricultural rotations may enhance soil health, yet there has been little progress in understanding how external factors such as climate, soil type, and agronomic practices affect soil and cash crop responses. In response, this dataset compiles measurements from 281 studies and provides an analysis of field-measured changes in 38 soil health indicators due to cover crop usage. Environmental and background indicators were also compiled to assess how climatic and management practices affect soil and cash crop responses to cover crops, with specific categories including climate type (tropical, arid, temperate, and continental), soil texture (coarse, medium, and fine), cover crop type (legume, grass, multi-species mixture, and other), and cash crop type (corn, soybean, wheat, vegetable, corn-soybean rotation, corn-soybean-wheat rotation, and other). An unbalanced analysis of variation was used to determine the hierarchy of most to least important factors that affected responsiveness of each soil health indicator. Based on the hierarchy structure, a soil health calculator was then developed to quantify the response of 13 parameters - erosion, runoff, weed suppression, soil aggregate stability, leaching, infiltration, microbial biomass carbon, soil bulk density, soil organic carbon, soil nitrogen, microbial biomass nitrogen, cash crop yield, and saturated hydraulic conductivity - to cover crops. The presented data in the calculator report the mean change in parameter values based on all combinations of climate, soil texture, cover crop type, and cash crop type.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Q1-390", "Science (General)", "Agricultural and Biological Science", "13. Climate action", "Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics", "R858-859.7", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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Four rumen-fistulated wethers were allocated in a 4 \u00d7 4 Latin square design. Nitrate (1.3 g NaNO3/kg 0.75 of body weight (BW)), with and without 1-4 galacto-oligosaccharides or nisin was administered into the rumen through a fistula 30 min after the morning meal as a single dose, whereas, 1-4 galacto-oligosaccharides (20 g per day) or nisin (3 mg/kg 0.75 of BW per day) was supplemented by sprinkling it onto the feed. Physiological saline was used as control treatment. When compared to saline, nitrate alone markedly lowered rumen methane production and caused a marked accumulation of rumen and plasma nitrite, and formation of blood methemoglobin consequently reduced oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production, and metabolic rate. As compared to nitrate alone, simultaneous administration of nitrate with 1-4 galacto-oligosaccharides or nisin lowered the concentration of rumen and plasma nitrite and methemoglobin, while keeping rumen methanogenesis at a low level. A relatively higher rate of oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production, and metabolic rate of sheep given nitrate plus nisin was observed versus that in sheep given nitrate alone. Therefore, an appropriate combination of nitrate with 1-4 galacto-oligosaccharides or nisin might be effective manipulators to abate rumen methanogenesis without nitrate intoxication in ruminants. \u00a9 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "03 medical and health sciences", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "C. Sar, R. Morikawa, Budi Santoso, K. Kimura, B. Mwenya, T. Kobayashi, Junichi Takahashi, H. 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In this study, ecological indices for soil nematode community structure and microbial populations in soils contaminated with mine drainage (CS) from an abandoned mine and of a nearby non-contaminated area (NC) were examined during the seven seasons from July 2007 through December 2008 to reveal influences of mine drainage (especially heavy metals) on the soil nematode community structure. Of the soil physicochemical characteristics measured, nutritional properties such as organic matter content, nitrogen content, and soluble cations were not significantly different between CS and NC; however, significant differences were detected in pH, electrical conductivity (EC), available phosphorus (av.P2O5), and most strikingly, the concentrations of heavy metals such as Cd, Pb, Zn, and Ni. Nematodes were less abundant in CS than in NC, especially for long-living persistor-type nematodes. Comparison of ecological indices between CS and NC indicates that abundance, maturity, richness, and diversity of the soil nematode community were decreased in CS soil, indicating that soil health and function were adversely affected. Of the weighted-soil food-web indices, the structural index (SI) of the soil nematode community was significantly lower in CS than in NC, while no significant difference in the enrichment index (EI) was observed between CS and NC, suggesting that the heavy metal contamination may have disturbed the soil ecosystem by suppressing biological activity. Seasonal changes in the ecological indices during the study period showed that the discrepancies between CS and NC persisted throughout most of the seasons, suggesting that the effect of mine drainage (heavy metal) contamination on nematode community structure may be little influenced by seasonal changes in environmental conditions.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. 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In this study, a numerical procedure to determine RRWD thresholds was developed through coupling AquaCrop software with genetic-simplex algorithms. Using a two-year field lysimetric experiment for winter wheat conducted in the North China Plain (NCP), AquaCrop adequately simulated canopy cover, final aboveground biomass, grain yield, seasonal evapotranspiration, and soil water storage, with the normalized root mean squared error (NRMSE) smaller than 15 % and determination coefficient (R2) larger than 0.84. The global optimum range of RRWD thresholds was preliminarily determined using the genetic algorithm, and subsequently final RRWD thresholds were optimized by fine tuning using the simplex algorithm. The RRWD threshold combinations (composed of the RRWD thresholds to trigger different sequential irrigation events) for varying number of irrigation events (i.e.1\u20134) were optimized based on 39 years of historical meteorological data, and the effects of climate change on the optimal crop yield (Ya, opt), water productivity (WPopt), and the combinations of optimized RRWD threshold (RRWDopt) were investigated. The results indicated that both Ya, opt and WPopt generally increased with time showing a tendency of gradually elevated annual CO2 concentration and seasonal average effective temperature. Irrespective of the number of irrigation events during the winter wheat growing season, the differences of RRWDopt for different combinations of irrigation sequence and event in the same kind of hydrological year were relatively small, with a coefficient of variation consistently less than 23 % and a mean of 8 %. When combinations of mean RRWDopt were applied into AquaCrop to trigger irrigation for winter wheat in various hydrological years, the simulated yield (Ya, sim) and water productivity (WPsim) under 1\u20134 irrigation events were found to be comparable to their respective optimums (Ya, opt and WPopt), with all the values of Ya, sim (WPsim) falling in the range of 92 %Ya, opt (90 %WPopt). Therefore, the mean RRWDopt should be helpful to formulate rational irrigation management strategies of winter wheat under changing climatic conditions in the NCP.", "keywords": ["HD9000-9495", "2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "Evapotranspiration", "Agriculture (General)", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Agricultural industries", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Irrigation scheduling", "6. Clean water", "S1-972", "Optimization algorithm", "13. 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The YC ( Trichosporom sericeum , (1.2\u20132.3) \u00d7 10 7  colony-forming units [cfu]/g), LAB ( Leuconostoc mesenteroides  subsp.  Mesenteroides , (1.5\u20131.8) \u00d7 10 9 \u00a0cfu/g) and GOS were added to a basal diet of 40% timothy hay, 30% alfalfa hay cube and 30% concentrate on DM basis. Four wethers fitted with ruminal fistulas were assigned in a 4\u00d74 Latin square design consisting of a digestion study succeeded by a respiratory study. Dietary treatments were: (1) basal diet (control); (2) basal diet plus 20\u00a0g GOS; (3) basal diet plus 4\u00a0g YC; (4) basal diet plus 1\u00a0g LAB/kg feed. Hemicellulose digestibility was higher ( P  P  P =0.06) in GOS diet than sheep receiving the control diet. However, ruminal oxidation\u2013reduction potential (ORP) was higher ( P  P  P =0.013) for GOS-supplemented diets compared to control. There was a reduction ( P  P  P =0.176 and 0.072, respectively) to be higher in GOS and YC supplemented diets compared to the control. Results suggest that GOS and YC supplementation could reduce methane emission and increase energy retention in ruminants fed diets containing hay and concentrates.", "keywords": ["0403 veterinary science", "2. Zero hunger", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Y Gamo, C. Sar, T. Kobayashi, Junichi Takahashi, I. Arai, Budi Santoso, B. 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Four treatments were distributed according to a 2\u00a0\u00d7\u00a02 factorial arrangement in a duplicate 4\u00a0\u00d7\u00a04 Latin square: LT sorghum silage\u00a0+\u00a0urea, LT sorghum silage\u00a0+\u00a0concentrate, HT sorghum silage\u00a0+\u00a0urea, and HT sorghum silage\u00a0+\u00a0concentrate. Total digestibility of the organic matter was higher when concentrate was included in the diet (0.749 and 0.753 in the LT and HT treatments, respectively). It was observed lower ruminal apparent digested matter of neutral detergent fiber in HT diets. There was no effect of tannin levels on digestibility and methane emission. The supplementation with concentrate in the LT diet decreased gas losses as a function of gross energy intake in comparison to the supplementation of the diet with urea. These results suggest the potential of concentrate supplementation to minimize energy loss as methane emission by ruminants and increase the efficiency of energy utilization.", "keywords": ["2. 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Consequently, LUC is a major controlling factor of total SOC contents and SOC pool dynamics. Several methods have been developed to assess distinct SOC pools, which includes particle size separation, thermal analysis and soil reflectance mid-infrared spectroscopy. All of which are considered to have a potential as high through put methods to generate large datasets. Here, we used 23 sites covering six different types of LUC to assess differences in fast and slow cycling SOC derived from three approaches. We used i) particle size fractionation to obtain coarse (>50\u00a0\u00a0\u00b5m) and fine (<50\u00a0\u00a0\u00b5m) SOC fractions; ii) thermal Rock-Eval\u00ae 6 analysis in compilation with the PARTYSOCv2.0EU model to estimate active and stable SOC pools and iii) mid-infrared spectroscopy to determine the relative SOC composition and derive fast (aliphatic compounds) and slow (aromatic/carboxylic compounds) cycling SOC pools. The particle size SOC fractions and thermal SOC pools showed similar dynamics but differed substantially in the magnitude with LUC. The fine SOC fraction contained around two-thirds of the total SOC across all land uses and was strongly responsive by nearly matching the relative changes of total SOC (slope of 0.76 and R2\u00a0=\u00a00.91). Therefore, the fine fraction SOC might be more dynamic than considered until now. In comparison, the stable SOC pool calculated using PARTYSOCv2.0EU was less responsive to the relative changes (slope of 0.43 and R2\u00a0=\u00a00.72) and contained around 40\u00a0% of the total SOC. This underlines that both physical and thermal approaches separate biogeochemically distinct pools. The qualitative assessment by mid-infrared spectroscopy related well to the thermal SOC pools but not to the particle size fractions. The initial land-use SOC composition, as a ratio of the corresponding fast and slow cycling SOC pool, can be a suitable predictor for SOC evolution. This was particularly true for thermal and mid-infrared spectroscopy derived SOC pools. We show that three conceptually different methods (physical, thermal and mid-infrared spectroscopic) are suitable to determine SOC pool changes for a large diversity of LUC, but the sensitivity of the individual pools can differ strongly, depending on the method.", "keywords": ["Particle size fractionation", "Science", "Q", "Rock-Eval\u00ae analysis", "Cropland", "Forest", "Grassland", "Mid-infrared spectroscopy"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Schiedung, Marcus, Barr\u00b4e, Pierre, Peoplau, Christopher,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.117154"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.117154", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.117154", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.117154"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.05.018", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-07-06", "title": "Digestibility, Methane Production And Chewing Activity Of Steers Fed Whole-Crop Round Bale Corn Silage Preserved At Three Maturities", "description": "Abstract   The effects of the lengths of growth of round bale whole-crop corn silage on its nutritive value, the methane production, chewing time, and ruminal fermentation were evaluated in three Holstein steers (599.3\u00a0\u00b1\u00a031.5\u00a0kg). Corn forages were harvested, baled and wrapped on the same day at 129 (D129), 118 (D118) and 107 (D107) days from planting. All steers were fed the three corn silages along with urea at maintenance energy requirements during three 14-day periods in a 3\u00a0\u00d7\u00a03 Latin square design. A balance trial was conducted to investigate whole tract digestibility by the collection of total feces and urine over a 7-day test period. For 2 days of the test period, a head hood-type respiration chamber was used to measure methane production. Ruminal fluid was collected immediately before and 3\u00a0h after, the morning feeding on the last day of the test period. There was no spoilage in any of the silages (n\u00a0=\u00a09). The average fresh weight of the bales was 326.4\u00a0\u00b1\u00a010.7\u00a0kg. The DM content of the corn silage was highest in D118 and lowest in D129 (P", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "S. Shioya, Kenji Hosoda, Bayaru Eruden, Hiroki Matsuyama, Chuncheng Xu, Takehiro Nishida,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.05.018"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.05.018", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.05.018", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.05.018"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.11.018", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-12-07", "title": "Effects Of Yucca Schidigera And Quillaja Saponaria With Or Without Beta 1-4 Galacto-Oligosaccharides On Ruminal Fermentation, Methane Production And Nitrogen Utilization In Sheep", "description": "Abstract   Effects of  Quillaja saponaria  extract (QSE) and  Yucca schidigera  extract (YSE) with or without \u03b2 1\u20134 galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) on ruminal fermentation, methane production and N utilization in wether sheep were evaluated. Four wethers fitted with permanent ruminal fistulae were assigned in a 4\u00a0\u00d7\u00a06 Youden square design experiment and fed a basal diet comprised of concentrate and Italian ryegrass hay (2:3, on a DM basis) at 55\u00a0g/kg metabolic body weight. Treatments were: (1) control (no addition of supplement); (2) 14\u00a0ml of QSE; (3) 14\u00a0ml of YSE; (4) 20\u00a0g of GOS; (5) 14\u00a0ml QSE\u00a0+\u00a020\u00a0g GOS; (6) 14\u00a0ml YSE\u00a0+\u00a020 GOS per day. Digestibility of NDFom increased (P", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "R. Asa, Junichi Takahashi, S. Yamaguchi, B. Pen, K. Takaura,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.11.018"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.11.018", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.11.018", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.11.018"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.03.008", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-04-23", "title": "Influences Of Flavomycin, Ropadiar, And Saponin On Nutrient Digestibility, Rumen Fermentation, And Methane Emission From Sheep", "description": "This study focused on the effects of three additives given together with a hay/concentrate-based diet on nutrient digestibility, rumen fermentation, and methane emission from sheep. The basal diet consisted of 1.29 Kg mixed hay and 0.43 kg concentrate mixture based on dry matter (DM). Treatments consisted of control (no additive), flavomycin(40) (250 mg/d), ropadiar from an oregano extract (250 mg/d), and saponin in the form of a yucca schidigera extract ( 170 mg/d). Results indicated that intake and digestibility were unaffected by treatments (P>0.05). The NH(3)-N concentration of rumen liquor was lower (P<0.05) for additive treatments versus the control treatment. Higher concentrations of volatile fatty acid (VFA) were observed in the saponin (75.8 mmol/L) and ropadiar (73.1 mmol/L) treatments. The proportion of individual fatty acid of rumen liquor was unchanged, whereas lower ratio of acetate to propionate in the saponin treatment was observed (P<0.05). The average methane production expressed on digested organic matter (OM) and neutral detergent fiber (aNDFom) basis were decreased by approximately 33 and 12.0 g/kg. respectively in saponin. and 4.2 and 11.9 g/kg in ropadiar treatment compared to the control. Methane production was positively correlated with the concentrations of NH(3)-N, and negatively correlated with total VFA and the proportion of propionate of rumen liquor (P<0.05). The study found that saponin and ropadiar could have the potential to reduce rumen methanogenesis in sheep. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Shiping Wang, Chengjie Wang, Hang Zhou,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.03.008"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.03.008", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.03.008", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.03.008"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.03.006", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-04-16", "title": "Encapsulated Fumaric Acid As A Feed Ingredient To Decrease Ruminal Methane Emissions", "description": "Abstract   Decreasing methanogenesis in ruminants would benefit the agricultural industry because it would lead to lower energy losses from the animals as well as being beneficial for the environment in decreasing emissions of a greenhouse gas. Fumaric acid (FA) as a feed supplement has the potential to decrease methane production as well as increase glucogenesis and hence milk yield, but the quantity fed has to be restricted because of a risk of acidosis and a consequent decrease in fibre breakdown and feed intake. The objective of this study was to determine if FA encapsulated in partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (PHVO) could decrease methane formation without the problematic effects on ruminal pH. A commercial sample of encapsulated fumaric acid (EFA) did not affect pH and maintained propionate production when added in vitro to ruminal fluid from sheep receiving 49:51 grass hay:concentrate, and it suppressed methane formation by 19% (P", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.03.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.03.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.03.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.03.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.11.014", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-12-01", "title": "Mercury And Other Metal And Metalloid Soil Contamination Near A Pb/Zn Smelter In East Hunan Province, China", "description": "Abstract   The spatial distributions of contaminant metals (Hg, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cu) and a metalloid (As) in vegetable plots and paddy fields located near a large scale Pb/Zn smelter in Hunan province, China, were investigated. Soil located 4\u00a0km from the smelter was severely contaminated, with maximum concentrations of Hg, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cu and As as high as 2.89, 1200, 3350, 41.1, 157 and 93\u00a0mg\u00a0kg\u22121, respectively. Concentrations of soil metal and As decreased with distance in the dominant wind direction. Single-factor assessment indicated pollution levels of Hg, Pb, Zn and Cd were most severe, while pollution levels for Cu and As were less severe. Results from a potential ecological risk assessment indicated high risk associated with the soil within a 4\u00a0km radius, with the contribution for each contaminant calculated as follows: Cd (70.0%), Hg (19.4%), Pb (4.8%), As (3.0%), Cu (1.7%) and Zn (1.1%). The forest soil in the nearby city park was also affected by the atmospheric depositions from smelting activities. Soil profiles demonstrated the pollutants were mostly accumulated in the upper 20\u00a0cm layer. Contamination of the topsoil with Hg, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cu and As indicated remediation should be considered.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.11.014"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Geochemistry", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.11.014", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.11.014", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.11.014"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.10.014", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-12-13", "title": "Methane Emission By Goats Consuming Diets With Different Levels Of Condensed Tannins From Lespedeza", "description": "Abstract   Twenty-four yearling Boer\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0Spanish wethers (7/8 Boer; initial body weight (BW) of 34.1\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.02\u00a0kg) were used to determine effects on methane (CH 4 ) emission of dietary levels of a condensed tannin (CT)-containing forage, Kobe lespedeza ( Lespedeza striata ; K), and a forage very low in CT, sorghum-sudangrass ( Sorghum bicolor ; G). Treatments were dietary K levels (dry matter (DM) basis) of 1.00, 0.67, 0.33, and 0 (100, 67, 33, and 0\u00a0K, respectively). Forages were harvested daily and fed at approximately 1.3 times maintenance metabolizable energy requirement. The experiment lasted 21 days, with most measures on the last 8 days. The CT concentration was 0.3 and 151\u00a0g/kg\u00a0DM in G and K, respectively. DM intake was similar among treatments ( i.e. , 682, 675, 654, and 648\u00a0g/day; S.E.\u00a0=\u00a030.0) and gross energy (GE) digestibility increased linearly (P 4  emission changed quadratically (P In vitro  CH 4  emission by incubation of ruminal fluid for 3 weeks with a medium for methanogenic bacteria and other conditions promoting activity by methanogens also was affected quadratically (P 5 \u00a0ml \u22121  for 100, 67, 33, and 0\u00a0K, respectively). The CT-containing forage K decreased CH 4  emission by goats regardless of its feeding level, although the effect per unit of K increased with decreasing K. Forage type ( i.e. , legume  versus  grass) may have contributed to the effect of K on CH 4  emission, but most of the change appeared attributable to CT, which appeared to directly impact activity of methanogenic bacteria, although alterations of protozoal activity could have been involved. These findings suggest that relatively low dietary levels of CT could be employed to lessen CH 4  emission without a marked detrimental effect on other conditions such as total tract protein digestion.", "keywords": ["0403 veterinary science", "2. Zero hunger", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.10.014"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.10.014", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.10.014", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.10.014"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.07.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-09-10", "title": "Effect Of Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (Face) On The Chemical Composition And Nutritive Value Of Wheat Grain And Straw", "description": "Abstract   The global impact of an increased concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere on plants has been studied extensively, but little information has been published on the effect of enrichment of atmospheric CO2 on the nutritive value of grain and straw used as ruminant feeds. This paper reports the chemical composition and nutritive value of grain and straw harvested from the drought tolerant hard red spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) variety Yecora Rojo managed with two carbon dioxide regimes (ambient, 350\u00a0\u03bcl/l and elevated, 550\u00a0\u03bcl/l), two rates of nitrogen application (low N: 53\u00a0kg\u00a0N/ha and high N: 393\u00a0kg\u00a0N/ha) grown under a water-fed (i.e., no deficit) regime. Accumulation of carbon in straw did not differ among crops grown under elevated CO2 and low N supplementation and crops grown under ambient CO2 with low levels of N supplementation. Increased N application increased sequestration of C (P", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Land and Farm Management", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "0701 Agriculture"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.07.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.07.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.07.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.07.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.08.012", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-10-16", "title": "Forestomach Fermentation Characteristics And Diet Digestibility In Alpacas (Lama Pacos) And Sheep (Ovis Aries) Fed Two Forage Diets", "description": "Abstract   The objective was to investigate the forestomach fermentation characteristics and diet digestibility in alpacas ( Lama pacos ) and sheep ( Ovis aries ) fed sorghum-sudan or alfalfa at low altitude (793\u00a0m). Four 2-year-old alpacas (48\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.3\u00a0kg) and four 2-year-old sheep (50\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.7\u00a0kg) were used in a study designed as split-plot in two replicated 2\u00a0\u00d7\u00a02 Latin square, respectively, for alpacas and sheep. The main plot was species (alpacas and sheep) and the subplot was forage source (sorghum-sudan and alfalfa). Diet consisted of 700\u00a0g\u00a0kg \u22121  forage, which was either sorghum-sudan or alfalfa, and 300\u00a0g\u00a0kg \u22121  corn-based concentrate (dry matter [DM] basis). The animals were housed in metabolism crates and were fed twice daily for 21 days of each experimental period, with 11 days of adaptation and 10 days of sampling. There was interaction between species and forage on total volatile fatty acid (VFA) concentrations. The concentrations of total VFA decreased by substitution of sorghum-sudan with alfalfa in both species, but the magnitude of the reduction was smaller in alpacas (\u221217%) than in sheep (\u221234%). The molar proportions of acetate and BCFA were higher, whereas those of butyrate were lower in alpacas than in sheep with similar proportion of propionate as well as ratio of acetate to propionate between alpacas and sheep. Replacing sorghum-sudan with alfalfa in the diet reduced the ratio of acetate to propionate due to the reduced proportion of acetate and increased proportion of propionate. Ammonia N concentration was about 28% lower in alpacas than in sheep, with no difference between the forages. Redox potential, forestomach pressure, osmolality and methane production were overall lower in alpacas than in sheep. There were no interactions of species with forage source on digestibilities in the total tract. The species had minimal effect on the total digestibilities of nutrients but digestibilities of fibre were lower with alfalfa than with sorghum-sudan diet. The results revealed not only the great differences in forestomach fermentation, but also the similarity of digestibility of nutrients in the total tract between alpacas and sheep at low altitude (793\u00a0m).", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Pei Caixia, Z.Q. Liang, Junbing Jiang, Wen-jun Gao, H.Q. Li, W.Z. Yang, W.Z. Yang, Q. Liu, Changsheng Dong,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.08.012"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.08.012", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.08.012", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.08.012"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2010.02.004", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-03-15", "title": "Methane Emissions From Sheep Fed Fermented Or Non-Fermented Total Mixed Ration Containing Whole-Crop Rice And Rice Bran", "description": "Abstract   The effects of ensiling a total mixed ration (TMR) were compared to those of a control TMR whole-crop rice (WCR) ensiled separately and mixed with other ingredients before feeding. Nutritive value, nitrogen balance, ruminal fermentation and the methane production of sheep were evaluated. Four Suffolk sheep (49.5\u00a0\u00b1\u00a03.2\u00a0kg) were used in a 2 (treatment)\u00a0\u00d7\u00a02 (period) cross-over design experiment. Experimental treatments were control (not fermented) TMR and fermented TMR (FTMR). Each TMR contained WCR, a compound feed, a vitamin\u2013mineral supplement, dried beet pulp and rice bran in a ratio of 300:250:15:135:300, respectively, on a dry matter basis. The lactic acid contents of the control TMR and FTMR were 5.5 and 73.4\u00a0g/kg, respectively. Apparent digestibility of crude protein, ether extract, acid detergent fibre and gross energy was higher for FTMR, which also had higher digestible crude protein and digestible energy concentrations than the control TMR. There were no differences in ruminal pH by TMR type before feeding or 4\u00a0h after feeding, although pH was higher ( P =0.0039) in FTMR 2\u00a0h after feeding. Total volatile fatty acid and NH 3 -N was higher and butyric acid was lower for FTMR 2 and 4\u00a0h after feeding, whereas propionic acid was higher only 2\u00a0h after feeding. FTMR decreased ( P =0.0001) daily methane emissions and energy lost as methane production. These results show that FTMR increases digestibility and decreases ruminal methane emissions and energy loss compared to non-fermented TMR, and that the depression effect of FTMR on methane emission can contribute to the conversion of lactic acid to propionic acid in the rumen.", "keywords": ["0403 veterinary science", "2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Norio Yoshida, Toshiyoshi Takahashi, Yang Cao, Yimin Cai, Ken-ich Horiguchi,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2010.02.004"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2010.02.004", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2010.02.004", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2010.02.004"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.020", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-04-30", "title": "Methane Emissions From Grazing Angus Beef Cows Selected For Divergent Residual Feed Intake", "description": "Abstract   Residual feed intake (RFI) is the difference between actual feed intake and expected feed intake required for maintenance and production, such as growth of beef cattle and milk production in dairy cattle. RFI has been shown to be linked with a reduction in CH 4  emissions in studies that used grain based diets. Our study quantified CH 4  emissions from 48 Angus cows selected based on estimated breeding values (EBV) for extremes in RFI. These EBV were based on a post weaning RFI test conducted at the Western Australian Department of Agriculture and Food Vasse Research Centre. Two groups of cows with divergent RFI were used being: 25 high RFI ( i.e. , HRFI, low efficiency) cows with an EBV of 0.68\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.220\u00a0kg/d, and 23 low RFI ( i.e. , LRFI, high efficiency) cows with an EBV of \u22120.69\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.335\u00a0kg/d. Methane emissions were measured under grazing conditions in a Western Australian annual pasture production system using the Open Path Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer (OP-FTIR) technique. A group average emission rate was obtained for the two RFI lines of cows. Each group was measured separately over a two 6\u00a0d periods being in the summer when the cows were pregnant and grazing annual pastures of a low dry matter (DM) digestibility of 550\u00a0g/kg, and in the winter when the cows were nursing calves and grazing annual pastures with a high DM digestibility of 810\u00a0g/kg. It was hypothesised that LRFI cows would produce less CH 4  when grazing both high and low quality pastures. When pregnant and grazing low quality pastures, both groups of cows produced similar amounts of CH 4 /day (0.26\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.013  versus  0.26\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.018\u00a0g CH 4 /kg of liveweight (LW) for LRFI and HRFI cows respectively. While nursing calves and grazing high quality pastures, there was a difference (P 4  emissions between the LRFI and HRFI cows of 0.34 CH 4 \u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.017  versus  0.46\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.023\u00a0g CH 4 /kg LW). The hypothesis that LRFI cows produce less CH 4  is not supported by results for these cows grazing low quality summer pasture, but it is supported when grazing high quality winter pastures. Results indicate LRFI cattle may have the potential to contribute to reduced CH 4  emissions under grazing systems when provided with a high nutritional quality pasture source.   This paper is part of the special issue entitled: Greenhouse Gases in Animal Agriculture \u2013 Finding a Balance between Food and Emissions, Guest Edited by T. A. McAllister, Section Guest Editor; K.A. Beauchemin, X. Hao, S. McGinn and Editor for Animal Feed Science and Technology, P.H. Robinson.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "GeoQUEST"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Jones, Fiona, Phillips, Frances, Naylor, Travis, Mercer, N.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.020"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.020", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.020", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.020"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.10.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-11-12", "title": "Effects Of Grazing Willow Fodder Blocks Upon Methane Production And Blood Composition In Young Sheep", "description": "Abstract   A 79-day rotational grazing experiment was conducted over the summer and autumn of 2007 to compare effects of grazing willow ( Salix  spp.) fodder blocks, a combination of small trees ( i.e ., 1.0\u00a0m) and herbage, or perennial ryegrass ( Lolium perenne )/white clover ( Trifolium repens ) control pasture on breath methane (CH 4 ) emissions, concentrations and solubility of CH 4  and sulphur hexafluoride (SF 6 ) tracer gas in blood, and haematology variables in young growing female sheep ( i.e ., hoggets). Measurements of gases in blood followed a double equilibration technique with two ( n \u00a0=\u00a020) replicate per treatment. Ten ewe hoggets in each replicate were dosed on day 22 with intraruminal slow release SF 6  capsules, an inorganic tracer gas used to calculate CH 4  emissions. Breath samples were collected over 5-day periods in weeks 5 (period 1) and 11 (period 2). Total condensed tannin (CT) concentrations calculated in the diet selected by the willow fodder block sheep was 12\u00a0g CT kg/dry matter intake, with negligible amounts in control pasture hoggets. Compared to control pasture, grazing willow fodder blocks reduced CH 4  emission/kg metabolic body weight (BW 0.75 ) by 20% in period 1 ( P  4  concentrations (ng/mL blood) were similar for both groups on day 36, but higher ( P  6  blood concentration being higher ( P  4  concentration was 75% in period  versus  84% in period 2. Methane and SF 6  Ostwald solubility coefficients in blood were similar in both periods for sheep grazing willow fodder blocks and the control pasture. Hoggets grazing willow fodder blocks had lower BW gain (65\u00a0g/day), carcass weight (16.1\u00a0kg) and carcass fatness (9.2\u00a0mm) than hoggets grazing control pasture (102\u00a0g; 18.3\u00a0kg; 11\u00a0mm). Hoggets dosed with SF 6  capsules had lower ( P  P =0.063), platelet ( P =0.073) and monocyte ( P =0.072), white blood cell and total lymphocyte counts ( P  4  emission between periods from grazing willow fodder blocks may be due to more willow leaf being eaten during the CH 4  measurement period in period 1 than in period 2.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.10.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.10.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.10.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.10.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.017", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-05-07", "title": "Effects Of Oral Nitroethane Administration On Enteric Methane Emissions And Ruminal Fermentation In Cattle", "description": "Abstract   Methane is a potent greenhouse gas and its release to the atmosphere is widely believed to contribute to global warming. Ruminal enteric CH4 production represents a loss of 2\u201315% of the animal's gross energy (GE) intake and contributes nearly 20% of US CH4 emissions. Studies have evaluated the CH4 inhibiting potential of select short chain nitrocompounds, such as nitroethane, but results demonstrating their effects on ruminant exhaled CH4 emissions are lacking. Our study determined effects of oral nitroethane administration on CH4 emissions, accumulations of volatile fatty acids (VFA) and on ruminal CH4 producing activity in steers fed a forage based diet containing 8.8\u00a0MJ/kg of metabolizable energy on a dry matter (DM) basis. Effects of nitroethane administration on ruminal nitroethane reducing activity were also determined. Holstein steers (n\u00a0=\u00a024) of 317\u00a0\u00b1\u00a06.5\u00a0kg body weight (BW) were assigned to 4 treatments that included: 0, 30, 60 and 120\u00a0mg\u00a0nitroethane/kg\u00a0BW/d. Treatments were administered via oral gavage twice daily at 08:00 and 16:00\u00a0h for 8\u00a0d. DM intake decreased quadratically as level of nitroethane increased with steers administered 60 and 120\u00a0mg\u00a0nitroethane/kg\u00a0BW consuming 14 and 7% lower DM, respectively, than steers administered 0 or 30\u00a0mg\u00a0nitroethane/kg\u00a0BW. Methane emissions as a proportion of GE intake and ruminal CH4 producing activity both decreased linearly (P  This paper is part of the special issue entitled: Greenhouse Gases in Animal Agriculture \u2013 Finding a Balance between Food and Emissions, Guest Edited by T.A. McAllister, Section Guest Editors: K.A. Beauchemin, X. Hao, S. McGinn and Editor for Animal Feed Science and Technology, P.H. Robinson.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.017"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.017", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.017", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.017"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anres.2016.04.004", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-12-24", "title": "Contrastive Effects Of Inorganic Phosphorus Addition On Soil Microbial Respiration And Microbial Biomass In Tropical Monoculture Tree Plantation Soils In Thailand", "description": "Abstract   An incubation experiment was conducted to test the effects of inorganic phosphorus (P) addition on soil microbial activities in tropical monoculture tree plantation soils. The soils taken from an experimental tree plantation site in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand were incubated for 48\u00a0h with and without adding 100\u00a0\u03bcg of P (KH2PO4) per gram soil after adjusting the water holding capacity to 80%. During the incubation period, the microbial biomass carbon (MBC) contents determined using the chloroform fumigation extraction method decreased and P addition stimulated the decreased rate significantly. On the other hand, the P addition increased the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) contents and CO2 emissions. The study suggested that P addition had changed soil microbial activities, possibly including a soil microbial community change. Furthermore, the study showed that the stimulated soil respiration by P addition is not necessarily accompanied by increased MBC. The assessment of the effects of P limitation on soil microbial activities should measure at least the effects of P addition on both soil respiration and MBC, possibly combined with soil microbial community analyses.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anres.2016.04.004"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture%20and%20Natural%20Resources", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anres.2016.04.004", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anres.2016.04.004", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anres.2016.04.004"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.022", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-05-21", "title": "Linseed Suppresses Enteric Methane Emissions From Cattle Fed Barley Silage, But Not From Those Fed Grass Hay", "description": "Abstract   This study investigated potential effects of feeding ground linseed on enteric CH4 production, ruminal fermentation and nutrient digestibility in cattle when it was added to diets containing grass hay or barley silage. Twelve non-lactating ruminally cannulated Holstein cows were used in a replicated 4\u00d74 Latin Square design experiment with four diets and four 21\u00a0d periods. Experimental diets (500:500 forage to concentrate ratio; dry matter (DM) basis) were used in a 2\u00d72 factorial design using either chopped grass hay or whole crop barley silage as the forage source with or without ground linseed at 150\u00a0g/kg ration DM as a partial replacement for barley grain. Diets were fed once daily as total mixed rations. Rumen contents were collected on days 14 and 21 of each period. In situ ruminal digestibility of grass hay and barley silage was measured at 24 and 48\u00a0h of incubation on days 15 and 16. Apparent total tract digestibility of dietary nutrients was estimated by collecting fecal samples from the rectum of each cow twice daily from days 15 to 21. Indigestible aNDF was used as an internal marker to estimate apparent diet digestibility in the total tract. Enteric CH4 production was measured from days 17 to 19 using the sulfur hexafluoride tracer gas technique. Without linseed inclusion, cows fed the diet based on grass hay produced 31% less CH4 as g/hd/d and up to 30% less CH4/kg of DM, digested DM or digested organic matter intake, or as MJ CH4/MJ gross energy intake (forage\u00d7linseed interaction, P  This paper is part of the special issue entitled: Greenhouse Gases in Animal Agriculture \u2013 Finding a Balance between Food and Emissions, Guest Edited by T.A. McAllister, Section Guest Editors: K.A. Beauchemin, X. Hao, S. McGinn and Editor for Animal Feed Science and Technology, P.H. Robinson.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.022"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.022", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.022", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.022"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.059", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-04-25", "title": "Chloroform Decreases Rumen Methanogenesis And Methanogen Populations Without Altering Rumen Function In Cattle", "description": "Abstract   Anthropogenic CH4 emissions are widely recognised as a world wide problem due to their global warming potential and because they represent a loss of dietary energy to ruminants. Few recent studies have examined medium or long term effects of methanogen inhibitors on rumen functional parameters and development of resistance to them. The aim of our study was to investigate medium term effects of a potent methanogen inhibitor on methanogen populations using molecular techniques and rumen function. Six rumen fistulated cows were divided into two groups and allocated to control and chloroform treatment and fed at a fixed rate of 8.4\u00a0kg\u00a0dry matter (DM)/cow/d. After 7\u00a0d of acclimatization, treatment cows were dosed daily with 1.5\u00a0ml of chloroform in 30\u00a0ml of sunflower oil for 42 d, while control cows only received sunflower oil. Key indicators of rumen function monitored included rumen pH, rumen fill, apparent feed digestibility, apparent rumen digesta retention time, total protozoa numbers, and volatile fatty acid (VFA) and NH3 concentrations. Methane emissions were monitored using the SF6 tracer technique, and methanogens using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and four clone libraries. Methanogens and acetogens were monitored in a single cow by most probable number culturing methods. Chloroform, a known inhibitor of methanogenesis, resulted in an immediate and dramatic decrease in CH4 emissions and methanogen numbers, with the effect being most pronounced 1\u00a0wk after the start of the treatment. Thereafter, CH4 emissions increased slowly, reaching 62% of pre-treatment levels by d 42. The effect on CH4 emissions was reflected by a near complete disappearance of DGGE bands associated with methanogens in treated cows. This response was particularly obvious for Methanobrevibacter species. There were no effects of chloroform on apparent rumen digesta retention time, apparent feed digestibility, pH, NH3 or rumen fill. Total protozoa numbers tended to increase during the study in both groups. Total VFA concentrations did not change with chloroform treatment, but the acetate:propionate ratio during the period of dosing was lower (P  This article is part of the special issue entitled: Greenhouse Gases in Animal Agriculture \u2013 Finding a Balance between Food and Emissions, Guest Edited by T.A. McAllister, Section Guest Editors; K.A. Beauchemin, X. Hao, S. McGinn and Editor for Animal Feed Science and Technology, P.H. Robinson.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0402 animal and dairy science", "Animal Science and Zoology", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "1103 Animal Science and Zoology", "630"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.059"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.059", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.059", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.059"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.069", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-05-03", "title": "Influence Of Cold-Pressed Canola, Brewers Grains And Hominy Meal As Dietary Supplements Suitable For Reducing Enteric Methane Emissions From Lactating Dairy Cows", "description": "There are limited data in the literature concerning in vivo effects of dietary fat supplementation on enteric CH4 emissions from lactating dairy cows. The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate four dietary treatments designated as control (CON), brewers grains (BG), hominy meal and cold-pressed canola (HCC) and hominy meal only (HM) for their effects on CH4 emissions and milk production. Sixteen late lactation Holstein cows were used in pairs, in a double 4 \u00d7 4 Latin square experiment with the four dietary treatments fed as total mixed rations over 24 d treatment periods. All diets contained \u223c600 g forage/kg dry matter (DM; 5 kg DM of alfalfa hay and 7 kg DM of perennial ryegrass silage/day). The CON diet contained 303 g/kg DM of cracked wheat grain and 70 g/kg DM of solvent extracted canola meal and the CON diet was formulated to contain \u223c26 g total fat/kg DM. For the BG, HCC and HM diets, part of the cracked wheat and solvent extracted canola was substituted with the designated fat supplement so that the resulting diets contained 51, 52 and 65 g total fat/kg DM respectively. Fat supplementation did not influence DM intake and there were only small (P<0.05) positive effects on milk yield and negative effects on concentrations of milk fat and milk protein. The HM diet reduced (P<0.05) CH4 emissions when expressed either as g CH4/cow/d, g CH4/kg DM intake, or g CH4/L milk. The BG diet also (P<0.05) reduced CH4 emissions when expressed as g CH4/cow/d or g CH4/L milk, while the HCC diet decreased CH4 emissions in terms of g CH4/L milk. Combining data from the fat supplemented diets enabled comparison of CH4 emissions from the CON diet with CH4 emissions from the fat supplemented diets. Fat supplementation reduced (P<0.05) CH4 emissions: 500, 462 g CH4/cow/d; 25.0, 23.2 g CH4/kg DM intake and 23.3, 20.5 g CH4/L milk for the CON and fat supplemented groups respectively. Similarly, by combining data from all fat supplemented groups, regression analysis revealed that fat supplementation reduced CH4 emissions for at least 7 wk. Combining results of this investigation with data from the literature, we conclude that for each increase of 10 g/kg DM in dietary lipid concentration, enteric emissions are reduced by 0.79 g CH4/kg DM intake or \u223c3.5% thereby allowing estimation of the magnitude of enteric CH4 abatement based on dietary fat supplementation.    This article is part of the special issue entitled: Greenhouse Gases in Animal Agriculture \u2013 Finding a Balance between Food and Emissions, Guest Edited by T.A. McAllister, Section Guest Editors; K.A. Beauchemin, X. Hao, S. McGinn and Editor for Animal Feed Science and Technology, P.H. Robinson.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.069"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.069", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.069", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.069"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.geodrs.2019.e00221", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:17:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-03-29", "title": "Soil organic carbon dynamics in long-term experiments with mineral and organic fertilizers in Russia", "description": "Abstract   The \u201c4 per 1000\u201d initiatives encourages agricultural sector to apply practices aimed at soil organic carbon (SOC) management for greenhouse gases sequestration. We accessed the potential of Russian agricultural soils to store SOC under various managements. RothC model was used to simulate SOC stocks in seven Russian long-term experiments started in 1933\u20131980 with mineral and organic fertilization. Crop sequences included alternation of cereals, row crops and grasses, four experiments had crop rotations with bare fallow field. We used current weather data and yearly carbon input as input data. Carbon input was calculated using crop residues estimated from crop yield and aboveground biomass production. RothC satisfactorily simulated the observed changes in SOC on Podzols, Retisols and Chernozems, as evaluated through the root mean square error, coefficient of determination and the mean difference. However, in the absence of clear trend, RothC was less sensitive to the observed interannual SOC dynamics. To maintain initial C level annual input of 1.1\u20131.3\u202fMg C ha\u22121\u202fyr\u22121 was required for sandy Podzols, while for loamy Retisols necessary rates were 1.4\u20132.0\u202fMg C ha \u22121\u202fyr\u22121. Inputs of 2.6\u20132.9\u202fMg C ha\u22121\u202fyr\u22121 were required to maintain soil C in Chernozem. If long-term C input was insufficient to maintain SOC, the stock of resistant plant material continuously decreased. The effect of agronomic practices on active C pools might lead only to a short-term C sequestration that was highly yield-dependent. Simulation of SOC dynamics for the plots that did not receive fertilizers and had the lowest SOC stock revealed that aboveground net primary production (NPP) input was sufficient for maintaining constant SOM stocks if these plots were converted to grassland for forage production and received farmyard manure. The average annual 7\u201317\u2030 increase in SOC was possible to reach for 30\u202fyears and more in all experiments on Podzols and Retisols in treatments with organic fertilization, while treatments with only mineral fertilizers were not sufficient to reach 4\u2030 level.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2019.e00221"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma%20Regional", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.geodrs.2019.e00221", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.geodrs.2019.e00221", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.geodrs.2019.e00221"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.071", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-05-10", "title": "Garlic Oil And Its Principal Component Diallyl Disulfide Fail To Mitigate Methane, But Improve Digestibility In Sheep", "description": "Abstract   One focus of current ruminant research is identification of feed supplementation strategies for mitigating enteric CH 4  production that do not impair rumen fermentation. Previous  in vitro  studies have indicated a potential anti-methanogenic activity of garlic ( Allium sativum ), garlic oil (GO), and its main compound diallyl disulfide (DADS). In our study, effects of supplementation of a standard hay and concentrate diet with 5\u00a0g GO or 2\u00a0g DADS/kg dietary dry matter (DM) were tested in sheep in a duplicated 3\u00a0\u00d7\u00a03 Latin square design experiment with three 23\u00a0d periods. Respiratory measurements were on d 17 and 18. Dietary supplementation with GO or DADS had no influence on the amount of CH 4  produced (27\u00a0g/d). When rates of CH 4  production/kg OM digested were compared, DADS, but not GO, tended (P=0.09) to decrease CH 4  production compared to control. DM intake was not affected by GO or DADS, although concentrate intake was slightly decreased (P=0.10) with GO compared to control. DADS increased (P=0.02) digestibility of OM and aNDFom (P=0.03), as well as energy utilization (P=0.03) compared to control. Low palatability and lack of effect on either CH 4  mitigation or energy use efficiency indicate that a GO supplemented concentrate is of little relevance in practice. As DADS supplementation only tended to decrease CH 4  formation relative to OM digested, it too is limited use as a means of CH 4  mitigation. However, DADS supplementation improved digestibility and energy use efficiency.   This article is part of the special issue entitled: Greenhouse Gases in Animal Agriculture \u2013 Finding a Balance between Food and Emissions, Guest Edited by T.A. McAllister, Section Guest Editors; K.A. Beauchemin, X. Hao, S. McGinn and Editor for Animal Feed Science and Technology, P.H. Robinson.", "keywords": ["0403 veterinary science", "2. Zero hunger", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.071"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.071", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.071", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.071"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.11.013", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-12-21", "title": "Effects Of Irrigation And Rates And Timing Of Nitrogen Fertilizer On Dry Matter Yield, Proportions Of Plant Fractions Of Maize And Nutritive Value And In Vitro Gas Production Characteristics Of Whole Crop Maize Silage", "description": "Abstract   The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of contrasting levels of irrigation water and rates and timing of N fertilizer on yield, different fractions of maize plant and their subsequent effects on nutritive value of maize silage. Hybrid forage maize (Pioneer 31H50) was grown at Camden, Australia with two rates of pre-sown (0, 135\u00a0kg/ha), three post-sown (0, 79, 158\u00a0kg/ha) N fertilizer and four levels of irrigation (0, 153, 305, 480\u00a0mm). Each treatment was replicated four times (blocks) with  n  equals 96 (2\u00a0\u00d7\u00a03\u00a0\u00d7\u00a04\u00a0\u00d7\u00a04 plots of 3.5\u00a0m\u00a0\u00d7\u00a03.5\u00a0m). Maize was harvested at physiological maturity, chopped at a particle length of 2.5\u00a0cm and ensiled in micro-silos. Silage samples were analyzed for dry matter (DM), pH, chemical composition, and metabolizable energy (ME) content. Gas production was measured up to 48\u00a0h of incubation and then pH of  in vitro  fermented end products was recorded. Additional plant samples from each replication were fractionated into leaf blade, leaf sheath, stem, cob structure and grain. Increase in irrigation water (0\u2013480\u00a0mm) increased DM yield from 9.3 to 23.8\u00a0t/ha. Increase in irrigation also increased grain from 92 to 315\u00a0g/kg DM but decreased stover of plants from 907 to 685\u00a0g/kg DM. For silage, increase in irrigation increased neutral detergent fiber (NDF) from 524 to 555\u00a0g/kg DM, but decreased crude protein (CP) from 78 to 52\u00a0g/kg DM and water soluble carbohydrate (WSC) from 88 to 31\u00a0g/kg DM, which resulted in a decrease in ME from 9.82 to 8.81\u00a0MJ/kg DM. In contrast to irrigation, application of post-sown N fertilizer increased CP from 57 to 67\u00a0g/kg DM and ME from 9.03 to 9.47\u00a0MJ/kg DM. There was also an irrigation\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0pre-sown N fertilizer interaction for NDF and ME contents, but effects of these interactions were minimal compared to the main effects. Overall, increasing irrigation water had a negative effect on the nutritive value of silage by increasing NDF and decreasing CP and WSC and therefore, ME content. This was despite a substantial increase in grain in irrigated treatments. In contrast, application of N fertilizer, in general, increased ME content of silage, due mainly to an increase in CP content. Results indicate that maximization of forage maize yield through increased application of N and water may be compromised by a decreased nutritive value of the subsequent silage.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "01 natural sciences", "6. 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Effect of breed and ruminal fraction on bacteria and archaea populations in sheep", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "McLoughlin, Steven, Spillane, Charles, Campion, Francis, Claffey, Noel, Smith, Paul, Diskin, Michael, Waters, Sinead,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anscip.2021.03.081"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20-%20science%20proceedings", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anscip.2021.03.081", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anscip.2021.03.081", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anscip.2021.03.081"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.11.007", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-12-23", "title": "Sheep Fed Forage Chicory (Cichorium Intybus) Or Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium Perenne) Have Similar Methane Emissions", "description": "Abstract   Forage chicory ( Cichorium intybus ) has the potential to mitigate methane emissions from ruminants. It was reported that the reduction can be up to 30% compared with perennial ryegrass ( Lolium perenne ). To accurately evaluate the reduction, fresh chicory and perennial ryegrass in the vegetative state were fed to 24 wethers, 8 of which rumen-fistulated, at 1.3 and 2.2 times maintenance metabolisable energy requirements. Dry matter (DM) intake, whole tract apparent digestibility, rumen fermentation parameters and rumen liquid passage rate were measured in metabolism crates, and methane emissions determined using a calorimetric technique. Chemical analyses showed that chicory contained less DM, organic matter (OM), crude protein, neutral detergent fibre (aNDF), acid detergent fibre (ADF), cellulose and hemicellulose, but more hot water-soluble carbohydrate and pectin, than perennial ryegrass. Methane yield (g/kg DM intake) of wethers fed chicory did not differ from that of those fed perennial ryegrass. Yield was lower at the high  versus  the low feeding level of ryegrass. Apparent digestibility of DM and OM was higher, and aNDF, ADF, hemicellulose and cellulose was lower, in wethers fed chicory  versus  perennial ryegrass.  In situ  DM degradation rate of chicory was higher than that of perennial ryegrass. Rumen liquid passage rate was the same for wethers fed the two forages and higher at the high feeding level. The reduction in methane emissions by feeding vegetative chicory to wethers was limited, but increased feeding level reduces methane yields per unit of DM intake.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0402 animal and dairy science", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.11.007"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.11.007", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.11.007", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.11.007"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2012.03.015", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-04-13", "title": "Methane Emissions By Goats Consuming Sericea Lespedeza At Different Feeding Frequencies", "description": "Abstract   Twenty-four yearling Boer (87.5%)\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0Spanish wethers (32.5\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.36\u00a0kg body weight) were used in a 32 d experiment to assess effects of frequency of feeding condensed tannin (CT)-containing Sericea lespedeza (SL; Lespedeza cuneata) on ruminal methane emission. Fresh SL (153\u00a0g/kg CT) was fed at 1.3 times the metabolizable energy requirement for maintenance every day (1SL), other day (2SL), fourth day (4SL), and eighth day (8SL), with alfalfa (Medicago sativa) offered at the same level on other days. Ruminal fluid for microbial assays was collected 1 d after SL feeding and at the end of the feeding interval (short and long interval samples, respectively). Dry matter intake was not affected by frequency of SL feeding. Daily ruminal methane emissions increased at a decreasing rate (Linear and Quadratic; P", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2012.03.015"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2012.03.015", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2012.03.015", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2012.03.015"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.108", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-04-14", "title": "Biochar Application In A Tropical, Agricultural Region: A Plot Scale Study In Tamil Nadu, India", "description": "Abstract   A plot-scale evaluation of biochar application to agricultural soils was conducted in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India, to investigate the potential of biochar to improve soil fertility and moisture content. Biochar feedstocks need to be sustainably sourced: several locally available feedstocks (rice husk, cassia stems, palm leaves and sawdust) were analysed as proposed soil amendments so that no single biomass material is depleted to maintain biochar addition. The biochars from different biomass feedstock contained\u00a0>20% C and were high in macro- and micronutrients. The results suggest that an application rate of 6.6\u00a0metric\u00a0tonnes\u00a0ha \u22121  cassia biochar was enough to initiate C-accumulation, which is reflected in an increase in OM and a net reduction in soil bulk density.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. 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The materials pelletized were softwood forest residues and a hardwood species which both had been torrefied at 308\u00a0\u00b0C for 9\u00a0min. The torrefied wood chips were milled over a screen size of 6\u00a0mm and the torrefied feedstock moisture content was adjusted to about 9% before pelletizing. Two types of pelletizers were used; one with a stationary ring die and one with a rotating ring die. With a traditional, non-cooled die configuration, the die temperature increased to 75\u201378\u00a0\u00b0C. During temperature increment, pellet production deteriorated and finally ceased at approximately 80\u00a0\u00b0C. This phenomenon was caused by a breakdown of the feed-layer formation between the free rolling rollers and the die. However, continuous production could be sustained when the die was cooled. A new tool was developed based on nozzle injection of water directly onto the feed layer. By this course of action pellet production was sustained at temperatures well above 80\u00a0\u00b0C. This proof-of-concept for a new tool to control sub-process interactions in ring die pelletizing also includes use of low initial moisture content to utilize the flowability of torrefied particulates and, thus, avoid problems connected to feeding, conveying and silo discharging which frequently occurs at higher feedstock moisture contents.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. 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We use \u03b4 13 C to evaluate the contribution of C 3 and C 4 plants to deep soil organic matter to reconstruct pre-humancontact vegetation patterns along a wet to dry climate transect on Kohala Mountain, Hawaii Island. Precontact vegetationassemblages fall into three distinct zones: a wet C 3 dominated closed canopy forest where annual rainfall is N2000 mm, a dry C 4 dominated grassland with annual rainfall b500 mm, and a broad transition zone between these communities characterized by eitherC 3 trees with higher water-use efficiency than the rainforest trees or C 3 trees with a small amount of C 4 grasses intermixed. Thelikelihood of C 4 grass understory decreases with increasing rainfall. We show that the total concentration of rock-derived nutrientsin the b2-mm soil fraction differs in each of these vegetation zones. Nutrient losses are driven by leaching at high rainfall and byplant cycling and wind erosion at low rainfall. By contrast, nutrients are best preserved in surface soils of the intermediate rainfallzone, where rainfall supports abundant plant growth but does not contribute large amounts of water in excess of evapotranspiration.Polynesian farmers exploited these naturally enriched soils as they intensified their upland agricultural systems during the last threecenturies before European contact.\u00a9 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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Groundwater samples from 29 wells/piezometers were analyzed for concentrations of nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), major and minor elements and stable isotopes of nitrate (NO3\u2212), nitrous oxide (N2O), sulfate (SO42\u2212) and boron (B). For lateral investigations, four zones with different environmental settings were identified (southern, central, north-eastern and northern). Groundwater was oversaturated with GHGs with respect to its equilibrium concentrations with the atmosphere in all zones, except the northern one, undersaturated in N2O (0.07\u202f\u00b1\u202f0.08\u202f\u03bcgN/L vs. 0.3\u202f\u03bcgN/L). Vertical dimension studies showed the decrease in CO2 concentration and significant changes in both isotope signatures and concentration of N2O with depth. The production of N2O could be attributed to a combination of nitrification and denitrification processes occurring at different depths. CO2 concentration is controlled by the process of dissolution of carbonate minerals which constitute aquifer geology. CH4 is produced due to methanogenesis in deeper parts of the aquifer, though its thermogenic origin is also possible. Differences in hydrogeochemical settings and changing intensity of biogeochemical processes across the area and with depth have considerable effect on GHGs concentrations. Thus, before estimating GHGs fluxes at the groundwater\u2013river interface insights obtained from larger-scale investigations are required in order to identify the representative spatial zones which govern GHGs emissions.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2019.04.009"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Geochemistry", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apgeochem.2019.04.009", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apgeochem.2019.04.009", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2019.04.009"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apm.2022.05.037", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-05-25", "title": "Locally resonant metamaterials utilizing dynamic directional amplification: An application for seismic mitigation", "keywords": ["0103 physical sciences", "02 engineering and technology", "0210 nano-technology", "01 natural sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2022.05.037"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Mathematical%20Modelling", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apm.2022.05.037", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apm.2022.05.037", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apm.2022.05.037"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.05.004", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2004-08-10", "title": "Soil Microbial Indicators Sensitive To Land Use Conversion From Pastures To Commercial Eucalyptus Grandis (Hill Ex Maiden) Plantations In Uruguay", "description": "Commercial forest plantations have increased during the last decade in Uruguay in soils of low cropping capability. Eucalyptus grandis (Hill ex Maiden) has been the main species planted due to its fast growth and adaptability to climate fluctuations. Assuming that the conversion from natural grazed pastures to commercial Eucalyptus plantations generates significant changes in the soil biological properties, we compared microbial enumeration and variables directly related to microbial activity to characterize these changes, as well as to determine the extent to which these soil biological properties change seasonally and with soil depth. The soil use conversion from pasture to forest land did not have a significant effect on the number of cellulolytic aerobes, P-solubilizers and Azotobacter spp. communities. Soil respiration, the C-mineralization coefficient, dehydrogenase, fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis and acid and alkaline phosphatase activities were affected significantly. Microbial enumeration of cellulolytics, P-solubilizers and Azotobacter spp., and parameters related to microbial biomass, soil respiration and the C-mineralization coefficient showed marked effects of sampling season. This, however, was not the case for the relative levels of the enzyme activities evaluated. These results indicated that the enzyme activities evaluated were sensitive and reliable indicators of the biochemical changes generated by the soil use change. Spring appeared to be a better time for sampling than summer or winter because enzyme activities tended to be higher. Soil sampling depth was shown to be an important factor for obtaining consistent results, especially for the measurement of enzyme activities. For the last indicators, as well as the others, better results were obtained sampling and analyzing the upper 10 cm of the mineral soil profile. Our work suggested that microbial biomass, soil respiration, and enzyme activities are useful tools to assess biological soil quality changes due to the conversion of pasture land to planted E. grandis forest.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Fernando Garc\u0131\u0301a-Pr\u00e9chac, Margarita Sicardi, Lillian Frioni,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.05.004"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Soil%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.05.004", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.05.004", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.05.004"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2004-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.08.002", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2004-10-13", "title": "Microbial Transformation Of Organic Matter In Soils Of Montane Grasslands Under Different Management", "description": "The study compared the effects of mowing, mulching, and no-treatment, applied to a mountain grassland over five years, on microbial transformation of soil organic matter (SOM). Microbial biomass, microbial respiration, cellulose decomposition and mineralization were measured in the laboratory eight times during the three-year experiment. In addition, soil phosphatase activity and factors limiting microbial growth were assessed once to complete the results. Mowing increased soil microbial biomass and carbon use efficiency, which supported carbon sequestration in soil. In contrast, mulching led to a decrease in microbial biomass and microbial metabolic efficiency due to the limitation of easily decomposable carbon. This was a consequence of changes in temperature and light conditions under the mulch layer, which suppressed plant growth and rhizodeposition. Processes causing organic matter transformation in the mulched grassland were similar to those of the untreated grassland. Annual mowing appears to be most suitable for maintenance of SOM content and sustainability of montane grasslands.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Miloslav \u0160imek, Miloslav \u0160imek, Hana \u0160antr\u016f\u010dkov\u00e1, Hana \u0160antr\u016f\u010dkov\u00e1, Eva Uhl\u00ed\u0159ov\u00e1, Eva Uhl\u00ed\u0159ov\u00e1,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.08.002"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Soil%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.08.002", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.08.002", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.08.002"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2005-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.07.011", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2004-10-13", "title": "Short-Term Co2 Emissions From Planted Soil Subject To Elevated Co2 And Simulated Precipitation", "description": "Abstract   Carbon dioxide emissions from soils beneath canopies of two Mediterranean plants, Artemisia absinthium L. and Festuca pratensis Huds. cv. Demeter, were monitored over a 7-day period that included an artificial precipitation event of 4\u00a0cm. The experiments were conducted using 0.2\u00a0m3 soil microcosms inside greenhouses with CO2 concentrations of either 360 or 500\u00a0\u03bcmol\u00a0mol\u22121. Carbon dioxide flux from the soil surface, as calculated using a diffusive transport model agreed well with CO2 flux measurements made using a dynamic flow system. Soil CO2 emissions did not differ significantly between the 360 and 500\u00a0\u03bcmol\u00a0mol\u22121 CO2 treatments when soils were dry (volumetric soil moisture content \u22649%). A simulated precipitation event caused an immediate exhalation of CO2 from soil, after which CO2 emissions declined slightly and remained constant for approximately 36\u00a0h. CO2 emissions from soil microcosms with F. pratensis plants growing in 500\u00a0\u03bcmol\u00a0mol\u22121 CO2 then rose to levels that were significantly greater than CO2 emissions from soils in the microcosms exposed to 360\u00a0\u03bcmol\u00a0mol\u22121 CO2. For A. absinthium growing in 500\u00a0\u03bcmol\u00a0mol\u22121 CO2, the rise in soil CO2 emissions following the wetting event was not significantly greater than emissions from soils with A. absinthium growing under 360\u00a0\u03bcmol\u00a0mol\u22121 CO2. A. absinthium above ground biomass increased by 46.1 \u00b1 17.9% (mean \u00b1 S.E., n = 4, P \u2264 0.05). Above ground biomass did not significantly increase for F. pratensis (14.4 \u00b1 6.5%, P \u2265 0.10). Root biomass, on the other hand, increased for both species; by 50.6 \u00b1 17.9% (P \u2264 0.05) for A. absinthium and by 55.9 \u00b1 12.7% (P \u2264 0.05) for F. pratensis. Our results demonstrate two events following precipitation onto dry soils, an immediate release of CO2 followed by a gradual increase from enhanced biological activity The gradual increase was greater for the herbaceous ruderal perennial F. pratensis under elevated CO2.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.07.011"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Soil%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.07.011", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.07.011", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.07.011"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2005-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2003.10.006", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2003-12-22", "title": "The Effects Of C, N And P Additions On Soil Microbial Activity Under Two Remnant Tree Species In A Tropical Seasonal Pasture", "description": "Abstract   Although the availability of soil nutrients can constraint microbial activity, little is known about the interactive effects on soil microbial activity in tropical soils of nutrient addition and plant species. To test this effect, incubation experiments were carried out to assess the effects of C, N and P addition in soil samples from under two remnant tree species (Caesalpinia eriostachys and Cordia elaeagnoides) and a dominant grass species (Panicum maximum) in a tropical seasonal pastures in western Mexico. Substrate-induced respiration method was used to determine microbial activity in soil samples from dry and rainy seasons. In the dry season, the addition of C, N and P had no effect on the soil microbial activity, but this activity was strongly influenced by the plant species. The soil associated with C. elaeagnoides had a higher C mineralization and a lower net C immobilization in microbial biomass than the soil associated with C. eriostachys. In contrast, in the rainy season soil microbial activity was influenced by the interaction between the nutrient addition treatments and plant species. The addition of P enhanced microbial activity under C. elaeagnoides, while under C. eriostachys, added N increased accumulation of C in the microbial biomass. The differential response of soil microbial populations under both remnant tree species was explained by the soil\u2019s pH buffering capacity and by the amount of microbial biomass. However, under the grass species the addition of CNP and N increased C mineralization, but C and CNP addition treatments decreased net C immobilization. These results suggest that nutrient addition increased the decomposition of soil organic C, but the released C was not stabilized in the pasture soils. Thus, the fertilization of pasture soils is not a reliable soil management practice, because it does not contribute to sustaining the availability of soil C and nutrients during the growing season. The utilization of silvo-pastoral systems can be a better alternative for the management of the tropical pastures, but the selection of tree species is critical for successful results.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Felipe Garc\u00eda-Oliva, Leopoldo Galicia,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2003.10.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Soil%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2003.10.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2003.10.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apsoil.2003.10.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2004-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2006.03.012", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Restricted", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:03Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-07-04", "title": "Simulating Soil Freeze/Thaw Cycles Typical Of Winter Alpine Conditions: Implications For N And P Availability", "description": "Abstract   Seasonally snow-covered alpine soils may be subjected to freeze/thaw cycles, particularly during years having little snow and during the late winter and early spring periods. Freeze/thaw cycles can stimulate soil mineralization and could therefore be one factor regulating nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) availability and cycling. In this study laboratory incubation experiments using four soils having contrasting properties have been used to characterize the change in N and P forms (microbial and soluble inorganic/organic) that occur after simulated freeze/thaw cycles.  Soil samples were collected from locations representing extreme examples of either direct human management (grazed meadow (site M) and extensive grazing beneath larch (site L)) or those disturbed by more natural events (recent avalanche and colonisation by alder (site A)) and from beneath the expected forest climax vegetation beneath fir (site F). Topsoil from these sites, maintained at two different water contents (20 and 30%, w/w), were exposed to either a single (SF) or four sequential (4SF) freeze/thaw cycles. Each cycle consisted of 12\u00a0h at \u22129\u00a0\u00b0C and 12\u00a0h at +4\u00a0\u00b0C mimicking a diurnal pattern.  A SF cycle reduced microbial N for soils from sites F and A and was accompanied by a significant increase in dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) at both moisture contents. In contrast, the microbial N of soils from M and L was not affected by the freeze/thaw cycles, suggesting a particular adaptation of soil microbes to these extremes in temperature. Freeze/thaw cycles resulted in a significant increase in the net ammonification in all soils.  Extractable total dissolved N (TDN) and total dissolved P (TDP) increased in all soils after a SF cycle, however, the relative importance of the different N and P forms differed. At the lower soil moisture content, NO 3  \u2212  concentrations remained constant or slightly decreased in all soils, except that from site M. In all other soils DON appeared to replace NO 3  \u2212  as the potentially mobile N source after the freeze/thaw cycles. The relative contribution of dissolved organic P to TDP after freeze/thaw remained significant, and greater than 50% in all soils.  Freeze/thaw cycles, in seasonally snow covered soils, are likely to have a selective effect on the microbial biomass. Freezing and thawing resulted in a pulse of net ammonification and DON release, which represent an important influence upon N cycling in these alpine systems.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2006.03.012"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Soil%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2006.03.012", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2006.03.012", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apsoil.2006.03.012"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.03.012", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:04Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-08-08", "title": "Fertilization Responses Of Soil Litter Fauna And Litter Quantity, Quality, And Turnover In Low And High Elevation Forests Of Puerto Rico", "description": "Abstract   This study evaluates the effects of chemical fertilization on litter production, litter arthropods, and earthworms in tropical wet and cloud forests in the Luquillo Mountains in northeastern Puerto Rico. Litter production, chemistry and turnover, forest floor mass, litter arthropod density (individuals\u00a0g\u22121 dry litter), abundance (individuals\u00a0m\u22122) and diversity, and earthworm abundance and fresh mass (g\u00a0m\u22122) were measured in 20\u00a0m\u00a0\u00d7\u00a020\u00a0m control and fertilized plots. We hypothesized that fertilization would increase litter arthropod density, abundance and diversity in both forests through elevating litter production and improving litter quality, and the increased litter quality in fertilized plots was also expected to result in faster litter turnover rates. Fertilization significantly increased monthly litterfall production and litter quality as measured by leaf litter C/N and C/P ratios in both forests, and higher litter production led to significant litter accumulation on the forest floor. Litter arthropod abundance increased in the wet forest fertilized plots due to the accumulated litter. Higher litter quality did not affect litter arthropod density in either forest, and densities were slightly higher in the cloud forest. High litter quality increased litter turnover rate in the cloud forest only. A significant reduction in earthworm populations in fertilized plots may have offset the positive effect of litter quality on litter turnover in the wet forest. Shannon biodiversity index for litter arthropod taxa was similar between treatments in the wet forest, and was higher in the wet forest than cloud forest. We conclude that climate influences litter arthropod diversity, but differences in litter quantity and quality do not affect their densities in island tropical wet and cloud forests.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.03.012"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Soil%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.03.012", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.03.012", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.03.012"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.09.006", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2004-12-16", "title": "Tillage Impacts On Microbial Biomass And Soil Carbon And Nitrogen Dynamics Of Corn And Cotton Rotations", "description": "Abstract   Long-term no tillage (NT) may enhance soil C sequestration and alter soil C and N dynamics. The objectives of this study were to investigate the impacts of tillage on soil C and N sequestration and microbial C and N dynamics of corn (Zea mays L.) and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cropping sequences after 20 years of management. Tillage regimes included conventional tillage (CT), moldboard plow (MP), minimum tillage (MT), and NT. No tillage increased soil organic carbon (SOC) and nitrogen (SON) concentrations in surface soil (0\u20132.5\u00a0cm) for cotton but not for corn. Few tillage effects on SOC and SON were observed in subsurface soils. For corn, SOC and SON were 11 and 21% higher under NT than other tillage regimes at 0\u20132.5\u00a0cm, but were 22 and 12% lower under NT from 2.5 to 20\u00a0cm. Averaged between depths, SOC and SON for cotton were 8 and 7% greater under NT than CT, while NT and MT had 24 and 43% greater SOC and SON than MP. Soil organic C and SON were significantly greater for corn than cotton, but this did not result in greater microbial biomass and mineralizable C and N than for cotton. Microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and microbial biomass nitrogen (MBN) were often highest under NT and MT in surface soils, but few tillage impacts were observed at 2.5\u201320\u00a0cm. Mineralizable C and N were highest under NT and MT in surface soils for corn and cotton, and in subsurface soils for cotton. Even though SOC and SON were greater for corn than cotton, cotton exhibited greater soil mineralizable C and N under NT and MT than corn, especially in subsurface soils. These results indicate a greater potential supply of N for the cotton than corn crop during the growing season. Increased SOM content in surface soils under reduced tillage may increase N mineralization and the nutrient supply to crops, but the potential of these soils for C and N sequestration appeared limited.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Alan L. Wright, Frank M. Hons, John E. Matocha,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.09.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Soil%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.09.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.09.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.09.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2005-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.11.008", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2005-11-09", "title": "Effects Of Invasive Scotch Broom On Soil Properties In A Pacific Coastal Prairie Soil", "description": "Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) is a leguminous shrub, native to Europe that has invaded significant areas of the Pacific Northwest and rigorously competes with native vegetation. Mineral soils under scotch broom colonies and adjacent coastal prairie on the Mendocino Coast of Northern California were sampled to determine how soil properties and microbial processes have been affected. Soils under scotch broom were significantly more acidic and had greater organic matter content than prairie soils. The activities of two soil enzymes responsible for processing major detrital carbon and phosphorus pools were significantly higher under scotch broom. Organic matter accumulation with no change in C:N, a greater increase in phosphatase activity (123%) than in \u03b2-glucosidase (84%) under scotch broom, and a significant difference between soil C:P under scotch broom (619) and prairie vegetation (470) all suggest that the coupling of nutrient cycles has changed.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "16. Peace & justice", "01 natural sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Bruce A. Caldwell", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.11.008"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Soil%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.11.008", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.11.008", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.11.008"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.12.011", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:03Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2005-11-09", "title": "Exotic Purple Loosestrife Invasion Of Native Cattail Freshwater Wetlands: Effects On Organic Matter Distribution And Soil Nitrogen Cycling", "description": "Abstract   The ecological consequences of exotic plant invasion have focused largely on interactions with native plants or animals, whereas ecosystem level consequences, such as organic matter accumulation, soil nitrogen (N) transformations, hydrological fluctuation and changes in surface water chemistry remain largely unknown. We studied the invasion of exotic emergent plant purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) in a freshwater wetland dominated by cattail (Typha latifolia). Transects were set in Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, NY that originated in a pure Typha area, crossed over mixed zone, and extended into a pure Lythrum area. Comparing monotypic plots, there was significantly more standing-dead biomass of Lythrum than Typha (1.88\u00a0kg\u00a0m\u22122 versus 0.59\u00a0kg\u00a0m\u22122); while collapsed dead Typha shoots formed a layer of litter which was absent in the Lythrum area. Soil organic matter content was significantly higher in Lythrum sediment than in Typha sediment (35.2\u00a0kg\u00a0m\u22122 versus 27.5\u00a0kg\u00a0m\u22122, down to 20\u00a0cm deep). Average monthly N mineralization rates were significantly higher in the Lythrum plots than in Typha plots (911\u00a0mg\u00a0N\u00a0m\u22122 versus 638\u00a0mg\u00a0N\u00a0m\u22122). N transformations were also controlled by local hydrology. Net N mineralization rates were more than doubled when water table dropped to expose the sediment to the atmosphere, and ammonium production was changed to nitrate production. Surface water NH4+ and NO3\u2212 concentrations remained low in all sites, suggesting strong plant uptake by both species. In a concurrent greenhouse study, we found Lythrum plants transpired about twice the amount of water as Typha, and had above- and below-ground biomass that more than doubled that of Typha. The combined field and greenhouse studies suggest that Lythrum invasion may cause changes in organic matter distribution, N cycling and water chemistry in freshwater wetlands.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "13. Climate action", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Wei-Xing Zhu, Scott S. Fickbohm,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.12.011"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Soil%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.12.011", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.12.011", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.12.011"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2005.02.014", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:03Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2005-05-05", "title": "Soil Carbon And Nitrogen Changes As Affected By Tillage System And Crop Biomass In A Corn\u2013Soybean Rotation", "description": "A wide range of tillage systems have been used by producers in the Corn-Belt in the United States during the past decade due to their economic and environmental benefits. However, changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) and nitrogen (SON) and crop responses to these tillage systems are not well documented in a corn\u2013soybean rotation. Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of different tillage systems on SOC and SON, residue C and N inputs, and corn and soybean yields across Iowa. The first experiment consisted of no-tillage (NT) and chisel plow (CP) treatments, established in 1994 in Clarion\u2013 Nicollet\u2013Webster (CNW), Galva\u2013Primghar\u2013Sac (GPS), Kenyon\u2013Floyd\u2013Clyde (KFC), Marshall (M), and Otley\u2013Mahaska\u2013 Taintor (OMT) soil associations. The second experiment consisted of NT, strip-tillage (ST), CP, deep rip (DR), and moldboard plow (MP) treatments, established in 1998 in the CNW soil association. Both corn and soybean yields of NT were statistically comparable to those of CP treatment for each soil association in a corn\u2013soybean rotation during the 7 years of tillage practices. The NT, ST, CP, and DR treatments produced similar corn and soybean yields as MP treatment in a corn\u2013soybean rotation during the 3 years of tillage implementation of the second experiment. Significant increases in SOC of 17.3, 19.5, 6.1, and 19.3% with NT over CP treatment were observed at the top 15-cm soil depth in CNW, KFC, M, and OMT soil associations, respectively, except for the GPS soil association in a corn\u2013soybean rotation at the end of 7 years. The NT and ST resulted in significant increases in SOC of 14.7 and 11.4%, respectively, compared with MP treatment after 3 years. Changes in SON due to tillage were similar to those observed with SOC in both experiments. The increases in SOC and SON in NT treatment were not attributed to the vertical stratification of organic C and N in the soil profile or annual C and N inputs from crop residue, but most likely due to the decrease in soil organic matter mineralization in wet and cold soil conditions. It was concluded that NT and ST are superior to CP and MP in increasing SOC and SON in the top 15 cm in the short-term. The adoption of NT or CP can be an effective strategy in increasing SOC and SON in the Corn-Belt soils without significant adverse impact on corn and soybean yields in a corn\u2013soybean rotation. # 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2005.02.014"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Soil%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2005.02.014", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2005.02.014", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apsoil.2005.02.014"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2005-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2005.03.009", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:03Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2005-12-02", "title": "The Invasive Shrub European Buckthorn (Rhamnus Cathartica, L.) Alters Soil Properties In Midwestern Us Woodlands", "description": "European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), a prevalent invasive shrub in relict woodlands throughout Northeastern Illinois, alters certain soil properties in a manner that may have importance for the long-term conservation management of these systems. We found that soil in areas of the woodland where buckthorn dominates have higher percentage of nitrogen (N) and carbon (C), modified nitrogen mineralization rates, elevated pH, and higher soil moisture than those areas where buckthorn was not present. Although there were small C:N ratio differences at two of the three sites, there was no overall difference in C:N ratios between the sites. Since the long-term management for these systems often calls for restoration to pre-invaded conditions, the likelihood that the invasive shrub is creating a legacy effect of altered ecosystems properties may call for reassessed management strategies.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2005.03.009"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Soil%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2005.03.009", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2005.03.009", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apsoil.2005.03.009"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.11.007", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2005-03-11", "title": "Soil C And N Dynamics In Primary And Secondary Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests In Mexico", "description": "The nature and size of soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) pools and turnover were compared in secondary and primary forests in a seasonally dry tropical region of Mexico. Total soil C and N, microbial biomass C and N, mineral (ammonium and nitrate) N pools and potential mineralization and nitrification were measured in samples collected during the dry and rainy seasons in early-, mid-, late-successional and primary forests. We hypothesized that the previous agricultural land use of secondary forests would result in lower soil C and N stocks than in primary forest soils, as well as in the seasonal dynamics changes of these two elements. The expected pattern of decreasing soil C and N after a previous agricultural land use did not occur. Soil C was unaffected by the successional stage of the forest. In addition, early- and mid-successional forests registered the highest total and mineral N pools and potential N transformations, whereas primary forests had the lowest N pools and potential cycling. The total soil C and N pools did not change with the sampling season. However, the nitrate pool decreased at the beginning of the rainy season in all forest soils, as did the ammonium pool in primary forests. A striking contrast of the effects of the rainfall (i.e., dry season versus rainy season) seasonality on the microbial biomass and its C:N ratio was observed among forests; late-successional and primary forests recorded the lowest values of both parameters at the beginning of the rainy season, whereas early- and mid-successional forests showed the highest values at this sampling date. Therefore, potential N transformations in all forests were the highest during the rainy season. Our study on the consequences of the land cover change on soils, following the discontinuation of agricultural practices, allows us to conclude that the nutrient dynamics in this ecosystem will vary depending on the successional stage of the forests. This work suggests that the full restoration of soil C and N dynamics will take ca. 60 years of secondary succession.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.11.007"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Soil%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.11.007", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.11.007", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.11.007"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2005-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.12.002", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2005-02-08", "title": "N And C Transformations In Long-Term N-Fertilized Forest Soils In Response To Seasonal Drought", "description": "Abstract   The aim of this study was to determine the response of N and C transformations in the soil to seasonal drought in repeatedly N-fertilized forest soils. The study sites were long-term N fertilization experiments in two Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) stands growing on rather fertile sites in southern Finland. The treatments were control (C), control exposed to seasonal drought (C\u00a0+\u00a0D), N fertilization (N), and N fertilization combined with drought (N\u00a0+\u00a0D). To the N-fertilized plots, about 600\u20131000\u00a0kg/ha nitrogen had been applied over a period of 35 years. For the drought treatment, the plots were covered with a plastic roof 1\u20134\u00a0m above ground level for 2\u20133 months in May\u2013July. Soil was sampled before and after the drought treatments. Net N mineralization, net nitrification, and C mineralization (CO2-evolution) were studied in incubation experiments after soil moisture had been adjusted to constant soil moisture content (60% water-holding capacity (WHC)). Taken as a whole, no major differences were observed in the net formation of mineral N in drought-treated soils compared to untreated soils, but in N-fertilized soil, net formation of mineral N tended to increase due to drought. Previous drought treatment also tended to increase net nitrification, but did not change the average rate of C mineralization, at least not in over the longer term. Soil samples were also incubated at the original soil moisture content. The response of different processes to drought seemed to vary, net nitrification being the most sensitive. Amounts of microbial biomass C and N were lowest in soil samples from the plots that had received N additions, but the drought-treated plots did not differ much from other plots.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "kuivuus", "ilmastonmuutos", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "hiilen transformaatio", "typen transformaatio", "15. 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