Soil carbon losses to the atmosphere, via soil heterotrophic respiration, are expected to increase in response to global warming, resulting in a positive carbon-climate feedback. Despite the well-known suite of abiotic and biotic factors controlling soil respiration, much less is known about how the magnitude of soil respiration responses to temperature changes over soil development and across contrasting soil properties. Here, we investigated the role of soil development stage and soil properties in driving the responses of soil heterotrophic respiration to increasing temperatures. We incubated soils from eight chronosequences ranging in soil age from hundreds to million years, and encompassing a wide range of vegetation types, climatic conditions, and chronosequences origins, at three assay temperatures (5, 15 and 25\uffc2\uffb0C). We found a consistent positive effect of assay temperature on soil respiration rates across the eight chronosequences evaluated. However, soil properties such as organic carbon concentration, texture, pH, phosphorus content, and microbial biomass determined the magnitude of temperature effects on soil respiration. Finally, we observed a positive effect of soil development stage on soil respiration that did not alter the magnitude of assay temperature effects. Our work reveals that key soil properties alter the magnitude of the positive effect of temperature on soil respiration found across ecosystem types and soil development stages. This information is essential to better understand the magnitude of the carbon-climate feedback, and thus to establish accurate greenhouse gas emission targets.Streams and rivers act as landscape-scale bioreactors processing large quantities of terrestrial particulate organic matter (POM). This function is linked to their flow regime, which governs residence times, shapes organic matter reactivity and controls the amount of carbon (C) exported to the atmosphere and coastal oceans. Climate change impacts flow regimes by increasing both flash floods and droughts. Here, we used a modelling approach to explore the consequences of lateral hydrological contraction, that is, the reduction of the wet portion of the streambed, for POM decomposition and transport at the river network scale. Our model integrates seasonal leaf litter input as generator of POM, transient storage of POM on wet and dry streambed portions with associated decomposition and ensuing changes in reactivity, and transport dynamics through a dendritic river network. Simulations showed that the amount of POM exported from the river network and its average reactivity increased with lateral hydrological contraction, due to the combination of (1) low processing of POM while stored on dry streambeds, and (2) large shunting during flashy events. The sensitivity analysis further supported that high lateral hydrological contraction leads to higher export of higher reactivity POM, regardless of transport coefficient values, average reactivity of fresh leaf litter and differences between POM reactivity under wet and dry conditions. Our study incorporates storage in dry streambed areas into the pulse-shunt concept (Raymond and others in Ecology 97(1):5\uffe2\uff80\uff9316, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-1684.1), providing a mechanistic framework and testable predictions about leaf litter storage, transport and decomposition in fluvial networks.Phosphorus (P) is one of the most important elements for soil biology and biogeochemistry worldwide. Yet, despite decades of research, important uncertainties persist about the drivers and changes in soil P forms during long-term soil formation. Here, we analyzed topsoils from nine globally distributed retrogressive soil chronosequences aiming to evaluate the relative contribution of key environmental factors (that is, soil age, substrate origin, climate, soil attributes, and vegetation) in explaining the long-term dynamics of primary, occluded, non-occluded, organic, and total P across different terrestrial ecosystems. We found that, rather than soil age, substrate origin was the main driver controlling the fate of different P fractions across contrasting environmental conditions. Moreover, our findings suggest that temporal patterns governing the long-term dynamics of different P forms as soils develop are not consistent among soil chronosequences, which is a result of contrasting environmental conditions, especially substrate origin. We further showed that topsoil total P was the greatest at intermediate soil development stage across the globe. Lastly, our results showed that P fractions were highly correlated with multiple surrogates of ecosystem services, such as carbon sequestration, plant productivity, and biodiversity. Together, our work provides new insights into the natural history of P availability, and further highlights that substrate origin, rather than soil age, is essential to predict changes in P availability in response to physical perturbation and climate change.Accumulating evidence suggests that warming associated with climate change is decreasing the total amount of soil organic carbon (SOC) in drylands, although scientific research has not given enough emphasis to particulate (POC) and mineral-associated organic carbon (MAOC) pools. Biocrusts are a major biotic feature of drylands and have large impacts on the C cycle, yet it is largely unknown whether they modulate the responses of POC and MAOC to climate change. Here, we assessed the effects of simulated climate change (control, reduced rainfall (RE), warming (WA), and RE\uffe2\uff80\uff89+\uffe2\uff80\uff89WA) and initial biocrust cover (low (<\uffe2\uff80\uff8920%) versus high (>\uffe2\uff80\uff8950%)) on the mineral protection of soil C and soil organic matter quality in a dryland ecosystem in central Spain for 9\uffc2\uffa0years. At low initial biocrust cover levels, both WA and RE\uffe2\uff80\uff89+\uffe2\uff80\uff89WA increased SOC, especially POC but also MAOC, and promoted a higher contribution of carbohydrates, relative to aromatic compounds, to the POC fraction. These results suggest that the accumulation of soil C under warming treatments may be transitory in soils with low initial biocrust cover. In soils with high initial biocrust cover, climate change treatments did not affect SOC, neither POC nor MAOC fraction. Overall, our results indicate that biocrust communities modulate the negative effect of climate change on SOC, because no losses of soil C were observed with the climate manipulations under biocrusts. Future work should focus on determining the long-term persistence of the observed buffering effect by biocrust-forming lichens, as they are known to be negatively affected by warming.The rising real prices of purchased inputs is driving smallholder maize (Zea mays L.) production towards lower levels of inorganic fertilizer. Legume intercrops are a source of plant N that can be produced locally and offer a practical complement to inorganic fertilizers. Field experiments conducted on a loamy sand (Typic Kandiustalf) soil evaluated the impact of relay\uffe2\uff80\uff90intercropping two legume crops, cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) and sunnhemp (Crotolaria juncea L.) into smallholder maize in Zimbabwe. The objectives were to quantify: (i) biomass and N yield of intercropped legumes, (ii) the impact of the legumes on companion maize yield and N uptake, and (iii) the response of a subsequent maize crop to legumes. Dry matter yield ranged from 0.6 to 4.6 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 for cowpea and 0.9 to 2.9 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 for sunnhemp, over two years. At the most, cowpea and sunnhemp produced 154 and 82 kg N ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921, respectively. Companion maize grain yields were not reduced when the legumes were relay\uffe2\uff80\uff90intercropped into maize fertilized at 0 to 60 kg N ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921. However, maize yields were reduced 18 to 31% when maize + legume intercrops were fertilized at 120 kg N ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921. In the subsequent year, maize grain yields were increased by 8 to 27% following maize + legume when no fertilizer N was applied, compared with maize following maize. Legumes reduced fertilizer needs of a subsequent maize crop by 36 kg N ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921. Intercropped annual legumes and small amounts of inorganic fertilizer offers a strategy to meet the N needs on smallholder farms.
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Our goal was to simulate long-term trends in soil organic carbon for the long-term experiments of Barybino (Moscow region, Russia), Grakov (Kharkow region, Uk- raine) and Yachenka (Minsk region, Belarus) representing the predominant arable soil types, climate conditions and typical management strategies for the investigated arable areas. The fit of modelled results to the observed data was evaluated to assess the suitability of the model for further applications in the FSU. The crop parameters of the CANDY model had to be adapted to the low yields ob- served under the Russian site conditions resulting in a higher sensitivity to crop-derived carbon input as a func- tion of yield. The results show that the approach of treating the organic carbon situated in micro pores as inert, is an applicable solution for simulating soil carbon dynamics under Russian conditions. This evaluation of CANDY, against long-term experiments from Russia, gives confi- dence for its wider application in this region.", "keywords": ["0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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In the first phase (1995\u20132005), five mango based agri-horticultural models (AHM) viz. Mango\u00a0+\u00a0cowpea\u2013toria, mango\u00a0+\u00a0cluster bean/okra\u2013toria, mango\u00a0+\u00a0sesame\u2013toria, mango\u00a0+\u00a0black gram\u2013toria and mango\u00a0+\u00a0pigeon pea in addition to sole mango plantation (no intercrop) and in second phase (2005\u20132010), two mango based AHM (mango\u00a0+\u00a0colocasia and mango\u00a0+\u00a0turmeric) in addition to sole mango (no intercrop) were studied. The mean maximum cowpea equivalent yield (t\u00a0ha\u22121) was harvested from cowpea (1.84) followed by okra (1.21), black gram (1.11), sesame (0.68) and mean minimum with pigeon pea (0.58). The crop yield reduction among the mango based AHM was observed from third year to tenth year. The positive correlation was found between light transmission and intercrops yields amongst all models during both phases. However, the correlation between mango canopy spread and intercrop yields shown negative trends. The yield reduction in intercrops varied from 37.0\u201352.6\u00a0% during first phase and 20.6\u201323.5\u00a0% during second phase of experimentation compared to sole crop. The results revealed that the fruit based AHM were effective in improving fruit yields of the mango. The mean maximum fruit yield of mango (7.02\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121) was harvested with cowpea\u2013toria crop rotation followed by black gram\u2013toria (6.59\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121) and minimum fruit yield (5.76\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121) realized with sole mango tree during first phase (1999\u20132005). Likewise, mean maximum fruit yield (13.71\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121) from mango tree was obtained in the turmeric block followed by (13.00\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121) in colocasia block and minimum fruit yield with sole mango tree (11.86\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121). All the treatments of AHM recorded higher soil moisture as compared to sole mango plantation during both phases. The moisture retention under different AHM was in the order of cowpea (13.32\u00a0cm)\u00a0>\u00a0black gram (13.29\u00a0cm)\u00a0>\u00a0pigeon pea (13.27\u00a0cm)\u00a0>\u00a0okra (12.42\u00a0cm)\u00a0>\u00a0sesame (12.17\u00a0cm)\u00a0>\u00a0sole mango (11.62\u00a0cm) during first phase, whereas moisture retention was observed in the order of turmeric (14.20\u00a0cm)\u00a0>\u00a0colocasia (14.01\u00a0cm)\u00a0>\u00a0sole mango (12.60\u00a0cm) during second phase. The cowpea\u2013toria crop rotation with mango gave maximum benefit: cost ratio followed by okra\u2013toria under rainfed conditions. Besides economic viability of cowpea\u2013toria with mango, this system had improved tree growth as well as fruit yield of mango. In the second phase, mango\u00a0+\u00a0turmeric yielded more benefit than mango\u00a0+\u00a0colocasia system. In the first phase, the mango\u00a0+\u00a0cowpea\u2013toria system improved organic carbon, total nitrogen, phosphorus, potash and reduced pH by 49.0, 56.3, 48.6, 58.5 and 11.6\u00a0%, respectively as compared to initial values whereas mango\u00a0+\u00a0turmeric system increased organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, potash and reduction in pH by 51.0, 45.0, 29.7, 29.0 and 3.4\u00a0%, respectively over initial values within soil depths of 0\u201330\u00a0cm during second phased. Mango based AHM is recommended for adoption with selective intercrops up to 15\u00a0years of age of mango plantation for multiple outputs and good economic viability without impairing site fertility.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "01 natural sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "J. M. S. Tomar, N. K. Sharma, Pradeep Dogra, A. C. Rathore, H. Lal, J. Jayaprakash, O. P. Chaturvedi, A. 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Surface runoff in particular is significantly impacted by land cover. As surface runoff can act as a carrier for contaminants found at the surface, it is important to characterize runoff dynamics in anthropogenic environments. In this study, the relationship between surface runoff and groundwater recharge in urban areas is explored using a top-down water balance approach. Two empirical models were used to estimate runoff: (1) an updated, advanced method based on curve number, followed by (2) bivariate hydrograph separation. Modifications were added to each method in an attempt to better capture continuous soil-moisture processes and explicitly account for runoff from impervious surfaces. Differences between the resulting runoff estimates shed light on the complexity of the rainfall\uffe2\uff80\uff93runoff relationship, and highlight the importance of understanding soil-moisture dynamics and their control on hydro(geo)logical responses. These results were then used as input in a water balance to calculate groundwater recharge. Two approaches were used to assess the accuracy of these groundwater balance estimates: (1) comparison to calculations of groundwater recharge using the calibrated conceptual HBV Light model, and (2) comparison to groundwater recharge estimates from physically similar catchments in Switzerland that are found in the literature. In all cases, recharge is estimated at approximately 40\uffe2\uff80\uff9345% of annual precipitation. These conditions were found to closely echo those results from Swiss catchments of similar characteristics.\u20090.80) for each of the sites. Preceding crop and crop of the current year were crucial for primary productivity in the tillage LTE and compost LTE, respectively. For both crop residue incorporation LTEs, plant-available Mg affected productivity the most, followed by properties such as soil pH, SOM, and the crop residue management. The results obtained by data mining are in line with previous studies and enhance our knowledge about the driving forces of primary productivity in arable systems. Hence, the models are considered very suitable and reliable for predicting the primary productivity at these ILTER sites in the future. They may also encourage researcher-farmer-advisor-stakeholder interaction, and thus create enabling environment for cooperation for further research around these ILTER sites.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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In the Itasy region, AFS were introduced to improve farmers' livelihoods by diversifying income sources and to address problems related to soil degradation. Previous studies in the region have shown the potential of AFS to store organic carbon in the soil. In the present work, we carried out further studies to assess the main factors affecting SOC stocks in AFS. In 2014, we performed a soil sampling on 137 AFS farmers'plots to assess SOC stocks in different AFS. In 2018, a second sampling was carried out to calculate SOC storage rates using the diachronic approach on 30 most representative AFS. The results revealed that the factors 'age of the system' and 'type of organic inputs' significantly affected SOC stocks in AFS. SOC stocks increased significantly over time in AFS plots, benefiting from regular organic inputs such as manure and/or compost. In contrast, SOC stocks remained unchanged over time in AFS plots where no organic fertilization was used. Our study showed a substantial SOC storage up to 47 parts per thousand year(-1), mainly explained by regular additions of organic inputs to maintain soil fertility and crop production. However, to fully understand the process of SOC storage in this context, further works, such as the analysis of the link between organic matter quality and the SOC storage process, and the quantification of the share of soil carbon inputs derived from tree biomass should be undertaken.", "keywords": ["[SDV.SA.SF]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Silviculture", "agro\u00e9cologie", "stockage", "petite exploitation agricole", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_330982", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "910", "630", "Tropical", "syst\u00e8mes agroforestiers", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7427", "C sequestration", "TreeTropical", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1721", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1301", "[SDV.SA.SDS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4510", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_35657", "agroforesterie", "2. 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Among these applications, it is worth mentioning the possibility of using metagenomic analyses to determine food authenticity, to assess the microbiological safety of foods thanks to the detection and tracking of pathogens, antibiotic resistance genes and other undesirable traits, as well to identify the microorganisms responsible for food processing defects. Metataxonomics and metagenomics are currently the gold standard methodologies to explore the full potential of metagenomes in the food industry. However, there are still a number of challenges that must be solved in order to implement these methods routinely in food chain monitoring, and for the regulatory agencies to take them into account in their opinions. These challenges include the difficulties of analysing foods and food-related environments with a low microbial load, the lack of validated bioinformatics pipelines adapted to food microbiomes and the difficulty of assessing the viability of the detected microorganisms. This review summarizes the methods of microbiome analysis that have been used, so far, in foods and food-related environments, with a specific focus on those involving Next-Generation Sequencing technologies.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "Food metagenome", "0303 health sciences", "Food microbiome", "3309 Tecnolog\u00eda de Los Alimentos", "Tecnolog\u00eda de los alimentos", "Metataxonomics", "Microbiota", "3309.90 Microbiolog\u00eda de Alimentos", "Drug Resistance", " Microbial", "Resistome", "03 medical and health sciences", "Food Industry", "Metagenome", "Metagenomics"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10123-021-00215-8.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10123-021-00215-8"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/International%20Microbiology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10123-021-00215-8", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10123-021-00215-8", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10123-021-00215-8"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-10-23T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10310-005-0201-8", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "unspecified", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:14:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-05-27", "title": "Soil Microbial Biomass, Abundance, And Diversity In A Japanese Red Pine Forest: First Year After Fire", "description": "This study was conducted to determine the microbial biomass carbon and abundance and diversity of soil microorganisms immediately after the occurrence of fire in a Japanese red pine forest, and to ...", "keywords": ["0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10310-005-0201-8"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Forest%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10310-005-0201-8", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10310-005-0201-8", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10310-005-0201-8"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10310-009-0130-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "unspecified", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:14:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-05-12", "title": "Exotic Pinus Carbaea Causes Soil Quality To Deteriorate On Former Abandoned Land Compared To An Indigenous Podocarpus Plantation In The Tropical Forest Area Of Southern China", "description": "Soil properties under an exotic plantation (Pinus caribaea) and an indigenous plantation (Podocarpus imbricatus) were compared with adjacent secondary forests and abandoned land in the tropical forest areas of Jianfengling National Nature Reserve in Hainan province, southern China. The surface soil (0\u20130.2 m) under Pi. caribaea has higher bulk density, lower soil organic carbon, total N, total K, available N, microbial biomass carbon, and smaller soil microbial communities (as indicated by soil Biolog profiles) than under Po. imbricatus. Both land use types showed negative cumulative soil deterioration index (DI) compared to secondary forests. However, compared to abandoned land (DI = \u2013262), the soil quality of Po. imbricatus showed improvement (DI = \u2013194) while that of Pi. caribaea showed deterioration (DI = \u2013358). These results demonstrated that these exotic pine plantations can significantly and negatively influence soil properties. By contrast, our results showed that adoption of indigenous species in plantations, or natural regeneration, can improve soil quality.", "keywords": ["0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10310-009-0130-z"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Forest%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10310-009-0130-z", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10310-009-0130-z", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10310-009-0130-z"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10113-020-01617-6", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:14:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-02-28", "title": "Future soil loss in highland Ethiopia under changing climate and land use", "description": "Soil erosion caused by climate and land-use changes is one of the biggest environmental challenges in highland Ethiopia. The aim of this study was to assess the future soil erosion risks and evaluate the potential conservation measures in the Rib watershed, northwestern highland Ethiopia. We used the HadGEM2-ES model with a moderate greenhouse gas (GHG) concentration scenario (RCP4.5) to project the future climate. The future land-use patterns were predicted using the CA-Markov model. We integrated the RUSLE model with GIS to estimate the spatial distribution of soil loss and identify erosion risk areas. We found that the Rib watershed is highly vulnerable to future climate and land-use changes, leading to a high soil erosion risk. Despite slight growth of forest cover during the study period, the total soil loss for the watershed was estimated to be 7.93\u2009\u00d7\u2009106\u00a0t\u00a0year\u22121 in 2017 and was predicted to increase to 9.75\u2009\u00d7\u2009106\u00a0t\u00a0year\u22121 in 2050, an increase of about 23%. The increase in forest cover was due to the expansion of the area of eucalyptus plantations which are more prone to erosion. Moreover, field survey showed that the residual native forests are sparsely vegetated and mostly used for cattle grazing, increasing the erosion risk even more. In contrast, the combined use of afforestation with native trees and physical soil conservation measures in the upper areas of the catchment could decrease soil loss by 62%. Our results stress the importance of combining soil conservation measures, including converting eucalyptus plantations to native forests, to mitigate the effects of future climate change and increased agricultural production on soil erosion.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "HadGEM2-ES model", "Modeling", "Nature-based solutions", "CA-Markov model", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "RUSLE model", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "GIS", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10113-020-01617-6.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01617-6"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Regional%20Environmental%20Change", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10113-020-01617-6", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10113-020-01617-6", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10113-020-01617-6"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-02-28T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10705-010-9377-1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:14:55Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-06-03", "title": "Quality Of Soil Organic Matter And C Storage As Influenced By Cropping Systems In Northwestern Alberta, Canada", "description": "Crop rotations and reduction in tillage are commonly recommended for sustained crop production and enhancing soil quality. Our objective was to evaluate the long-term effects of cropping systems (1968\u20131992) on soil structure, carbon storage and the quality of soil organic matter. The study was conducted on a silt clay loam soil (Typic Cryoboralf) near Beaverlodge, Alberta, The cropping systems were: (a) continuous barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) (CB); (b) continuous bromegrass (Bromus inermiss Leyess.) (CG); (c) continuous forage legume (Medicago sativa L. until 1977, and Trifolium pratense L. since 1978) (CL); and (d) 3\u00a0years of bromegrass-legume forage alternating with 3\u00a0years of barley (RF). Our data showed that the CG and CL treatments had more stable aggregates with greater mean weight diameter (MWD) than soil under continuous barley. Organic C, total N and the light fraction in soil under CG and CL were higher than those of the other two treatments. Soil under CG had the highest and CB the lowest amounts of acid-hydrolyzable monosacchrides (comprising glucose, arabinose, xylose, mannose and galactose). Higher galactose\u00a0+\u00a0mannose concentration in soil under CG indicated a higher soil microbiological activity. Microbial biomass C and N followed the trend among treatments in whole and light fraction organic matter, and total extracted sugars. Soil organic matter 13C-NMR spectroscopy showed that: (i) soil under CB contained the highest amounts of aromatic and the lowest content of aliphatic-C, (ii) soil under CL had the lowest phenolic-C and the least aromaticity, and (iii) soil under CG and RF had the highest amounts of aliphatic-C which includes labile substances such as amino acids and carbohydrates, indicating an improvement in the quality of organic matter. It is concluded that perennial forage crops can improve soil structure and soil organic matter quality and quantity as compared with cereal monoculture.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Aggregation", "13C-NMR spectroscopy", "Carbon storage", "Carbohydrates", "Microbial biomass", "Light fraction organic matter", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Arshad, M. A., Soon, Y. K., Ripmeester, J. A,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-010-9377-1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Nutrient%20Cycling%20in%20Agroecosystems", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10705-010-9377-1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10705-010-9377-1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10705-010-9377-1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-06-04T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10265-009-0294-9", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:14:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-01-12", "title": "Taxonomic Identity, Phylogeny, Climate And Soil Fertility As Drivers Of Leaf Traits Across Chinese Grassland Biomes", "description": "Although broad-scale inter-specific patterns of leaf traits are influenced by climate, soil, and taxonomic identity, integrated assessments of these drivers remain rare. Here, we quantify these drivers in a field study of 171 plant species in 174 sites across Chinese grasslands, including the Tibetan Plateau, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang. General linear models were used to partition leaf trait variation. Of the total variation in leaf traits, on average 27% is due to taxonomic or phylogenetic differences among species within sites (pure species effect), 29% to variation among sites within species (pure site effect), 38% to joint effects of taxonomic and environmental factors (shared effect), and 6.2% to within-site and within-species variation. Examining the pure site effect, climate explained 7.8%, soil explained 7.4%, and climate and soil variables together accounted for 11%, leaving 18% of the inter-site variation due to factors other than climate or soil. The results do not support the hypothesis that soil fertility is the 'missing link' to explain leaf trait variation unexplained by climatic factors. Climate- and soil-induced leaf adaptations occur mostly among species, and leaf traits vary little within species in Chinese grassland plants, despite strongly varying climate and soil conditions.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "China", "Climate", "Soil fertility", "Poaceae", "01 natural sciences", "10127 Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies", "Soil", "Quantitative Trait", " Heritable", "Species Specificity", "1110 Plant Science", "Tibetan Plateau", "Leaf economics spectrum", "functional traits", "Photosynthesis", "Ecosystem", "Phylogeny", "2. Zero hunger", "photosynthesis", "soil fertility", "Inner Mongolia (China)", "15. Life on land", "Plant Leaves", "Inner Mongolia", "Linear Models", "leaf economics", "570 Life sciences; biology", "590 Animals (Zoology)", "Functional traits"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-009-0294-9"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Plant%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10265-009-0294-9", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10265-009-0294-9", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10265-009-0294-9"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-01-13T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10310-007-0051-7", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "unspecified", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:14:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-11-28", "title": "Line Thinning Promotes Stand Growth And Understory Diversity In Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria Japonica D. Don) Plantations", "description": "We studied the effects of line thinning on stand structure, microclimate and understory species diversity of two Cryptomeria japonica D. Don plantations in south-central Japan. In each of two study sites we compared stand structure between the thinned stand and an adjacent unthinned stand and found that line thinning increased the growth rate of residual trees such that stand basal area may recover within 10 years after thinning. In the thinned stand, more open canopy conditions resulted in higher maximum temperatures on the forest floor during the early growing season than in the unthinned stand. The thinned stand had greater understory plant species richness and biomass than the unthinned stand. This study suggested that line thinning could potentially enhance biodiversity while simultaneously increasing tree-growth rates in overstocked Cryptomeria japonica plantations.", "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/10.1007/s10310-007-0051-7"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Forest%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10310-007-0051-7", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10310-007-0051-7", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10310-007-0051-7"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10310-009-0145-5", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "unspecified", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:14:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-08-21", "title": "Effects Of Patch Cutting On Leaf Nitrogen Nutrition In Hinoki Cypress (Chamaecyparis Obtusa Endlicher) At Different Elevations Along A Slope In Japan", "description": "Leaf nitrogen nutrition of hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa Endlicher) was investigated at three positions along a slope over a period of 3\u00a0years. At each slope position, nitrogen properties were compared in patch-cut plots (0.06\u20130.09\u00a0ha) and uncut control plots (0.04\u00a0ha). Nitrogen cycling at the lower slope was characterized by a higher rate of soil nitrogen mineralization, and higher nitrogen concentration in fresh leaves and leaf-litter. The soil nitrogen mineralization rate and fresh-leaf nitrogen concentration in the patch-cut plots were higher than those in the control plots. However, leaf-litter nitrogen concentration did not differ between the patch-cut and control plots. The results suggest that slope position strongly affects leaf nitrogen nutrition of hinoki cypress and soil nitrogen availability. By contrast, patch cutting does not affect leaf-litter nitrogen concentration. These findings indicated that hinoki cypress would not enhance forest nitrogen cycling through changes in leaf-litter nitrogen concentration after patch cutting.", "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/10.1007/s10310-009-0145-5"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Forest%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10310-009-0145-5", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10310-009-0145-5", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10310-009-0145-5"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10310-010-0221-x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "unspecified", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:14:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-08-31", "title": "Fine-Root Dynamics In A Young Hinoki Cypress (Chamaecyparis Obtusa) Stand For 3 Years Following Thinning", "description": "Fine roots play a key role in carbon and nutrient dynamics in forested ecosystems. Fine-root dynamics can be significantly affected by forest management practices such as thinning, but research on this topic is limited. This study examined dynamics of fine roots <1 mm in diameter in a 10-year-old stand of hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) for 3 years following thinning (65% in basal area). Fine-root production and mortality rates were estimated using a minirhizotron technique in combination with soil coring. In both thinned and un-thinned control plots, fine-root elongation occurred from early spring to winter (March to December) and fluctuated seasonally. In the thinned and the control plots, the annual fine-root production rates were estimated to be 101 and 120 g m\u22122 year\u22121, respectively, whereas the estimated annual fine-root mortality rates were 77 and 69 g m\u22122 year\u22121, respectively. At 3 years after thinning, live fine-root biomass was significantly smaller in the thinned plot (143 g m\u22122) than in the control plot (218 g m\u22122), whereas dead fine-root biomass was not (147 and 103 g m\u22122, respectively). Morphological and physiological indices of fine roots such as diameter, specific root length, and root tissue density of the live fine roots was similar in both plots. These results suggested that thinning tended to decrease biomass and production of fine roots, but the effects on characteristics of fine roots would be less evident.", "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/10.1007/s10310-010-0221-x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Forest%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10310-010-0221-x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10310-010-0221-x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10310-010-0221-x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10311-013-0420-8", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:14:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-05-07", "title": "Soil Microbial Diversity And C Turnover Modified By Tillage And Cropping In Laos Tropical Grassland", "description": "Agricultural practices should modify the diversity of soil microbes. However, the precise relationships between soil properties and microbial diversity are poorly known. Here, we study the effect of agricultural management on soil microbial diversity and C turnover in tropical grassland of north-eastern Laos. Three years after native grassland conversion into agricultural land, we compared soils from five land use management systems: one till versus two no-till rotational cropping systems, one no-till improved pasture and the natural grassland. Soils were incubated in microcosms during 64 days at optimum temperature and humidity. Bacterial and fungal diversity were evaluated by metagenomic 454-pyrosequencing of 16S and 18SrRNA genes, respectively. Changes in soil respiration patterns were evaluated by monitoring 12C- and 13C-CO2 release after soil amendment with 13C-labelled wheat residues. Results show that residue mineralization increased with bacterial richness and diversity in the tilled treatment 7 days after soil amendment. Native soil organic C mineralization and priming effect increased with fungal richness and diversity in improved pasture and natural grassland. No-till cropping systems represented intermediate situations between tillage and pasture systems. Our findings evidence the potential of controlling soil microbial diversity by agricultural practices to improve soil biological properties. We suggest the promotion of no-till systems as a fair compromise between the need for agriculture intensification and soil ecological processes preservation.", "keywords": ["P33 - Chimie et physique du sol", "cycle du carbone", "Microbial diversity", "Conservation agriculture", "F08 - Syst\u00e8mes et modes de culture", "agro\u00e9cologie", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7172", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "630", "Tillage", "biodiversit\u00e9", "labour", "Acid savannah", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_12076", "biologie du sol", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33990", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2018", "sol acide", "Priming effect", "savane", "[SDV.SA.SDS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6154", "pratique culturale", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8511", "F07 - Fa\u00e7ons culturales", "2. 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The practice results in loss of nutrients, atmospheric pollution and emission of greenhouse gases. A field experiment was conducted at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India during the rabi season (November to April) of 2002\u20132003 to evaluate the efficacy of the various modes of rice straw recycling in soil in improving yield and soil fertility and reducing not only carbon dioxide emission but also nitrous oxide (N2O) emission. The treatment with no rice straw incorporation and application of recommended doses of fertilizer (120, 26 and 50 kg N, P and K ha\u22121, respectively), gave the highest yield of wheat. Treatments with the incorporation of rice straw at 5 Mg ha\u22121 with additional amount of inorganic N (60 kg N ha\u22121) or inoculation of microbial culture had similar grain yields to that of the treatment with no straw incorporation. The lowest yield was recorded in the plots where rice straw was incorporated in soil without additional inorganic N and with manure application. All the treatments with rice straw incorporation had larger soil organic C despite the effect on the mineralisation of soil organic matter. Emission of N2O was more when additional N was added with rice straw and secondary when straw was added to the soil because of higher microbial activity. The study showed that burning of rice straw could be avoided without affecting yield of wheat crop by incorporating rice straw in soil with an additional dose of inorganic N or microbial inoculation. However, the reduction of N2O emission due to avoiding burning is in part counterbalanced by an increase in emission during the subsequent wheat cultivation.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Arti Bhatia, Ramandeep Singh, Himanshu Pathak, Niveta Jain,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10333-006-0038-6"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Paddy%20and%20Water%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10333-006-0038-6", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10333-006-0038-6", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10333-006-0038-6"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-04-12T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10333-013-0357-3", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:14:44Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-02-15", "title": "Effect Of Biochar On Ch4 And N2o Emission From Soils Vegetated With Paddy", "description": "Biochar is believed to have positive impact on soil properties and plant yield. Due to the presence of C, it can also enhance CH4 emission in paddy soils. On the other hand, ammonium sulphate can decrease CH4 emission due to negative impacts on methanogenesis. Keeping these points in view, a pot experiment was conducted to determine the effect of biochar along with ammonium sulphate on CH4 and N2O emission from paddy soil. Analysis revealed that biochar treated soils released more CH4 compared to untreated. Ammonium sulphate treated soil emitted the highest N2O whereas biochar addition decreased its emission significantly. Further, total emission was found to be higher for CH4 (16.9\u201334.7\u00a0g/m2) in comparison to N2O (\u22120.05 to 0.02\u00a0g/m2) for all treatments. Biochar application has positive impact on plant variables such as panicle number and weight of panicles. This study suggests that biochar application significantly decrease N2O emission and increase CH4 emission possibly due to affecting the availability of organic C in the soil to microbial activity for methanogenesis. Another possibility for enhancing CH4 emission by following biochar could be attributed to the increase in plant biomass.", "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/10.1007/s10333-013-0357-3"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Paddy%20and%20Water%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10333-013-0357-3", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10333-013-0357-3", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10333-013-0357-3"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-02-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10333-015-0502-2", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:14:44Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-07-03", "title": "Influence Of Rice Varieties, Nitrogen Management And Planting Methods On Methane Emission And Water Productivity", "description": "A field experiment was conducted during rainy seasons of 2009 and 2010 at New Delhi, India to study the influence of varieties and integrated nitrogen management (INM) on methane (CH4) emission and water productivity under flooded transplanted (FT) and aerobic rice (AR) cultivation. The treatments included two rice (\u2018PB 1\u2019 and \u2018PB 1121\u2019) varieties and eight INM practices including N control, recommended dose of N through urea, different combinations of urea with farmyard manure (FYM), green manure (GM), biofertilizer (BF) and vermicompost (VC). The results showed 91.6\u201392.5\u00a0% lower cumulative CH4 emission in AR compared to FT rice. In aerobic conditions, highest cumulative CH4 emission (6.9\u20137.0\u00a0kg\u00a0ha\u22121) was recorded with the application of 100\u00a0% N by organic sources (FYM+GM+BF+VC). Global warming potential (GWP) was significantly lower in aerobic rice (105.0\u2013107.5\u00a0kg CO2 ha\u22121) compared to FT rice (1242.5\u20131447.5\u00a0kg CO2 ha\u22121). Significantly higher amount of water was used in FT rice than aerobic rice by both the rice varieties, and a water saving between 59.5 and 63\u00a0% were recorded. Under aerobic conditions, both rice varieties had a water productivity of 8.50\u201314.69\u00a0kg\u00a0ha\u22121, whereas in FT rice, it was 3.81\u20136.00\u00a0kg\u00a0ha\u22121. In FT rice, a quantity of 1529.2\u20131725.2\u00a0mm water and in aerobic rice 929.2\u20131225.2\u00a0mm water was used to produce one kg rice. Thus, there was a saving of 28.4\u201339.6\u00a0% total water in both the rice varieties under AR cultivation.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Arti Bhatia, S. K. Sharma, S. R. Tyagi, Y. V. 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