{"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [{"id": "10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.06.004", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:16:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-07-01", "title": "Characteristics Of Nitrous Oxide Emissions And The Affecting Factors From Vegetable Fields On The North China Plain", "description": "Nitrous oxide (N2O) is one of the most important greenhouse gases emitted from fertilized agricultural soils. Vegetable fields, mostly managed under intensive mode with higher rate nitrogen application, frequent irrigation, and multiple planting-harvest cycles, does contribute to national GHG inventory greatly due to the increasing planting area in China. N2O emissions from four different fields - a maize field (maize), a newly established open-ground vegetable field converted from a maize field four years earlier (OV4), an established open-ground vegetable field converted from a maize field more than 20 years ago (OV20), and an established sunlight heated greenhouse vegetable field converted from a maize field more than 20 years ago (GV20) with four different fertilization treatments for the OV4 field were measured using the closed chamber method between March 15th, 2012 and March 14th, 2013 in suburban area of Beijing, North China Plain. Results showed that the annual N2O emissions from vegetable fields were 3.1-4.6 times higher than the typical maize field. All the N2O emission peaks were occurred after fertilization and the fertilization associated emissions accounted for 81.1% (ranging from 77.0% to 87.2%) of the annual N2O emission with 22.2% time duration in the whole year for vegetable fields. Both the occurrence data and duration of N2O emission peaks were associated with N input type (chemical or manure) and the application rate. The N2O emission peaks appeared earlier (on the 3rd day after application) and lasted shorter when only chemical N was applied; while they appeared later (on the 7th to 10th day after application) and lasted longer when the combination of manure and chemical N were applied. The magnitudes of N2O emission peaks increased when the N application rate was higher. Dicyandiamide (DCD) decreased N2O emissions by 30.1% and 21.1% in the spring cucumber and autumn cabbage seasons respectively (averaged of 24.7% over the whole year). Calculations showed that it is critical to estimate the emission factor (EF) by N type in order to decrease the uncertainty of regional N2O emissions when using EF as calculation method. EFs were 0.20% and 0.42% for manure N in the cucumber and cabbage seasons respectively; and were 0.55-1.30% and 0.8-1.59% for chemical N in the cucumber and cabbage seasons respectively.", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "2. Zero hunger", "Air Pollutants", "China", "13. Climate action", "Vegetables", "11. Sustainability", "Nitrous Oxide", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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A 3-year field experiment was conducted from 2010 to 2012 to investigate combined effect of straw and microbial inoculant on methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, global warming potential (GWP) and greenhouse gas intensity (GHGI) in a rice field in Jurong, Jiangsu Province, China. The experiment was designed to have treatment NPK (N, P and K fertilizers only), treatment NPKS (NPK plus wheat straw), treatment NPKSR (NPKS plus Ruilaite microbial inoculant) and treatment NPKSJ (NPKS plus Jinkuizi microbial inoculant). Results show that compared to NPK, NPKS increased seasonal CH4 emission by 280-1370%, while decreasing N2O emission by 7-13%. When compared with NPKS, NPKSR and NPKSJ increased seasonal CH4 emission by 7-13% and 6-12%, respectively, whereas reduced N2O emission by 10-27% and 9-24%, respectively. The higher CH4 emission could be attributed to the higher soil CH4 production potential triggered by the combined application of straw and microbial inoculant, and the lower N2O emission to the decreased inorganic N content. As a whole, the benefit of lower N2O emission was completely offset by increased CH4 emission, resulting in a higher GWP for NPKSR (5-12%) and NPKSJ (5-11%) relative to NPKS. Due to NPKSR and NPKSJ increased rice grain yield by 3-6% and 2-4% compared to NPKS, the GHGI values for NPKS, NPKSR and NPKSJ were comparable. These findings suggest that incorporating straw together with microbial inoculant would not influence the radiative forcing of rice production in the terms of per unit of rice grain yield relative to the incorporation of straw alone.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Air Pollutants", "China", "Nitrous Oxide", "Agriculture", "Oryza", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Agricultural Inoculants", "15. Life on land", "Global Warming", "7. 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While factors affecting its carbon sequestration potential have been widely investigated, the number of studies on the effect of soil pH is limited. To investigate the carbon sequestration potential of biochar across a series of soil pH levels, the total carbon emission, CO2 release from inorganic carbon, and phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) of six soils with various pH levels were compared after the addition of straw biochar produced at different pyrolysis temperatures. The results show that the acidic soils released more CO2 (1.5-3.5 times higher than the control) after the application of biochar compared with neutral and alkaline soils. The degradation of both native soil organic carbon (SOC) and biochar were accelerated. More inorganic CO2 release in acidic soil contributed to the increased degradation of biochar. Higher proportion of gram-positive bacteria in acidic soil (25%-36%) was responsible for the enhanced biochar degradation and simultaneously co-metabolism of SOC. In addition, lower substrate limitation for bacteria, indicated by higher C-O stretching after the biochar application in the acidic soil, also caused more CO2 release. In addition to the soil pH, other factors such as clay contents and experimental duration also affected the phsico-chemical and biotic processes of SOC dynamics. Gram-negative/gram-positive bacteria ratio was found to be negatively related to priming effects, and suggested to serve as an indicator for priming effect. In general, the carbon sequestration potential of rice-straw biochar in soil reduced along with the decrease of soil pH especially in a short-term. Given wide spread of acidic soils in China, carbon sequestration potential of biochar may be overestimated without taking into account the impact of soil pH.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Air Pollutants", "Carbon Sequestration", "China", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Hydrogen-Ion Concentration", "15. 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Here, we conducted a manipulative experiment in a meadow grassland on the Tibetan Plateau to investigate the effects of GE on Rs. The exclusion of livestock significantly increased soil moisture and above\uffe2\uff80\uff90ground biomass, but it decreased soil temperature, microbial biomass carbon (MBC), and Rs. Regression analysis indicated that the effects of GE on Rs were mainly due to changes in soil temperature, soil moisture, and MBC. Compared with the grazed blocks, GE significantly decreased soil carbon release by 23.6% over the growing season and 21.4% annually, but it increased the temperature sensitivity (Q10) of Rs by 6.5% and 14.2% for the growing season and annually respectively. Therefore, GE may reduce the release of soil carbon from the Tibetan Plateau, but under future climate warming scenarios, the increases in Q10 induced by GE could lead to increased carbon emissions.</p>", "keywords": ["570", "MICROBIAL RESPIRATION", "Environmental Sciences & Ecology", "Plant Productivity", "Temperature Sensitivity", "ALPINE GRASSLAND", "630", "Microbial Biomass Carbon", "NORTHERN CHINA", "SEASONAL PATTERNS", "MOUNTAIN GRASSLANDS", "Grazing Exclusion", "Tibetan Plateau", "PLANT-COMMUNITIES", "Original Research", "2. Zero hunger", "Science & Technology", "CLIMATE-CHANGE", "CO2 EFFLUX", "Ecology", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "INNER-MONGOLIA", "BELOW-GROUND BIOMASS", "Soil Respiration", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Life Sciences & Biomedicine"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1867"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecology%20and%20Evolution", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1002/ece3.1867", "name": "item", "description": "10.1002/ece3.1867", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1002/ece3.1867"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-01-11T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1002/ps.3380", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:16Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-06-20", "title": "Reproduction Allocation And Potential Mechanism Of Individual Allelopathic Rice Plants In The Presence Of Competing Barnyardgrass", "description": "Abstract<p>BACKGROUND: In spite of increasing knowledge of allelopathic rice as an efficient component involved in paddy weed management, relatively little is known about its reproduction in response to competing weeds. Reproduction allocation of individual allelopathic rice plants in relation to monoculture and mixed culture with competing barnyardgrass in a paddy field was studied, along with analyses of soil nutrients and microbial communities to understand the potential mechanism.</p><p>RESULTS: At a 1:1 barnyardgrass and rice mixture proportion identified from a replacement series study, biomass, grain yield and major parameters of individual allelopathic rice plants at the mature stage were increased by competing barnyardgrass. There was no difference in allelopathic rice root\uffe2\uff80\uff90zone soil ammonium N and Olsen P between monoculture and mixed culture. However, mixed culture altered soil microbial biomass C and communities. When mixed with barnyardgrass, allelopathic rice root zone had an 87% increase in soil microbial biomass C. Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) profiling indicated that the signature lipid biomarkers of bacteria, actinobacteria and fungi were affected by mixed culture. Principal component analysis clearly identified differences in the composition of PLFA in different soil samples.</p><p>CONCLUSION: Allelopathic rice specific changes in soil microbial communities may generate a positive feedback on its own growth and reproduction in the presence of competing barnyardgrass in a given paddy system. Copyright \uffc2\uffa9 2012 Society of Chemical Industry</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "China", "Reproduction", "Population Dynamics", "Oryza", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Pheromones", "Soil", "Echinochloa", "Rhizosphere", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Biomass", "Soil Microbiology"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Chui-Hua Kong, Peng Wang, Xiang-Rui Meng, Hanwen Ni, Ming-Li Wang,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.3380"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Pest%20Management%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1002/ps.3380", "name": "item", "description": "10.1002/ps.3380", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1002/ps.3380"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-08-07T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s00244-008-9159-9", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:30Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-04-21", "title": "Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Wetland Rice-Duck Cultivation Systems In Southern China", "description": "Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from a rice-duck cultivation system in the subtropical region of China and its regulating factors were investigated by using a static chambers technique during rice growth seasons in 2006 and 2007. The experimental field was equally divided into six plots for two different treatments: One was a conventional rice field (CK) and the other was a rice-duck ecosystem (RD). With the same amount of urea applied as basal fertilization, N2O emission fluxes from RD and CK followed a similar seasonal variation trend. During the flooding seasons, the N2O emission flux was not correlated with temperature, but it was significantly related to soil inorganic nitrogen (SIN) (p < 0.01) and soil pH (p < 0.01). After drainage, the N2O emission flux was not correlated with temperature, SIN, and soil pH. Our experimental data showed that peaks of N2O emission flux occurred both in 2 weeks after urea application and after drainage. Compared to CK, RD could significantly increase N2O emission. We evaluated the integrated global warming potentials (GWPs) of a rice-duck cultivation system based on methane (CH4) and N2O emission, which showed that RD could suppress the total amount of CH4 and N2O emissions from rice paddies. Moreover, because the decrease of CH4 emissions from RD compared to CK was far more than the increase of N2O emissions from RD compared to CK, RD greatly reduced integrated GWPs (CH4 + N2O) compared to CK. So, the rice-duck cultivation system is an effective strategy for reducing integrated GWPs of the rice-duck cultivation systems based on CH4 and N2O in southern China and will contribute to alleviating global warming.", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "Greenhouse Effect", "Air Pollutants", "China", "Nitrous Oxide", "Oryza", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "Ducks", "13. Climate action", "Wetlands", "Animals", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Environmental Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-008-9159-9"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Archives%20of%20Environmental%20Contamination%20and%20Toxicology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s00244-008-9159-9", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s00244-008-9159-9", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s00244-008-9159-9"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-04-22T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s00244-013-9903-7", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:30Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-04-22", "title": "Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Yellow Brown Soil As Affected By Incorporation Of Crop Residues With Different Carbon-To-Nitrogen Ratios: A Case Study In Central China", "description": "To investigate the influence of crop residues decomposition on nitrous oxide (N2O) emission, a field study was performed with application of crop residues with different C:N ratios in a bare yellow brown soil at the experimental station of Zhangjiachong at Zigui, China. We set up six experimental treatments: no crop residue (CK), rapeseed cake (RC), potato stalk (PS), rice straw (RS), wheat straw (WS), and corn straw (CS). The carbon (C) to nitrogen (N) ratios of these crop residues were 7.5, 32.9, 40.4, 65.7, and 90.9, respectively. Nitrous oxide fluxes were measured using a static closed chamber method. N2O emissions were significantly enhanced by incorporation of crop residues. Cumulative N2O emissions negatively correlated with C:N ratio (R (2) = 0.9821) of the crop residue, but they were positively correlated with average concentrations of dissolved organic carbon and microbial biomass carbon. Nitrogen emission fraction, calculated as N2O-N emissions originated from the crop residues N, positively correlated with C:N ratio of the residues (P < 0.05). Soil temperature did, whereas soil moisture did not, control the residue's induced N2O emissions because a significant correlation (P < 0.01) existed between soil temperature and N2O emissions in all treatments except the control. In contrast, a significant relationship between soil moisture and N2O emissions was found in the control only. Furthermore, N2O emission significantly correlated (P < 0.05) with NO3 (-)-N, and NH4 (+)-N contents from all residue treatments. These results indicate that (1) crop residues with distinct carbon and nitrogen contents can significantly alter soil N2O flux rates; and (2) soil biotic as well as abiotic variables are critical in determining soil-atmospheric N2O emissions after crop residue incorporation into soil.", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "2. Zero hunger", "China", "Time Factors", "Nitrogen", "Nitrous Oxide", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "Animals", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Seasons", "Environmental Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-013-9903-7"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Archives%20of%20Environmental%20Contamination%20and%20Toxicology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s00244-013-9903-7", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s00244-013-9903-7", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s00244-013-9903-7"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-04-23T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s00248-011-9897-5", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:30Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-06-29", "title": "Impacts Of Organic And Inorganic Fertilizers On Nitrification In A Cold Climate Soil Are Linked To The Bacterial Ammonia Oxidizer Community", "description": "The microbiology underpinning soil nitrogen cycling in northeast China remains poorly understood. These agricultural systems are typified by widely contrasting temperature, ranging from -40 to 38\u00b0C. In a long-term site in this region, the impacts of mineral and organic fertilizer amendments on potential nitrification rate (PNR) were determined. PNR was found to be suppressed by long-term mineral fertilizer treatment but enhanced by manure treatment. The abundance and structure of ammonia-oxidizing bacterial (AOB) and archaeal (AOA) communities were assessed using quantitative polymerase chain reaction and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis techniques. The abundance of AOA was reduced by all fertilizer treatments, while the opposite response was measured for AOB, leading to a six- to 60-fold reduction in AOA/AOB ratio. The community structure of AOA exhibited little variation across fertilization treatments, whereas the structure of the AOB community was highly responsive. PNR was correlated with community structure of AOB rather than that of AOA. Variation in the community structure of AOB was linked to soil pH, total carbon, and nitrogen contents induced by different long-term fertilization regimes. The results suggest that manure amendment establishes conditions which select for an AOB community type which recovers mineral fertilizer-suppressed soil nitrification.", "keywords": ["DNA", " Bacterial", "2. Zero hunger", "China", "Bacteria", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Cold Climate", "Archaea", "Nitrification", "6. Clean water", "Genes", " Archaeal", "Soil", "DNA", " Archaeal", "Ammonia", "Genes", " Bacterial", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Fertilizers", "Oxidoreductases", "Soil Microbiology"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-011-9897-5"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microbial%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s00248-011-9897-5", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s00248-011-9897-5", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s00248-011-9897-5"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-06-29T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s00248-013-0322-0", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:30Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-11-25", "title": "Pyrosequencing Reveals Contrasting Soil Bacterial Diversity And Community Structure Of Two Main Winter Wheat Cropping Systems In China", "description": "Microbes are key components of the soil environment, playing an important role in maintaining soil health, sustainability, and productivity. The composition and structure of soil bacterial communities were examined in winter wheat-rice (WR) and winter wheat-maize (WM) cropping systems derived from five locations in the Low-Middle Yangtze River plain and the Huang-Huai-Hai plain by pyrosequencing of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene amplicons. A total of 102,367 high quality sequences were used for multivariate statistical analysis and to test for correlation between community structure and environmental variables such as crop rotations, soil properties, and locations. The most abundant phyla across all soil samples were Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, and Bacteroidetes. Similar patterns of bacterial diversity and community structure were observed within the same cropping systems, and a higher relative abundance of anaerobic bacteria was found in WR compared to WM cropping systems. Variance partitioning analysis revealed complex relationships between bacterial community and environmental variables. The effect of crop rotations was low but significant, and interactions among soil properties, locations, and crop rotations accounted for most of the explained variation in the structure of bacterial communities. Soil properties such as pH, available P, and available K showed higher correlations (positive or negative) with the majority of the abundant taxa. Bacterial diversity (the Shannon index) and richness (Chao1 and ACE) were higher under WR than WM cropping systems.", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "DNA", " Bacterial", "0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "China", "0303 health sciences", "Agriculture", "Biodiversity", "Sequence Analysis", " DNA", "15. Life on land", "Zea mays", "03 medical and health sciences", "RNA", " Ribosomal", " 16S", "11. Sustainability", "Soil Microbiology", "Triticum"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-013-0322-0"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microbial%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s00248-013-0322-0", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s00248-013-0322-0", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s00248-013-0322-0"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-11-26T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s00248-016-0730-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:30Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-02-02", "title": "Responses Of Soil Bacterial Communities To Nitrogen Deposition And Precipitation Increment Are Closely Linked With Aboveground Community Variation", "description": "It has been predicted that precipitation and atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition will increase in northern China; yet, ecosystem responses to the interactive effects of water and N remain largely unknown. In particular, responses of belowground microbial community to projected global change and their potential linkages to aboveground macro-organisms are rarely studied. In this study, we examined the responses of soil bacterial diversity and community composition to increased precipitation and multi-level N deposition in a temperate steppe in Inner Mongolia, China, and explored the diversity linkages between aboveground and belowground communities. It was observed that N addition caused the significant decrease in bacterial alpha-diversity and dramatic changes in community composition. In addition, we documented strong correlations of alpha- and beta-diversity between plant and bacterial communities in response to N addition. It was found that N enriched the so-called copiotrophic bacteria, but reduced the oligotrophic groups, primarily by increasing the soil inorganic N content and carbon availability and decreasing soil pH. We still highlighted that increased precipitation tended to alleviate the effects of N on bacterial diversity and dampen the plant-microbe connections induced by N. The counteractive effects of N addition and increased precipitation imply that even though the ecosystem diversity and function are predicted to be negatively affected by N deposition in the coming decades; the combination with increased precipitation may partially offset this detrimental effect.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "China", "0303 health sciences", "Bacteria", "Nitrogen", "Climate", "Microbial Consortia", "Water", "Biodiversity", "Plants", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "13. Climate action", "Chemical Precipitation", "Ecosystem", "Phylogeny", "Soil Microbiology"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-016-0730-z"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microbial%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s00248-016-0730-z", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s00248-016-0730-z", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s00248-016-0730-z"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-02-02T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s00267-009-9284-x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-02-25", "title": "Changes In Soil Aggregate, Carbon, And Nitrogen Storages Following The Conversion Of Cropland To Alfalfa Forage Land In The Marginal Oasis Of Northwest China", "description": "Maintenance of soil organic carbon (SOC) is important for sustainable use of soil resources due to the multiple effects of SOC on soil nutrient status and soil structural stability. The objective of this study was to identify the changes in soil aggregate distribution and stability, SOC, and nitrogen (N) concentrations after cropland was converted to perennial alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. Algonguin) grassland for 6 years in the marginal oasis of the middle of Hexi Corridor region, northwest China. Significant changes in the size distribution of dry-sieving aggregates and water-stable aggregates, SOC, and N concentrations occurred after the conversion from crop to alfalfa. SOC and N stocks increased by 20.2% and 18.5%, respectively, and the estimated C and N sequestration rates were 0.4 Mg C ha(-1) year(-1) and 0.04 Mg N ha(-1) year(-1) following the conversion. The large aggregate (>5 mm) was the most abundant dry aggregate size fraction in both crop and alfalfa soils, and significant difference in the distribution of dry aggregates between the two land use types occurred only in the >5 mm aggregate fraction. The percentage of water-stable macroaggregates (>2, 2-0.25 mm) and aggregate stability (mean weight diameter of water-stable aggregates, WMWD) were significantly higher in alfalfa soils than in crop soils. There was a significant linear relationship between total SOC concentration and aggregate parameters (mean weight diameter) for alfalfa soils, indicating that aggregate stability was closely associated with increased SOC concentration following the conversion of crops to alfalfa. The SOC and N concentrations and the C/N ratio were greatest in the >2 mm water-stable aggregates and the smallest in the 0.25-0.05 mm aggregates in crop and alfalfa soils. For the same aggregate, SOC and N concentrations in aggregate fractions increased with increasing total SOC and N concentrations. The result showed that the conversion of annual crops to alfalfa in the marginal land with coarse-texture soils can significantly increase SOC and N stocks, and improve soil structure.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "China", "Geologic Sediments", "Geography", "Nitrogen", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "Soil", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Desert Climate", "Particle Size", "Environmental Monitoring", "Medicago sativa"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Rong Yang, Wenjie Liu, Xue Xiang Chang, Yong Zhong Su,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-009-9284-x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s00267-009-9284-x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s00267-009-9284-x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s00267-009-9284-x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-02-26T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s00267-010-9504-4", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-05-27", "title": "Changes In Soil Particulate Organic Matter, Microbial Biomass, And Activity Following Afforestation Of Marginal Agricultural Lands In A Semi-Arid Area Of Northeast China", "description": "Afforestation of agricultural lands has been one of the major land use changes in China in recent decades. To better understand the effect of such land use change on soil quality, we investigated selected soil physical, chemical and microbial properties (0-15 cm depth) in marginal agricultural land and a chronosequence of poplar (Populus euramericana cv. 'N3016') plantations (5-, 10-, 15- and 20-years old) in a semi-arid area of Northeast China. Soil bulk density significantly declined after conversion of agricultural lands to poplar plantations. Soil total organic carbon (TOC) and nitrogen (TN) concentrations, microbial biomass C (MBC) and potential N mineralization rate (PNM) decreased initially following afforestation of agricultural lands, and then increased with stand development. However, soil metabolic quotient (qCO(2)) exhibited a reverse trend. In addition, soil particulate organic matter C (POM-C) and N (POM-N) concentrations showed no significant changes in the first 10 years following afforestation, and then increased with stand age. These findings demonstrated that soil quality declined initially following afforestation of agricultural lands in semi-arid regions, and then recovered with stand development. Following 15 years of afforestation, many soil quality parameters recovered to the values found in agricultural land. We propose that change in soil quality with stand age should be considered in determining optimum rotation length of plantations and best management practices for afforestation programs.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "China", "Nitrogen", "Agriculture", "Forestry", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "Soil", "Populus", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Particulate Matter", "Biomass", "Environmental Restoration and Remediation", "Soil Microbiology", "Environmental Monitoring"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Rong Mao, De-Hui Zeng,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-010-9504-4"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s00267-010-9504-4", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s00267-010-9504-4", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s00267-010-9504-4"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-05-28T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s00267-012-9890-x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-06-28", "title": "Changes In Labile Organic Carbon Fractions And Soil Enzyme Activities After Marshland Reclamation And Restoration In The Sanjiang Plain In Northeast China", "description": "The extensive reclamation of marshland into cropland has tremendously impacted the ecological environment of the Sanjiang Plain in northeast China. To understand the impacts of marshland reclamation and restoration on soil properties, we investigated the labile organic carbon fractions and the soil enzyme activities in an undisturbed marshland, a cultivated marshland and three marshlands that had been restored for 3, 6 and 12 years. Soil samples collected from the different management systems at a depth of 0-20 cm in July 2009 were analyzed for soil organic carbon (SOC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and easily degradable organic carbon. In addition, the activities of the invertase, \u03b2-glucosidase, urease and acid phosphatase were determined. These enzymes are involved in C, N and P cycling, respectively. Long-term cultivation resulted in decreased SOC, DOC, MBC, microbial quotient and C (invertase, \u03b2-glucosidase) and N-transforming (urease) enzyme activities compared with undisturbed marshland. After marshland restoration, the MBC and DOC concentrations and the soil invertase, \u03b2-glucosidase and urease activities increased. Soil DOC and MBC concentrations are probably the main factors responsible for the different invertase, \u03b2-glucosidase and urease activities. In addition, marshland restoration caused a significant increase in the microbial quotient, which reflects enhanced efficiency of organic substrate use by microbial biomass. Our observations demonstrated that soil quality recovered following marshland restoration. DOC, MBC and invertase, \u03b2-glucosidase and urease activities were sensitive for discriminating soil ecosystems under the different types of land use. Thus, these parameters should be considered to be indicators for detecting changes in soil quality and environmental impacts in marshlands.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "China", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "6. Clean water", "Enzymes", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "Wetlands", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Biomass", "Soil Microbiology"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-012-9890-x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s00267-012-9890-x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s00267-012-9890-x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s00267-012-9890-x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-06-29T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s00267-012-9919-1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-07-24", "title": "Effects Of Grazing Exclusion On Soil Properties And On Ecosystem Carbon And Nitrogen Storage In A Sandy Rangeland Of Inner Mongolia, Northern China", "description": "The Horqin sandy rangeland of northern China is a seriously desertified region with a fragile ecology. The sandy alluvial and aeolian sediments have a coarse texture and loose structure and are therefore vulnerable to damage caused by grazing animals and wind erosion. We investigated whether grazing exclusion could enhance ecosystem carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) storage and thereby improve overall soil quality. We compared soil properties, C and N storage in biomass (aboveground and below-ground), and the total and light fraction soil organic matter between adjacent areas with continuous grazing and a 12-year grazing exclosure. The soil silt\u00a0+\u00a0clay content, organic C, total Kjeldahl N, available N and K, and cation-exchange capacity were significantly (P\u00a0<\u00a00.05) greater in the exclosure. We found that to a depth of 100\u00a0cm, the exclosure plots had greater light fraction C storage (by 267.2\u00a0g\u00a0m(-2)\u00a0=\u00a073.3\u00a0%), light fraction N storage (by 16.6\u00a0g\u00a0m(-2)\u00a0=\u00a0105.7\u00a0%), total soil C storage (by 1174.4\u00a0g\u00a0m(-2)\u00a0=\u00a043.9\u00a0%), and total N storage (by 91.1\u00a0g\u00a0m(-2)\u00a0=\u00a031.3\u00a0%). Biomass C and N storage were also 205.0 and 8.0\u00a0g\u00a0m(-2) greater (154.8 and 181.8\u00a0%, respectively). The increase was greatest in the light fraction organic matter and biomass and decreased with increasing depth in the soil. The results suggest that light fraction C and N respond more rapidly than total soil C and N to grazing exclusion and that vegetation recovers faster than soil. Our results confirmed that the degraded sandy rangeland is recovering and sequestering C after the removal of grazing pressure.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "China", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Livestock", "Nitrogen", "Plant Development", "Feeding Behavior", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Plants", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "Animals", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Biomass", "Ecosystem"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-012-9919-1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s00267-012-9919-1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s00267-012-9919-1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s00267-012-9919-1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-07-25T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s00267-013-0181-y", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-10-12", "title": "Soil Organic Carbon Stock And Distribution In Cultivated Land Converted To Grassland In A Subtropical Region Of China", "description": "Land-use change from one type to another affects soil carbon (C) stocks which is associated with fluxes of CO2 to the atmosphere. The 10-years converted land selected from previously cultivated land in hilly areas of Sichuan, China was studied to understand the effects of land-use conversion on soil organic casrbon (SOC) sequestration under landscape position influences in a subtropical region of China. The SOC concentrations of the surface soil were greater (P 0.001) for converted soils than those for cultivated soils but lower (P 0.001) than those for original uncultivated soils. The SOC inventories (1.90\u20131.95 kg m-2) in the 0\u201315 cm surface soils were similar among upper, middle, and lower slope positions on the converted land, while the SOC inventories (1.41\u20131.65 kg m-2) in this soil layer tended to increase from upper to lower slope positions on the cultivated slope. On the whole, SOC inventories in this soil layer significantly increased following the conversion from cultivated land to grassland (P 0.001). In the upper slope positions, converted soils (especially in 0\u20135 cm surface soil) exhibited a higher C/N ratio than cultivated soils (P = 0.012), implying that strong SOC sequestration characteristics exist in upper slope areas where severe soil erosion occurred before land conversion. It is suggested that landscape position impacts on the SOC spatial distribution become insignificant after the conversion of cultivated land to grassland, which is conducive to the immobilization of organic C. We speculate that the conversion of cultivated land to grassland would markedly increase SOC stocks in soil and would especially improve the potential for SOC sequestration in the surface soil over a moderate period of time (10 years).", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "China", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Soil", "Tropical Climate", "Nitrogen", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Poaceae", "Carbon"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Y. Wang, Jianhui Zhang, Fugui Li, Deyi Xiong,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-013-0181-y"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s00267-013-0181-y", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s00267-013-0181-y", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s00267-013-0181-y"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-10-13T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.07.064", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:16:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-07-18", "title": "Response of soil dissolved organic matter to microplastic addition in Chinese loess soil", "description": "Plastic debris is accumulating in agricultural land due to the increased use of plastic mulches, which is causing serious environmental problems, especially for biochemical and physical properties of the soil. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) plays a central role in driving soil biogeochemistry, but little information is available on the effects of plastic residues, especially microplastic, on soil DOM. We conducted a soil-incubation experiment in a climate-controlled chamber with three levels of microplastic added to loess soil collected from the Loess Plateau in China: 0% (control, CK), 7% (M1) and 28% (M2) (w/w). We analysed the soil contents of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), dissolved organic nitrogen (DON), NH4+, NO3-, dissolved organic phosphorus (DOP), and PO43- and the activities of fluorescein diacetate hydrolase (FDAse) and phenol oxidase. The higher level of microplastic addition significantly increased the nutrient contents of the DOM solution. The lower level of addition had no significant effect on the DOM solution during the first seven days, but the rate of DOM decomposition decreased in M1 between days 7 and 30, which increased the nutrient contents. The microplastic facilitated the accumulation of high-molecular-weight humic-like material between days 7 and 30. The DOM solutions were mainly comprised of high-molecular-weight humic-like material in CK and M1 and of high-molecular-weight humic-like material and tyrosine-like material in M2. The Microplastic stimulated the activities of both enzymes. Microplastic addition thus stimulated enzymatic activity, activated pools of organic C, N, and P, and was beneficial for the accumulation of dissolved organic C, N and P.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "China", "Nitrogen", "Microplastic", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "Excitation-emission matrix (EEM)", "Agriculture", "Phosphorus", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "Dissolved organic carbon (DOC)", "Dissolved organic phosphorus (DOP)", "Models", " Chemical", "13. Climate action", "Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON)", "Organic Chemicals", "Plastics", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.07.064"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Chemosphere", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.07.064", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.07.064", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.07.064"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10265-009-0294-9", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:47Z", "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/s10646-014-1329-0", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:56Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-08-18", "title": "Long-Term Effects Of Fertilizer On Soil Enzymatic Activity Of Wheat Field Soil In Loess Plateau, China", "description": "The effects of long-term (29 years) fertilization on local agro-ecosystems in the Loess Plateau of northwest China, containing a single or combinations of inorganic (Nitrogen, N; Phosphate, P) and organic (Mature, M Straw, S) fertilizer, including N, NP, SNP, M, MNP, and a control. The soil enzymes, including dehydrogenase, urease, alkaline phosphatase, invertase and glomalin, were investigated in three physiological stages (Jointing, Dough, and Maturity) of wheat growth at three depths of the soil profile (0-15, 16-30, 31-45 cm). We found that the application of farmyard manure and straw produced the highest values of soil enzymatic activity, especially a balanced applied treatment of MNP. Enzymatic activity was lowest in the control. Values were generally highest at dough, followed by the jointing and maturity stages, and declined with soil profile depth. The activities of the enzymes investigated here are significantly correlated with each other and are correlated with soil nutrients, in particular with soil organic carbon. Our results suggest that a balanced application of fertilizer nutrients and organic manure (especially those containing P) has positive effects on multiple soil chemical parameters, which in turn enhances enzyme activity. We emphasize the role of organic manure in maintaining soil organic matter and promoting biological activity, as its application can result in a substantial increase in agricultural production and can be sustainable for many years.", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "2. Zero hunger", "China", "beta-Fructofuranosidase", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Urease", "Enzymes", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Fertilizers", "Oxidoreductases", "Soil Microbiology", "Triticum"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-014-1329-0"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecotoxicology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10646-014-1329-0", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10646-014-1329-0", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10646-014-1329-0"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-08-19T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10661-014-3898-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-07-14", "title": "The Effects Of Grassland Degradation On Plant Diversity, Primary Productivity, And Soil Fertility In The Alpine Region Of Asia'S Headwaters", "description": "A 3-year survey was conducted to explore the relationships among plant composition, productivity, and soil fertility characterizing four different degradation stages of an alpine meadow in the source region of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, China. Results showed that plant species diversity, productivity, and soil fertility of the top 30-cm soil layer significantly declined with degradation stages of alpine meadow over the study period. The productivity of forbs significantly increased with degradation stages, and the soil potassium stock was not affected by grassland degradation. The vegetation composition gradually shifted from perennial graminoids (grasses and sedges) to annual forbs along the degradation gradient. The abrupt change of response in plant diversity, plant productivity, and soil nutrients was demonstrated after heavy grassland degradation. Moreover, degradation can indicate plant species diversity and productivity through changing soil fertility. However, the clear relationships are difficult to establish. In conclusion, degradation influenced ecosystem function and services, such as plant species diversity, productivity, and soil carbon and nitrogen stocks. Additionally, both plant species diversity and soil nutrients were important predictors in different degradation stages of alpine meadows. To this end, heavy degradation grade was shown to cause shift of plant community in alpine meadow, which provided an important basis for sustaining ecosystem function, manipulating the vegetation composition of the area and restoring the degraded alpine grassland.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "China", "Nitrogen", "Plant Development", "Biodiversity", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Plants", "15. Life on land", "Poaceae", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon", "Soil", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Ecosystem", "Environmental Monitoring"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Xukun Su, Yuanyuan Li, Shikui Dong, Bing Yang, Xuexia Wang,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-3898-z"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Monitoring%20and%20Assessment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10661-014-3898-z", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10661-014-3898-z", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10661-014-3898-z"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-07-15T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10661-015-4492-8", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-04-17", "title": "Effects Of Simulated Acid Rain On Soil And Soil Solution Chemistry In A Monsoon Evergreen Broad-Leaved Forest In Southern China", "description": "Acid rain is an environmental problem of increasing concern in China. In this study, a laboratory leaching column experiment with acid forest soil was set up to investigate the responses of soil and soil solution chemistry to simulated acid rain (SAR). Five pH levels of SAR were set: 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, and 4.5 (as a control, CK). The results showed that soil acidification would occur when the pH of SAR was \u22643.5. The concentrations of NO\u2083(-)and Ca(2+) in the soil increased significantly when the pH of SAR fell 3.5. The concentration of SO\u2084(2-) in the soil increased significantly when the pH of SAR was <4.0. The effects of SAR on soil solution chemistry became increasingly apparent as the experiment proceeded (except for Na(+) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC)). The net exports of NO\u2083(-), SO\u2084(2-), Mg(2+), and Ca(2+) increased about 42-86% under pH 2.5 treatment as compared to CK. The Ca(2+) was sensitive to SAR, and the soil could release Ca(2+) through mineral weathering to mitigate soil acidification. The concentration of exchangeable Al(3+) in the soil increased with increasing the acidity of SAR. The releases of soluble Al and Fe were SAR pH dependent, and their net exports under pH 2.5 treatment were 19.6 and 5.5 times, respectively, higher than that under CK. The net export of DOC was reduced by 12-29% under SAR treatments as compared to CK. Our results indicate the chemical constituents in the soil are more sensitive to SAR than those in the soil solution, and the effects of SAR on soil solution chemistry depend not only on the intensity of SAR but also on the duration of SAR addition. The soil and soil solution chemistry in this region may not be affected by current precipitation (pH\u22484.5) in short term, but the soil and soil leachate chemistry may change dramatically if the pH of precipitation were below 3.5 and 3.0, respectively.", "keywords": ["China", "Acid Rain", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Forests", "Hydrogen-Ion Concentration", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "3. Good health", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "Soil Pollutants", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Environmental Monitoring", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Juxiu Liu, Guoyi Zhou, Deqiang Zhang, Guowei Chu, Guohua Liang, Qingyan Qiu, Jianping Wu,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4492-8"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Monitoring%20and%20Assessment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10661-015-4492-8", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10661-015-4492-8", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10661-015-4492-8"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-04-18T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10661-011-2462-3", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:56Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-11-28", "title": "Changes In Labile Soil Organic Matter Fractions Following Land Use Change From Monocropping To Poplar-Based Agroforestry Systems In A Semiarid Region Of Northeast China", "description": "Labile fractions of soil organic matter (SOM) respond rapidly to land management practices and can be used as a sensitive indicator of changes in SOM. However, there is little information about the effect of agroforestry practices on labile SOM fractions in semiarid regions of China. In order to test the effects of land use change from monocropping to agroforestry systems on labile SOM fractions, we investigated soil microbial biomass C (MBC) and N, particulate organic matter C (POMC) and N (POMN), as well as total organic C (TOC) and total N (TN) in the 0- to 15-cm and the 15- to 30-cm layers in 4-year-old poplar-based agroforestry systems and adjoining monocropping systems with two different soil textures (sandy loam and sandy clay loam) in a semiarid region of Northeast China. Our results showed that poplar-based agroforestry practices affected soil MBC, POMC, and POMN, albeit there was no significant difference in TOC and TN. Agroforestry practices increased MBC, POMC, and POMN in sandy clay loam soils. However, in sandy loam soils, agroforestry practices only increased MBC and even decreased POMC and POMN at the 0- to 15-cm layer. Our results suggest that labile SOM fractions respond sensitively to poplar-based agroforestry practices and can provide early information about the changes in SOM in semiarid regions of Northeast China and highlight that the effects of agroforestry practices on labile SOM fractions vary with soil texture.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "China", "Soil", "Populus", "Nitrogen", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Agriculture", "Forestry", "Particulate Matter", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "Environmental Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-011-2462-3"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Monitoring%20and%20Assessment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10661-011-2462-3", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10661-011-2462-3", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10661-011-2462-3"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-11-29T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10661-014-4131-9", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-10-14", "title": "Changes In Soil Organic Carbon And Total Nitrogen In Croplands Converted To Walnut-Based Agroforestry Systems And Orchards In Southeastern Loess Plateau Of China", "description": "Limited information is available on the effects of agroforestry system practices on soil properties in the Loess Plateau of China. Over the last decade, a vegetation restoration project has been conducted in this area by converting cropland into tree-based agroforestry systems and orchards to combat soil erosion and degradation. The objective of the present study was to determine the effects of land use conversion on soil organic carbon and total nitrogen in southeastern Loess Plateau. The experiment included three treatments: walnut intercropping system (AF), walnut orchard (WO), and traditional cropland (CR). After 7\u00a0years of continual management, soil samples were collected at 0-10, 10-30, and 30-50-cm depths for three treatments, and soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) were measured. Results showed that compared with the CR and AF treatments, WO treatment decreased both SOC and TN concentrations in the 0-50-cm soil profile. However, similar patterns of SOC and TN concentrations were observed in the AF and CR treatments across the entire profile. The SOC stocks at 0-50-cm depth were 5.42, 5.52, and 4.67\u00a0kg\u00a0m(-2) for CR, AF, and WO treatments, respectively. The calculated TN stocks at 0-50-cm depth were 0.63, 0.62, and 0.57\u00a0kg\u00a0m(-2) for CR, AF, and WO treatments, respectively. This result demonstrated that the stocks of SOC and TN in WO were clearly lower than those of AF and CR and that the walnut-based agroforestry system was more beneficial than walnut monoculture in terms of SOC and TN sequestration. Owing to the short-term intercropping practice, the changes in SOC and TN stocks were slight in AF compared with those in CR. However, a significant decrease in SOC and TN stocks was observed during the conversion of cropland to walnut orchard after 7\u00a0years of management. We also found that land use types had no significant effect on soil C/N ratio. These findings demonstrated that intercropping between walnut rows can potentially maintain more SOC and TN stocks than walnut monoculture and that agroforestry is a sustainable management pattern for vegetation restoration in the Loess Plateau area.", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "2. Zero hunger", "China", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Nitrogen", "Agriculture", "Forestry", "Juglans", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "Soil", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Environmental Monitoring"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Shiyou Sun, Changjun Yin, Jin-Song Zhang, Sen Lu, Ping Meng,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-4131-9"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Monitoring%20and%20Assessment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10661-014-4131-9", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10661-014-4131-9", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10661-014-4131-9"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-10-14T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10661-015-5031-3", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-12-11", "description": "Sandy grassland restoration is a vital process including re-structure of soils, restoration of vegetation, and soil functioning in arid and semi-arid regions. Soil fungal community is a complex and critical component of soil functioning and ecological balance due to its roles in organic matter decomposition and nutrient cycling following sandy grassland restoration. In this study, soil fungal community and its relationship with environmental factors were examined along a habitat gradient of sandy grassland restoration: mobile dunes (MD), semi-fixed dunes (SFD), fixed dunes (FD), and grassland (G). It was found that species abundance, richness, and diversity of fungal community increased along with the sandy grassland restoration. The sequences analysis suggested that most of the fungal species (68.4 %) belonged to the phylum of Ascomycota. The three predominant fungal species were Pleospora herbarum, Wickerhamomyces anomalus, and Deconica Montana, accounting for more than one fourth of all the 38 species. Geranomyces variabilis was the subdominant species in MD, Pseudogymnoascus destructans and Mortierella alpine were the subdominant species in SFD, and P. destructans and Fungi incertae sedis were the dominant species in FD and G. The result from redundancy analysis (RDA) and stepwise regression analysis indicated that the vegetation characteristics and soil properties explain a significant proportion of the variation in the fungal community, and aboveground biomass and C:N ratio are the key factors to determine soil fungal community composition during sandy grassland restoration. It was suggested that the restoration of sandy grassland combined with vegetation and soil properties improved the soil fungal diversity. Also, the dominant species was found to be alternative following the restoration of sandy grassland ecosystems.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "China", "Soil", "Ecology", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Biomass", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Desert Climate", "15. Life on land", "Poaceae", "Grassland", "Ecosystem", "Environmental Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-5031-3"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Monitoring%20and%20Assessment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10661-015-5031-3", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10661-015-5031-3", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10661-015-5031-3"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-12-11T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10661-017-5947-x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-04-14", "description": "Understanding the responses of vegetation characteristics and soil properties to grazing disturbance is useful for grassland ecosystem restoration and management in semiarid areas. Here, we examined the effects of long-term grazing on vegetation characteristics, soil properties, and their relationships across four grassland types (meadow, Stipa steppe, scattered tree grassland, and sandy grassland) in the Horqin grassland, northern China. Our results showed that grazing greatly decreased vegetation cover, aboveground plant biomass, and root biomass in all four grassland types. Plant cover and aboveground biomass of perennials were decreased by grazing in all four grasslands, whereas grazing increased the cover and biomass of shrubs in Stipa steppe and of annuals in scattered tree grassland. Grazing decreased soil carbon and nitrogen content in Stipa steppe and scattered tree grassland, whereas soil bulk density showed the opposite trend. Long-term grazing significantly decreased soil pH and electrical conductivity (EC) in annual-dominated sandy grassland. Soil moisture in fenced and grazed grasslands decreased in the following order of meadow, Stipa steppe, scattered tree grassland, and sandy grassland. Correlation analyses showed that aboveground plant biomass was significantly positively associated with the soil carbon and nitrogen content in grazed and fenced grasslands. Species richness was significantly positively correlated with soil bulk density, moisture, EC, and pH in fenced grasslands, but no relationship was detected in grazed grasslands. These results suggest that the soil carbon and nitrogen content significantly maintains ecosystem function in both fenced and grazed grasslands. However, grazing may eliminate the association of species richness with soil properties in semiarid grasslands.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "China", "Nitrogen", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Plants", "15. Life on land", "Grassland", "Plant Roots", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Biomass", "Herbivory", "Ecosystem", "Environmental Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-017-5947-x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Monitoring%20and%20Assessment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10661-017-5947-x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10661-017-5947-x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10661-017-5947-x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-04-14T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10661-016-5663-y", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-11-17", "description": "As the main form of land use and human disturbance of grassland, livestock grazing has great influences on the soil resources and plant communities. This study observed the variation of soil properties and community characteristics of four treatments of different grazing intensity (no grazing, UG; light grazing, LG; moderate grazing, MG; and heavy grazing, HG) in an alpine meadow of Sichuan Province on the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. The results showed that grazing increased the pH, soil bulk density (BD), and contents of total carbon (TC) and total nitrogen (TN), and the BD increased while the others decreased with the grazing intensity. At the community level, with the increase of the grazing intensity, the vegetation coverage (R 2\u00a0=\u00a00.61, P\u00a0<\u00a00.001), mean height of community (R 2\u00a0=\u00a00.37, P\u00a0<\u00a00.001), aboveground biomass (R 2\u00a0=\u00a00.54, P\u00a0<\u00a00.001), litter biomass (R 2\u00a0=\u00a00.84, P\u00a0<\u00a00.001), and percentage of aboveground biomass of palatable grasses to total biomass (R 2\u00a0=\u00a00.74, P\u00a0<\u00a00.001) significantly decreased, while the belowground biomass (R 2\u00a0=\u00a00.72, P\u00a0<\u00a00.001) and the root/shoot (R/S) ratio (R 2\u00a0=\u00a00.65, P\u00a0<\u00a00.001) increased. The species richness was the greatest at LG and the total biomass at UG. With grazing, the dominant species of the plant community shifted from palatable grasses (Gramineae and Cyperaceae) to unpalatable grasses (Compositae and Ranunculaceae). Based on the results, LG may be the optimal grassland management mode to be used in the long time in the alpine meadow of the Tibetan Plateau.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "China", "Livestock", "Nitrogen", "Biodiversity", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Poaceae", "Grassland", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon", "Soil", "Animals", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Biomass", "Herbivory"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-016-5663-y"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Monitoring%20and%20Assessment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10661-016-5663-y", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10661-016-5663-y", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10661-016-5663-y"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-11-17T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10668-020-00596-2", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-01-13", "title": "Construction of ecological security pattern based on the importance of ecosystem service functions and ecological sensitivity assessment: a case study in Fengxian County of Jiangsu Province, China", "description": "Abstract<p>The construction of ecological security pattern is one of the important ways to alleviate the contradiction between economic development and ecological protection, as well as the important contents of ecological civilization construction. How to scientifically construct the ecological security pattern of small-scale counties, and achieve sustainable economic development based on ecological environment protection, it has become an important proposition in regulating the ecological process effectively. Taking Fengxian County of China as an example, this paper selected the importance of ecosystem service functions and ecological sensitivity to evaluate the ecological importance and identify ecological sources. Furthermore, we constructed the ecological resistance surface by various landscape assignments and nighttime lighting modifications. Through a minimum cumulative resistance model, we obtained ecological corridors and finally constructed the ecological security pattern comprehensively combining with ecological resistance surface construction. Accordingly, we further clarified the specific control measures for ecological security barriers and regional functional zoning. This case study shows that the ecological security pattern is composed of ecological sources and corridors, where the former plays an important security role, and the latter ensures the continuity of ecological functions. In terms of the spatial layout, the ecological security barriers built based on ecological security pattern and regional zoning functions are away from the urban core development area. As for the spatial distribution, ecological sources of Fengxian County are mainly located in the central and southwestern areas, which is highly coincident with the main rivers and underground drinking water source area. Moreover, key corridors and main corridors with length of approximately 115.71\uffc2\uffa0km and 26.22\uffc2\uffa0km, respectively, formed ecological corridors of Fengxian County. They are concentrated in the western and southwestern regions of the county which is far away from the built-up areas with strong human disturbance. The results will provide scientific evidence for important ecological land protection and ecological space control at a small scale in underdeveloped and plain counties. In addition, it will enrich the theoretical framework and methodological system of ecological security pattern construction. To some extent, it also makes a reference for improving the regional ecological environment carrying capacities and optimizing the ecological spatial structure in such kinds of underdeveloped small-scale counties.</p", "keywords": ["Ecological corridors", "Ecological sensitivity", "Fengxian County of Jiangsu Province China", "Ecological sources", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Ecological importance", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "Ecological security pattern", "13. Climate action", "8. Economic growth", "11. Sustainability", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-00596-2"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environment%2C%20Development%20and%20Sustainability", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10668-020-00596-2", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10668-020-00596-2", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10668-020-00596-2"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-01-13T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10705-011-9447-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:14:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-08-01", "title": "Leaching Losses Of Nitrate Nitrogen And Dissolved Organic Nitrogen From A Yearly Two Crops System, Wheat-Maize, Under Monsoon Situations", "description": "A large amount of nitrogen (N) fertilizers applied to the winter wheat-summer maize double cropping systems in the North China Plain (NCP) contributes largely to N leaching to the groundwater. A series of field experiments were carried out during October 2004 and September 2007 in a lysimeter field to reveal the temporal changes of N leaching losses below 2-m depth from this land system as well as the effects of N fertilizer application rates on N leaching. Four N rates (0, 180, 260, and 360 kg N ha(-1) as urea) were applied in the study area. Seasonal leachate volumes were 87 and 72 mm in the first and second maize season, respectively, and 13 and 4 mm during the winter wheat and maize season in the third rotational year, respectively. The average seasonal flow-weighted NO(3)-N concentrations in leachate for the four N fertilizer application rates ranged from 8.1 to 103.7 mg N l(-1), and seasonal flow-weighted dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) concentrations in leachate varied from 0.8 to 6.0 mg N l(-1). Total amounts of NO(3)-N leaching lost throughout the 3 years were in the range of 14.6 to 177.8 kg ha(-1) for the four N application rates, corresponding to N leaching losses in the range of 4.0-7.6% of the fertilizers applied. DON losses throughout the 3 years were 1.4, 2.1, 3.6, and 6.3 kg N ha(-1) for the four corresponding fertilization rates. The application rate of 180 kg N ha(-1) was recommended based on the balance between reducing N leaching and maintaining crop yields. The results indicated that there is a potential risk of N leaching during the winter wheat season, and over-fertilization of chemical N can result in substantial N leaching losses by high-intensity rainfalls in summer.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "winter-wheat", "north china plain", "nitrate nitrogen", "in-field lysimeters", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "dissolved organic nitrogen", "rotation", "01 natural sciences", "6. 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Climate action", "management strategies", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "double-cropping system", "agricultural soils", "accumulation", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-011-9447-z"}, {"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/s10705-011-9447-z", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10705-011-9447-z", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10705-011-9447-z"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-08-02T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.fcr.2010.08.010", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:16:23Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-10-01", "title": "Dryland Maize Yields And Water Use Efficiency In Response To Tillage/Crop Stubble And Nutrient Management Practices In China", "description": "Abstract   Rainfed crop production in northern China is constrained by low and variable rainfall. This study explored the effects of tillage/crop residue and nutrient management practices on maize ( Zea mays  L.) yield, water use efficiency (WUE), and N agronomic use efficiency (NAE) at Shouyang Dryland Farming Experimental Station in northern China during 2003\u20132008. The experiment was set-up using a split-plot design with 3 tillage/crop residue methods as main treatments: conventional, reduced (till with crop residue incorporated in fall but no-till in spring), and no-till (with crop residue mulching in fall). Sub-treatments were 3 NP fertilizer rates: 105\u201346, 179\u201378 and 210\u201392\u00a0kg\u00a0N and P\u00a0ha \u22121 . Maize grain yields were greatly influenced by the growing season rainfall and soil water contents at sowing. Mean grain yields over the 6-year period in response to tillage/crop residue treatments were 5604, 5347 and 5185\u00a0kg\u00a0ha \u22121 , under reduced, no-till and conventional tillage, respectively. Grain yields under no-till, were generally higher (+19%) in dry years but lower (\u22127%) in wet years. Mean WUE was 13.7, 13.6 and 12.6\u00a0kg\u00a0ha \u22121 \u00a0mm \u22121  under reduced, no-till, and conventional tillage, respectively. The no-till treatment had 8\u201312% more water in the soil profiles than the conventional and reduced tillage treatments at sowing and harvest time. Grain yields, WUE and NAE were highest with the lowest NP fertilizer application rates (at 105\u00a0kg\u00a0N and 46\u00a0kg\u00a0P\u00a0ha \u22121 ) under reduced tillage, while yields and WUE tended to be higher with additional NP fertilizer rates under conventional tillage, however, there was no significant yield increase above the optimum fertilizer rate. In conclusion, maize grain yields, WUE and NAE were highest under reduced tillage at modest NP fertilizer application rates of 105\u00a0kg\u00a0N and 46\u00a0kg\u00a0P\u00a0ha \u22121 . No-till increased soil water storage by 8\u201312% and improved WUE compared to conventional tillage, thus showing potentials for drought mitigation and economic use of fertilizers in drought-prone rainfed conditions in northern China.", "keywords": ["prone savannas", "2. Zero hunger", "nitrogen losses", "reduced tillage", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "fertilizer", "6. Clean water", "northern china", "soil", "crop residue", "conservation tillage", "systems", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "agriculture"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2010.08.010"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Field%20Crops%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.fcr.2010.08.010", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.fcr.2010.08.010", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.fcr.2010.08.010"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11274-011-0809-0", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:15:17Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-06-15", "title": "Soil Bacterial Community Composition And Diversity Respond To Cultivation In Karst Ecosystems", "description": "Soil microorganisms play vital roles in recovering and maintaining the health of ecosystems, particularly in fragile Karst ecosystems that are easily degraded after cultivation. We investigated the composition and diversity of soil bacterial communities, based on RFLP and 16S rDNA sequencing, in a cropland, a naturally revegetated land with former cultivation disturbance and a primeval forest in the subtropical Karst of southwest China. Our results illustrated that Proteobacteria accounted for 44.8% of the 600 tested clones, making it the most dominant phylum observed. This phylum was followed by Acidobacteria and Planctomycetes for the three Karst soils analyzed. Compared with the primeval forest soil, the proportions of Proteobacteria were decreased by 30.2 and 37.9%, while Acidobacteria increased by 93.9 and 87.9%, and the Shannon-Wiener diversity indices and the physicochemical parameters declined in the cropland and the revegetated land, respectively. Among the three soils, the proportion of dominant bacterial phyla and the diversity indices in the revegetated land were similar to the cropland, implying the bacterial community in the cropland was relatively stable, and the after-effects of cultivation were difficult to eliminate. However, similar distributions of the four Proteobacteria subphyla were observed between the revegetated land and the primeval forest soil. Furthermore, the proportion of Rhizobiales belonging to \u03b1-Proteobacteria was sharply decreased with cultivation compared to the primeval forest soil, while a small cluster of Rhizobiales recurred with vegetation recovery. These results indicated that although the subphyla of the dominant bacterial phylum had some positive responses to 20\u00a0years of vegetation recovery, it is a slow process. Our results suggest that priority should be given to conserve the primeval forest and inoculation of functional microorganisms on the basis of vegetation recovery may be more effective for the restoration of Karst ecosystems after cultivation.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "China", "0303 health sciences", "Bacteria", "Agriculture", "Biodiversity", "15. Life on land", "Trees", "RNA", " Bacterial", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "RNA", " Ribosomal", " 16S", "Metagenome", "Ecosystem", "Phylogeny", "Polymorphism", " Restriction Fragment Length", "Soil Microbiology"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Xiangbi Chen, Ya-wei Wei, Wenxue Wei, Jinshui Wu, Yirong Su, Xunyang He,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-011-0809-0"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/World%20Journal%20of%20Microbiology%20and%20Biotechnology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11274-011-0809-0", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11274-011-0809-0", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11274-011-0809-0"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-06-15T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11356-015-5684-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:15:18Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-10-31", "title": "Effects Of Improving Nitrogen Management On Nitrogen Utilization, Nitrogen Balance, And Reactive Nitrogen Losses In A Mollisol With Maize Monoculture In Northeast China", "description": "Traditional fertilization led to higher apparent N surplus, and optimized fertilization can reduce residual nitrogen in soils with keeping high yield. But in continuous spring maize cropping zone in Mollisol in Northeast China, the effect of the optimized N management on N balance and comprehensive environment was not clear. The primary objective of this study was to compare the differences of two fertilizations (traditional farmer N management (FNM) with single basal fertilizer and improvement N management (INM) by soil testing with top-dressing) in gain yield, N uptake and N efficiency, soil N balance, reactive N losses, and environment assessment. The results showed that INM treatment has no remarkable effect on grain yield and N uptake; N partial factor productivity (PFPN) of INM treatment was 19.8 % significantly higher than the FNM treatment. Nmin in soils of INM treatment reached to 111.0 kg ha(-1), which was 27.1 % lower than the FNM treatment after 6 years of continuous maize cropping; the apparent N Losses (ANL) and apparent N surplus (ANS) of INM were only half of FNM by soil N balance analysis. In reactive N losses, comparing with FNM treatment, INM treatment reduced NH3 volatilization, N2O emission, N leaching, and N runoff by 17.8, 35.6, 45, and 38.3 %, respectively, during planting period, and in integrated environment assessment by life cycle assessment (LCA) method, producing 1 t maize grain, energy depletion, acidification, eutrophication, and climate change impacts of INM treatment decreased 26.19, 30.16, 32.61, and 22.75 %, respectively. Therefore, INM treatment is a better N management strategy in comprehensive analysis.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "China", "Nitrogen", "Climate Change", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Environment", "15. Life on land", "Zea mays", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Volatilization", "Edible Grain", "Fertilizers"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-5684-z"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Science%20and%20Pollution%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11356-015-5684-z", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11356-015-5684-z", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11356-015-5684-z"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-10-31T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11356-015-4745-7", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:15:18Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-05-25", "title": "Accumulation, Availability, And Uptake Of Heavy Metals In A Red Soil After 22-Year Fertilization And Cropping", "description": "Fertilization is important to increase crop yields, but long-term application of fertilizers probably aggravated the risk of heavy metals in acidic soils. In this study, the effect of 22-year fertilization and cropping on accumulation, availability, and uptake of heavy metals in red soil was investigated. The results showed that pig manure promoted significantly cadmium (Cd) accumulation (average 1.1 mg kg(-1)), nearly three times higher than national soil standards and, thus, increased metal availability. But the enrichment of heavy metals decreased remarkably by 50.5 % under manure fertilization, compared with CK (control without fertilization). On the contrary, chemical fertilizers increased greatly lead (Pb) availability and Cd activity; in particular, exceeding 85 % of soil Cd became available to plant under N (nitrogen) treatment during 9-16 years of fertilization, which correspondingly increased their enrichment by 29.5 %. Long-term application of chemical fertilizers caused soil acidification and manure fertilization led to the increase in soil pH, soil organic matter (SOM), and available phosphorus (Olsen P), which influenced strongly metal behavior in red soil, and their effect had extended to deeper soil layer (20\u223c40 cm). It is advisable to increase application of manure alone with low content of heavy metals or in combination with chemical fertilizers to acidic soils in order to reduce toxic metal risk.", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "2. Zero hunger", "China", "Nitrogen", "Swine", "Phosphorus", "Models", " Theoretical", "15. Life on land", "Zea mays", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Manure", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "Metals", " Heavy", "Animals", "Soil Pollutants", "Fertilizers", "Humic Substances", "Cadmium", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Nan Sun, Jialong Lv, Jing Liu, Shiwei Zhou, Minggang Xu,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-4745-7"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Science%20and%20Pollution%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11356-015-4745-7", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11356-015-4745-7", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11356-015-4745-7"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-05-26T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11356-015-5828-1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:15:18Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-11-26", "title": "The Potential Of Residues Of Furfural And Biogas As Calcareous Soil Amendments For Corn Seed Production", "description": "Intensive corn seed production in Northwest of China produced large amounts of furfural residues, which represents higher treatment cost and environmental issue. The broad calcareous soils in the Northwest of China exhibit low organic matter content and high pH, which led to lower fertility and lower productivity. Recycling furfural residues as soil organic and nutrient amendment might be a promising agricultural practice to calcareous soils. A 3-year field study was conducted to evaluate the effects of furfural as a soil amendment on corn seed production on calcareous soil with compared to biogas residues. Soil physical-chemical properties, soil enzyme activities, and soil heavy metal concentrations were assessed in the last year after the last application. Corn yield was determined in each year. Furfural residue amendments significantly decreased soil pH and soil bulk density. Furfural residues combined with commercial fertilizers resulted in the greater cumulative on soil organic matter, total phosphorus, available phosphorus, available potassium, and cation exchange capacity than that of biogas residue. Simultaneously, urease, invertase, catalase, and alkaline phosphatase increased even at the higher furfural application rates. Maize seed yield increased even with lower furfural residue application rates. Furfural residues resulted in lower Zn concentration and higher Cd concentration than that of biogas residues. Amendment of furfural residues led to higher soil electrical conductivity (EC) than that of biogas residues. The addition of furfural residues to maize seed production may be considered to be a good strategy for recycling the waste, converting it into a potential resource as organic amendment in arid and semi-arid calcareous soils, and may help to reduce the use of mineral chemical fertilizers in these soils. However, the impact of its application on soil health needs to be established in long-term basis.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "China", "Agriculture", "Phosphorus", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Zea mays", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "Biofuels", "Metals", " Heavy", "Seeds", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Furaldehyde", "Fertilizers", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Zhijun Ma, Youfu Zhang, Li Zhang, Zhibin Yan, Jiahai Qin, Zhao Yunchen,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-5828-1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Science%20and%20Pollution%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11356-015-5828-1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11356-015-5828-1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11356-015-5828-1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-11-26T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11356-017-8505-8", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-13T16:15:18Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-02-23", "title": "Effects Of Straw And Biochar Amendments On Aggregate Stability, Soil Organic Carbon, And Enzyme Activities In The Loess Plateau, China", "description": "Soil from the Loess Plateau of China is typically low in organic carbon and generally has poor aggregate stability. Application of organic amendments to these soils could help to increase and sustain soil organic matter levels and thus to enhance soil aggregate stability. A field experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of the application of wheat straw and wheat straw-derived biochar (pyrolyzed at 350-550\u00a0\u00b0C) amendments on soil aggregate stability, soil organic carbon (SOC), and enzyme activities in a representative Chinese Loess soil during summer maize and winter wheat growing season from 2013 to 2015. Five treatments were set up as follows: no fertilization (CK), application of inorganic fertilizer (N), wheat straw applied at 8\u00a0t\u00a0ha-1 with inorganic fertilizer (S8), and wheat straw-derived biochar applied at 8\u00a0t\u00a0ha-1 (B8) and 16\u00a0t\u00a0ha-1 (B16) with inorganic fertilizer, respectively. Compared to the N treatment, straw and straw-derived biochar amendments significantly increased SOC (by 33.7-79.6%), microbial biomass carbon (by 18.9-46.5%), and microbial biomass nitrogen (by 8.3-38.2%), while total nitrogen (TN) only increased significantly in the B16 plot (by 24.1%). The 8\u00a0t\u00a0ha-1 straw and biochar applications had no significant effects on soil aggregation, but a significant increase in soil macro-aggregates (>2\u00a0mm) (by 105.8%) was observed in the B16 treatment. The concentrations of aggregate-associated SOC increased by 40.4-105.8% in macro-aggregates (>2\u00a0mm) under straw and biochar amendments relative to the N treatment. No significant differences in invertase and alkaline phosphatase activity were detected among different treatments. However, urease activity was greater in the biochar treatment than the straw treatment, indicating that biochar amendment improved the transformation of nitrogen in the soil. The carbon pool index and carbon management index were increased with straw and biochar amendments, especially in the B16 treatment. In conclusion, application of carbonized crop residue as biochar, especially at a rate of 16\u00a0t\u00a0ha-1, could be a potential solution to recover the depleted SOC and enhance the formation of macro-aggregates in Loess Plateau soils of China.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "China", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "Charcoal", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-8505-8"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Science%20and%20Pollution%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11356-017-8505-8", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11356-017-8505-8", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11356-017-8505-8"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-02-23T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11356-017-0989-8", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:15:18Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-12-16", "title": "Effects Of Rice Straw Mulching On N2o Emissions And Maize Productivity In A Rain-Fed Upland", "description": "In the hilly areas of southern China, uplands and paddies are located adjacent to each other. Using rice straw as mulch for upland soil may improve crop production and partially replace chemical fertilizers, which may mitigate N2O emissions. A field experiment was conducted to investigate the potential of rice straw mulching for mitigating N2O emissions and increasing crop production. The treatments included no mulching (CK), 5000\u00a0kg\u00a0ha-1 of straw mulching (SM5), and 10,000\u00a0kg\u00a0ha-1 of straw mulching (SM10). Moreover, all the treatments received equivalent amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium from chemical fertilizers plus rice straw. Relative to CK, cumulative N2O emissions decreased by 23.1 and 33.5% with SM5 and SM10, respectively. Significant positive correlations were observed between N2O fluxes and soil water-filled pore space (WPFS) (r 2\u2009=\u20090.495, P\u2009<\u20090.05) and between seasonal cumulative N2O fluxes and the chemical N fertilization rate (r 2\u2009=\u20090.814, P\u2009<\u20090.05). These findings indicate that soil WPFS was the key environmental factor in N2O emissions and that the substitution of chemical nitrogen fertilizer with rice straw was the main driver of N2O mitigation. Relative to CK, the maize yield increased by 16.5 and 29.6% with SM5 and SM10, respectively, which can be attributed primarily to the increases in soil moisture. The chemical fertilizer input could be decreased and N2O emissions could be mitigated through straw mulching, while achieving improved crop yield. This management strategy has great potential, and this study provides an important reference for low-carbon agriculture.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Air Pollutants", "China", "Rain", "Nitrous Oxide", "Agriculture", "Oryza", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Zea mays", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Fertilizers", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Hai Jun Hou, Chun Mei Yin, Xiao Hong Wu, Wei Wang, Xiao Li Xie,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0989-8"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Science%20and%20Pollution%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11356-017-0989-8", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11356-017-0989-8", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11356-017-0989-8"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-12-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11356-019-06540-w", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:15:18Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-10-23", "title": "Evaluating the performance of SALTMED model under alternate irrigation using saline and fresh water strategies to winter wheat in the North China Plain", "description": "The effective water management in the North China Plain (NCP) needs a tool to predict winter wheat production due to water quality. A large quantity of brackish water is stored underground in this region, and whether this water can be used properly in agriculture is becoming a crucial issue that is about to be resolved. The SALTMED model is a generic modeling tool for efficient irrigation management strategies, especially for cyclic use of saline and fresh water as well as different water qualities, and it still needs further investigation for alternate irrigation using saline and fresh water at different growth stages of winter wheat. Therefore, the aim of this investigation was to evaluate the performance of SALTMED model and simulate the production of winter wheat grown under different irrigation strategies. Irrigation strategies comprised rain-fed cultivation (NI), fresh and saline water irrigation (FS), saline and fresh water irrigation (SF), saline water irrigation (SS), and fresh water irrigation (FF). Three-year observed data were used for the validations of SALTMED model. The values of evaluation indices of relative error, RMSE, NRMSE, index of agreement (D-index), and R2 between simulated and observed grain yield were 6.8%, 0.8, 10.7, 0.9, and 0.9, respectively. The model results supported and matched the observed data and indicated similar differences among the irrigated and rain-fed treatments. It is concluded that the SALTMED model is able to predict grain yield of winter wheat and its productivity under the alternate irrigation using saline and fresh water and their interaction in the climate condition of the NCP", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "China", "Agricultural Irrigation", "Fresh water", "Water productivity", "Rain", "Water", "Agriculture", "Fresh Water", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Winter wheat", "Model - Saline water", "Biomass", "Seasons", "Grain yield", "Edible Grain", "Triticum"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-06540-w"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Science%20and%20Pollution%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11356-019-06540-w", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11356-019-06540-w", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11356-019-06540-w"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-10-23T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agee.2015.04.035", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:15:39Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-05-28", "title": "Management opportunities to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from Chinese agriculture", "description": "Open AccessL'agriculture repr\u00e9sente environ 11\u00a0% des \u00e9missions nationales de gaz \u00e0 effet de serre (GES) de la Chine. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l'adoption de meilleures pratiques de gestion sp\u00e9cifiques \u00e0 la r\u00e9gion, les agriculteurs chinois peuvent contribuer \u00e0 la r\u00e9duction des \u00e9missions tout en maintenant la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire de leur grande population (>1 300 millions). Cet article pr\u00e9sente les r\u00e9sultats d'une \u00e9valuation ascendante visant \u00e0 quantifier le potentiel technique des mesures d'att\u00e9nuation pour l'agriculture chinoise \u00e0 l'aide d'une m\u00e9ta-analyse de donn\u00e9es provenant de 240 publications pour les terres cultiv\u00e9es, 67 publications pour les prairies et 139 publications pour le b\u00e9tail, et fournit le sc\u00e9nario de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence pour l'analyse des co\u00fbts des mesures d'att\u00e9nuation identifi\u00e9es. Les options de gestion pr\u00e9sentant le plus grand potentiel d'att\u00e9nuation pour le riz ou les syst\u00e8mes de culture \u00e0 base de riz sont le travail de conservation, l'irrigation contr\u00f4l\u00e9e\u00a0; le remplacement de l'ur\u00e9e par du sulfate d'ammonium, l'application d'inhibiteurs d'azote (N), l'application d'engrais \u00e0 teneur r\u00e9duite en azote, la culture int\u00e9gr\u00e9e du riz, du poisson et du canard et l'application de biochar. Une r\u00e9duction de 15\u00a0% de l'application moyenne actuelle d'engrais azot\u00e9s synth\u00e9tiques pour le riz en Chine, soit 231 kg N ha\u22121, entra\u00eenerait une diminution de 12\u00a0% des \u00e9missions directes d'oxyde nitreux (N2O) dans le sol. L'application combin\u00e9e d'engrais chimiques et organiques, le travail de conservation, l'application de biochar et l'application r\u00e9duite d'azote sont des mesures possibles qui peuvent r\u00e9duire les \u00e9missions globales de GES des syst\u00e8mes de culture en montagne. Les apports d'engrais conventionnels pour les l\u00e9gumes de serre repr\u00e9sentent plus de 2 \u00e0 8 fois la demande optimale en nutriments des cultures. Une r\u00e9duction de 20 \u00e0 40\u00a0% de l'application d'engrais azot\u00e9s sur les cultures mara\u00eech\u00e8res peut r\u00e9duire les \u00e9missions de N2O de 32 \u00e0 121\u00a0%, sans avoir d'impact n\u00e9gatif sur le rendement. L'une des mesures d'att\u00e9nuation les plus importantes pour les prairies agricoles pourrait \u00eatre la conversion de terres cultiv\u00e9es \u00e0 faible rendement, en particulier sur les pentes, en terres arbustives ou en prairies, ce qui est \u00e9galement une option prometteuse pour r\u00e9duire l'\u00e9rosion des sols. En outre, l'exclusion du p\u00e2turage et la r\u00e9duction de l'intensit\u00e9 du p\u00e2turage peuvent augmenter la s\u00e9questration du COS et r\u00e9duire les \u00e9missions globales tout en am\u00e9liorant les prairies largement d\u00e9grad\u00e9es. Pour la production animale, o\u00f9 le fourrage de mauvaise qualit\u00e9 est couramment nourri, l'am\u00e9lioration de la gestion des p\u00e2turages et de la qualit\u00e9 de l'alimentation peut r\u00e9duire les \u00e9missions de m\u00e9thane (CH4) de 11\u00a0% et 5\u00a0% en moyenne. Les compl\u00e9ments alimentaires peuvent r\u00e9duire davantage les \u00e9missions de CH4, les lipides (r\u00e9duction de 15\u00a0%) et les tanins ou saponines (r\u00e9duction de 11\u00a0%) pr\u00e9sentant le plus grand potentiel. Nous sugg\u00e9rons \u00e9galement les mesures d'att\u00e9nuation les plus rentables sur le plan \u00e9conomique, en nous appuyant sur les travaux connexes sur la construction de courbes de co\u00fbts marginaux de r\u00e9duction pour le secteur.", "keywords": ["China", "Livestock", "550", "Cropping", "MACC", "Soil Science", "Cropland", "Rice Water Management and Productivity Enhancement", "Plant Science", "Greenhouse gas", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "630", "Environmental science", "Meta-analysis in Ecology and Agriculture Research", "Tillage", "12. Responsible consumption", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Fertilizer", "Engineering", "11. Sustainability", "Agroforestry", "Waste management", "Biology", "Ecology", " Evolution", " Behavior and Systematics", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Technical potential", "Geography", "Ecology", "Economic potential", "Life Sciences", "Nutrient management", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Grassland", "Agronomy", "6. Clean water", "Management", "Biochar", "Archaeology", "13. Climate action", "FOS: Biological sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems", "Aerobic Rice Systems", "Pyrolysis"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2015.04.035"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture%2C%20Ecosystems%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agee.2015.04.035", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agee.2015.04.035", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agee.2015.04.035"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agee.2018.05.028", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:15:41Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-05-31", "title": "Effects of agricultural management practices on soil quality: A review of long-term experiments for Europe and China", "description": "Open AccessIn this paper we present effects of four paired agricultural management practices (organic matter (OM) addition versus no organic matter input, no-tillage (NT) versus conventional tillage, crop rotation versus monoculture, and organic agriculture versus conventional agriculture) on five key soil quality indicators, i.e., soil organic matter (SOM) content, pH, aggregate stability, earthworms (numbers) and crop yield. We have considered organic matter addition, no-tillage, crop rotation and organic agriculture as 'promising practices'; no organic matter input, conventional tillage, monoculture and conventional farming were taken as the respective references or 'standard practice' (baseline). Relative effects were analysed through indicator response ratio (RR) under each paired practice. For this we considered data of 30 long-term experiments collected from 13 case study sites in Europe and China as collated in the framework of the EU-China funded iSQAPER project. These were complemented with data from 42 long-term experiments across China and 402 observations of long-term trials published in the literature. Out of these, we only considered experiments covering at least five years. The results show that OM addition favourably affected all the indicators under consideration. The most favourable effect was reported on earthworm numbers, followed by yield, SOM content and soil aggregate stability. For pH, effects depended on soil type; OM input favourably affected the pH of acidic soils, whereas no clear trend was observed under NT. NT generally led to increased aggregate stability and greater SOM content in upper soil horizons. However, the magnitude of the relative effects varied, e.g. with soil texture. No-tillage practices enhanced earthworm populations, but not where herbicides or pesticides were applied to combat weeds and pests. Overall, in this review, yield slightly decreased under NT. Crop rotation had a positive effect on SOM content and yield; rotation with ley very positively influenced earthworms' numbers. Overall, crop rotation had little impact on soil pH and aggregate stability \u2212 depending on the type of intercrop; alternatively, rotation of arable crops only resulted in adverse effects. A clear positive trend was observed for earthworm abundance under organic agriculture. Further, organic agriculture generally resulted in increased aggregate stability and greater SOM content. Overall, no clear trend was found for pH; a decrease in yield was observed under organic agriculture in this review.", "keywords": ["China", "Soil Science", "Organic chemistry", "Crop", "01 natural sciences", "Long-term field experiments", "Crop Productivity", "Soil quality", "Environmental science", "Organic Matter Dynamics", "Tillage", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Soil quality indicators", "Crop rotation", "Management of Soil Fertility and Crop Productivity", "Soil water", "FOS: Mathematics", "Agricultural management practices", "Monoculture", "Crop Yield Stability", "Biology", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "Literature review", "Response ratio", "Soil science", "2. 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Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Crop husbandry", "Organic matter", "Intercropping in Agricultural Systems", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems", "Agronomy and Crop Science", "Mathematics"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2018.05.028"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture%2C%20Ecosystems%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agee.2018.05.028", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agee.2018.05.028", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agee.2018.05.028"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.01.011", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:15:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-02-16", "title": "Energy And Greenhouse Gas Balances Of Cassava-Based Ethanol", "description": "Abstract   Biofuel production has been promoted to save fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, there have been concerns about the potential of biofuel to improve energy efficiency and mitigate climate change. This paper investigates energy efficiency and GHG emission saving of cassava-based ethanol as energy for transportation. Energy and GHG balances are calculated for a functional unit of 1\u00a0km of road transportation using life-cycle assessment and considering effects of land use change (LUC). Based on a case study in Vietnam, the results show that the energy input for and GHG emissions from ethanol production are 0.93\u00a0MJ and 34.95\u00a0g carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule of ethanol respectively. The use of E5 and E10 as a substitute for gasoline results in energy savings, provided that their fuel consumption in terms of liter per kilometer of transportation is not exceeding the consumption of gasoline per kilometer by more than 2.4% and 4.5% respectively. It will reduce GHG emissions, provided that the fuel consumption of E5 and E10 is not exceeding the consumption of gasoline per kilometer by more than 3.8% and 7.8% respectively. The quantitative effects depend on the efficiency in production and on the fuel efficiency of E5 and E10. The variations in results of energy input and GHG emissions in the ethanol production among studies are due to differences in coverage of effects of LUC, CO 2  photosynthesis of cassava, yields of cassava, energy efficiency in farming, and by-product analyses.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "bio-ethanol", "emissions", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "fuel ethanol", "12. Responsible consumption", "thailand", "13. Climate action", "cost", "11. Sustainability", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "china", "performance", "policy"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.01.011"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Biomass%20and%20Bioenergy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.01.011", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.01.011", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.01.011"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.catena.2015.10.018", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:16:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-10-26", "title": "Grazing Exclusion Significantly Improves Grassland Ecosystem C And N Pools In A Desert Steppe Of Northwest China", "description": "Abstract   Grazing exclusion is often implemented as an effective management practice to increase the sustainability of grassland ecosystems. However, it remains unclear if grazing exclusion can improve ecosystem services related to carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) sequestration in grassland ecosystems. We investigated the effects of 11\u00a0years of grazing exclusion on plant biomass and diversity, soil properties (pH, soil water content (SWC), bulk density (BD), soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN), and C/N ratio), and the C and N stocks of plants and soils in a desert grassland of Northwest China. Grazing exclusion improved plant aboveground biomass and diversity, as well as SWC, SOC, and TN contents, but lowered the belowground biomass, root/shoot ratio, pH, and BD. Moreover, grazing exclusion strongly influenced the C and N stocks of the ecosystem, and the annual mean ecosystem C and N sequestration rates were 0.47 and 0.09\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha \u2212\u00a01 \u00a0yr \u2212\u00a01 , respectively, over 11\u00a0years of grazing exclusion. Soil C stocks were most dynamic in the top 30\u00a0cm of the soil, and N stocks mainly changed in the top 20\u00a0cm after grazing exclusion. Our results indicated that grazing exclusion is an effective measurement on improving the ecosystem C and N pools in desert steppe of Northwest China.", "keywords": ["SOIL ORGANIC C", "0106 biological sciences", "Carbon Sequestration", "550", "MICROBIAL-COMMUNITY", "SPATIAL VARIABILITY", "PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES", "Soil Science", "01 natural sciences", "Soil Prosperities", "CENTRAL ARGENTINA", "CARBON STORAGE", "PLANT-COMMUNITIES", "Vegetation Characteristics", "580", "2. Zero hunger", "Science & Technology", "Multidisciplinary", "PRODUCTIVITY", "Nitrogen Sequestration", "Geology", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "INNER-MONGOLIA", "Grazing", "13. Climate action", "Physical Sciences", "Water Resources", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Fencing", "LOESS PLATEAU CHINA", "Life Sciences & Biomedicine", "Geosciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2015.10.018"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/CATENA", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.catena.2015.10.018", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.catena.2015.10.018", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.catena.2015.10.018"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.04.043", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:16:04Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2004-07-30", "title": "Effects Of Environmental Factors On N2o Emission From And Ch4 Uptake By The Typical Grasslands In The Inner Mongolia", "description": "The fluxes of N2O emission from and CH4 uptake by the typical semi-arid grasslands in the Inner Mongolia, China were measured in 1998-1999. Three steppes, i.e. the ungrazed Leymus chinensis (LC), the moderately grazed Leymus chinensis (LC) and the ungrazed Stipa grandis (SG), were investigated, at a measurement frequency of once per week in the growing seasons and once per month in the non-growing seasons of the LC steppes. In addition, four diurnal-cycles of the growing seasons of the LC steppes, each in an individual stage of grass growth, were measured. The investigated steppes play a role of source for the atmospheric N2O and sink for the atmospheric CH4, with a N2O emission flux of 0.06-0.21 kg N ha(-1) yr(-1) and a CH4 uptake flux of 1.8-2.3 kg C ha(-1) yr(-1). Soil moisture primarily and positively regulates the spatial and seasonal variability of N2O emission. The usual difference in soil moisture among various semi-arid steppes does not lead to significantly different CH4 uptake intensities. Soil moisture, however, negatively regulates the seasonal variability in CH4 uptake. Soil temperature of the most top layer might be the primary driving factor for CH4 uptake when soil moisture is relatively low. The annual net emission of N2O and CH4 from the ungrazed LC steppe, the moderately grazed LC steppe and the ungrazed SG steppe is at a CO2 equivalent rate of 7.7, 0.8 and -7.5 kg CO2-C ha(-1) yr(-1), respectively, which is at an ignorable level. This implies that the role of the semi-arid grasslands in the atmospheric greenhouse effect in terms of net emission of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4 and N2O) may exclusively depend upon the net exchange of net ecosystem CO2 exchange.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "China", "Time Factors", "Atmosphere", "Nitrous Oxide", "Temperature", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Carbon Dioxide", "15. Life on land", "Poaceae", "01 natural sciences", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Methane", "Ecosystem", "Environmental Monitoring", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.04.043"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Chemosphere", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.04.043", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.04.043", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.04.043"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2005-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.06.024", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:16:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-07-08", "title": "Combining Phytoextraction And Biochar Addition Improves Soil Biochemical Properties In A Soil Contaminated With Cd", "description": "The main goal of phytoremediation is to improve ecosystem functioning. Soil biochemical properties are considered as effective indicators of soil quality and are sensitive to various environmental stresses, including heavy metal contamination. The biochemical response in a soil contaminated with cadmium was tested after several treatments aimed to reduce heavy metal availability including liming, biochar addition and phytoextraction using Amaranthus tricolor L. Two biochars were added to the soil: eucalyptus pyrolysed at 600 \u00b0C (EB) and poultry litter at 400 \u00b0C (PLB). Two liming treatments were chosen with the aim of bringing soil pH to the same values as in the treatments EB and PLB. The properties studied included soil microbial biomass C, soil respiration and the activities of invertase, \u03b2-glucosidase, \u03b2-glucosaminidase, urease and phosphomonoesterase. Both phytoremediation and biochar addition improved soil biochemical properties, although results were enzyme specific. For biochar addition these changes were partly, but not exclusively, mediated by alterations in soil pH. A careful choice of biochar must be undertaken to optimize the remediation process from the point of view of metal phytoextraction and soil biological activity.", "keywords": ["China", "Eucalyptus", "Amaranthus", "Oxides", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Calcium Compounds", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry", "Mass Spectrometry", "6. Clean water", "3. 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In this study, the contents and pools of soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) were quantified to investigate the invasive effects of S.\u00a0alterniflora and then to evaluate whether the ecological restoration of native mangrove could reverse those effects. S.\u00a0alterniflora only showed significantly higher organic carbon content in the surface 0-10\u00a0cm of soil than in the uninvaded mudflat. The high \u03b413C values in the surface soil of the invaded habitat demonstrated that S.\u00a0alterniflora contributed 42.6-62.2% of the organic carbon. The SOC for invasive S.\u00a0alterniflora and newly restored mangroves (4 years and 14 years) was not enhanced in comparison to the unvegetated mudflat. S.\u00a0alterniflora significantly increased the surface soil TN content, but decreased the available phosphorus content and TP density. The TN densities increased gradually with the mangrove restoration, while the TP densities were only slightly influenced. The results suggested that short-term invasion of S.\u00a0alterniflora and subsequent mangrove restoration did not alter SOC or TN pool sizes, but S.\u00a0alterniflora was shown to affect the potential carbon storage capacity produced by the mangroves in the Zhangjiang Estuary.", "keywords": ["China", "Nitrogen", "Phosphorus", "15. Life on land", "Poaceae", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "Wetlands", "Estuaries", "Introduced Species", "Ecosystem", "Environmental Restoration and Remediation", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.06.060"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Chemosphere", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.06.060", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.06.060", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.06.060"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.cj.2015.01.004", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:16:06Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-02-24", "title": "Organic Amendments Increase Corn Yield By Enhancing Soil Resilience To Climate Change", "description": "AbstractA 22-year field experiment was conducted in Gongzhuling, Jilin province, China to investigate corn yield response to fertilization practice. Compared to an unfertilized control (CK), all fertilization treatments, including inorganic nitrogen fertilizer only (N), balanced inorganic fertilizers (NPK), NPK plus corn straw (SNPK), and NPK plus farmyard manure (MNPK), resulted in significant increases in corn yield. However, only organic matter amendments sustained increasing yield trends, with annual rates of 0.137 and 0.194tha\u22121 for the SPNK and MNPK treatments, respectively (P<0.05). During the 22years, the daily mean, maximum and minimum temperatures increased by 0.50, 0.53, and 0.46\u00b0C per decade, whereas precipitation displayed no significant change but showed large seasonal variation. According to a regression analysis, increased air temperature exerted positive effects on corn yields under the SNPK and the MNPK treatments. Under both treatments, soil organic carbon contents and soil nutrient availabilities increased significantly compared to their initial levels in 1990, whereas soil bulk density and total porosity changed slightly under the two treatments, which showed higher soil water storage than other treatments. In contrast, significant increases in soil bulk density and decreases in soil total porosity and soil nutrient availability were observed under the CK, N and NPK treatments. The contributions of soil fertility to corn yield were 28.4%, 37.9%, 38.4%, 39.0%, and 42.9% under CK, N, NPK, SNPK, and MNPK treatments, respectively, whereas climate changes accounted for 27.0%, 14.6%, 12.4%, 11.8%, and 10.8%. These results indicate that, in Northeast China, organic matter amendments can mitigate negative and exploit positive effects of climate change on crop production by enhancing soil quality.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Northeast China", "S", "Agriculture (General)", "Global warming", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil quality", "6. Clean water", "S1-972", "13. Climate action", "Long-term fertilization", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Maize cropping"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2015.01.004"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/The%20Crop%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.cj.2015.01.004", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.cj.2015.01.004", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.cj.2015.01.004"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.envint.2005.05.038", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:16:18Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2005-06-30", "title": "Water Balance And Nitrate Leaching Losses Under Intensive Crop Production With Ochric Aquic Cambosols In North China Plain", "description": "A 2-year field experiment was conducted in an Ochric Aquic Cambosols on a 1-ha field with rotation of winter wheat-summer corn located in Fengqiu County in North China Plain from 1 October 1998 to 30 September 2000 to quantify water balance and evaluate soil water loss by deep drainage and nitrate loss by leaching out of the root zone under the current agricultural practices. Considerable deep drainage was found especially in 1999-2000, during which period up to 273.9 mm of water, accounting for 60.6% of total amount of irrigation and 24.7% of total surface input (rainfall+irrigation), was lost by deep drainage. Even in both wheat cropping seasons when total amount of surface input was less than total actual evapotranspiration, 84.0 and 121.3 mm water was lost by drainage in 1999 and 2000, respectively. Soil NO3(-)-N was transported to deeper soil layers during the growing seasons and considerable amount of NO3(-)-N accumulated at 170 cm soil layer (the bottom of root zone) during the September-October period (the harvest time of summer corn) every year. About 28.6 kg N ha-1 was lost by leaching out of the root zone in 1998-1999 and 81.8 kg N ha-1 in 1999-2000, accounting for 5.9% and 15.7% of total nitrogen (N) inputs, respectively. The significant deep drainage and nitrate leaching loss were attributed to excessive and inappropriate irrigation and nitrogen (N) fertilization, which may result in severe groundwater pollution if current agricultural managements are not changed.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "China", "Nitrates", "Rain", "Water", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Risk Assessment", "Zea mays", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Phosphates", "Soil", "Water Supply", "13. Climate action", "Urea", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Fertilizers", "Triticum", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2005.05.038"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environment%20International", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.envint.2005.05.038", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.envint.2005.05.038", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.envint.2005.05.038"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2005-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.envint.2025.109650", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:16:18Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2025-07-01", "title": "Screening uncalibrated priority pollutants by improved AHP-CRITIC method at development land", "description": "Unlisted uncalibrated pollutants in the industrial land of northeast China are continuously accumulating due to insufficient regulatory control, posing a serious threat to the ecological environment and human health. To address this challenge and begin to quantify the currently unlisted uncalibrated pollutants present in the industrial land in northeast China, 170 candidate pollutants were screened based on the literature research method. The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Criteria Importance Through Intercrieria Correlation (CRITIC) were utilized equally to screen for priority control of unlisted uncalibrated pollutants. For the categorical indicators, local modifications were implemented on the toxicity, persistence, and migratory indicators, fully considering the industrial distribution, environmental traits, and pollutant sources in northeast China. The grading standards of these indicators were refined in accordance with the relevant criteria and the availability of monitoring data collected from databases and predicted data by models. 11 types of uncalibrated priority pollutants were screened out using the comprehensive evaluation method and conducting cluster analysis based on total pollutant scores. The order of pollutants identified as candidates for prioritized control measures was as follows: perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)\uff1eacrolein\uff1eperfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)\uff1estyrene\uff1eperfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)\uff1eanthracene (Ant)\uff1emethyl isocyanate (MIC)\uff1e2,4-dimethylphenol\uff1ehexachlorobutadiene (HCBD)\uff1e2,6-dimethylphenol\uff1eperfluorononanoic acid (PFNA). In particular, PFOA has the highest concern with 382 points. It poses long-term and serious potential hazards to the ecological environment and human health of industrial sites in northeast China. Thus, controlling such key pollutants is crucial for northeast China\u2019s environmental protection, and the current work supports the prioritization of chemicals for management or remediation.", "keywords": ["Environmental sciences", "Priority pollutants", "Northeast China", "Indicator system", "Uncalibrated pollutants", "GE1-350", "Screening method"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109650"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environment%20International", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.envint.2025.109650", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.envint.2025.109650", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109650"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.envpol.2008.11.050", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:16:19Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-01-19", "title": "Ion Activity And Distribution Of Heavy Metals In Acid Mine Drainage Polluted Subtropical Soils", "description": "The oxidative dissolution of mine wastes gives rise to acidic, metal-enriched mine drainage (AMD) and has typically posed an additional risk to the environment. The poly-metallic mine Dabaoshan in South China is an excellent test site to understand the processes affecting the surrounding polluted agricultural fields. Our objectives were firstly to investigate metal ion activity in soil solution, distribution in solid constituents, and spatial distribution in samples, secondly to determine dominant environment factors controlling metal activity in the long-term AMD-polluted subtropical soils. Soil Column Donnan Membrane Technology (SC-DMT) combined with sequential extraction shows that unusually large proportion of the metal ions are present as free ion in the soil solutions. The narrow range of low pH values prevents any pH effects during the binding onto oxides or organic matter. The differences in speciation of the soil solutions may explain the different soil degradation observed between paddy and non-paddy soils.", "keywords": ["China", "Time Factors", "550", "Speciation", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "Industrial Waste", "02 engineering and technology", "Chemical Fractionation", "01 natural sciences", "Mining", "Soil", "Acid mine drainage", "X-Ray Diffraction", "Metals", " Heavy", "Soil Pollutants", "Humic Substances", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "Ions", "Hydrogen-Ion Concentration", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "Tropical soils", "13. Climate action", "[SDU.STU] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences", "Sorption", "Free ion", "Environmental Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2008.11.050"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Pollution", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.envpol.2008.11.050", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.envpol.2008.11.050", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.envpol.2008.11.050"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.envpol.2013.01.040", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:16:20Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-02-20", "title": "Greenhouse Gas Emissions From A Wheat-Maize Double Cropping System With Different Nitrogen Fertilization Regimes", "description": "Here, we report on a two-years field experiment aimed at the quantification of the emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) from the dominant wheat-maize double cropping system in North China Plain. The experiment had 6 different fertilization strategies, including a control treatment, recommended fertilization, with and without straw and manure applications, and nitrification inhibitor and slow release urea. Application of N fertilizer slightly decreased CH4 uptake by soil. Direct N2O emissions derived from recommended urea application was 0.39% of the annual urea-N input. Both straw and manure had relatively low N2O emissions factors. Slow release urea had a relatively high emission factor. Addition of nitrification inhibitor reduced N2O emission by 55%. We conclude that use of nitrification inhibitors is a promising strategy for N2O mitigation for the intensive wheat-maize double cropping systems.", "keywords": ["Greenhouse Effect", "China", "oxide emissions", "Nitrogen Dioxide", "organic-carbon", "n2o emissions", "Zea mays", "01 natural sciences", "field experiments", "12. Responsible consumption", "Soil", "calcareous soil", "Air Pollution", "Fertilizers", "Triticum", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Air Pollutants", "north china plain", "Agriculture", "temperate forest soils", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "13. Climate action", "nitrification inhibitor", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "agricultural soils", "3", "4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate dmpp", "Methane", "Environmental Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.01.040"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Pollution", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.envpol.2013.01.040", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.envpol.2013.01.040", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.01.040"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.envpol.2014.09.010", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:16:20Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-10-11", "title": "Annual Nitric And Nitrous Oxide Fluxes From Chinese Subtropical Plastic Greenhouse And Conventional Vegetable Cultivations", "description": "As intensive vegetable cultivation is rapidly expanding in China and elsewhere worldwide, its environmental consequences on nitrous oxide (N(2)O) and nitric oxide (NO) emissions deserve attention. We measured N(2)O and NO fluxes simultaneously for a full year from Chinese subtropical vegetable fields. Clearly, both N(2)O and NO emissions varied greatly in different vegetable crop seasons within a year, highlighting the importance of whole-year measurement for achieving temporally accurate annual direct emission factors. A revised 'hole-in-the-pipe' model well described quantitative relationships between N(2)O plus NO fluxes and soil-specific conditions. Annual background N(2)O and NO emissions were 0.73-5.0 and 0.26-0.56 kg N ha(-1) yr(-1), respectively, for the vegetable cultivations. The farmers' fertilization practice increased N(2)O and NO emissions. Annual direct emission factors for greenhouse and conventional vegetable fields, respectively, were 1.1% and 1.9% for N(2)O, and 0.36% and 0.32% for NO, indicating there is a need to consider a differentiation of emission factors for managed vegetable cultivations.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Air Pollutants", "China", "Nitrous Oxide", "Agriculture", "Gardening", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Nitric Oxide", "01 natural sciences", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "Vegetables", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Seasons", "14. Life underwater", "Plastics", "Environmental Monitoring", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2014.09.010"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Pollution", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.envpol.2014.09.010", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.envpol.2014.09.010", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.envpol.2014.09.010"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.jappgeo.2020.103987", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:16:47Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-03-04", "title": "Paleotopography continues to drive surface to deep-layer interactions in a subtropical Critical Zone Observatory", "description": "Abstract   Subsurface critical zone structures (SCZS) refer to the spatial variation in the interactive layers underground. Although SCZS greatly affect terrestrial biogeochemical and hydrological cycles, underpinning mechanisms are poorly documented. Herein, we characterized the SCZS of a typical red soil in subtropical China, a type of soil with vast global distribution. The thickness information of three layers was derived from hand augers, boreholes and ground-penetrating radar (GPR) radargrams and incorporated into geographically weighted regression (GWR) models for the reconstruction of paleotopography (Cretaceous sandstone). The interpreted GPR results in terms of thicknesses and interfaces for the three layers were consistent with the borehole logs. The trained GWR models accounted for 43%\u201377% of the spatial variations in the three layers. The paleotopographic elevations were highly correlated with those of the current land surface (r\u00a0=\u00a00.85). Spatial analysis showed that the rougher paleotopography was inherited by the current landform. The SCZS evolution involving mainly the mantling covered by Quaternary red clay (QRC) was primarily driven by terrain attributes. These findings may enhance our understanding of the interaction between the paleoclimate and paleoenvironment. The combination of geophysical techniques, geochemical indicators and spatial prediction techniques provides an effective tool for understanding QRC landform evolution.", "keywords": ["paleotopography", "landscape evolution", "550", "01 natural sciences", "CHINA", "Ground-penetrating radar", "THICKNESS", "EARTH", "QE", "NE/N007611/1", "SOIL-WATER STORAGE", "GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "critical zone", "ground-penetrating radar", "Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)", "Critical zone", "CONSTRAINTS", "15. Life on land", "Landscape evolution", "EVOLUTION", "SOUTHERN", "QE Geology", "Geophysics", "Paleotopography", "13. Climate action", "Red Soil Critical Zone Observatory", "QUATERNARY RED CLAY"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2020.103987"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Applied%20Geophysics", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.jappgeo.2020.103987", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.jappgeo.2020.103987", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2020.103987"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.12.014", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-13T16:16:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-07-15", "title": "Effects Of Sandy Desertified Land Rehabilitation On Soil Carbon Sequestration And Aggregation In An Arid Region In China", "description": "The rehabilitation of sandy desertified land in semi-arid and arid regions has a great potential to increase carbon sequestration and improve soil quality. Our objective was to investigate the changes in the soil carbon pool and soil properties of surface soil (0-15 cm) under different types of rehabilitation management. Our study was done in the short-term (7 years) and long-term (32 years) desertification control sites in a marginal oasis of northwest China. The different management treatments were: (1) untreated shifting sand land as control; (2) sand-fixing shrubs with straw checkerboards; (3) poplar (Populus gansuensis) shelter forest; and (4) irrigated cropland after leveling sand dune. The results showed that the rehabilitation of severe sandy desertified land resulted in significant increases in soil organic C (SOC), inorganic C, and total N concentrations, as well as enhanced soil aggregation. Over a 7-year period of revegetation and cultivation, SOC concentration in the recovered shrub land, forest land and irrigated cropland increased by 4.1, 14.6 and 11.9 times compared to the control site (shifting sand land), and increased by 11.2, 17.0 and 23.0 times over the 32-year recovery period. Total N, labile C (KMnO(4)-oxidation C), C management index (CMI) and inorganic C (CaCO(3)-C) showed a similar increasing trend as SOC. The increased soil C and N was positively related to the accumulation of fine particle fractions. The accumulation of silt and clay, soil C and CaCO(3) enhanced the formation of aggregates, which was beneficial to mitigate wind erosion. The percentage of >0.25 mm dry aggregates increased from 18.0% in the control site to 20.0-87.2% in the recovery sites, and the mean weight diameter (MWD) of water-stable aggregates significantly increased, with a range of 0.09-0.30 mm at the recovery sites. Long-term irrigation and fertilization led to a greater soil C and N accumulation in cropland than in shrub and forest lands. The amount of soil C sequestration reached up to 1.8-9.4 and 7.5-17.3 Mg ha(-1) at the 0-15 cm layer over a 7- and 32-year rehabilitation period compared to the control site, suggesting that desertification control has a great potential for sequestering soil C and improving soil quality in northwest China.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Carbon Sequestration", "China", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Nitrogen", "Water", "Agriculture", "Wind", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Silicon Dioxide", "Carbon", "6. 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