{"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [{"id": "10807/143344", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:25:21Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-10-22", "title": "Combining no-till with rye (Secale cereale L.) cover crop mitigates nitrous oxide emissions without decreasing yield", "description": "Abstract   No-till (NT) often increases soil carbon (C) sequestration compared with conventional tillage (CT), yet its net effect on N2O emissions is controversial. Cover crops (CCs) adoption is promoted in NT systems because CCs growth curbs nitrate losses via leaching. However, incorporating CC residues into the soil may have positive or negative effects on N2O emissions depending on CC species and agro-ecosystem management. A better understanding of how tillage practices and CC species affect N2O emissions is therefore needed for the development of productive agroecosystems that contribute to climate change mitigation. The objectives of this three-year (2015\u20132017) field experiment on a Udertic Haplustalf soil in the Po Valley were to compare N2O emissions and crop yield of soybean under NT and CT, and to examine how contrasting residues from two CCs (rye, Secale cereale L. vs hairy vetch, Vicia villosa Roth) affect N2O emissions in NT soybean and maize. We hypothesized that N2O emissions would be lower with NT than with CT and with rye residues than with vetch ones. Nitrous oxide was continuously sampled using automatic chambers during three periods (emergence, N-fixation and maturity) over the soybean-cropping season in 2015 and during the entire cropping maize season in 2017. The DNDC model was calibrated (2015 data) and validated (2017 data), and then used to estimate the annual cumulative N2O emissions in different treatments. Overall, N2O emissions in NT were 40\u201355% lower than in CT, for both in situ measurements (Period I) and modelled estimations. These differences could be ascribed to the higher water-filled pore space (WFPS) and soil nitrate availability in CT than in NT. No-till also increased SOC content (28%; 0\u20135\u2009cm) and earthworm abundance (5 times) compared with CT. Within NT systems, N2O emissions were 20\u201336% lower with rye CC than with vetch CC (P", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "N2O emissions", "lombrichi", "Cover crops", "Soil organic carbon", "sostanza organica del terreno", "No-till", "non-lavorazione", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "DNDC model", "NO emissions", "13. 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The 16 mg supplementation level was intended for use in cereal production. Due to the lowering of the level of Se application, the Se content of spring cereals (spring wheat, oats and barley) has decreased more than that of any other food in the monitoring programme. The present level, 0.1 mg kg-1 for cereal grains, is about 40% of the concentrations common in 1990. The Se concentrations have decreased less in other foods than in cereals. The present Se concentrations in milk products, meat and liver are about 70, 60 and 50%, respectively, of the concentrations in 1990. The average daily human Se intake was 0.08 mg day-1 at an energy level of 10 MJ in 1994. Animal protein is the main source of Se. About 40% of the intake comes from meat, 24% from dairy products and eggs, and 11% from fish.</p>", "keywords": ["cereals", "2. 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A seventeen-pasture short-duration graxing system was establlsbed in 1981 on 972 ba. The pastures were stocked on average wltb 278 cows wltb calves from 1982 to 1986, wbicb was about twice to triple tbe recommended rate of 0.8 AUM/ba. Increased grazing pressure reduced range condition as reflected by a loss of de&able species such as rougb fescue (Festuccr scubrelkh Torr.). Soil molsture was always bigber in soils of ungrazed exclosures. Soli bulk density increased wblle hydraulic conductivity decreased with grazing. Litter was not signlflcantiy incorporated into the soll with hoof action. Cbltln-N, as a measure of fungrl biomass, decreased significantly under tbe increased grazing pressure. Tbe bypotbesis that animal impact would improve range condition was rejected since impact, in tbe manner applled during tbe study, resulted ln retrogression of the grasslands.", "keywords": ["2. 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Therefore, a study was conducted to test the hypothesis that time-controlled grazing with high animal densities and high stocking rates will improve grassland condition. The study was made over a 6-year period on 3 sites with time-controlled grazing imposed. One site was on native grassland in the Fescue Prairie and 2 sites, I on seeded and the other on native grassland, were in the Mixed Prairie. On each site, stocking densities averaged 3, 6, and 15 cow-calf pairs/ha, respectively, and stocking rates averaged 1.65, 4.45, and 2.72 animal unit months/ha, respectively. Species composition and root mass and distribution were compared on grazed and protected areas within each site. Utilization averaged about 80% of available forage over the study period. Range condition was less on grazed areas than on protected areas in the Fescue Prairie (38 vs 53% of climax) and in the Mixed Prairie (49 vs 53%). Average ash-free root mass, throughout the sampling profile, tended to be greater on the ungrazed vs the grazed area of the native Mixed Prairie site but not on the seeded Mixed Prairie or Fescue Prairie sites. The grazed areas of the Mixed Prairie sites tended to have more available phosphorus, possibly due to the application of manure, but less nitrogen and organic matter. The results led to a rejection of the hypothesis and a conclusion that high animal density and high stocking rates with time-controlled grazing would result in range deterioration.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Walter D. Willms, Sylver Smoliak, Johan F. 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Consequently, total N, mlnerallxable N, exchangeable N, hydrolyxable N, and urease activity were assessed at the Agriculture Canada Research Substation, Stavely, Albert8, in the Ah horizons on rough fescue (F&ucu scafueI& Ton.) grasslands stocked at either light (0.8 ha/AUM) or very heavy (0.2 ha/AUM) fixed rates for 38 years and in exclosurea located within each field for an equal period of time. Even though total N expressed as t/ha per Ah horizon remained the same, changes in various N fractions were nevertheless evident. Graxing resulted in more NH&N and NO&N in both fields at the time of sampling and each was greater at the higher stocking rate. Although soll N was less mfneralixable, it was more acidhydrolyxable at the nigher stocking rate. Urease activity also increased. The effect on soll N charrcteristics of increased excretr", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. 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These sites provided treatments to study the effects of long-term grazing on soil organic carbon and nitrogen content and to relate changes in soil carbon and nitrogen to grazing induced changes in species composition. Blue grama [Bouteloua gracilis (H.B.K) Lag. ex Griffiths] accounted for the greatest change in species composition for both grazing treatment. Relative foliar cover of blue grama was 25% in 1916 and 86% in 1994 in the heavily grazed pasture and 15% in 1916 to 16% in 1994 in the moderately grazed pasture. Total soil nitrogen content was higher in the exclosure (1.44 kg N ha-1) than in either grazing treatment (0.92 and 1.07 kg N ha-1 for moderately and heavily grazed, respectively) to 107-cm depth. Soil organic carbon content avg 72, 6.4, and 7A kg m-2 to 30.4 cm soil depth and 14.1,11.7, and 14.0 kg m-2 to 106.7 cm soil depth for the exclosure, moderately grazed, and heavily grazed treatments, respectively. Compared to the exclosure the moderately grazed pasture contained 17% less soil carbon to the 106.7 cm depth. Heavy grazing did not reduce soil carbon when compared to the exclosure. Based on 13C analysis and soil organic carbon data to 15.2 cm depth, blue grama or other C4 species contributed 24% or 12 kg m-2 of the total carbon in the heavily grazed and 20% or 0.8 kg m-2 of the total carbon in the moderately grazed pastures during the 1916 to l99l time period. The increase in blue grama, a species with dense shallow root systems, in the heavily grazed pasture probably accounted for maintenance of soil carbon at levels equal to the exclosure. These results suggest that changes in species composition from a mixed prairie to predominantly blue grama compensated for soil carbon losses that may result from grazing native grasslands.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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Tanaka,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2307/4002255"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Range%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2307/4002255", "name": "item", "description": "10.2307/4002255", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2307/4002255"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "1995-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2307/4002774", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-11-26", "description": "Little is known about the chemical composition of throughfall, or the water that falls through, and drips from, the grass canopy of Rough Fescue Grassland during the grazing season. Water-extractable C, N, organic acids, and monosoccharides from litter and from soil in the upper 2 cm of the Ah horizon collected at monthly intervals in 1988 were at Stavely, Alberta. Rough fescue (Festuca campestris Rydb.) were stocked at tither light (1.2 AUM/ha) or very heavy (4.8 AUM/ha) fixed rates for 39 years or were ungrazed in exclosures located within each field for an equal period of time. At the high grazing intensity, the soil and litter N was less water-extractable. The C/N ratios of the water-extractable organic matter from litter and soil averaged 11.2 and 2.3, respectively. Soil monosaccharides were essentially not water-extractable. The quality of the litter as reflected by the water-extractable constituents often differed over the season between fields. Observations at regular time intervals are essential. The effect of the quality of leachates of litter on soil was not predictable. The 3 major long-chain fatty acids identified, palmitic, stearic, and arachidic acids, from soil in grasslands that are in good condition because of the low grazing pressure, could well contribute to the resistance of those grasslands to the encroachment of invading species.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Walter D. Willms, Johan F. 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The first approach uses the measurements of the near-surface air temperature obtained from weather stations, the second is based on remote sensing from thermal imagery of MODIS satellites, and the third is based on the numerical simulations with the mesoscale atmospheric model COSMO-CLM coupled with the urban canopy scheme TERRA_URB. The first approach allows studying the canopy-layer UHI (CLUHI, or anomaly of a near- surface air temperature), while the second allows studying the surface UHI (SUHI, or anomaly of a land surface temperature), and both types of the UHI could be simulated by the atmospheric model. These approaches were compared in the daytime, evening and nighttime conditions. The results of the study highlight a substantial difference between the SUHI and CLUHI in terms of the diurnal variation and spatial structure. The strongest differences are found at the daytime, at which the SUHI reaches the maximal intensity (up to 10\uffc2\uffb0\uffd0\uffa1) whereas the CLUHI reaches the minimum intensity (1.5\uffc2\uffb0\uffd0\uffa1). However, there is a stronger consistency between CLUHU and SUHI at night, when their intensities converge to 5\uffe2\uff80\uff936\uffc2\uffb0\uffd0\uffa1. In addition, the nighttime CLUHI and SUHI have similar monocentric spatial structure with a temperature maximum in the city center. The presented findings should be taken into account when interpreting and comparing the results of UHI studies, based on the different approaches. The mesoscale model reproduces the CLUHI-SUHI relationships and provides good agreement with in situ observations on the CLUHI spatiotemporal variations (with near-zero biases for daytime and nighttime CLUHI intensity and correlation coefficients more than 0.8 for CLUHI spatial patterns). However, the agreement of the simulated SUHI with the remote sensing data is lower than agreement of the simulated CLUHI with in situ measurements. Specifically, the model tends to overestimate the daytime SUHI intensity. These results indicate a need for further in-depth investigation of the model behavior and SUHI\uffe2\uff80\uff93CLUHI relationships in general.</p>", "keywords": ["modis", "Geography (General)", "COSMO", "suhi", "0207 environmental engineering", "uhi", "land surface temperature", "UHI", "urban heat island", "moscow", "02 engineering and technology", "Moscow", "01 natural sciences", "thermal satellite images", "remote sensing", "MODIS", "13. Climate action", "Earth and Environmental Sciences", "SUHI", "cosmo", "urban climate", "11. 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An  exclosure to prevent grazing was constructed in 1978 to include equal portions of previously  cultivated and adjacent native range, while the remainder of the area continued to be subjected  to moderate to heavy grazing pressure. This permitted a study to determine the effects of the  brief period of cultivation on forage production, species recovery, and soil physical and chemical  characteristics compared to those of native prairie. After 14 years of protection from grazing,  needle-and-thread accounted for 79% of foliar cover of the abandoned cultivation and 18% of the  untreated range while blue grama [Bouteloua gracilis (HBK.) Lag. ex Steud] occupied 1 and 51% on  the same treatments, respectively. After 60 years, the soil on the abandoned cultivated area  showed reduced carbon, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, and hydraulic conductivity but  increased N03-N. Grazing reduced hydraulic conductivity, NH4-N, available mineralizable nitrogen  (chemical index), available phosphorus, and total carbohydrates but increased carbon, total  nitrogen, and N03-N. Cultivation and grazing resulted in reduced root mass. To facilitate a  rapid transition from blue gramb to needle-and-thread stable communities, input of energy, such  as cultivation, may well be required.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Barry W. Adams, Walter D. Willms, Johan F. Dormaar,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2307/4002836"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Range%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2307/4002836", "name": "item", "description": "10.2307/4002836", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2307/4002836"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "1994-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2307/4003180", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-11-26", "title": "Relationship Between Plant Species Diversity And Grassland Condition", "description": "<p>Although the maintenance of biodiversity has become one of the goals in ecosystem management, the relationships of diversity to ecosystem characteristics such as level of herbivory, productivity, and vegetation structure are still poorly understood. We examined these relationships in 8 native grassland sites differing in grazing histories and range condition in the Mixed Grassland (6), Moist Mixed Grassland (1) and Aspen Parkland (1) ecoregions of southern Saskatchewan. Range condition, assessed using standard methods, ranged from fair to excellent. The Shannon's diversity index followed a curvi-linear relationship with range condition, increasing from fair to good, but decreasing from good to excellent condition, within a range between 0.66 and 2.58. Species evenness was affected by range condition in a similar manner ranging from 0.44 to 0.86. Species richness varied among sites and plots between 4 and 28 plants 0.25 m(-2), but changed little with range condition. Most structural parameters, such as the cover, height, or thickness of standing plants (live or dead) and litter, increased with range condition especially from good to excellent. The Shannon's diversity index was positively correlated with forb biomass, but not with biomass of any other group or their combination. Grazing regimes that maintain good range condition also maintain species and structural diversity of grasslands.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Zoheir M. Abouguendia, Yuguang Bai, Robert E. Redmann,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2307/4003180"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Range%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2307/4003180", "name": "item", "description": "10.2307/4003180", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2307/4003180"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2001-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2307/4003325", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-11-26", "title": "Nitrogen Fertilization, Botanical Composition And Biomass Production On Mixed-Grass Rangeland", "description": "Many studies have reported nitrogen (N) fertilization of rangeland, but few have reported changes in botanical composition, which may be as important as changes in forage production, or were continued for as long as 14 years. We determined frequency of occurrence of over 90 plant species in 1976-1988 under rates of 0, 22, or 34 kg N ha-1 applied in spring or fall to mixed-grass rangeland in southeast Wyoming; frequency of 23 species will be reported. We also determined total biomass production and production of major species and species groups in 1982-1988. Blue grama Bouteloua gracilis (H.B.K.) Griffiths] frequency decreased during years 5 through 7 because of the interaction of N and drought. The effects of long-term application of N decreased blue grama in year 12 and beyond. Nitrogen fertilization increased frequency of western wheatgrass [Pascopyrum smithii (Rydb.) A. Love] in all years except the driest year of the study. Needleleaf sedge [Carex eleocharis Bailey] decreased because grazing had been removed from the study area; this occurred sooner and to a greater extent on fertilized than on unfertilized plots. Fourteen other perennial species were quite variable in response to the 3 rates and the 2 seasons of application. Frequency of 6 annual species fluctuated greatly among years and treatments. Nitrogen fertilization did not increase average forage production enough to be profitable for cattle production.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Richard H. Hart, Marilyn J. Samuel,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2307/4003325"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Range%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2307/4003325", "name": "item", "description": "10.2307/4003325", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2307/4003325"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "1998-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.24072/pcjournal.11", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-11-10", "title": "Modelling the impact of the macroalgae Asparagopsis taxiformis on rumen microbial fermentation and methane production", "description": "AbstractBackground<p>The red macroalgae Asparagopsis taxiformis is a potent natural supplement for reducing methane production from cattle. A. taxiformis contains several anti-methanogenic compounds including bromoform that inhibits directly methanogenesis. The positive and adverse effects of A. taxiformis on the rumen microbiota are dose-dependent and operate in a dynamic fashion. It is therefore key to characterize the dynamic response of the rumen microbial fermentation for identifying optimal conditions on the use of A. taxiformis as a dietary supplement for methane mitigation. Accordingly, the objective of this work was to model the effect of A. taxiformis supplementation on the rumen microbial fermentation under in vitro conditions. We adapted a published mathematical model of rumen microbial fermentation to account for A. taxiformis supplementation. We modelled the impact of A. taxiformis on the fermentation and methane production by two mechanisms, namely (i) direct inhibition of the growth rate of methanogens by bromoform and (ii) hydrogen control on sugars utilization and on the flux allocation towards volatile fatty acids production. We calibrated our model using a multi-experiment estimation approach that integrated experimental data with six macroalgae supplementation levels from a published in vitro study assessing the dose-response impact of A. taxiformis on rumen fermentation.</p>Results<p>our model captured satisfactorily the effect of A. taxiformis on the dynamic profile of rumen microbial fermentation for the six supplementation levels of A. taxiformis with an average determination coefficient of 0.88 and an average coefficient of variation of the root mean squared error of 15.2% for acetate, butyrate, propionate, ammonia and methane.</p>Conclusions<p>our results indicated the potential of our model as prediction tool for assessing the impact of additives such as seaweeds on the rumen microbial fermentation and methane production in vitro. Additional dynamic data on hydrogen and bromoform are required to validate our model structure and look for model structure improvements. We expect this model development can be useful to help the design of sustainable nutritional strategies promoting healthy rumen function and low environmental footprint.</p>", "keywords": ["570", "Asparagopsis taxiformis", "[SDV.BIO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biotechnology", "methane inhibitors", "Science", "rumen model", "630", "[SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology", " environment/Ecosystems", "[INFO.INFO-AU]Computer Science [cs]/Automatic Control Engineering", "rumen microbiota", "[SDV.EE.ECO] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology", " environment/Ecosystems", "greenhouse gas mitigation", " hydrogen control", " methane inhibitors", " methane mitigation", " red seaweed", " rumen fermentation", " rumen microbiota", " rumen model.", "[SDV.SA.SPA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Animal production studies", "2. Zero hunger", "methane mitigation", "Q", "greenhouse gas mitigation", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "[INFO.INFO-MO]Computer Science [cs]/Modeling and Simulation", "[SDV.BIO] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biotechnology", "rumen fermentation", "Archaeology", "hydrogen control", "13. Climate action", "[SDV.SA.SPA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Animal production studies", "[SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology", "red seaweed", "[INFO.INFO-MO] Computer Science [cs]/Modeling and Simulation", "environment/Ecosystems", "[INFO.INFO-AU] Computer Science [cs]/Automatic Control Engineering", "CC1-960"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://peercommunityjournal.org/item/10.24072/pcjournal.11.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.11"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Peer%20Community%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.24072/pcjournal.11", "name": "item", "description": "10.24072/pcjournal.11", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.24072/pcjournal.11"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-11-09T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2307/4003125", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-11-26", "title": "Response Of The Mixed Prairie To Protection From Grazing", "description": "The Mixed Prairie plant communities developed with the influences of fire and grazing. Available evidence suggests that removal of these disturbances could cause succession toward a more mesic type with the accumulation or litter or loss in productivity as nutrient turnover is delayed. Exclosures constructed in 1927 in a semiarid Mixed Prairie community provided an opportunity to examine the effects that protection had on vegetation and soils. Fifteen exclosures were selected for detailed examination; of these, 11 were located on Chernozemic soil and 4 on Solonetzic soil. We measured plant and soil variables both inside and outside the exclosures in a test of the hypothesis that protection from grazing will lead to a loss of production potential of the semi-arid. Mixed Prairie communities in the Northern Great Plains of southeastern Alberta. We found little evidence that 70 years of protection from large animal disturbance reduced the production potential of the plant communities. Conversely, most evidence suggested a neutral effect or an improvement as reflected in an increased cover of Pascopyrum smithii Rydb. (Love) (P = 0.049) and increased annual net primary production (P = 0.047). The effect of protection appeared largely driven by the accumulation of litter mass that primarily benefits soil and plant indices of quality on the Chernozemic soil type. Although protection tended to reduce species diversity (P = 0.097) among native plants on the Chernozemic soil type, evenness and richness were not affected (P > 0.10). The potential effect that reduced diversity might have on reducing production stability appears more than compensated for by increased litter mass.  DOI:10.2458/azu_jrm_v55i3_willms", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Walter D. Willms, Barry W. Adams, Johan F. Dormaar, Harriet Douwes,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2307/4003125"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Range%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2307/4003125", "name": "item", "description": "10.2307/4003125", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2307/4003125"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2002-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2307/4003283", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-11-26", "title": "Carbon Exchange Rates In Grazed And Ungrazed Pastures Of Wyoming", "description": "The influence of cattle grazing on carbon cycling in the mixed grass prairie was investigated by measuring the CO(2) exchange rate in pastures with a 13 year history of heavy or light grazing and an ungrazed exclosure at the High Plains Grasslands Research Station near Cheyenne, Wyo. In 1995, 1996 and 1997 a closed system chamber, which covered 1 m(2) of ground, was used every 3 weeks from April to October to measure midday CO(2) exchange rate. Green vegetation index (similar to leaf area index), soil respiration rate, species composition, soil water content, soil temperature, and air temperature were also measured to relate to CO(2) exchange rates of the 3 grazing treatments. Treatment differences varied among years, but overall early season (mid April to mid June) CO(2) exchange rates in the grazed pastures were higher (up to 2.5 X) than in the exclosure. Higher early season CO(2) exchange rates were associated with earlier spring green-up in grazed pastures, measured as higher green vegetation index. As the growing season progressed, green vegetation index increased in all pastures, but more so in the ungrazed exclosure, resulting in occasionally higher (up to 2 X) CO(2) exchange rate compared with grazed pastures late in the season. Seasonal treatment differences were not associated with soil temperature, soil respiration rate, or air temperature, nor was there a substantial change in species composition due to grazing. We hypothesize that early spring green-up and higher early season CO(2) exchange rate in grazed pastures may be due to better light penetration and a warmer microclimate near the soil surface because of less litter and standing dead compared to the ungrazed pastures. When all the measurements were averaged over the entire season, there was no difference in CO(2) exchange rate between heavily grazed, lightly grazed and ungrazed pastures in this ecosystem.  DOI:10.2458/azu_jrm_v53i2_lecain", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Jack A. Morgan, Richard H. Hart, Daniel R. LeCain, Jean D. Reeder, Gerald E. Schuman,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2307/4003283"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Range%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2307/4003283", "name": "item", "description": "10.2307/4003283", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2307/4003283"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2000-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2307/4003403", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-11-26", "title": "Influence Of Pasture Management On Soil Biological Quality", "description": "The long-term sustainability of pasture management systems, whether related to structural stability or nutrient dynamics, is dependent upon maintaining soil biological properties. This study investigates the extent to which the microbiological and biochemical properties of soil can change with season and pasture management system, including their likely value as indicators of soil quality. The experiment was conducted on a 30-ha pasture near Brandon, Manitoba. Seasonal fluctuations were observed in the soil microbial and biochemical properties. In general, these fluctuations were mainly independent of the small variations in soil organic matter content but were more closely related to soil water content. The data also suggests an impact of stocking rate and grazing system on soil microbial biomass C and on N mineralization potential. However, because duration of the investigation, limited number of replications and the high soil variability encountered, it is not yet possible to recommend any particular grazing system and/or stocking rate favorable for the maintenance of soil biological quality. The trends suggest that light, continuous grazing systems had the largest microbial biomass and nutrient mineralizing activity.  DOI:10.2458/azu_jrm_v53i1_banerjee", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Cynthia A. Grant, W. P. (Paul) McCaughey, David L. Burton, Manas R. Banerjee,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2307/4003403"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Range%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2307/4003403", "name": "item", "description": "10.2307/4003403", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2307/4003403"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2000-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2478/johh-2022-0015", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-08-24", "title": "Long-term soil water content dynamics under different land uses in a small agricultural catchment", "description": "Abstract                <p>Longer term monitoring of soil water content at a catchment scale is a key to understanding its dynamics, which can assist stakeholders in decision making processes, such as land use change or irrigation programs. Soil water monitoring in agriculturally dominated catchments can help in developing soil water retention measurements, for assessment of land use change, or adaptation of specific land management systems to climate change. The present study was carried out in the Pannonian region (Upper-Balaton, Hungary) on Cambisols and Calcisols between 2015 and 2021. Soil water content (SWC) dynamics were investigated under different land use types (vineyard, grassland, and forest) at three depths (15, 40, and 70 cm). The meteorological data show a continuous decrease in cumulative precipitation over time during the study with an average of 26% decrease observed between 2016 and 2020, while average air temperatures were similar for all the studied years. Corresponding to the lower precipitation amounts, a clear decrease in the average SWC was observed at all the land use sites, with 13.4%, 37.7%, and 29.3% lower average SWC for the grassland, forest, and vineyard sites, respectively, from 2016 to 2020 (measured at the 15 cm depth of the soil). Significant differences in SWC were observed between the annual and seasonal numbers within a given land use (p &lt; 0.05). The lowest average SWC was observed at the grassland (11.7%) and the highest at the vineyard (28.3%). The data showed an increasing average soil temperature, with an average 6.3% higher value in 2020 compared to 2016. The grassland showed the highest (11.3 \uffc2\uffb0C) and the forest soil the lowest (9.7 \uffc2\uffb0C) average soil temperatures during the monitoring period. The grassland had the highest number of days with the SWC below the wilting point, while the forest had the highest number of days with the SWC optimal for the plants.</p", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "forest", "climate change", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Hydraulic engineering", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "grassland", "soil water regime", "vineyard", "15. Life on land", "TC1-978", "6. 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Pasture Development On Cleared Forest Land In Northern Amazonia", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "01 natural sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Michael J. Eden, Nelson A. Q. Vieira, Duncan F. M. McGregor,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2307/635529"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/The%20Geographical%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2307/635529", "name": "item", "description": "10.2307/635529", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2307/635529"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "1990-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2480/agrmet.67.3.2", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-11-23", "description": "Management of rice straw is of environmental concern because it significantly affects methane (CH4) emissions from rice paddies. To evaluate straw-application effects on paddies those have different cultivation histories, we measured CH4 emissions in continuously cultivated rice paddy (CP) and recently converted paddy (RP) (from soybean cultivation) with rice straw treatments (+S). Further, we hypothesized that changes in i) soil Fe (III) reduction and ii) population dynamics of methanogens were responsible for the different responses of CH4 emissions due to straw application between CP and RP. Methane (CH4) emission from CP+S was 2-fold larger than that from RP+S, although relative enhancement was higher in later (492%) than the former (289%) compared with no straw application. Stoichiometric evaluation revealed that applied rice straw acted as an exogenous source of electron donor for CH4 production, especially in CP. Our results showed that the increase in CH4 emissions by straw application was much greater in continuous than short term paddy.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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Tillage was performed in mid- October or in May, before sowing of the barley and ryegrass for the next season. In the second, third and fourth years of the experiment, total N leaching from barley without undersown ryegrass was 15, 7.9,32 and 38 kg ha-1 y-1 in clay, silt, sand and peat soil, respectively. Undersowing reduced N leaching by 52,31,68 and 27%. The reduction in N leaching from clay and sand when barley was undersown with ryegrass was nearly the same as the increased total uptake of N (barley +ryegrass).In sand soil, ryegrass was able to diminish the NO 3-N concentration of the drainage water well below the limit for acceptable drinking water. Spring tillage reduced N leaching only on peat soil (16%). Slight competition between the main and the undersown crop was indicated by lower N contents of the barley yield.;</p>", "keywords": ["2. 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In this study, we developed a method to define a critical threshold value for SOC/clay ratio on the basis of crop productivity and resilience. The study integrated data from national soil monitoring (NSM) of Finnish cropland soils (n=505) with satellite-based normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) obtained from the EcoDataCube (EDC) portal. The study area was confined to the boreal environmental zone to ensure consistent pedo-climatic conditions. The results show that the interannual variation in crop productivity increases rapidly below SOC/clay ratio of 0.09 (95% confidence intervals ranging from 0.07 to 0.16), whereas the corresponding threshold for mean productivity was 0.13 (0.09\u20130.16). The observed threshold values were found applicable for both cereals and temporary ley. The SOC/clay ratio of 1:13 (=0.08), regarded as a criterion for healthy soil in the current Soil Monitoring Law proposal, based on studies by Johannes et al. (2017) and Prout et al. (2021), is lower than the mean thresholds estimated in this study but aligns close to the lower bound of the 95% confidence intervals. In this research, Finnish agricultural land served as the case study area, but the method is easily applicable to various pedo-climatic regions and potentially to different land use types.</p></article>", "keywords": ["S", "Soil Monitoring Law", " SOC/clay ratio", " cropland", " NDVI", " satellite data", " national soil monitoring", "Agriculture (General)", "Agriculture", "S1-972"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Heikkinen, Jaakko, Keskinen, Riikka, Ylivainio, Kari,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.23986/afsci.148486"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20and%20Food%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.23986/afsci.148486", "name": "item", "description": "10.23986/afsci.148486", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.23986/afsci.148486"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-05-26T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/su17115042", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:34Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2025-06-02", "title": "Citizen Science for Soil Monitoring and Protection in Europe: Insights from the PREPSOIL Project Under the European Soil Mission", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Citizen science (CS) is increasingly recognized as a complementary approach for addressing soil health challenges\u2014including erosion, pollution, nutrient imbalances, and biodiversity loss\u2014by harnessing public participation to broaden spatial and temporal data collection. This review synthesizes findings from the following: (i) a systematic analysis of peer-reviewed literature and grey sources, (ii) a database of 96 CS initiatives compiled by the European PREPSOIL project, and (iii) questionnaire surveys and workshops conducted in five Living Labs across Europe. Our analysis indicates that volunteer-driven monitoring can enhance the volume and granularity of soil data, providing critical insights into parameters such as organic carbon content, nutrient levels, and pollutant concentrations. However, persistent challenges remain, including inconsistencies in data validation, volunteer attrition, and concerns regarding digital literacy and data privacy. Despite these challenges, ongoing efforts to standardize protocols, integrate remote sensing and sensor-based validation methods, and employ feedback mechanisms improve data reliability and participant engagement. We conclude that sustained capacity-building, transparent data governance, and stakeholder collaboration, from local communities to governmental bodies, are essential for fully realizing the potential of citizen science in soil conservation. This work is framed within the context of the European Soil Mission, and CS is demonstrated to meaningfully support sustainable land management and evidence-based policymaking by aligning public-generated observations with established scientific frameworks.</p></article>", "keywords": ["community stewardship", "remote sensing", "[SDV.EE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology", " environment", "volunteer engagement", "soil health", "soil monitoring", "citizen science", "open data", "data validation", "policy integration", "biodiversity"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/11/5042/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/su17115042"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Sustainability", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/su17115042", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/su17115042", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/su17115042"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-05-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.23986/afsci.7887", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-07-13", "title": "Biochar Can Restrict N2o Emissions And The Risk Of Nitrogen Leaching From An Agricultural Soil During The Freeze-Thaw Period", "description": "<p>Freeze-thaw (FT) events in soils can cause a burst of nitrous oxide (N2O) and enhance N leaching during the spring-thaw event. We studied whether a soil amended with wood-derived (spruce chips) biochar (10 tonnes ha-1), produced at rather low temperatures (400-450\uffc2\uffb0C), could reduce the burst of N2O and the risk of N leaching from an agricultural soil after a FT event. A short-term laboratory experiment (4 weeks) was conducted with 24 vegetated (Phleum pratense) mesocosms (12 controls, 12 biochar-treated) that had spent a dormant season in the dark at 15\uffc2\uffb0C for two months after the growing season. N2O efflux to the atmosphere and ammonium (NH4+-N) and nitrate (NO3-N) in the percolated soil water were monitored before and after the FT event. N2O was monitored with the dark chamber method and analyzed using a gas chromatograph. We found that soil amended biochar can significantly diminish the burst of N2O after the soil FT event (by 61% just after FT event) and substantially reduce the risk of NO3-N and NH4+-N leaching from the agricultural soil. Compared to the control, the decrement in concentrations of NO3-N and NH4+-N in water percolated through the biochar amended soil in the mesocosms was 58% and 22%, respectively.  </p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "leachate", "S", "Agriculture (General)", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "N2O efflux", "6. Clean water", "S1-972", "ammonium", "nitrate", "13. 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The calibrated model is used to measure the welfare costs of the pandemic across the age, income and wealth distribution and to study the effectiveness of various mitigation policies. In the absence of mitigation, young workers engage in too much economic activity relative to the social optimum, leading to higher rates of infection and death in the aggregate. The paper considers a subsidy-and-tax policy that imposes a tax on consumption and subsidizes reduced work compared to a lockdown policy that caps work hours. Both policies are welfare improving and lead to less infections and deaths. Notably, almost all agents favor the subsidy-and-tax policy, suggesting that there need not be a tradeoff between saving lives and economic welfare.", "keywords": ["0502 economics and business", "05 social sciences", "8. Economic growth", "1. No poverty", "3. 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Sin embargo, solo desde mediados del siglo XX se produjo un crecimiento de las zonas de regad\u00edo. Despu\u00e9s de m\u00e1s de seis d\u00e9cadas, este trabajo estudia el impacto de la construcci\u00f3n de la presa de Maranh\u00e3o, Avis, Alentejo cruzando los objetivos fijados con la respectiva evoluci\u00f3n demogr\u00e1fica, econ\u00f3mica y social. Del an\u00e1lisis de distintas series estad\u00edsticas se concluye que la mayor\u00eda de los objetivos no se alcanzaron. Avis es hoy un territorio despoblado, con bajos \u00edndices de desarrollo y una estructura agraria latifundista. Adem\u00e1s, se ha producido una expansi\u00f3n de los monocultivos intensivos, poniendo en peligro la sostenibilidad medioambiental regional. Esta reflexi\u00f3n basada en el an\u00e1lisis hist\u00f3rico es fundamental en un momento en que se anuncia la construcci\u00f3n de nuevas presas.</p></article>", "keywords": ["Humanidades::Hist\u00f3ria e Arqueologia", "Reforma Agraria", "despoblaci\u00f3n", "Ciencias Sociales", "historia agraria", "Agrarian history", "Historia", "HM401-1281", "Despoblaci\u00f3n", "Despovoamento", "Regad\u00edo", "agricultura", "reforma agraria", "11. Sustainability", "Regadio", "Sociology (General)", "Historia agraria", "Reforma Agr\u00e1ria", "Irrigation", "2. Zero hunger", "Portugal", "Land Reform", "Agricultura", "Depopulation", "Agriculture", "Trabalho digno e crescimento econ\u00f3mico", "15. Life on land", "alentejo (portugal)", "6. Clean water", "Alentejo", "Educa\u00e7\u00e3o de qualidade", "Alentejo (Portugal)", "13. Climate action", "Hist\u00f3ria Agr\u00e1ria", "regad\u00edo", "Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform", "HN1-995"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.24215/15155994e209"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Mundo%20Agrario", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.24215/15155994e209", "name": "item", "description": "10.24215/15155994e209", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.24215/15155994e209"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2458/azu_jrm_v56i6_whalen", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-03-22", "description": "<p>Rangelands contain between 10 and 30% of global soil organic C reserves and may be an important sink for atmospheric CO2, but less C tends to be stored in rangelands cultivated for agricultural use than undisturbed rangelands. Establishing perennial plant communities on formerly cultivated rangelands is expected to stabilize soil properties and increase the amount of C stored in rangeland soils, but there is little information on what plant communities are most effective at building soil C reserves. The purpose of this study was to compare soil C, N, and P pools in ungrazed native rangelands with ungrazed, unfertilized rangelands that were cultivated and then 1) abandoned, 2) seeded with non-native perennial grasses or legumes, or 3) cropped annually for 5 to 6 years. Three study sites in southern Alberta, Canada with native Stipa-Bouteloua, Stipa-Bouteloua-Agropyron and Festuca campestris plant communities represented the major ecotypes of the Northern Great Plains. The total C, N, and P content of rangeland soils were greatest at the Festuca campestris site, followed by the Stipa-Bouteloua-Agropyron and Stipa-Bouteloua sites, probably due to climatic conditions (precipitation and temperature). Generally, soils under modified plant communities contained less total C and N than soils under native rangeland, but the total P content was related more to site preparation than experimental treatments. Soils under alfalfa, orchardgrass and bromegrass tended to have more total C and N than soils cultivated annually in continuous wheat or wheat-fallow systems. The accumulation of C and N in soils under permanent cover was not related to net primary productivity and may be influenced more by the chemical composition and rate of decomposition of plant residues.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2458/azu_jrm_v56i6_whalen"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Range%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2458/azu_jrm_v56i6_whalen", "name": "item", "description": "10.2458/azu_jrm_v56i6_whalen", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2458/azu_jrm_v56i6_whalen"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2003-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2478/botcro-2014-0003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-07-02", "description": "Abstract <p>Optimal grazing pressure on rocky pastures is beneficial to the development of plant species and maintenance of plant diversity. Both abandonment of grazing and overgrazing gradually reduce plant diversity. This paper correlated abundance patterns of the flora on rocky pastures with the values of the chemical composition of the soil resulting from the degree of sheep grazing intensity. The study was carried out in the period from 2008 to 2010 on the islands of Pag, Krk and Cres. At 30 sites, 310 taxa of vascular plants were found. The highest plant diversity and 220 plant taxa were found on moderately grazed pastures. Abandoned pastures with a total of 93 plant taxa observed show the dominance of phanerophytes (35.5%) and the highest proportion of the Mediterranean floral element when compared to pastures of moderate and heavy grazing intensity. The highest concentration of total nitrogen in the soil (0.71%) was recorded on plots of heavy grazing intensity. The results of the study indicate that moderate grazing intensity, from 1 to 1.5 sheep ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921, can be recommended on the northern Adriatic islands. This should contribute not only to the preservation of plant diversity, but also to the improvement of ecological sheep farming.</p>", "keywords": ["chemical composition of the soil; Mediterranean flora; rocky pasture; sheep grazing intesity", "0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "Mediterranean flora", "sheep grazing intesity", "chemical composition of the soil", "rocky pasture", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2478/botcro-2014-0003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Acta%20Botanica%20Croatica", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2478/botcro-2014-0003", "name": "item", "description": "10.2478/botcro-2014-0003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2478/botcro-2014-0003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-10-28T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2478/eces-2013-0038", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-10-07", "title": "Traffic And Tillage Effects On Soil Water Conservation And Winter Wheat Yield In The Loess Plateau, China", "description": "Abstract     <p>In semi-humid Loess Plateau of northern China, water is the limiting factor for rain-fed crop yields. In this region, long-term traditional ploughing with straw removal has resulted in poor soil structure, water conservation and crop yield. Controlled traffic, combined with no-till and straw cover has been proposed to improve soil water conservation and crop yield. From 1999 to 2007, a field experiment on winter wheat was conducted in the dryland area of Loess Plateau of northern China, to investigate the effects of traffic and tillage on soil water conservation and crop yield. The field experiment was conducted using two controlled traffic treatments, no tillage with residue cover and no compaction (NTCN), shallow tillage with residue cover and no compaction (STCN) and one conventional tillage treatment (CK). Results showed that controlled traffic system reduced soil compaction in the top soil layer, increased soil water infiltration. The benefit on soil water infiltration translated into more soil conservation (16.1%) in 0-100 cm soil layer in fellow period, and achieved higher soil water availability at planting (16.5%), with less yearly variation. Consequently, controlled traffic system increased wheat yield by 12.6% and improved water use efficiency by 5.2%, both with less yearly variation, compared with conventional tillage. Within controlled traffic treatments, no tillage treatment NTCN showed better overall performance. In conclusion, controlled traffic combined with no-tillage and straw cover has higher performance on conserving water, improving yield and water use efficiency. It is a valuable system for soil and water conservation for the sustainable development of agriculture in dryland China.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Hao Chen", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2478/eces-2013-0038"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Chemistry%20and%20Engineering%20S", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2478/eces-2013-0038", "name": "item", "description": "10.2478/eces-2013-0038", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2478/eces-2013-0038"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2458/v20i1.21745", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-02-09", "description": "The Forest Land Allocation (FLA) program was introduced by the Vietnamese government in 1991 and it allowed communities, household groups and households to receive forest land for long term use (50 years). The main assumption of this program was that with ownership, households would have greater incentives to preserve forests. But the State, through its formal agencies, still decides how the forests will be used and managed. There have been unintended socio-cultural consequences of this program affecting Vietnam's forest-dependent indigenous communities. The study focused on two Co Tu villages in Central Vietnam. Their livelihoods and their culture, institutions, social life, customs, and religious beliefs are linked to surrounding forests. The FLA program has altered the traditional forest management practices and systems of the Co Tu people, as well as their traditional institutions, particularly the role of the village patriarch, and to a lesser extent their perceptions of 'nature'. The FLA program has consolidated the power of formal institutions in both villages. Keywords: Forest Land Allocation program, Indigenous forest management systems, Co Tu people of Central Vietnam, socio-cultural impact of development interventions, nature conservation, paradigms of nature.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "1. No poverty", "nature conservation", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Forest Land Allocation program", "01 natural sciences", "J", "Environmental sciences", "socio-cultural impact of development interventions", "paradigms of nature", "Co Tu people of Central Vietnam", "11. Sustainability", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "GE1-350", "Indigenous forest management systems", "Political science", "SDG 15 - Life on Land", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Bayrak, Mucahid Mustafa, Tran Nam, T., Burgers, P.P.M.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2458/v20i1.21745"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Political%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2458/v20i1.21745", "name": "item", "description": "10.2458/v20i1.21745", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2458/v20i1.21745"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2478/boku-2024-0009", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2025-04-17", "title": "Sustainable agricultural soil management in Austria: tasks, knowledge needs, challenges and barriers", "description": "Summary                <p>As part of the European Joint Programme on Agricultural Soil Management (EJP Soil) Programme, an online questionnaire was used to reveal the views and opinions of different stakeholders on sustainable agricultural soil management. The results offered valuable insights into stakeholders' perspectives and highlighted the most pressing issues. The importance of knowledge exchange was emphasised, as was the need for increased financial resources to implement climate-friendly management practices and for adopting adequate laws and guidelines. The main challenges identified by all stakeholder groups were to avoid soil erosion, maintain or increase soil organic carbon, prevent soil sealing and create an optimal soil structure. However, for certain topics, the overall opinion of the stakeholder groups varied substantially due to differing knowledge, perspectives and focus among the participants (e.g. farmers focussed on productivity and economic persistence, whereas scientists were interested in the soil profile, measurements or calculations of emissions). Overall, it became clear that the enormous amount of knowledge available needs more and better dissemination. This calls for new and innovative communication approaches.</p", "keywords": ["soil organic carbon", "Environmental sciences", "soil sealing", "stakeholder-wahrnehmung", "agricultural soil management", "wissenstransfer", "landwirtschaftliche bodenbewirtschaftung", "GE1-350", "stakeholder perception", "organischer bodenkohlenstoff", "knowledge transfer", "erosion", "bodenversiegelung"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2478/boku-2024-0009"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Die%20Bodenkultur%3A%20Journal%20of%20Land%20Management%2C%20Food%20and%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2478/boku-2024-0009", "name": "item", "description": "10.2478/boku-2024-0009", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2478/boku-2024-0009"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2478/contagri-2024-0022", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-12-12", "title": "Potential of Optical Sensors for Predicting Winter Wheat Yield Through Variable-Rate Nitrogen Application", "description": "Summary                <p>The main lever of precision agriculture is technology that provides a better understanding of the agro-ecological conditions, enables decision-making based on facts and natural laws, and facilitates precise implementation of practices based on local specificities. One of the key elements of plant production is nitrogen (N), which is traditionally applied as mineral fertilizer in large quantities. Optimizing nitrogen input is one of the priorities in precision agriculture, not only for its importance in the plant food chain but also for its environmental impact. This study investigated the potential of two optical sensors, GreenSeeker and Plant-O-Meter, in predicting nitrogen supply during the 2021-2022 growing season. The experimental material in this study included two wheat varieties, subjected to different nitrogen application rates. The objective was to estimate the potential of using NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) measurements of wheat canopy, which are indicators of plant status, and to analyze correlations between these values and final wheat yield. GreenSeeker and Plant-O-Meter sensors, which emit light at precise wavelengths and measure plant reflectance, were used for monitoring plant status and NDVI measurements. The results showed a strong correlation between the NDVI values measured by both sensors. However, this relationship decreased during the fully ripe stage due to physiological changes in the wheat plants. The correlation between NDVI values and grain yield differed significantly between the evaluated sensors. Additional correlation analyses between NDVI measurements and yield indicated differences associated with wheat varieties, indicating that the varieties responded differently to environmental conditions. This study aligns with current agricultural approaches and contributes to more efficient and environmentally friendly agricultural practices.</p", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "precision agriculture", "optical sensors", "S", "wheat", "ndvi", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "01 natural sciences", "nitrogen"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2478/contagri-2024-0022"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Contemporary%20Agriculture", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2478/contagri-2024-0022", "name": "item", "description": "10.2478/contagri-2024-0022", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2478/contagri-2024-0022"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2478/prolas-2013-0062", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-12-05", "description": "Abstract     <p> Rye (Secale cereale L.) is the most important cereal crop after wheat, rice and maize. A substantial part of the rye yield is used for bread making, especially in European countries. There have been numerous studies on grain enrichment with selenium (Se), as it is known that selenium is a fundamental trace element essential for human health and in the form of selenoproteins plays key structural and enzymic roles. The main aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different selenium concentrations on quality indices of rye malt - the content of malt extract, diastase activity, selenium and total phenol content in malt. Rye grain of 95% viability was soaked and germinated at temperature +6 \uffc2\uffb1 2 \uffc2\uffb0C for three days +18 \uffc2\uffb1 2 \uffc2\uffb0C, using sodium selenate Na2SeO4 solutions (Se concentration 3 mg l-1, 5 mg l-1, 10 mg l-1), and dried in an oven for 24 hours at temperature +70 - 112 \uffc2\uffb0C. Germination of grain with deionised water served as a control. The obtained results showed that an increase of selenium concentration caused increase of malt extract concentration (from 74 to 80%), selenium concentration (from 0.0139 to 0.3251 mg kg-1) and total phenol concentration (from 3.13 to 3.63 mg GAE g-1 DW) in rye malt, while diastase activity decreased from 330 to 216.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0404 agricultural biotechnology", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Krist\u012bne Anto\u0146enko, M\u0101ra D\u016bma, Viesturs Kreicbergs, Sandra Ozola,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2013-0062"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Proceedings%20of%20the%20Latvian%20Academy%20of%20Sciences.%20Section%20B.%20Natural%2C%20Exact%2C%20and%20Applied%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2478/prolas-2013-0062", "name": "item", "description": "10.2478/prolas-2013-0062", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2478/prolas-2013-0062"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2478/logos-2018-0025", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-01-28", "title": "A comparison of the efficiency of riverbank filtration treatments in different types of wells", "description": "Abstract                <p>In the paper, a comparison of the efficiency of riverbank treatments is outlined for the Krajkowo well field, where different methods of water abstraction are used. The water is extracted from 29 vertical wells that are located at a distance of 60\uffe2\uff80\uff9380 m from the channel of the River Warta and from a horizontal well with radial drains located 5 m below the bottom of the river. The results of a two-year water-quality investigation indicate that the water quality in both types of abstraction system is influenced by the quality of river water. The water quality observed in the horizontal well is closely similar to that of the river water, with similar concentrations of sulphates, nitrates and micropollutants, but a reduction in bacteriological contamination and plankton is clearly seen. The reduction in contaminants is mainly the result of physical processes, such as mechanical entrapment of suspended material and colloids as well as bacteria and plankton. In the vertical wells, the influence of contamination from river water is also visible, but the reduction in contamination is more significant, especially in cases of bacteria, plankton, micropollutants and nitrates, and is determined by both physical and chemical processes, such as sorption, dissolution, red-ox processes and denitrification. The present research shows that river water treatment is more effective in the case of vertical wells. The most favourable distance of a well from the channel of the river, from the perspective of water quality, is 150\uffe2\uff80\uff93200 m, which corresponds to a residence time of about six months.</p>", "keywords": ["riverbank filtration", "QE1-996.5", "0208 environmental biotechnology", "0207 environmental engineering", "Geology", "horizontal well", "02 engineering and technology", "14. Life underwater", "groundwater and surface water contamination", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption"], "contacts": [{"organization": "G\u00f3rski, J\u00f3zef, Dragon, Krzysztof, Kru\u0107, Roksana,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/logos-2018-0025"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.2478/logos-2018-0025"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geologos", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2478/logos-2018-0025", "name": "item", "description": "10.2478/logos-2018-0025", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2478/logos-2018-0025"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2478/s11535-010-0017-1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-04-07", "title": "Soil Co2 Flux Affected By Aporrectodea Caliginosa Earthworms", "description": "Abstract<p>The effects of Aporrectodea caliginosa earthworms on both carbon dioxide (CO2) accumulation in and emissions from soil, as well as the simultaneous impact of earthworms on soil microbiological properties were investigated in a microcosm experiment carried out over 5.5 months. Concentration of CO2 in soil air was greater at a depth of 15 cm when compared with a depth of 5 cm, but varied during the season both in control and earthworm-inhabited chambers. Peaks of CO2 concentrations at both depths occurred in both treatments during August, approximately 80 days after the experiment started. Generally, the presence of earthworms increased the CO2 concentration at 15-cm depth. Larger CO2 emissions were consistently recorded in conjunction with higher amounts of CO2 in soil air when chambers were inhabited by earthworms. The total CO2 emissions during the experimental period covering 161 days were estimated at 118 g CO2-C m\uffe2\uff88\uff922 and 99 g CO2-C m\uffe2\uff88\uff922 from chambers with and without earthworms respectively. Moreover, the presence of earthworms increased microbial biomass in the centre and at the bottom of chambers, and enhanced both dehydrogenase activity and nitrifying enzyme activity in the soils. We suggest that the effect of earthworms on both the enhanced soil accumulation of CO2 as well as emissions of CO2 was mostly indirect, due to the impacts of earthworms on soil microbial community.</p>", "keywords": ["QH301-705.5", "13. Climate action", "emission", "aporrectodea caliginosa", "carbon dioxide", "soil air", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "earthworms", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Biology (General)", "oxygen"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2478/s11535-010-0017-1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Open%20Life%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2478/s11535-010-0017-1", "name": "item", "description": "10.2478/s11535-010-0017-1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2478/s11535-010-0017-1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2478/tar-2024-0019", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-12-30", "title": "Advances in Remote Sensing for Monitoring Soil Conditions in Forest Ecosystems: Techniques, Challenges, and Applications", "description": "ABSTRACT                <p>Advances in remote sensing technologies have revolutionized the monitoring of soil conditions in forest ecosystems, providing valuable insights into soil moisture, nutrient content, and degradation without requiring physical access to remote areas. This article explores the application of key techniques, including satellite-based L-band radiometry, UAV-enabled LiDAR, and visible\uffe2\uff80\uff93NIR spectroscopy, in assessing forest soil properties. Challenges such as canopy interference, spatial resolution limitations, and data validation are discussed, alongside innovative solutions like machine learning and high-resolution digital elevation models. Case studies highlight the effectiveness of remote sensing in addressing environmental and forestry challenges, such as tracking the effects of climate change, logging, and erosion. By integrating advanced imaging technologies with ground-based observations, remote sensing supports sustainable forest management, conservation practices, and ecological research. Future developments in sensor technology, data integration, and machine learning hold promise for even greater precision and scalability in forest soil monitoring.</p", "keywords": ["0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2478/tar-2024-0019"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Transactions%20on%20Aerospace%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2478/tar-2024-0019", "name": "item", "description": "10.2478/tar-2024-0019", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2478/tar-2024-0019"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.24849/j.geot.2018.142.01", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-03-27", "title": "Microzonation of the liquefaction susceptibility: case study in the lower Tagus valley", "description": "<p>Este trabalho enquadra-se no projeto europeu de investiga\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o LIQUEFACT, do qual a Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto \uffc3\uffa9 parceira e associada. Durante a realiza\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o deste trabalho, foi recolhida uma vasta informa\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o geol\uffc3\uffb3gico-geot\uffc3\uffa9cnica existente, de modo a constituir uma base de dados s\uffc3\uffb3lida para a escolha de um s\uffc3\uffadtio-piloto, para realiza\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o de ensaios in situ complementares, com vista \uffc3\uffa0 elabora\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o de um microzonamento de suscetibilidade \uffc3\uffa0 liquefa\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o. A an\uffc3\uffa1lise dessa informa\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o geot\uffc3\uffa9cnica (sobretudo SPT, CPT e CH) incluiu a avalia\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o de \uffc3\uffadndices de risco de liquefa\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o, nomeadamente o Fator de Seguran\uffc3\uffa7a \uffc3\uffa0 liquefa\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o (FSliq), \uffc3\uff8dndice Potencial de Liquefa\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o (LPI) e N\uffc3\uffbamero de Severidade de Liquefa\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o (LSN), tendose escolhido um s\uffc3\uffadtio piloto na zona da Lez\uffc3\uffadria Grande de Vila Franca de Xira. A campanha experimental envolveu ensaios SPT, CPTu, SDMT, diversos m\uffc3\uffa9todos geof\uffc3\uffadsicos e ainda a recolha de amostras de alta qualidade para caracteriza\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o laboratorial. O tratamento dos resultados destes ensaios foi subdividido em tr\uffc3\uffaas tipos de an\uffc3\uffa1lises, em termos de \uffc3\uff8dndices de Risco, da classifica\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o de acordo com VS30, e ainda baseada nos assentamentos e deslocamentos laterais esperados. Destas an\uffc3\uffa1lises, foi poss\uffc3\uffadvel estabelecer e propor um microzonamento preliminar de suscetibilidade \uffc3\uffa0 liquefa\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o induzida por sismos.</p>", "keywords": ["Baixo Vale do Tejo", "QE1-996.5", "Liquefa\u00e7\u00e3o s\u00edsmica", "Microzonamento", "Suscetibilidade \u00e0 Liquefa\u00e7\u00e3o", "TA703-712", "Geology", "Engineering geology. Rock mechanics. Soil mechanics. Underground construction"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.24849/j.geot.2018.142.01"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geotecnia", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.24849/j.geot.2018.142.01", "name": "item", "description": "10.24849/j.geot.2018.142.01", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.24849/j.geot.2018.142.01"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-10-23T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2489/jswc.64.1.53", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-01-02", "title": "Comparison Of Conventional And No-Tillage Corn And Soybean Production On Runoff And Erosion In The Southeastern Us Piedmont", "description": "Soil erosion on southern Piedmont soils remains a problem without application of sound conservation practices. This study was conducted to compare a no-tillage (NT) system with a conventional-tillage (CT) system in row-cropped land under natural rainfall conditions for six continuous years. Runoff and soil loss were continuously monitored from May 1995 to April 2001 from four erosion plots (7.3 m \u00d7 12.2 m [24 ft \u00d7 40 ft]) in CT and four plots in NT under a corn (Zea mays L.)-soybean (Glycine max L.) rotation in a Mecklenburg sandy clay loam and Enon clay loam (fine mixed, active, thermic, Ultic Hapludalfs) at a Piedmont location. Runoff was significantly less for NT than for CT in three study years; in the other three years no differences between treatments where found. The NT six-year runoff average was 33% lower than the six-year runoff average of CT. The tolerable soil loss level of 7.0 Mg ha-1 y-1 (3.1 tn ac-1 yr-1) was exceeded in CT in four study years, while annual NT losses were always below 7.0 Mg ha-1 y-1 The six-year soil loss average was 74.7 Mg ha-1 (33.3 tn ac-1) and 2.6 Mg ha-1 (1.2 tn ac-1) for CT and NT, respectively. In CT, most of the soil lost during the six-year study period occurred during rain storms of high intensity. No-till was highly effective at protecting against soil loss during these rain storms.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.64.1.53"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Soil%20and%20Water%20Conservation", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2489/jswc.64.1.53", "name": "item", "description": "10.2489/jswc.64.1.53", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2489/jswc.64.1.53"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2489/jswc.67.1.16", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-01-06", "description": "The effectiveness of best management practices (BMPs) designed primarily to pro- tect surface water quality was assessed on a farm certified for organic tomato production to consider potential environmental quality and production tradeoffs. The BMPs included winter cover crops typically used in organic farming to cycle nutrients and reduce storm- water runoff; tailwater ponds designed to capture runoff; and tailwater return systems, which recycle runoff back to the field. The study took place at a 44 ha (108 ac) farm in Yolo County, California, over a two-year period. Monitoring throughout the winter rainy season showed cover crops successfully reduced runoff and loads of several constituents during the storm events, when compared to fallow. Total discharge was reduced by 44%, total suspended solids was reduced by 83%, ammonium was reduced by 33%, and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) was reduced by 58%. Estimates of leaching losses of DOC in the cover cropped fields, how- ever, were 70% higher than the fallow fields in the winter rainy season and were 30% higher than the fallow fields in the summer irrigation season. During the summer irrigation season, the tailwater pond alone was highly effective in reducing losses of total suspended solids and volatile suspended solids to the neighboring riparian zone by 97% and 89%, respectively. The tailwater pond had no effect on dissolved reactive phosphorous and actually increased concentrations of nitrate-nitrogen (NO 3 - -N) in effluent by 40% and DOC by 20%. As was expected, the NO 3 - -N leaching measured by anion exchange resin bags and nitrous oxide emissions measured by static closed chambers was higher for the tailwater pond than the fal- low field. Despite these differences, losses via NO 3 - -N leaching and nitrous oxide emissions accounted for only 24.7 and 0.48 kg N ha -1 y -1 (22.0 and 0.40 lb N ac -1 ), respectively, for the entire farm, even including ponds and ditches. When field and plot values were extrapolated to the entire tomato production area to understand the relative potential tradeoffs, results indicate that BMPs could be implemented without an impact on tomato marketable yields; the tailwater pond's higher nitrous oxide emissions would not significantly increase the overall emissions for tomato production given its relatively small size; and using tailwater ponds in combination with cover crops would decrease total suspended solids (TSS) losses compared to cover crops alone, with only minor increases in NO 3 - -N and DOC losses. Adding a tailwater return system to this combination of BMPs could help minimize these NO 3 - -N and DOC", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Anthony T. O'Geen, Sean Smukler, Louise E. Jackson,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.67.1.16"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Soil%20and%20Water%20Conservation", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2489/jswc.67.1.16", "name": "item", "description": "10.2489/jswc.67.1.16", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2489/jswc.67.1.16"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2489/jswc.68.4.270", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-06-24", "description": "Replacing summer fallow practices with annual legumes as green manures (LGMs) may increase the sustainability of northern Great Plains wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) systems. Viability hinges on soil water use management and realizing biologically fixed nitrogen (N) benefits. Plot-scale research has shown that managing LGMs with first-flower stage termination and no-till practices conserves soil water and that rotational N benefits can increase wheat grain quality. Nonetheless, farmer adoption of LGMs has been negligible. To better understand this practice and its regional adoption potential, we conducted a participatory on-farm assessment of no-till LGM versus summer fallow\u2013wheat rotations in north-central Montana. Soil water and nitrate (NO3) levels to 0.9 m (3 ft), potentially mineralizable N (PMN) to 0.3 m (1 ft), wheat yields, conservation potential, and producer adoption challenges were assessed at five farmer-managed, field-scale sites. Compared to fallow, LGM treatment diminished mean wheat yield by 6% (0.24 Mg ha\u22121 [3.7 bu ac\u22121]), diminished grain protein by 9 g kg\u22121 when wheat was fertilized with N (p = 0.01), and increased grain protein by 5 g kg\u22121 when wheat was unfertilized (p = 0.08). Small soil water depletions in LGM treatments below fallow at wheat seeding (17%; 30 mm [1.2 in]) and near-record high rainfall during the wheat growing season (280 to 380 mm [11 to 14 in]) suggest that LGMs likely did not limit soil water available to wheat in this study. Soil NO3 levels following LGMs were 29% to 56% less than summer fallow at wheat seeding, and conversely, greater PMN was detected in LGM treatments at 3 of 5 sites. We theorize that N mineralization from LGMs was insubstantial by wheat seeding due to dry soil conditions and low LGM biomass N contributions, consequently affecting wheat yield potential due to limited early season soil N availability. LGMs increased average use efficiency of available N by 24% during the wheat year and increased total residue carbon (C) and N returned to soils by 260 and 26 kg ha\u22121 (232 and 23 lb ac\u22121), respectively, after two years. Our results illustrated that farmers viably managed LGM soil water use with early termination and no-till practices but that LGM adoption may be hindered by a lack of immediate wheat yield or protein benefits from legume-N and seed costs for LGMs. Appropriate incentives, management strategies, and yield benefit expectations (short versus long term) should be fostered to increase the adoption potential of this N-economizing soil and water conservation strategy.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "C.A. Jones, J.K. O'Dea, Perry R. Miller,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.68.4.270"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Soil%20and%20Water%20Conservation", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2489/jswc.68.4.270", "name": "item", "description": "10.2489/jswc.68.4.270", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2489/jswc.68.4.270"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2489/jswc.69.6.553", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-11-10", "title": "Long-Term Tillage And Drainage Influences On Greenhouse Gas Fluxes From A Poorly Drained Soil Of Central Ohio", "description": "Intensive tillage practices and poorly drained soils of the Midwestern United States are one of the prime reasons for increased greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes from agriculture. The naturally poorly drained soils prevalent in this region require subsurface drainage for improving aeration and reducing GHG fluxes from soils. However, very little research has been conducted on the combination of tillage and drainage impacts on GHG fluxes from poorly drained soils. Thus, the present study was conducted in central Ohio with specific objective to assess the influences of long-term (18-year) no-tillage (NT) and chisel-till (CT) impacts on carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), and methane (CH4) fluxes from the soils in plots managed under drained (D) or nondrained (ND) conditions. The experimental site was established on a poorly drained Crosby silt loam soil in 1994 under corn (Zea mays L.)-corn rotation. Measurements of soil CO2, N2O, and CH4 fluxes were conducted biweekly during 2011 and 2012 using the static chamber technique. In 2011, the annual CO2-C and N2O-N from NT were 18% and 83%, respectively, lower compared to CT. Similar trends were observed for 2012. Methane fluxes were highly variable in both years. Tillage and drainage influenced seasonal soil GHG emissions; however, differences were not always significant. In general, plots under NT with subsurface drainage produced lower emissions compared to those under CT. Subsurface drainage lowered the emissions compared to those under ND. Results from this study concluded that subsurface drainage in poorly drained soils with long-term NT practice can be beneficial for the environment by emitting lower GHG fluxes compared to tilled soils with no drainage. However, long-term monitoring of these fluxes under diverse cropping systems under poorly drained soils is needed.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption"], "contacts": [{"organization": "T. Nakajima, Norman R. Fausey, Rattan Lal, Sandeep Kumar, Atsunobu Kadono,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.69.6.553"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Soil%20and%20Water%20Conservation", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2489/jswc.69.6.553", "name": "item", "description": "10.2489/jswc.69.6.553", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2489/jswc.69.6.553"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/w12061787", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-06-24", "title": "Can Lumped Characteristics of a Contributing Area Provide Risk Definition of Sediment Flux?", "description": "<p>Accelerated soil erosion by water has many offsite impacts on the municipal infrastructure. This paper discusses how to easily detect potential risk points around municipalities by simple spatial analysis using GIS. In the Czech Republic, the WaTEM/SEDEM model is verified and used in large scale studies to assess sediment transports. Instead of computing actual sediment transports in river systems, WaTEM/SEDEM has been innovatively used in high spatial detail to define indices of sediment flux from small contributing areas. Such an approach has allowed for the modeling of sediment fluxes in contributing areas with above 127,484 risk points, covering the entire Czech Republic territory. Risk points are defined as outlets of contributing areas larger than 1 ha, wherein the surface runoff goes into residential areas or vulnerable bodies of water. Sediment flux indices were calibrated by conducting terrain surveys in 4 large watersheds and splitting the risk points into 5 groups defined by the intensity of sediment transport threat. The best sediment flux index resulted from the correlation between the modeled total sediment input in a 100 m buffer zone of the risk point and the field survey data (R2 from 0.57 to 0.91 for the calibration watersheds). Correlation analysis and principal component analysis (PCA) of the modeled indices and their relation to 11 lumped characteristics of the contributing areas were computed (average K-factor; average R-factor; average slope; area of arable land; area of forest; area of grassland; total watershed area; average planar curvature; average profile curvature; specific width; stream power index). The comparison showed that for risk definition the most important is a combination of morphometric characteristics (specific width and stream power index), followed by watershed area, proportion of grassland, soil erodibility, and rain erosivity (described by PC2).</p>", "keywords": ["soil erosion", "PCA analysis", "residential areas", "RUSLE (Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation)", "watershed characteristics", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Residential areas", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "total soil loss", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "Soil erosion", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "sediment flux", "Sediment flux", "WaTEM/SEDEM", "Watershed characteristics", "Total soil loss", "Czech Republic"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/6/1787/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/6/1787/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061787"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Water", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/w12061787", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/w12061787", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/w12061787"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-06-23T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2489/jswc.67.5.331", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-09-10", "title": "Effects Of Climate Change On Soil Carbon And Nitrogen Storage In The Us Great Plains", "description": "Soils of the US Great Plains contain enormous stocks of soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil organic nitrogen (SON) that are vulnerable to predicted climate and land use change. Climate change scenarios predict a 2.2\u00b0C to 3.6\u00b0C (4\u00b0F to 6.5\u00b0F) increase and more variability in precipitation across most of the United States. This study quantifies management effects (native grassland, Conservation Reserve Program [CRP], and cropped) on SOC and SON stocks across the region and assessed soil variables (soil texture, cation exchange capacity, and others) and climatic drivers (precipitation and temperature) to predict future changes in carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stocks. Across all sites, cropped land had significantly lower C and N stocks in the 0 to 5 cm (0 to 2 in) and 0 to 10 cm (0 to 3.9 in) depths than native sites, while CRP sites were intermediate. Mean annual temperature (MAT), the ratio of mean annual precipitation to potential evapotranspiration (MAP:PET), soil bulk density (BD), and clay content were important covariates for SOC and SON stocks within land use. Soil C and N stocks under all three land uses were strongly negatively related to MAT and positively related to MAP:PET, suggesting that they are equally vulnerable to increased temperature and decreasing water availability. Based on these empirical relationships, a 1\u00b0C (1.8\u00b0F) increase in MAT could cause a loss of 486 Tg SOC (536 million tn) and a loss of 180 kg SON ha\u22121 (160 lb SON ac\u22121) from the top 10 cm (3.9 in) of soil over 30 years, but the decrease will be mediated by water availability (MAP:PET). Combined, increased temperature and conversion from CRP to cropland could decrease the existing SOC sink, but improved soil management and increased water availability may help offset these losses in the US Great Plains.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.67.5.331"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Soil%20and%20Water%20Conservation", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2489/jswc.67.5.331", "name": "item", "description": "10.2489/jswc.67.5.331", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2489/jswc.67.5.331"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2489/jswc.69.5.422", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-09-05", "title": "A meta-analysis of soil organic matter response to soil management practices: An approach to evaluate conservation indicators", "description": "Increased understanding of the influences of management practices on soil properties and associated ecosystem function is needed to improve tools used to administer conservation programs in the United States. This study used meta-analysis to assess the influence of cropping systems (conventional, conservation with minimum tillage, conservation with no-till, and organic systems) and management practices (nitrogen [N] fertility and rotation length) on soil organic carbon (SOC). These factors are considered by tools that evaluate conservation performance and provision of ecosystem services. We also reviewed the literature to determine whether this approach could be applied to other proxy variables (erosion rates, soil erodibility factor [K values], available phosphorus [P], and nitrous oxide [N2O]). Data mining was used to populate a database with variables representing practices used by the Natural Resource Conservation Service9s Conservation Measurement Tool (CMT) to determine eligibility for the Conservation Stewardship Program. Data collected from 55 peer-reviewed studies was categorized based on sampling depth (0 to 10, 0 to 15, 0 to 20, and 0 to 30 cm [0 to 3.9, 0 to 5.9, 0 to 7.8, and 0 to 11.8 in]). The magnitude of the effect estimated by meta-analysis was then compared to scores assigned to practices in the soil quality module of the CMT. Meta-analysis of data from the 0 to 20 cm (0 to 7.8 in) depth suggested that rates of SOC accrual were similar in organic systems using diversified crop rotations and conservation systems using inorganic fertility sources, increasing SOC by 9% compared to the conventional control. In comparisons at the 0 to 30 cm (0 to 11.8 in) depth, results from conservation systems using no-till and organic systems diverged, with conservation systems relying on no-till producing no gains while organic systems produced a 29% increase in SOC. While the use of organic amendments generally increased SOC, the magnitude of the effect was more modest than suggested by current CMT weighting. In addition, our results suggested that quality of manure, which is not differentiated in the CMT, influences the magnitude of the effect and that addition of wet manure may decrease SOC. A comparison of rotation length showed cropping systems with rotations of 3 years or longer were better able to increase SOC than shorter rotations. These findings suggested that the CMT generally ranks practices appropriately and shows how meta-analysis could be used to adjust credits awarded for use of reduced or no-till practices or different fertility sources.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Michelle M. Wander, Carmen M. Ugarte, Hoyoung Kwon, Susan S. Andrews,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.69.5.422"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Soil%20and%20Water%20Conservation", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2489/jswc.69.5.422", "name": "item", "description": "10.2489/jswc.69.5.422", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2489/jswc.69.5.422"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2489/jswc.69.6.574", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-11-10", "title": "Soil Microaggregate And Macroaggregate Decay Over Time And Soil Carbon Change As Influenced By Different Tillage Systems", "description": "Soil tillage can affect the formation and stability of soil aggregates. The disruption of soil structure weakens soil aggregates to be susceptible to the external forces of water, wind, and traffic instantaneously, and over time. The choice of tillage system or land man- agement changes the soil physical condition and soil organic matter content, which is an essential factor in building soil aggregates. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of different tillage systems on the rate of decay of different sizes of soil aggregate fractions and other associated properties over time as subjected to a continuous wetting process. This research was conducted on a long-term tillage study, established in 2002 at the Iowa State University Agronomy Research Farm near Ames, Iowa. The soil association in this study is Clarion-Nicollet-Webster (Clarion (fine-loamy, mixed, mesic, Typic Hapluduolls), Nicollet (fine-loamy, mixed, mesic, Aquic Hapluduolls), and Webster (fine-loam, mixed, mesic, Typic Endoaquolls)). The experimental design was a randomized complete block design with four replications. Main plot treatments were five tillage systems: moldboard-plow, chisel-plow, deep-rip, strip-till, and no-till. The cropping system was corn (Zea mays L.)- soybean (Glycine max L.) rotation. Wet aggregate stability was measured using the Wet Sieving Apparatus (Eijkelkamp, Agrisearch Equipment. Art no. 08.13). Soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil total nitrogen (N) were analyzed by dry combustion using CHN Analyzer (TruSpec CHN Version 2.5x). Results show no-till with the highest carbon (C) content and the highest macro- and microaggregate stability over time. The findings also show a strong relationship between the increase in SOC content and the stability of macro- and microag- gregate under continuous wetting process. Furthermore, the findings suggest that aggregate stability and moisture content are highly correlated with SOC content, and the rate of decay of both aggregate sizes (macro and micro) is highly influenced by the intensity of tillage. The implication of this research is the importance of no-till not only in increasing the stability of micro- and macroaggregates and SOC storage, but also in its effect on increasing the stability of all aggregate fractions in continuous wet conditions for extended periods of time.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.69.6.574"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Soil%20and%20Water%20Conservation", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2489/jswc.69.6.574", "name": "item", "description": "10.2489/jswc.69.6.574", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2489/jswc.69.6.574"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2489/jswc.70.4.232", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-07-03", "description": "The Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) was initiated in 2002 to quantify the potential benefits of conservation management practices throughout the nation. Within the Central Claypan Region of Missouri, the Salt River Basin was selected as a benchmark watershed for soil and water quality assessments. This study focuses on two objectives: (1) assessing soil quality for 15 different annual cropping and perennial vegetation systems typically employed in this region, and (2) evaluating relationships among multiple measured soil quality indicators (SQIs). Management practices included annual versus perennial vegetation, and varying grass species composition (cool-season versus warm-season), tillage intensity (no-till versus mulch-till), biomass removal, rotation phase, crop rotation (corn [Zea mays L.]\u2013soybean [Glycine max L. Merr] versus corn\u2013soybean\u2013wheat [Triticum aestivum L.]) and incorporation of cover crops into the rotation. Soil samples were obtained in 2008 from 0 to 5 cm (0 to 2 in) and 5 to 15 cm (2 to 6 in) depth layers. Ten biological, physical, chemical, and nutrient SQIs were measured and scored using the Soil Management Assessment Framework (SMAF). Across SQIs, biological and physical indicators were the most sensitive to management effects, reflecting significant differences in organic carbon (C), mineralizable nitrogen (N), \u03b2-glucosidase, and bulk density. In the 0 to 5 cm layer, perennial systems demonstrated the greatest SMAF scores, ranging from 93% to 97% of the soil9s inherent potential. Scores for annual cropping systems ranged from 78% to 92%: diversified no-till, corn\u2013soybean\u2013wheat rotation with cover crops (92%) > no-till, corn\u2013soybean rotation without cover crops (88%) > mulch-till corn\u2013soybean rotation without cover crops (84%). Conversely, in the 5 to 15 cm layer, no-till cropping systems scored lower for overall soil function (58% to 61%) than mulch-till systems (65% to 66%). In the 0 to 5 cm layer, biological soil quality under the diversified no-till system with cover crops was 11% greater than under no-till without cover crops, and 20% greater than under mulch-till without cover crops. The effect of rotation phase was primarily reflected in 64% lower mineralizable N following corn relative to soybean. Additionally, soil nutrient function was significantly affected by biomass removal. The results of this study demonstrate that the benefits of conservation management practices extend beyond soil erosion reduction and improved water quality by highlighting the potential for enhanced soil quality, especially biological soil function. In particular, implementing conservation management practices on marginal and degraded soils in the claypan region can enhance long-term sustainability in annual cropping systems and working grasslands through improved soil quality.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. 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The region extends along 55 to 60 million ha (135 to 148 million ac) and was originally covered with temperate grasslands. The region shows several similarities as well as differences with their equivalent grassland of North America. In a simplified picture, the climate is humid in the east and subhumid/semiarid in the west. Rainfall varies from 1,200 mm y\u22121 (47 in yr\u22121) in the east to 500 mm y\u22121 (20 in yr\u22121) in the west. Fall and spring/summer are the rainier seasons but there is considerable variability in monthly and annual precipitation. The Pampas is classified as mesothermal, with average temperature around 14\u00b0C (57.2\u00b0F) in the south and 20\u00b0C (68\u00b0F) in the north. Winters can be cold, especially in the south, where it sometimes snows, but soils never become frozen. Most soils of the Pampas were developed from loess-like sediments and are mainly Mollisols. From east to west, soils are mainly Argiudolls, Hapludolls, and Haplustolls, and in some localized areas Natraquolls. Other less representative soils are Alfisols, Vertisols, and Entisols (Lavado and Taboada 2009).  The Pampas is\u2026", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "3. Good health"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Carina Rosa \u00c1lvarez, Helena Rimski-Korsakov, Ra\u00fal S. Lavado,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.70.6.134a"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Soil%20and%20Water%20Conservation", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2489/jswc.70.6.134a", "name": "item", "description": "10.2489/jswc.70.6.134a", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2489/jswc.70.6.134a"}, {"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": "10.2489/jswc.70.1.54", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-01-02", "title": "Permanent Raised Beds Improved Crop Performance And Water Use On The North China Plain", "description": "Conservation Agriculture (CA) has been shown to improve cropping system performance around the world. However, there is limited research on this practice in the annual double cropping areas of the North China Plain and consequently limited uptake of the technology by the farming community. Data from a field experiment (2005 to 2011) conducted in Daxing, Beijing, China, were used to compare the effects of tillage practices, namely permanent raised beds (PRB), no-tillage (NT), and traditional tillage (TT) on growth, yield, and water use of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and summer maize (Zea mays L.). Results demonstrated that PRB increased soil water content (0 to 0.3 m [0 to 0.98 ft] depth; >8%) and reduced bulk density by 5.1%. Permanent raised bed soil temperatures were stabilized during winter wheat and summer maize production, compared to NT and TT treatments. Over the six years, PRB yields increased by >3% and gross production water use index (GPWUI) improved by >2.5% compared to TT, due to improved soil properties and crop performance. However, the impact of the changed management practices was not realized until the final two seasons, when yields improved by >6%. Accordingly, differences in farming profits, when viewed over the six years were intangible, but improved significantly by >20% in the final two seasons. These improvements in soil properties, yield, and water use are of considerable importance for food security and sustainable agriculture in the North China Plain; however, limited understanding of the farming system and extended timeframes required before realizing beneficial returns continue to limit widespread adoption.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. 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A first step to understanding the sequestration potential is to quantify the biomass C and soil C storage. In the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, Canada, a hedgerow stewardship program incentivizes farmers to plant hedgerows to create habitat for biodiversity conservation and to improve ecosystem services such as climate change mitigation. This study evaluated the efficacy of hedgerows to store C in woody biomass and soil relative to remnant hedgerows (RH) and neighboring production fields with annual crops. We measured soil C (equivalent soil mass) and soil aggregate stability in both hedgerows and production fields, while biomass C and species diversity were calculated for the trees and shrubs in the two hedgerow types. There was no significant difference in the biomass C in the two hedgerow types, despite age differences with planted hedgerows (PH) having a mean total above- and belowground biomass of 76 \u00b1 32 t C ha\u22121 (33.8 \u00b1 14.2 tn C ac\u22121) and RH 124 \u00b1 21 t C ha\u22121 (55.3 \u00b1 9.3 tn C ac\u22121). Aggregate stability was similar in both hedgerow types, and was significantly greater than neighboring production fields. Woody vegetation biodiversity was significantly greater in PH than RH for richness, Shannon, and Simpson measures. Planted hedgerows stored significantly greater soil C than RH to 1.2 t m\u22122 (1.1 tn yd\u22122) standard soil mass with values being 175.9 \u00b1 13.2 t C ha\u22121 (78.4 \u00b1 5.8 tn C ac\u22121) and 132.7 \u00b1 7.3 t C ha\u22121 (59.1 \u00b1 3.2 tn C ac\u22121), respectively. Soil C in PH was 40% greater than that of their neighboring production fields. Soil C was significantly correlated with the Shannon and Simpson diversity of the hedgerow shrubs and trees indicating that planting hedgerows, with improved woody vegetation biodiversity, may have a positive effect on their greenhouse gas mitigation potential on farmland.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Sean Smukler, B. Thiel, Sarah E. Gergel, Maja Krzic, C. 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The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of cover crops on soil organic C (SOC), total N (STN), ammonium nitrogen (NH4-N), and nitrate-N (NO3-N) contents at the 0 to 30 cm (0 to 12 in) depth under bioenergy sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) crops from 2010 to 2013 in the southeastern United States. Treatments were two sorghum species (forage sorghum [Sorghum vulgare Pers.] and sweet sorghum) as the main plot and four cover crops as the split-plot treatments arranged in a randomized complete block with three replications. Cover crop treatments were legume (hairy vetch [Vicia villosa Roth]), nonlegume (rye [Secale cereal L.]), biculture of legume and nonlegume (hairy vetch/rye), and no cover crop (control). At 15 to 30 cm (6 to 12 in), SOC was greater with hairy vetch/rye than the control under forage sorghum. At 0 to 5 and 5 to 15 cm (0 to 2 and 2 to 6 in), STN was greater with hairy vetch and hairy vetch/rye than rye under forage sorghum and greater with hairy vetch/rye than the control under sweet sorghum. At 5 to 15 cm, NO3-N was greater with hairy vetch/rye than rye in 2011, but was greater with rye and hairy vetch than hairy vetch/rye in 2012. At all depths, NH4-N was greater under forage than sweet sorghum in 2012. Regardless of treatments, SOC and STN increased, but NH4-N and NO3-N varied from 2010 to 2013. Although soil available N varied with cover crops, sorghum types, and climatic conditions from year to year, hairy vetch/rye can conserve and/or increase soil C and N storage compared with vetch or rye alone, or the control under bioenergy sorghum in the southeastern United States. The results can be used to claim C credit, increase N cycling, and improve soil and environmental quality under bioenergy sorghum in the regions with similar soil and climatic conditions.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Hari Singh, Bharat P. Singh, Upendra M. 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