Many studies have attempted to predict whether coastal marshes will be able to keep up with future acceleration of sea-level rise by estimating marsh accretion rates. However, there are few studies focussing on the long-term effects of herbivores on vegetation structure and subsequent effects on marsh accretion. Deposition of fine-grained, mineral sediment during tidal inundations, together with organic matter accumulation from the local vegetation, positively affects accretion rates of marsh surfaces. Tall vegetation can enhance sediment deposition by reducing current flow and wave action. Herbivores shorten vegetation height and this could potentially reduce sediment deposition. This study estimated the effects of herbivores on 1) vegetation height, 2) sediment deposition and 3) resulting marsh accretion after long-term (at least 16 years) herbivore exclusion of both small (i.e. hare and goose) and large grazers (i.e. cattle) for marshes of different ages. Our results firstly showed that both small and large herbivores can have a major impact on vegetation height. Secondly, grazing processes did not affect sediment deposition. Finally, trampling by large grazers affected marsh accretion rates by compacting the soil. In many European marshes, grazing is used as a tool in nature management as well as for agricultural purposes. Thus, we propose that soil compaction by large grazers should be taken in account when estimating the ability of coastal systems to cope with an accelerating sea-level rise. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
", "keywords": ["marsh succession", "0106 biological sciences", "Surface elevation change", "Sea-level rise", "FLOW", "Sedimentation rate", "SEA-LEVEL RISE", "SURFACE ELEVATION", "01 natural sciences", "BROWN HARES", "Herbivory", "14. Life underwater", "Marsh succession", "Biology", "Global change", "VEGETATION SUCCESSION", "global change", "COASTAL WETLANDS", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "sedimentation rate", "herbivory", "GEESE", "sea-level rise", "15. Life on land", "PRODUCTIVITY GRADIENT", "surface elevation change", "NORTH-SEA", "13. Climate action", "TIDAL MARSH"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.08.021"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Estuarine%2C%20Coastal%20and%20Shelf%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecss.2013.08.021", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecss.2013.08.021", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.08.021"}, {"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": "10.1016/j.ecss.2012.08.002", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-08-17", "title": "Methane, Carbon Dioxide And Nitrous Oxide Fluxes From A Temperate Salt Marsh: Grazing Management Does Not Alter Global Warming Potential", "description": "Soil greenhouse gas emissions from cattle grazed and un-grazed temperate upper salt marsh were measured using dark static chambers, monthly for one year. Below-ground gas sampling tubes were also used to measure soil methane (CH4) concentrations. CH4 efflux from grazed and un-grazed salt marsh did not differ significantly although grazing did lead to \u2018hotspots\u2019 of underground CH4 (up to 6% of total air volume) and CH4 efflux (peak of 9 mg m\u22122 h\u22121) significantly linked to high soil moisture content, low soil temperatures and the presence of Juncus gerardii. Carbon dioxide (CO2) efflux was greater from the un-grazed marsh (mean of 420 mg m\u22122 h\u22121) than the grazed marsh (mean of 333 mg m\u22122 h\u22121) throughout most of the year and was positively correlated with the deeper water table and greater soil temperatures. Grazing was not a significant predictor of nitrous oxide (N2O) soil emissions. Global Warming Potential (GWP; over 100 years), calculated from mean yearly chamber fluxes for CH4 and CO2, did not differ significantly with grazing treatment. Seasonal variation in the key drivers of soil greenhouse gas efflux; soil temperature, moisture and water table, plus the presence or absence of aerenchymatous plants such as J. gerardii were more important to the magnitude of greenhouse gas emissions than grazing management per se.", "keywords": ["chamber flux measurements", "salt marshes", "13. Climate action", "greenhouse gases", "Ribble estuary", "livestock grazing", "UK", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2012.08.002"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Estuarine%2C%20Coastal%20and%20Shelf%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecss.2012.08.002", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecss.2012.08.002", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecss.2012.08.002"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ecss.2013.03.010", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-04-09", "title": "Impact Of Grazing Management On Silica Export Dynamics Of Wadden Sea Saltmarshes", "description": "Abstract During periods of silica limitation, its supply from tidal marshes is important for the stability of estuarine and coastal food webs. Saltmarshes are highly dynamic, grass dominated ecosystems: their large area, high salinity and location imply that they could efficiently contribute to the buffering of silica depletion events in the coastal zone. As grazing management potentially alters vegetation and sedimentation dynamics in saltmarshes, it could have an indirect impact on silica cycling in these systems. In two saltmarshes of the Wadden Sea coast, concentrations of dissolved and biogenic silica (DSi and BSi) were measured in eight creeks in four seasons under different management conditions. Export rates were calculated using simultaneous discharge measurements. Mean annual DSi concentration in the seepage water was 338\u00a0\u00b1\u00a0112\u00a0\u03bcmol\u00a0l \u22121 . Ungrazed sites had significantly higher seepage water DSi concentrations than sites which were grazed by sheep. BSi concentrations were, in general, lower and more variable. DSi export rates from ungrazed sites (265\u00a0\u00b1\u00a0155\u00a0\u03bcmol\u00a0m \u22122 \u00a0day \u22121 ) were twice as high as from grazed saltmarshes (126\u00a0\u00b1\u00a0137\u00a0\u03bcmol\u00a0m \u22122 \u00a0day \u22121 ). DSi concentrations were among the highest values previously reported for saltmarshes and tidal freshwater marshes. Although differences in silica exports from grazed and ungrazed sites might be partly explained by silica uptake of benthic diatoms in the creeks, differences in hydrology appeared to be an overarching factor, controlling silica exports from Wadden Sea saltmarshes.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "13. Climate action", "14. Life underwater", "15. Life on land", "Biology", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.03.010"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Estuarine%2C%20Coastal%20and%20Shelf%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecss.2013.03.010", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecss.2013.03.010", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.03.010"}, {"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": "10.1016/j.ecss.2013.10.026", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-11-01", "title": "Does Livestock Grazing Affect Sediment Deposition And Accretion Rates In Salt Marshes?", "description": "Accretion rates, defined as the vertical growth of salt marshes measured in mm per year, may be influenced by grazing livestock in two ways: directly, by increasing soil compaction through trampling, and indirectly, by reducing aboveground biomass and thus decreasing sediment deposition rates measured in g/m(2) per year. Although accretion rates and the resulting surface elevation change largely determine the resilience of salt marshes to sea-level rise (SLR), the effect of livestock grazing on accretion rates has been little studied. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of livestock grazing on salt-marsh accretion rates. We hypothesise that accretion will be lower in grazed compared to ungrazed salt marshes. In four study sites along the mainland coast of the Wadden Sea (in the south-eastern North Sea), accretion rates, sediment deposition rates, and soil compaction of grazed and ungrazed marshes were analysed using the Cs-137 radionuclide dating method. Accretion rates were on average 11.6 mm yr(-1) during recent decades and thus higher than current and projected rates of SLR. Neither accretion nor sediment deposition rates were significantly different between grazing treatments. Meanwhile, soil compaction was clearly affected by grazing with significantly higher dry bulk density on grazed compared to ungrazed parts. Based on these results, we conclude that other factors influence whether grazing has an effect on accretion and sediment deposition rates and that the effect of grazing on marsh growth does not follow a direct causal chain. It may have a great importance when interacting with other biotic and abiotic processes on the marsh. Crown Copyright (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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However, its decomposition produces a significant amount of CO2, which can be further emitted to the atmosphere. The objective of the present study was to determine CO2 fluxes at the sediment-air interface of planted mangrove forests and adjacent bare sediment and determine how sediment characteristics, seasonal and tidal variations impact CO2 emissions. The results suggest sediment organic carbon content (TOC) was a key parameter influencing sediment properties beside others sediment characteristics such as grain-size and sediment water content. At the sediment-air interface, CO2 fluxes measured in the wet season were significantly higher (P", "keywords": ["570", "550", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "12. 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Currently, there is a paucity of information on how these changes may alter the carbon accumulation capacity of coastal areas. Here, sediment cores were collected from two areas and used to determine the influence of mangrove migration and deforestation on sediment carbon stocks and accumulation rates. The deforested area contained lower sedimentary organic carbon stocks (2767\u00a0\u00b1\u00a0580\u00a0g\u00a0m \u22122 ) compared to the preserved area (6949\u00a0\u00b1\u00a084\u00a0g\u00a0m \u22122 ). Sediment accumulation rates, derived from excess 210 Pb and 239+240 Pu depositional signatures, ranged from 0.19 to 0.35\u00a0cm\u00a0yr \u22121 . The total sedimentary organic carbon (TOC) accumulation rates for the period after mangrove deforestation (2005\u20132011) exhibited significant differences between preserved areas (Core C: 43.9\u00a0\u00b1\u00a06.9\u00a0g\u00a0m \u22122 yr \u22121 ; Core D: 83.1\u00a0\u00b1\u00a05.9\u00a0g\u00a0m \u22122 yr \u22121 ) and the deforested area (Core B: 25.8\u00a0\u00b1\u00a06.0\u00a0g\u00a0m \u22122 yr \u22121 ), suggesting a decline after deforestation. For the preserved area, the TOC accumulation under mangrove dominance (65.5\u00a0\u00b1\u00a016.3\u00a0g\u00a0m \u22122 yr \u22121 , after 1944) was higher than under saltmarsh dominance (23.5\u00a0\u00b1\u00a015.9\u00a0g\u00a0m \u22122 yr \u22121 , before 1944), as revealed by carbon isotopic signatures (\u03b4 13 C). The increase in the TOC accumulation due to mangrove expansion in this New Zealand estuary was conservatively estimated as three-fold higher, and two-fold higher in stocks in comparison to the period when this ecosystem was dominated by non-mangrove vegetation.", "keywords": ["580", "0106 biological sciences", "Organic carbon burial", "550", "Anthropogenic deforestation", "Geology", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "13. Climate action", "210Pb 239\u00fe240Pu", "Mangroves", "Geochronologies", "14. 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Long-term conservation tillage may alter distribution of soil organic carbon, nitrogen, and enzyme activities. The objectives of this study were to investigate the impacts of different tillage systems (conventional tillage with rotation of rice and winter fallow (CT-r) system, no-till and ridge culture with rotation of rice and winter fallow (NT-r) system, no-till and ridge culture with rotation of rice and rape (NT-rr) system and conventional tillage with rotation of rice and rape (CT-rr) system) on the depth distribution of soil total organic carbon, nitrogen and enzyme activities (catalase, intverase, and urease activity) in a purple paddy soil after 18 years. Soil total organic carbon and labile organic carbon were significant increased in surface soil layer (0-10cm) under CT-r, NT-r, and NT-rr systems compared to that under CT-rr system. It indicated that conservation tillage practices can sequester soil organic carbon and reduced CO2/CH4 emission. Soil total nitrogen also significant increased in surface soil layer (0-10cm) under CT-r, NT-r, and NT-rr systems with the greatest under CT-r system (36%), followed by under NT-rr system (34%), and the least under NT-r system (20%) compared to CT-rr system. No-till, ridge culture, and rotation of rice and winter fallow were increased soil catalase and urease activities, but the greatest was not observed under NT-r system, under which the catalase activities was significant decreased. Soil invertase activities were significant increased under CT-r system compared to CT-rr systems and only a little increased in 0-20cm soil layer under NT-rr system. Conservation tillage could construct good soil biochemistry environment and maintain soil fertility, and promote agroecosystem sustainable development.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Soil organic carbon", "Nitrogen", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "12. 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Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Conservation tillage", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Wang Zi-fang, Luo Youjin, Wei Chaofu, Gao Ming,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2011.03.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Energy%20Procedia", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.egypro.2011.03.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.egypro.2011.03.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.egypro.2011.03.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.egypro.2018.07.022", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-07-18", "title": "Can or cannot green rust reduce chlorinated ethenes?", "description": "Abstract Green rusts (GRs) are Fe2+, Fe3+ layered double hydroxides that are widely investigated for the reduction of inorganic and organic pollutants in soils and groundwaters. Of particular interest is the use of GRs for the reduction of chlorinated ethenes, but existing literature shows contrasting results. Here, we tested 4 GRs (with different interlayer and hydroxide sheet modifications) in reactions with 3 different chlorinated ethenes (tetra-, tri-, and cis-dichloroethylene) for up to 10 months. Our results show that none of the freshly synthesized and untreated GRs can reduce the here tested chlorinated ethenes to any significant extent, corroborated by the lack of degradation products after 10 months and the absence of any significant volatilization. This is in stark contrast to previous literature, which reported that GR can degrade these chlorinated ethenes. The absence of reaction in our experiments is explained by having equilibrated GR suspensions, where the affinity of chlorinated ethenes for GR surfaces is extremely low.", "keywords": ["green rust", "chlorianted solvents", "13. Climate action", "remediation", "green rust", " chlorianted solvents", " remediation", "01 natural sciences", "6. 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Clean-up is costly and often invasive, thus there is high interest in stimulating natural attenuation processes. For this, first an assessment of the type and extent of natural attenuation present at the site is required. Here, we present chemical, isotopic and microbial analyses of waters collected at a chlorinated ethene contaminated site in Denmark to give insights into natural attenuation processes. The data gives indication of complete reductive dechlorination by microbial communities but their extent varies greatly across short distances and between the different geological layers. The data further indicates that overall, chlorinated ethene degradation through natural attenuation is small at this site but near surface degradation due to aerobic co-metabolism or abiotic geochemical reduction could potentially play a role.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "03 medical and health sciences", "C", "13. 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In this work the effect of consecutive addition of two mature composts (vegetal and animal compost) at rates of 30 tm ha-1 over a 4-year period under a dryland system on the chemical and biochemical properties of a clay soil (Chromic Haploxeret) was investigated and compared to that of an inorganic fertilization. Soil chemical and biological status was evaluated by measuring the total organic carbon (TOC), humic acids, Kjeldahl-N, bicarbonate-extractable P (Olsen-P), ammonium acetate extractable-K (AAE-K), microbial biomass carbon (Cmic), enzymatic activities (dehydrogenase, protease, glucosidase, alkaline phosphatase) and Cmic/TOC ratio. At the end of the study, soils fertilised with composts showed increases in quantity (TOC) and quality (humic acids) of organic matter compared to inorganically fertilised soil. The nutrient content (Olsen-P and Kjeldahl-N) also showed an increase in the plots fertilised with composts. From the fourth crop cycle the plots fertilised with compost showed more clearly the increase in microbial biomass and enzymatic activities, which can have been related both with leguminous pre-crop and with the organic fertilization. In general, under a dryland system, an improvement of soil fertility was achieved in organically fertilised soils, confirming the positive effect of organic fertilization.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Melero S\u00e1nchez, Sebastiana, Madej\u00f3n, Engracia, Ruiz Porras, J. C., Herencia, Juan F.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2006.11.004"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Agronomy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.eja.2006.11.004", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.eja.2006.11.004", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.eja.2006.11.004"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.eja.2005.01.002", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:32Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2005-04-11", "title": "Biowaste Compost Affects Yield, Nitrogen Supply During The Vegetation Period And Crop Quality Of Agricultural Crops", "description": "Abstract Organic wastes should be recycled from an ecological as well as from an economical point of view. To integrate compost into the crop rotation, however, the availability of nutrients should be known. Therefore, when municipal composting operations attained a large scale in Vienna in 1992, the present field trial was set up to investigate the performance of the biowaste compost in agriculture on a fertile soil under relatively dry climatic conditions, as is typical for eastern Austria. This paper presents the yields and crop quality results of the first 10 years. The experiment included three treatments with compost fertilization (9, 16 and 23\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 \u00a0year \u22121 fresh matter (f.m.) on average of 10 years), three treatments with mineral nitrogen fertilization (25, 40.5 and 55.9\u00a0kg N ha \u22121 \u00a0year \u22121 on average), five treatments with combined fertilization and an untreated control in a latin rectangle design with a practical local crop sequence. The yield in the compost treatments increased for 8%, 7% and 10% compared to the unfertilized control (average of 10 years). Yield response to the compost applications was very low in the beginning and increased slightly with the duration of the experiment. This is likely due to the dry climatic conditions (552\u00a0mm precipitation), to the average C/N ratio of 23 in the composts used, and the high level of fertility of the Fluvisol on the site. The analysis of the yield components of the cereals showed that the plants in the compost treatments were sufficiently supplied with nitrogen in the early growth stages and after pollination, but at booting, when N-uptake is highest, the N-supply in the compost treatments was comparable to that with mineral fertilization at up to 30\u00a0kg N ha \u22121 . Crop quality was not affected by compost fertilization, but in some cases even improved. The results suggest that on fertile soils in the pannonic climate the fertilizer effect of biowaste compost is small, but increasing with time. The yields as well as the results concerning nitrogen availability during the vegetation period and crop quality show that the compost acted as a slow-release source of nitrogen on a medium level.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "E. Erhart, W. Hartl, B. Putz,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2005.01.002"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Agronomy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.eja.2005.01.002", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.eja.2005.01.002", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.eja.2005.01.002"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2005-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.eja.2007.12.005", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:32Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-03-31", "title": "Long-Term Effect Of Tillage, Crop Rotation And N Fertilization To Wheat On Gaseous Emissions Under Rainfed Mediterranean Conditions", "description": "Abstract A field study was conducted to assess the effect of N fertilizer application to wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), tillage system and crop rotation on total denitrification N losses, N2O and CO2 emissions under Mediterranean conditions in a long-term trial started 18 years ago on a Vertisol soil. The tillage system consisted of conventional tillage vs. no-tillage and the crop rotation system consisted of two different 2-years rotations: wheat\u2013sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) (WS) and wheat\u2013faba bean (Vicia faba L.) (WF). Fertilizer rates were 0 and 100\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha\u22121 applied to wheat splitted in two amendments of 50\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha\u22121 each. Two different fertilization systems were studied. In the old fertilized plots system fertilizer had been applied for 18 years since the beginning of the trial, and in the new fertilized plots system fertilizer was applied for the first time when this experiment was started. Measurements were carried out after fertilizer applications. In the long term, continued fertilizer application produced a higher soil total N content. Nevertheless, no increase in denitrification potential, N2O\u00a0+\u00a0N2 production by denitrification, N2O or CO2 emissions was observed either by the recent application of N or by the continued application during 18 years. The soil presented a higher potential to denitrify up to N2 than up to N2O. So, denitrification was probably occurring mainly in the form of N2, while N2O emissions were occurring in a great manner by nitrification, both denitrification and nitrification occurring simultaneously at soil field capacity (60\u201370%) expressed as water filled pore space (WFPS). Conventional tillage induced an increase in soil total N content and in the potential to denitrify up to N2 with respect to no-tillage. This higher potential was translated into higher N2O\u00a0+\u00a0N2 production by denitrification presumably stimulated in the short time by the higher available carbon provided by decomposing roots and by the subsequent creation of soil anaerobic microsites. Contrarily, no effect of tillage was observed on N2O emissions because of being produced in an important manner by nitrification, which does not depend on carbon availability. The wheat\u2013faba bean rotation induced higher soil nitrate contents than the wheat\u2013sunflower, although the effect in the long time was not observed regarding soil total N content. The same as for the fertilizer effect, this increase in nitrate content was not followed by a higher denitrification potential or higher N2O\u00a0+\u00a0N2 production by denitrification because of the lack of organic matter, while an increase was observed in N2O emissions.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2007.12.005"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Agronomy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.eja.2007.12.005", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.eja.2007.12.005", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.eja.2007.12.005"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.eja.2008.01.009", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:32Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-03-27", "title": "Can Mineral And Organic Fertilization Help Sequestrate Carbon Dioxide In Cropland?", "description": "Abstract The soil organic matter content represents a huge reservoir of plant nutrients and an effective safeguard against pollution; beside it can sequestrate atmospheric CO 2 . Since 1966 up to now in the Southeast Po valley (Italy), the soil organic C (SOC) and total N (TN) dynamics in the 0\u20130.40\u00a0m soil layer under a maize\u2013wheat rainfed rotation are studied as influenced by organic and mineral N fertilizations. Every year in the same plots cattle manure, cattle slurry, and crop residues (i.e. wheat straw and maize stalk) are ploughed under to 0.40\u00a0m depth at a same dry matter rate (6.0 and 7.5\u00a0t\u00a0DM\u00a0ha \u22121 \u00a0year \u22121 after wheat and maize, respectively) and are compared to an unamended control. Each plot is splitted to receive four rates of mineral fertilizer (0\u2013100\u2013200\u2013300\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha \u22121 ). In the whole experiment, in 2000 SOC concentration was lower than in 1966 (6.77 and 7.72\u00a0g\u00a0kg \u22121 , respectively), likely for the deeper tillage that diluted SOC and favoured mineralization in deeper soil layer. From 1972 to 2000 SOC stock did not change in the control and N fertilized plots, while it increased at mean rates of 0.16, 0.18, and 0.26\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 \u00a0year \u22121 with the incorporation of residues, slurry and manure, corresponding to sequestration efficiencies of 3.7, 3.8 and 8.1% of added C with the various materials. TN followed the same SOC dynamic, demonstrating how it depends on the soil organic matter. Manure thus confirmed its efficacy in increasing both SOC content and soil fertility on the long-term. In developed countries, however, this material has become scarcely available; slurry management is expensive and implies high environmental risks. Moreover, in a C balance at a farm (or regional) scale, the CO 2 lost during manure and slurry stocking should be considered. For these reasons, the incorporation of cereal residues, even if only a little of their C content was found capable of soil accumulation, appears the best way to obtain a significant CO 2 sequestration in developed countries. Our long-term experiment clearly shows how difficult it is to modify SOC content. Moreover, because climate and soil type can greatly influence SOC dynamic, to increase CO 2 sequestration in cropland, it is important to optimize the fertilization within an agricultural management that includes all the agronomic practices (e.g. tillage, water management, cover crops, etc.) favouring the organic matter build up in the soil.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "LONG TERM FIELD EXPERIMENT; ORGANIC FERTILIZATION; MINERAL FERTILIZATION", "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/10.1016/j.eja.2008.01.009"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Agronomy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.eja.2008.01.009", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.eja.2008.01.009", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.eja.2008.01.009"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.eja.2009.05.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:32Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-06-19", "title": "Multiple Functions Of Buffer Strips In Farming Areas", "description": "Buffer strips (BSs) are strips interposed between fields and streams that intercept and treat the waters leaving cropland, and so are a useful tool for reducing agricultural diffuse pollution in lowland areas. If properly vegetated and managed, they can also produce wood for burning, act as sinks for atmospheric CO2 and enhance the landscape beauty. The paper presents an analysis of the different functions of BS and reviews the more important data from research programmes conducted over the last decade in Veneto Region (North-East Italy). Over a period of 3-5 years, in two experimental sites, young BS reduced total runoff by 33%, losses of N by 44% and P by 50% compared to no-BS. A mature BS was able to abate both NO3-N and dissolved phosphorus concentrations by almost 100%, in most cases having exiting water that satisfied the limit for avoiding eutrophication. The BS also proved to be a useful barrier for herbicides, with concentrations abated by 60% and 90%, depending on the chemical and the time elapsed since application. Considering the CO2 immobilized in the wood and soil together, the different BS monitored stored up to 80 t ha-1 year-1 . The BS caused negligible disturbance to maize, soybean and sugarbeet yields. The hedgerows, par- ticularly if composed of trees taller than 6 m, positively influenced the aesthetic value of the territory, improving its perceived naturalness and screening the man-made elements. Lastly, through a multi-objective analysis, opportunity costs were estimated to support the public decision-maker in determining the subsidies to be paid to encourage farmers to plant BS.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "multifunction", "13. Climate action", "buffer strip", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "buffer strips; diffused pollution; CO2 immobilistion; economics", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "hedgerow", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2009.05.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Agronomy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.eja.2009.05.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.eja.2009.05.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.eja.2009.05.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.eja.2012.06.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:33Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-06-30", "title": "Agricultural Use Of Digestate For Horticultural Crop Production And Improvement Of Soil Properties", "description": "Abstract The usefulness of a digestate from an anaerobic codigestion process as a fertiliser product was evaluated in a field experiment using two horticultural crops (watermelon and cauliflower), during two successive growing seasons. The effects of the digestate were compared with those of a traditional organic amendment (cattle manure) and a conventional mineral fertiliser. Digestate addition to soil provided a source of available nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) in the short-term and had positive effects on soil biological properties such as microbial biomass and enzyme activities, compared to the non-amended soil. The digestate application to soil led to yields comparable to the mineral fertilisation for the summer watermelon crop. However, for the winter cauliflower crop, only plots treated with the mineral fertiliser had good production. Nitrogen from the digestate is rapidly and highly available for plant growth in the short-term but also can be easily lost, together with a slow rate of microbial processes due to low temperatures, could reduce the fertilising capacity of the digestate. This seemed to be the main limiting factor for the winter cauliflower crop, where digestate or cattle manure, used as basal dressing, were not enough to satisfy the crop demand for nitrogen during its whole growth cycle.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2012.06.001"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Agronomy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.eja.2012.06.001", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.eja.2012.06.001", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.eja.2012.06.001"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.eja.2019.125974", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:33Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-11-29", "title": "Protein-rich legume and pseudo-cereal crop suitability under present and future European climates", "description": "Abstract Replacing animal proteins with plant proteins in diets has been demonstrated to have both health and environmental advantages, driving a debate about the potential of protein-rich crops as dietary replacements for animal products. However, there is a lack of knowledge on how climate change could influence the potential for producing protein-rich crops. This study addresses this knowledge gap for the European Union. We analysed 13 protein-rich crops, using the crop suitability model EcoCrop and climate projections for the 2050s, based on 30 Global Circulation Models, under the Representative Concentration Pathway 4.5. The results suggest that current protein-rich crop distributions reflect climatic suitability. We demonstrate the heterogeneous impacts of climate change on crop suitability. In general, conditions in northern Europe were modelled to become more favourable for protein-rich crops, while in southern Europe modelled future climates limit the production of traditional protein-rich crops commonly grown there, including chickpea and lentil. Model results show an expanded area of high suitability for quinoa. Our results confirm the need for concerted breeding and research planning strategies to improve the tolerance of faba bean, lentil, and chickpea to the abiotic stresses that are predicted to become more common with climate change. At the same time, production in northern Europe can benefit from experimentation with protein-rich crops predicted to become more suitable there. Production planning and agricultural policy should consider these likely impacts, to encourage shifts that follow the emerging geographic patterns of crop suitability, and to support the resilience of protein-rich crop production in regions that may be negatively impacted by climate change.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Horizon 2020", "abiotic stress", "EC", "legumes", "H2020", "Soil Science", "Plant Science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "crops", "Energy Research", "01 natural sciences", "proteins", "Research and Innovation action", "climate change", "13. 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The first category contains many different types of models with parameters learned from the data themselves and where domain knowledge is only used to select the predictors and engineer features. In the second category, models are based upon biophysical principles, whose structure and parameters are derived primarily from domain knowledge. Here we investigate if the integration of the two approaches can be beneficial as it allows to overcome the limitations of the two approaches taken individually - lack of sufficiently large, reliable and orthogonal datasets for data-driven approaches and the need of many inputs for process-based models. The applications of the two categories of models have been reviewed, paying special attention to the cases where the two approaches have been mixed. By analysing the literature we identified three major cases of integration between the two approaches: (1) using crop growth models to engineer features and expand the predictors space, (2) use data-driven approaches to estimate missing inputs for process-based models (3) using data-driven approaches to produce meta-models to reduce computation burden. Finally we propose a methodology based on metamodels and transfer learning to integrate data-driven and process-based approaches.", "keywords": ["Process-based", "0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Artificial intelligence", "Crop growth models", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Data-driven", "01 natural sciences", "Yield prediction", "Dynamic crop growth models", "Surrogate models", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Crop models", "Metamodels", "Neural networks"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2022.126569"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Agronomy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.eja.2022.126569", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.eja.2022.126569", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.eja.2022.126569"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2006.03.005", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:34Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-08-31", "title": "Influence Of The El Nino And La Nina Climate Events And Litter Removal On Inorganic Nitrogen Dynamics In Pine Forest Soils On Central Java, Indonesia", "description": "Abstract To determine to what extent environmental factors and anthropogenic disturbances dictate N dynamics in tropical forest soils, changes of concentrations of inorganic N in soil were investigated during a period of extreme climatic conditions caused by El Nino and La Nina . This allowed the determination of factors driving the N-dynamics in tropical soils more clearly than during normal seasonal cycles. Three N-limited pine forests in Central Java, Indonesia, were studied monthly for over a year. N-NH 4 + and N-NO 3 \u2212 were abundant in the organic layers, and decreased with increasing depth. Regular litter removal from the forest floor and branch-cutting at two pine forest sites significantly reduced the N-NH 4 + concentration in the organic and mineral layers, but had only a\u00a0minor influence on N-NO 3 \u2212 concentration. The N-NH 4 + and N-NO 3 \u2212 concentrations and pH showed a distinct seasonal variation with extremely large amplitude in all studied soil layers, this corresponded to variation in soil moisture content. Concentrations were low during the extreme dry period of El Nino of 1997, and significantly increased during the subsequent long wet period of La Nina . The largest changes occurred in the organic top layers and changes were more pronounced than during normal seasonal cycles. It is concluded that N-dynamics in litter and fragmentation layers were most influenced by seasonal precipitation and to a lesser degree by litter removal.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2006.03.005"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2006.03.005", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2006.03.005", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2006.03.005"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2008.12.002", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:34Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-01-02", "title": "Indication Of Soil Heavy Metal Pollution With Earthworms And Soil Microbial Biomass Carbon In The Vicinity Of An Abandoned Copper Mine In Eastern Nanjing, China", "description": "Abstract Mining activities can cause severe soil pollution in mining area and its surroundings. Nevertheless, very little is known about the local environmental risk after the mining activities are ended in China. Earthworms and soil microbial biomass carbon (SMBC), which are often used as bioindicators of soil pollution, were studied in order to support chemical analyses in assessing the status of soil heavy metal pollution around an abandoned copper mine in eastern Nanjing, China. Seven earthworm species belonging to three families (Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, and Lumbricidae) were present. Correlations between earthworm densities or biomass and a range of soil physical and chemical parameters were generally poor; however, several linear regression models based on the soil physicochemical characteristics and metal concentrations in earthworm bodies were established for each metal (Cu, Cd, and Zn) and each earthworm family. Therefore, metal bioaccumulation by soil-dwelling earthworms can be used as an ecological indicator of metal availability for this area. The SMBC, which varied from 83.9 to 499\u00a0g\u00a0kg \u22121 , did not correlate with the soil heavy metal concentrations, and SMBC is not proposed as a sensitive indicator for evaluating the environmental effects of soil heavy metal pollution in this area.", "keywords": ["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", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2008.12.002"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2008.12.002", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2008.12.002", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2008.12.002"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.04.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-04-26", "title": "Seasonal Dynamics Of The Physicochemical And Biological Properties Of Soils In Naturally Regenerating, Unmanaged And Clear-Cut Beech Stands In Northern Spain", "description": "The physicochemical and biological properties of soils within an unmanaged beech stand and two stands clear-cut in 2001 or 1996 were studied and compared across the year 2008. The clear-cut stands were left to naturally regenerate and exhibited very different levels of tree density. Soil from the stand clear-cut in 2001 had the lowest contents of organic matter and nitrogen, showed high resistance to penetration and the pH varied throughout the seasons. Basal respiration achieved minimum values in summer in both the unmanaged stand and the stand clear-cut in 1996. However, basal respiration slightly fluctuated from spring to autumn in the stand clear-cut in 2001. The seasonal dynamics of protease and phosphatase activities were similar within the three stands: the maximum protease activity was detected in spring and the highest phophatase activity in winter. \u03b2-Glucosidase activity in autumn and dehydrogenase in winter were greater in the unmanaged than in the clear-cut stands. Moreover, dehydrogenase activity was extremely low in the stand clear-cut in 1996. Microclimatic parameters within the stands were significantly correlated with several biological properties of soils, with microclimate being strongly determined by the density of trees. Results also suggested that ectomycorrhizal fungi would be key components of the soil microflora in the beech forests.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Clear-cutting", "Beech forests", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Ectomycorrhizas", "Soil basal respiration", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Soil enzymatic activities", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Soil physicochemical properties"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.04.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.04.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.04.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.04.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.10.006", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-11-09", "title": "Heavy Metal Tolerance Of Culturable Bacteria And Fungi In A Long-Term Cultivated Tropical Ultisol", "description": "Abstract A study was conducted to assess the variability in metal tolerant bacteria and fungi in a vegetable cropping system having comparatively low metal concentrations. Soil samples were collected from fields representing different lengths of cultivation, 0 (virgin soil), 4, 8, 12, 15, 18 and 22 years and analyzed for HCl and DTPA extractable Cu, Zn and Cd. Metal tolerant bacteria and fungi were enumerated using agar media amended with CuSO4, ZnSO4 and CdSO4 varying from 0 to 7\u00a0mM and 20% and 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC20 and IC50) were calculated. Concentrations of Cu, Zn and Cd in different extractants varied from 0\u201357, 11\u2013118 and 0\u20132.12\u00a0mg\u00a0kg\u22121 soil and higher values were observed for the virgin, 4-, 12- and 22-year cultivated soils. The log metal concentrations of IC50 for Cu, Zn and Cd ranged between \u22123.31 and \u22124.29, \u22123.21 to \u22123.89 and \u22124.03 to \u22126.37, respectively. Irrespective of having comparable metal concentrations, IC50 values of virgin and 4-year cultivated soils remained significantly lower than the 12- and 22- year cultivated soils. The IC50 values of bacteria correlated significantly with extractable metal fractions (r\u00a0>\u00a00.45) suggesting that in situ metal concentrations had induced metal tolerance in the bacterial community. The IC20 values for fungi were several folds higher than bacteria and did not correlate with extractable metal fractions. Principal component analysis indicated that metal concentrations and length of cultivation explained about 75% of the variability in the metal tolerant bacteria whereas 45% of the variability in the metal tolerant fungal population was explained by the in situ metal concentrations.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "R.M.C.P. Rajapaksha", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.10.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.10.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.10.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.10.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.03.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-03-29", "title": "Responses Of Ecosystem Respiration And Its Components To Fertilization In An Alpine Meadow On The Tibetan Plateau", "description": "Nitrogen (N) deposition alters composition and productivity of plant community, plant litter quality and quantity, composition and activity of soil microbial community. All these changes would influence ecosystem and soil CO2 emissions. We established a fertilization experiment in an alpine meadow in hinterland of the Tibetan Plateau to detect the responses of ecosystem and soil respiration to fertilization and further explore forces driving changes of CO2 fluxes. The fertilization experiment was conducted in 2008, in which five treatments were manipulated, i.e. three N levels of 0, 5, 10 g N m(-2) yr(-1) (coded as Control, LN and HN, respectively), and two N levels combined with constant level of 5 g phosphorus (P) m(-2) yr(-1), respectively (coded as LN + P and HN + P. respectively). Ecosystem respiration (Rec), above-ground plant respiration (Ra), and soil respiration (Rs) were measured in growing season of 2010 the third year of the experiment. N addition alone did not affect Rec, Ra or Rs. However, combination of N and P increased Rec, Ra and Rs mainly in later period of the growing season. Similarly, N addition did not affect aboveground biomass, but combination of N and P increased aboveground biomass. Rec, Ra and Rs were positively correlated with aboveground biomass, but were not correlated with belowground biomass, indicates enhancement of aboveground biomass by nutrient enrichment could contribute a large part of variation of ecosystem and soil respiration, especially at the end of the growing season. It is suggested that apparent negative effect of soil temperature on ecosystem and soil respiration could be confounded by the effect of aboveground biomass, especially under nutrient enrichment. (C) 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.03.001"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.03.001", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.03.001", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.03.001"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.05.002", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-05-20", "title": "The Effects Of Biochar, Wood Vinegar And Plants On Glyphosate Leaching And Degradation", "description": "Abstract Although glyphosate is a commonly used herbicide, its impacts on ecosystems are not well understood. A\u00a0pot experiment, was established to explore the potential impacts of biochar, wood vinegar, and plants on the environmental fate of glyphosate. In the presence of plants (Lolium perenne), and irrespective of the presence of biochar or wood vinegar, leaching of glyphosate through the soil was multiple compared to the plant free systems. However, the addition of biochar to the soil decreased the leaching of glyphosate irrespective of plants. Soils treated with biochar\u2013wood vinegar mixture showed the lowest glyphosate leaching, both with and without plants. Biochar, wood vinegar or plants, alone, had no effect on the degradation of glyphosate in soil. When the plants were present the degradation of glyphosate was highest in soils treated with biochar\u2013wood vinegar mixture. Our results imply that biochar in particular can be applied as a soil improving agent to reduce the potential environmental risks to aquatic environments caused by glyphosate", "keywords": ["maanparannus", "herbisidit", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "nitrogen", "6. Clean water", "Kasvinsuojelu", "leaching", "typpi", "herbicides", "glyphosate", "glyfosaatti", "wood vinegar", "AMPA", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "biochar", "valunta", "soil amendments", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.05.002"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.05.002", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.05.002", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.05.002"}, {"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": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.12.007", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-01-07", "title": "Effect Of Vegetation Types On Chemical And Biological Properties Of Soils Of Karst Ecosystems", "description": "Inappropriate human activities have caused widespread reductions of forests and have produced degradation in karst regions of China. In the past two decades, numerous attempts have been made to promote recovery of the degraded soil using afforestation and natural regeneration approaches. A better understanding of the effects of vegetation types on the chemical and biological properties of the soil is very important for both reforestation approaches. Five vegetation types, namely, natural old-growth forest (>80 years old), grassland (15\u201325 years old), natural regeneration (20\u201325 years old), bamboo plantation (23 years old) and pine plantation (22 years old), were investigated in the Maolan karst area of Guizhou Province. The soil quality index (SQI) was evaluated with a cluster analysis and a principal components analysis to compare soil quality classes among the vegetation types. The results indicated that soil organic matter, the MBC/TOC ratio and soil basal respiration were the most important factors reflecting the general chemical and biological properties of the soil. Based on the SQI values, the soil quality under the selected vegetation types could be divided into three groups: low soil quality (pine plantation with SQI\u00a0=\u00a00.26 and grassland with SQI\u00a0=\u00a00.29), intermediate soil quality (bamboo plantation with SQI\u00a0=\u00a00.41 and natural regeneration forest with SQI\u00a0=\u00a00.46) and high soil quality (natural old\u2013growth forest with SQI\u00a0=\u00a00.63). The results of this study suggested that the pure plantation of Pinus massoniana had a negative impact on soil quality and that natural restoration may represent a more effective approach to the improvement of soil quality in degraded karst areas. These results also showed a strong interaction between soil quality, nutrient dynamics and vegetation types.", "keywords": ["11. Sustainability", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.12.007"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.12.007", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.12.007", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.12.007"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.03.006", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-04-18", "title": "Effect Of Different Long-Term Fertilization Regimes On The Viral Community In An Agricultural Soil Of Southern China", "description": "Fertilization plays a pivotal role on soil biological process and affects the soil bacterial community, which act as hosts for viruses. The effect of fertilization on soil viral community has not been well explored. In this study, a Haplic Acrisol soil, which is the soil type for 13 provinces in Southern China, was analyzed after 22 years different fertilization regimes for their viral composition. The soil responded to organic fertilizations with an increased amount of soil organic matter (SOM) and pH (increased from 5.7 to 6.6), while with the decreased SOM and pH for chemical fertilization, especially for single nitrogen fertilization. The combined effects of SOM and pH caused by long-term different fertilization regimes on soil viral communities were investigated by direct calculation of virus-like particles (VLPs) through epifluorescence microscopy. The highest VLP abundance (13.1\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0107 per gram dry soil) was detected in soil applied with chemical and organic fertilizers. The viral and bacterial abundances of organic soil were 4 and 5 times higher than those of inorganic soil respectively. Transmission electron microscopy observation revealed a higher frequency of Myoviridae viruses in soil with organic amendments than without organic amendments, and vice versa for Podoviridae viruses. These results demonstrate that organic fertilizer could increase viral abundance and morphological diversity through suppressing soil acidification and improving soil organic matter.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.03.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.03.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.03.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.03.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.foreco.2005.05.055", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2005-07-02", "title": "Microbial Biomass And Nutrients In Soil At The Different Stages Of Secondary Forest Succession In Ziwulin, Northwest China", "description": "Abstract Microbial biomass, organic carbon, total nitrogen, and microbial quotient (MBC/Corg) in soil were determined during the secondary forest succession in north Ziwulin region in the middle of Loess Plateau, China. The results showed that with secondary forest succession organic carbon (Corg), total nitrogen (TN), microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and N (MBN) in soil increased quickly, and tended to be the highest contents under SF17 (17-year secondary forest), after that they decreased and gradually remained at quite a constant level, suggesting that accumulations of organic C, total N, MBC and MBN in soil occurred mainly at the early succession stages (before SF17). Soil microbial biomass was markedly correlated with the organic carbon and total nitrogen content of soil ( p", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Chunyan Wang, Jing Cao, Guo-mei Jia, Gang Wang,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2005.05.055"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Forest%20Ecology%20and%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.foreco.2005.05.055", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.foreco.2005.05.055", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.foreco.2005.05.055"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2005-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.envpol.2005.03.013", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:39Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2005-07-06", "title": "Effect Of Soil Characteristics On Cd Uptake By The Hyperaccumulator Thlaspi Caerulescens", "description": "The influence of soil characteristics on the phytoremediation potential of Thlaspi caerulescens is not well understood. We investigated the effect of soil pH and Cd concentration on plant Cd uptake on one soil type, and the variation in Cd uptake using a range of field contaminated soils. On soils with total Cd concentrations of 0.6-3.7 mg kg(-1), T. caerulescens (the Ganges ecotype) produced greater biomass in the pH range 5.1-7.6 than at pH 4.4. The highest plant Cd concentration (236 mg kg(-1)) and Cd uptake (228 microg pot(-1)) were observed at pH 5.1. On soils with total Cd concentrations of 2.6-314.8 mg kg(-1), shoot Cd concentrations were 10.9-1,196 mg kg(-1). Multiple regression analysis indicated that higher Cd in soil, low pH (within the range of >5) and coarser texture were associated with higher Cd concentration and Cd uptake by T. caerulescens.", "keywords": ["04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Hydrogen-Ion Concentration", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon", "6. Clean water", "Thlaspi", "Soil", "Zinc", "Clay", "Soil Pollutants", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Aluminum Silicates", "Biomass", "Plant Shoots", "Cadmium", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2005.03.013"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Pollution", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.envpol.2005.03.013", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.envpol.2005.03.013", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.envpol.2005.03.013"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.03.010", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-04-02", "title": "Responses Of Soil Acid Phosphatase And Beta-Glucosidase To Nitrogen And Phosphorus Addition In Two Subtropical Forests In Southern China", "description": "Abstract Elevated nitrogen (N) deposition has dramatically altered soil phosphorus (P) and carbon (C) cycles in forests and altered extracellular enzyme activity. However, the effects of N addition and the interactive effects of combined N and P additions on soil enzyme (e.g. phosphatase and glucosidase) activity in different types of forests (young vs. old-growth) remain unclear. To better understand this, a long-term N\u2013P fertilization experiment was initiated in January 2007 in two subtropical forests (an old-growth monsoon evergreen broadleaf forest (MEBF) and a young Masson pine forest (MPF)) in southern China. Four treatments were established, including control (no nutrient addition), N addition (150\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0yr\u22121), P addition (150\u00a0kg\u00a0P\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0yr\u22121) and NP addition (150\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0yr\u22121 plus 150\u00a0kg\u00a0P\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0yr\u22121). Soil physicochemical properties, acid phosphatase (APA-s) and \u03b2-glucosidase (BGA-s) activity per soil were measured in July 2012 and July 2013. Both APA-s and BGA-s were higher in MEBF than in MPF. N addition significantly stimulated APA-s in MEBF and BGA-s in MPF. P addition significantly suppressed APA-s in both forests and BGA-s in MEBF. Moreover, P addition decreased the stimulating effect of N addition on APA-s in MEBF and on BGA-s in MPF. Our results suggest that (1) N addition may exacerbate soil P limitation in old-growth forests and result in the deficiency of easily available C in young forests and (2) P addition may mitigate these negative effects of N addition in both forest types. Our findings suggest that P fertilization may be an effective practice to improve soil P availability in old-growth forests and soil C availability in young forests under N deposition condition.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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In addition, the potential mechanism of how climate warming influences soil N cycling via root-soil interactions remains unclear. We performed an experiment in which in situ root exudates were collected from Picea asperata seedling to examine the response of root carbon (C) & N exudation rates and the C: N ratio stoichiometry along with the soil N transformation rates to warming using infrared heaters in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau. The results showed that warming enhanced root C exudation rates (ug C\u00a0g \u22121 \u00a0root biomass\u00a0h \u22121 ), with higher C: N ratio stoichiometry simultaneously. Experimental warming also significantly increased the soil net mineralization rates, net nitrification rates, and denitrification rates. Then, we conducted an in\u00a0vitro experiment in which three bacterial strains ( Bacillus subtilis , Nitrobacter hamburgensis , and Brachymonas denitrificans ) representing ammonifiers, nitrifiers, and denitrifiers, respectively, were cultured with exudates as the culture media. The results indicated that root exudates collected in warmed plots significantly stimulated the growth of the three soil N transformation bacteria, compared with the treatments in control plots. Collectively, our results, to some degree, evidence a linkage that climate warming-induced changes in C fluxes and C: N ratio stoichiometry of root exudation stimulated the growth and reproduction of soil N transformation bacteria, consequently accelerating the soil organic matter decomposition and soil N transformations.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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There are more than 3800 landslides in the Three Gorges Reservoir area through detailed geological investigations, which constitutes a serious tsunami threat to the population and properties nearby. The Liangshuijing landslide, a very large creeping landslide located in the region and characterized by a complex morphology of multiple time varying failure mechanisms, is here investigated. Currently comprehensive measurements taken by ground monitoring network, inclinometric readings, in situ and laboratory geotechnical tests were analyzed to build a conceptual model for the landslide's drivers and its kinematics. The cumulative displacement time series were decomposed into trend and periodic components to reliably establish the relationship between displacements and reservoir behavior. A series of numerical slope stability analyses employing finite element limit analysis was performed to identify the material properties compatible with the observed landslide kinematics. Our results shed light on how reservoir behaviors drive landslide development, on how the identified failure mechanisms affect the observed terrain displacements and on which failure mechanism turns out to be dominant as reservoir conditions change. Our findings provide new insight for hazard assessment and mitigation of landslides near reservoirs: considerably smaller local failure mechanisms may cause a tsunami almost severe. Therefore, a single stability analysis may not be adequate but a full suite of analyses probing the range of possible conditions is required.", "keywords": ["13. 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