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The identified spatial variability was mainly due to differences in irrigation regimes, crop management practices, and planting and harvesting dates. This information is critical for developing irrigation advisory strategies that contribute to the area sustainability. The developed tool facilitates data input introduction and reduces computational time by up to 50%, providing a more user-friendly alternative to other existing platforms that use METRIC. This research was funded by the projects RTA2011-00015-00-00 funded by the National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA) and FEDER 2014\u20132020 \u201cPrograma Operativo de Crecimiento Inteligente\u201d and by the European Commission with project \u201cSHui\u201d (grant number: 773903). 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Across sites, variation in the random error follows consistent and robust patterns in relation to environmental variables. For example, seasonal differences in the random error for H are small, in contrast to both LE and FCO2, for which the random errors are roughly three-fold larger at the peak of the growing season compared to the dormant season. Random errors also generally scale with Rn (H and LE) and PPFD (FCO2). For FCO2 (but not H or LE), the random error decreases with increasing wind speed. Data from two sites suggest that FCO2 random error may be slightly smaller when a closed-path, rather than open-path, gas analyzer is used.", "keywords": ["Random error", "Flux", "550", "carbon", "Uncertainty", "0207 environmental engineering", "AmeriFlux", "Eddy covariance", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon", "flux", "Measurement error", "13. 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Although it is a top priority for policymakers and scientists alike, the knowledge required to guide decisions, implement mitigation actions, and assess their outcomes remains inadequate. We argue that an integrated, global monitoring system for plastic pollution is needed to provide comprehensive, harmonized data for environmental, societal, and economic assessments. The initial focus on marine ecosystems has been expanded here to include atmospheric transport and terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. An earth-system-level plastic observation system is proposed as a hub for collecting and assessing the scale and impacts of plastic pollution across a wide array of particle sizes and ecosystems including air, land, water, and biota and to monitor progress toward ameliorating this problem. The proposed observation system strives to integrate new information and to identify pollution hotspots (i.e., production facilities, cities, roads, ports, etc.) and expands monitoring from marine environments to encompass all ecosystem types. Eventually, such a system will deliver knowledge to support public policy and corporate contributions to the relevant United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).", "keywords": ["570", "Monitoring", "Public policy", "public policy", "01 natural sciences", "333", "12. Responsible consumption", "plastic waste", "Natural Resources and Conservation", "Plastic waste", "11. Sustainability", "pollution", "14. Life underwater", "Cities", "Ecosystem", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "ecosystem", "reporting", "500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie", "15. Life on land", "Pollution", "6. Clean water", "monitoring", "Policy", "Reporting", "13. 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A Field Test With 16 Grassland Species", "description": "Summary<p>  <p>\uffe2\uff80\uff82To evaluate whether functional groups have a similar response to global change, the responses to CO2 concentration and N availability of grassland species from several functional groups are reported here.</p> <p>\uffe2\uff80\uff82Sixteen perennial grassland species from four trait\uffe2\uff80\uff90based functional groups (C3 grasses, C4 grasses, non\uffe2\uff80\uff90leguminous forbs, legumes) were grown in field monocultures under ambient or elevated (560\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb5mol mol\uffe2\uff88\uff921) CO2 using free\uffe2\uff80\uff90air CO2 enrichment (FACE), in low N (unamended field soil) or high N (field soil +4\uffc2\uffa0g\uffc2\uffa0N\uffc2\uffa0m\uffe2\uff88\uff922 years\uffe2\uff88\uff921) treatments.</p> <p>\uffe2\uff80\uff82There were no CO2\uffc2\uffa0\uffc3\uff97\uffc2\uffa0N interactions. Functional groups responded differently to CO2 and N in terms of biomass, tissue N concentration and soil solution N. Under elevated CO2, forbs, legumes and C3 grasses increased total biomass by 31%, 18%, and 9%, respectively, whereas biomass was reduced in C4\uffe2\uff80\uff90grass monocultures. Two of the four legume species increased biomass and total plant N pools under elevated CO2, probably due to stimulated N\uffe2\uff80\uff90fixation. Only one species markedly shifted the proportional distribution of below\uffe2\uff80\uff90 vs aboveground biomass in response to CO2 or N.</p> <p>\uffe2\uff80\uff82Although functional groups varied in responses to CO2 and N, there was also substantial variation in responses among species within groups. These results suggest that current trait\uffe2\uff80\uff90based functional classifications might be useful, but not sufficient, for understanding plant and ecosystem responses to elevated CO2 and N availability.</p>  </p>", "keywords": ["580", "N availability", "2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "570", "biomass", "legumes", "070601 - Horticultural Crop Growth and Development", "elevated carbon dioxide", "carbon dioxide", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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Initial introductions accompanied grazing and agriculture, making it difficult to separate the effects of invasion from physical disturbance. This study examined N dynamics in two recently invaded, undisturbed vegetation associations (C3 and C4). The response of these communities was compared to an invaded/ disturbed grassland. The invaded/disturbed communities had higher surface NH4+ input in spring, whereas there were no differences for surface input of NO3-. Soil inorganic N was dominated by NH4+, but invaded sites had greater subsurface soil NO3-. Invaded sites had greater total soil N at the surface four years post-invasion in undisturbed communities, but total N was lower in the invaded/disturbed communities. Soil delta15N increased with depth in the noninvaded and recently invaded communities, whereas the invaded/disturbed communities exhibited the opposite pattern. Enriched foliar delta15N values suggest that Bromus assimilated subsurface NO3-, whereas the native grasses were restricted to surface N. A Rayleigh distillation model accurately described decomposition patterns in the noninvaded communities where soil N loss is accompanied by increasing soil delta15N; however, the invaded/ disturbed communities exhibited the opposite pattern, suggesting redistribution of N within the soil profile. This study suggests that invasion has altered the mechanisms driving nitrogen dynamics. Bromus litter decomposition and soil NO3- concentrations were greater in the invaded communities during periods of ample precipitation, and NO3- leached from the surface litter, where it was assimilated by Bromus. The primary source of N input in these communities is a biological soil crust that is removed with disturbance, and the lack of N input by the biological soil crust did not balance N loss, resulting in reduced total N in the invaded/disturbed communities. Bromus produced a positive feedback loop by leaching NO3- from decomposing Bromus litter to subsurface soil layers, accessing that deepsoil N pool with deep roots and returning that N to the surface as biomass and subsequent litter. Lack of new inputs combined with continued loss will result in lower total soil N, evidenced by the lower total soil N in the invaded/disturbed communities.", "keywords": ["ecosystem", "0106 biological sciences", "Nitrates", "550", "Nitrogen Isotopes", "Bromus", "Nitrogen", "Rain", "Population Dynamics", "arid", "Biodiversity", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Poaceae", "01 natural sciences", "nitrogen", "Soil", "Natural Resources and Conservation", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Biomass", "Seasons", "grassland", "bromus tectorum invasion", "Environmental Sciences", "Ecosystem"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Sperry, L. J., Belnap, J., Evans, R. 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When these crusts are disturbed by land use, soils become susceptible to erosion. In this study, we compare a never-grazed grassland in Canyonlands National Park with two historically grazed sites with similar geologic, geomorphic, and geochemical characteristics that were grazed from the late 1800s until 1974. We show that, despite almost 30 years without livestock grazing, surface soils in the historically grazed sites have 38\u201343% less silt, as well as 14\u2013 51% less total elemental soil Mg, Na, P, and Mn content relative to soils never exposed to livestock disturbances. Using magnetic measurement of soil magnetite content (a proxy for the stabilization of far-traveled eolian dust) we suggest that the differences in Mg, Na, P, and Mn are related to wind erosion of soil fine particles after the historical disturbance by livestock grazing. Historical grazing may also lead to changes in soil organic matter content including declines of 60\u201370% in surface soil C and N relative to the never-grazed sites. Collectively, the differences in soil C and N content and the evidence for substantial rock-derived nutrient loss to wind erosion implies that livestock grazing could have long-lasting effects on the soil fertility of native grasslands in this part of southeastern Utah. This study suggests that nutrient loss due to wind erosion of soils should be a consideration for management decisions related to the long-term sustainability of grazing operations in arid environments.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "biogeochemical properties", "13. Climate action", "Utah", "Natural Resources and Conservation", "grazing", "15. Life on land", "impacts", "01 natural sciences", "Environmental Sciences", "soil", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Jason C. Neff, Jason C. Neff, Paul J. 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Effects of invasion on active and total bacterial and fungal biomass were variable, although populations generally increased after 50+ years of invasion. The invasion of Bromus also resulted in a decrease in richness and a species shift in plants, microarthropods, fungi, and nematodes. However, despite the depauperate soil fauna at the invaded sites, no effects were seen on cellulose decomposition rates, nitrogen mineralization rates, or vascular plant growth. When Hilaria was planted into soils from not-invaded, recently invaded, and historically invaded sites (all currently or once dominated by Hilaria), germination and survivorship were not affected. In contrast, aboveground Hilaria biomass was significantly greater in recently invaded soils than in the other two soils. We attributed the Hilaria respons...", "keywords": ["580", "ecosystem", "2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "Natural Resources and Conservation", "biota", "15. 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This study compared performance of different filter strip designs on several contaminants and evaluated the contributing processes. Different vegetation types and widths were investigated using simulated runoff event on large plots (3 m \uffc3\uff97 7.5 or 15 m) having fine\uffe2\uff80\uff90textured soil and a 6 to 7% slope. Filter strips 7.5 and 15 m wide downslope greatly reduced concentrations of sediment in runoff (76\uffe2\uff80\uff9393%) and contaminants strongly associated with sediment (total P, 55\uffe2\uff80\uff9379%; permethrin, 27\uffe2\uff80\uff9383% [(3\uffe2\uff80\uff90phenoxyphenyl) methyl (\uffc2\uffb1)\uffe2\uff80\uff90cis, trans\uffe2\uff80\uff903\uffe2\uff80\uff90(2,2\uffe2\uff80\uff90dichloroethenyl)\uffe2\uff80\uff902,2\uffe2\uff80\uff90dimethyicyclopropanecarboxylate]). They had less effect on concentrations of primarily dissolved contaminants [atrazine, \uffe2\uff88\uff925\uffe2\uff80\uff9343% (2\uffe2\uff80\uff90chloro\uffe2\uff80\uff904\uffe2\uff80\uff90ethylamino\uffe2\uff80\uff906\uffe2\uff80\uff90isopropylamino\uffe2\uff80\uff90s\uffe2\uff80\uff90triazine); alachlor, 10\uffe2\uff80\uff9361% [2\uffe2\uff80\uff90chloro\uffe2\uff80\uff902\uffe2\uff80\uffb26\uffe2\uff80\uffb2\uffe2\uff80\uff90diethyl\uffe2\uff80\uff90N\uffe2\uff80\uff90(methoxymethyl) acetanilide]; nitrate, 24\uffe2\uff80\uff9348%; dissolved P, 19\uffe2\uff80\uff9343%; bromide, 13\uffe2\uff80\uff9331%]. Dilution of runoff by rainfall accounted for most of the reduction of concentration of dissolved contaminants. Infiltration (36\uffe2\uff80\uff9382% of runoff volume) substantially reduced the mass of contaminants exiting the filter strips. Doubling filter strip width from 7.5 to 15 m doubled infiltration and dilution, but did not improve sediment settling. Young trees and shrubs planted in the lower one\uffe2\uff80\uff90half of otherwise grass strips had no impact on filter performance. Compared with cultivated sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] grass clearly reduced concentrations of sediment and associated contaminants in runoff, but not volume of runoff and concentration of dissolved contaminants. Settling, infiltration, and dilution processes can explain performance differences among pollutant types and filter strip designs.</p>", "keywords": ["filter", "processes", "Natural Resources Management and Policy", "widths", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "vegetation", "13. Climate action", "Natural Resources and Conservation", "strip", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "contaminants", "Other Environmental Sciences", "performance", "Environmental Sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Schmitt, T. 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In the fall of 2011, a large wildfire occurred in northern Minnesota and we were able to quickly access the area to sample the forest floor and mineral soil for C, N, and Hg pools. When compared with unburned reference soils, the mean loss of C resulting from fire in the forest floor and the upper 20 cm of mineral soil was 19.3 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921, for N the mean loss was 0.17 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921, and for Hg the mean loss was 9.3 g ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921. To assess the influence of fire severity on the forest floor and mineral soils, we used an established method that included a soil burn severity index and a tree burn severity index with a gradient of severity classes. It was apparent that the unburned reference class had greater forest floor C, N, and Hg pools and higher C/N ratios than the burned classes. The C/N ratios of the 0\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 10\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and 10\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 20\uffe2\uff80\uff90cm mineral soils in the unburned reference class were also greater than in the burned classes, indicating that a small amount of C was lost and/or N was gained, potentially through leaching unburned forest floor material. However, with a couple of exceptions, the severity classes were unable to differentiate the forest floor and mineral soil impacts among soil burn and tree burn severity indices. Developing burn severity indices that are reflective of soil elemental impacts is an important first step in scaling ecosystem impacts both within and across fire events.</p>", "keywords": ["550", "Other Forestry and Forest Sciences", "13. Climate action", "Natural Resources and Conservation", "Natural Resources Management and Policy", "15. 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However, over the last several centuries this region has experienced intense land-use conversion. The most widespread and significant land-use change is the extensive cultivation of these soils. As a result, Chernozems of the region that were some of the most naturally fertile soils in the world with thick A horizons had become, by the second half of the 19th century, weakly productive, with decreased stocks of organic matter. When not protected by plant cover, water and wind erosion degraded the open fields. The investigation of methods for rehabilitation and restoration of Chernozems resulted  in the practice of afforestation of agricultural lands (mainly by windbreak planting). Preferences of agroforestry practices were initially connected with protection of cropland from wind and water erosion, improvement of microclimate for crop growth, and providing new refugia for wild animal and plant habitats. During the last several decades, tree windbreaks have begun to be viewed as ecosystems with great potential for atmospheric carbon sequestration, which plays a positive role in climate change mitigation. For the evaluation of windbreak influence on Chernozem soils, a study was developed with three field study areas across a climatic gradient from cool and wet in the north of the region to warm and dry in the south. Windbreak age ranged from 55\uffe2\uff80\uff9357 years. At each site, soil pits were prepared within the windbreak, the adjacent crop fields of 150 years of cultivation, and nearby undisturbed grassland. Profile descriptions were completed to a depth of 1.5 m.  A linear relationship was detected between the difference in organic-rich surface layer  (A + AB horizon) thickness of soils beneath windbreaks and undisturbed grasslands and  a climate index, the hydrothermal coefficient (HTC). These results indicate that windbreaks under relatively cooler and wetter climate conditions are more favorable for organic matter accumulation in the surface soil. For the 0\uffe2\uff80\uff93100 cm layer of the Chernozems beneath windbreaks, an increase in organic C stocks comparable with undisturbed grassland soils (15\uffe2\uff80\uff9363 Mg\uffc2\uffb7ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921) was detected. Significant growth of soil organic matter stocks was identified not only for the upper 30 cm, but also for the deeper layer (30\uffe2\uff80\uff93100 cm) of afforested Chernozems. These findings illustrate that, in the central part of Eastern Europe, tree windbreaks improve soil quality by enhancing soil organic matter while providing a sink for atmospheric carbon in tree biomass and soil organic matter.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "degradation of soils", "Soil Science", "jel:Q0", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "jel:Q2", "15. 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The tool, named METRIC-GIS, facilitates the pre-processing operations and the automatic identification of potential calibration and pixels review. The energy balance components obtained from METRIC-GIS were contrasted with those from the original METRIC version (R2 = 1; RMSE = 0 W m\u22122 or mm day\u22121 for ETc) Additionally, an irrigated scheme located at southern Spain was considered for assessing Kc variability in the maize fields with METRIC-GIS. The identified spatial variability was mainly due to differences in irrigation regimes, crop management practices, and planting and harvesting dates. This information is critical for developing irrigation advisory strategies that contribute to the area sustainability. 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