{"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [{"id": "10.1002/eco.1508", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-28T16:14:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-05-08", "title": "Spatial Heterogeneity Of Fine Root Biomass And Soil Carbon In A California Oak Savanna Illuminates Plant Functional Strategy Across Periods Of High And Low Resource Supply", "description": "Abstract<p>We sampled isolated trees and tree clusters from a blue oak, Quercus douglasii, savanna to determine the spatial heterogeneity of fine root biomass and soil carbon across the landscape as a function of tree size and configuration. We aimed to understand how fine root structure enables sustained ecosystem metabolism through a summer of limited moisture and high heat and facilitates resource acquisition during the short period of high resource supply. An additional goal was to provide a basis for upscaling root biomass and soil carbon to the landscape scale. We sampled trees of different size and tree clusters via a stratified sampling scheme that accounted for spatial heterogeneity in root biomass and soil carbon with lateral distance from the tree bole, or cluster centre, and soil depth. We upscaled these estimates using site\uffe2\uff80\uff90specific information from a lidar survey. We found that fine roots and soil carbon are spatially heterogeneous in their landscape distribution and greatly increase with tree size. We also found that Q.\uffe2\uff80\uff89douglasii possesses a dimorphic fine root architecture, uniquely suited to the region's climatic constraints and exhibits morphological plasticity among trees of different size and physical setting. Copyright \uffc2\uffa9 2014 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.</p>", "keywords": ["upscaling", "0106 biological sciences", "Agricultural", "Ecology", "Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences", "Forestry Sciences", "fine root biomass", "Quercus douglasii", "spatial heterogeneity", "Veterinary and Food Sciences", "oak savanna", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Biological Sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "3. Good health", "Environmental sciences", "Biological sciences", "veterinary and food sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "soil carbon", "precipitation change", "Environmental Sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1508"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecohydrology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1002/eco.1508", "name": "item", "description": "10.1002/eco.1508", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1002/eco.1508"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-06-04T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s00442-006-0515-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-07-28T16:14:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-08-23", "title": "Aboveground Productivity And Root-Shoot Allocation Differ Between Native And Introduced Grass Species", "description": "Plant species in grasslands are often separated into groups (C(4) and C(3) grasses, and forbs) with presumed links to ecosystem functioning. Each of these in turn can be separated into native and introduced (i.e., exotic) species. Although numerous studies have compared plant traits between the traditional groups of grasses and forbs, fewer have compared native versus introduced species. Introduced grass species, which were often introduced to prevent erosion or to improve grazing opportunities, have become common or even dominant species in grasslands. By virtue of their abundances, introduced species may alter ecosystems if they differ from natives in growth and allocation patterns. Introduced grasses were probably selected nonrandomly from the source population for forage (aboveground) productivity. Based on this expectation, aboveground production is predicted to be greater and root mass fraction to be smaller in introduced than native species. We compared root and shoot distribution and tissue quality between introduced and native C(4) grass species in the Blackland Prairie region of Central Texas, USA, and then compared differences to the more well-studied divergence between C(4) grasses and forbs. Comparisons were made in experimental monocultures planted with equal-sized transplants on a common soil type and at the same density. Aboveground productivity and C:N ratios were higher, on average, in native grasses than in native forbs, as expected. Native and introduced grasses had comparable amounts of shallow root biomass and tissue C:N ratios. However, aboveground productivity and total N were lower and deep root biomass and root mass fraction were greater in native than introduced grasses. These differences in average biomass distribution and N could be important to ecosystems in cases where native and introduced grasses have been exchanged. Our results indicate that native-introduced status may be important when interpreting species effects on grassland processes like productivity and plant N accumulation.", "keywords": ["580", "0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "570", "Invasive species", "Nitrogen", "Exotic species", "Root biomass", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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A 3-year field study (2003, 2004 and 2005) was carried out on a typical Vertisol (southern Spain), to determine the effects of tillage system on root growth in spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L) grown in continuous rotation with faba bean (Vicia faba L), within the framework of the long-term \u201cMalag\u00f3n\u201d experiment started in 1986. Tillage treatments were no-tillage (NT) and conventional tillage (CT), and the experiment was designed as a randomized complete block with three replications. The following parameters were measured: above-ground biomass, grain yield, root length density (RLD), root biomass (RB) and root N content. In the topmost 10 cm of soil, higher values were found under CT than under NT for RLD in the rainiest year (20.2 km m\u22123 vs. 9.6 km m\u22123 respectively) and for RB (512 kg ha\u22121 vs. 261 kg ha\u22121 respectively) in all study years. In deeper layers, no difference was recorded between the two tillage systems. Greater wheat root development in the upper soil layer under CT may reflect the greater soil penetration resistance found in the topmost 10 cm under NT. Root separation using a sieve with a 0.5 mm mesh screen led to a marked underestimation of RLD and RB, with values up to three times higher when using a 0.2 mm mesh screen. Mean wheat root N content in the topmost 30 cm of soil accounted for over 80% of total root N content. The highest grain yield was observed under NT, since this system provided greater water storage in the soil profile in the mostly dry study years.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "Conventional tillage", "No tillage", "Root biomass", "Root-length density", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Vertisol", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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In China, it is also extensively used for growing grain crops, especially in temperature and rainfall limited areas. However, it remains unclear whether the technology is sustainable in terms of maintenance of soil organic carbon (SOC) balance. We assessed the effects of plastic-film mulch on the SOC balance in maize (Zea mays L.) production in a range of cold semiarid environments. We imposed four treatments: (i) no plastic-film mulch or straw incorporation, (ii) plastic-film mulch, (iii) straw incorporation in soil without mulch, and (v) straw incorporation plus mulch, in ridge\u2013furrow prepared fields at five sites along a hydrothermal gradient for up to six years. Maize root biomass across sites increased by 23\u201338% in mulched plots associated with the increase in aboveground biomass, indicating an increased SOC input, compared to that in non-mulched plots. The plastic-film mulch increased SOC mineralization, indicated by the stimulated decomposition of buried maize straw, and a 4\u20135% reduction in the concentration of light-fraction SOC (<1.8gcm\u22123), but the total SOC concentration and stock in the 0\u20130.15m soil layer did not change relative to no mulch after six years of continuous cropping. Plastic-film mulch did not affect the total non-cellulosic sugar content; however, it significantly increased the contribution of microbial-synthesized sugars to the total non-cellulosic sugars, indicating an intensified microbial action on the SOC pool compared to no mulch. Straw incorporation increased the root biomass, light and total SOC concentrations and non-cellulosic sugars, and changed the non-cellulosic sugar composition. We conclude that the increase in soil temperature and moisture by use of plastic-film mulch enhances productivity, but importantly maintains the SOC level in temperature- and rainfall-limited semiarid regions by balancing the increased SOC mineralization with increased root-derived C input.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Atmospheric Science", "Global and Planetary Change", "Root biomass", "Forestry", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil organic carbon level", "Zea mays", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Maize", "Non-cellulosic carbohydrates", "Soil carbon mineralization", "Soil warming", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Agronomy and Crop Science"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.06.016"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20and%20Forest%20Meteorology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.06.016", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.06.016", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.06.016"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.fcr.2011.12.015", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-07-28T16:16:18Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-01-28", "title": "The Effects Of The Tillage System On Chickpea Root Growth", "description": "A well-developed root system is crucial for plant growth, especially under dryland farming conditions. A two-year field study (2003\u20132004 and 2005\u20132006) was conducted to determine the effects of the tillage system on root growth in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) grown in continuous rotation with wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) on a typical Vertisol in southern Spain as part of the long-term \u201cMalagon\u201d experiment begun in 1986. The tillage treatments were either no tillage (NT) or conventional tillage (CT), and the experiment was designed as a randomized complete block with three replications. Both soil cores and a minirhizotron were used to evaluate the root system. Measurements of the root parameters were performed at different depths and included the following: root length, root biomass, root nitrogen and root length density. Root length measurements were performed during five chickpea growth stages. The CT was more favourable than NT for chickpea root development (0.34 mm cm\u22123 versus 0.18 mm cm\u22123), which is one of the factors that induced higher yields during the drier year. The nitrogen content of the roots represented 15% of the total N extracted by the plant. The measured root lengths were larger when using the soil core method than with the minirhizotron (2.5 mm cm\u22123 versus 1.3 mm cm\u22123), which can be attributed to the cracks that occur in Mediterranean Vertisols that can separate the tube from the soil, resulting in the underestimation of the root length.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "Root length", "Conventional tillage", "No tillage", "Root biomass", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Vertisol", "Minirhizotron", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Mu\u00f1oz-Romero, Ver\u00f3nica, L\u00f3pez Bellido, Luis, L\u00f3pez-Bellido Garrido, Rafael J.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2011.12.015"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Field%20Crops%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.fcr.2011.12.015", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.fcr.2011.12.015", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.fcr.2011.12.015"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.12.024", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-28T16:16:40Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-01-24", "title": "Effects Of Long-Term Grazing Disturbance On The Belowground Storage Of Organic Carbon In The Patagonian Monte, Argentina", "description": "The objective of this study was to analyze the effect of grazing disturbance on the amount and the spatial distribution (vertical and horizontal) of root biomass and soil organic carbon (SOC) in order to evaluate whether grazing alters the belowground storage of organic carbon (C) in arid rangelands of the Patagonian Monte. We selected three representative sites (3\u00a0ha each) with low, moderate and high grazing disturbance located far, mid-distance and near the watering point, respectively, in rangelands submitted to sheep grazing for more than 100 years. We assessed the canopy structure and identified the four most frequent plant patch types at each site. We selected four replications of each patch type and extracted a soil sample (0-30\u00a0cm depth) underneath the canopy and in the middle of the nearest inter-patch bare soil area in winter and summer. We assessed the root and soil dry mass and the respective organic C concentration in each sample and then we estimated the total belowground organic C storage at each site. Total plant and perennial grass cover were lower with high than low grazing disturbance while the reverse occurred with dwarf shrub cover. High grazing disturbance led to the increase in total root biomass in the whole soil profile of patch areas and in the upper soil of inter-patch areas. SOC was higher in patch than in inter-patch areas at all sites but at both areas was reduced with high grazing disturbance. This was probably the result of the low total plant cover and the low and recalcitrant contribution of above and below-ground plant litter to soils at sites with high grazing disturbance. Accordingly, these changes did not result in variations in the total belowground organic C storage. We concluded that high grazing disturbance did not affect the total belowground organic C storage but led to changes in the spatial patterning of this organic C storage (i.e shifting from soil to roots).", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Carbon Sequestration", "Sheep", "Arid Ecosystems", "Argentina", "Plant Development", "15. Life on land", "Deciduous Shrubs", "Poaceae", "Plant Roots", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon", "Plant Patches", "Soil Organic Carbon", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6", "Animals", "Biomass", "Herbivory", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1", "Root Biomass", "Dwarf Shrubs", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Larreguy, Cecilia, Carrera, Anal\u00eda Lorena, Bertiller, Monica Beatriz,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.12.024"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Environmental%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.12.024", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.12.024", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.12.024"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1023/a:1024898615284", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-07-28T16:17:34Z", "type": "Journal Article", "description": "This study was conducted to determine biomass dynamics, carbon sequestration and plant nitrogen immobilization in multispecies riparian buffers, cool-season grass buffers and adjacent crop fields in central Iowa. The seven-year-old multispecies buffers were composed of poplar (Populus\u00d7euroamericana \u2018Eugenei\u2019) and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.). The cool-season grass buffers were dominated by non-native forage grasses (Bromus inermis Leysser., Phleum pratense L. and Poa pratensis L). Crop fields were under an annual corn-soybean rotation. Aboveground non-woody live and dead biomass were determined by direct harvests throughout two growing seasons. The dynamics of fine (0\u20132 mm) and small roots (2\u20135 mm) were assessed by sequentially collecting 35 cm deep, 5.4 cm diameter cores (125 cm deep cores in the second year) from April through November. Biomass of poplar trees was estimated using allometric equations developed by destructive sampling of trees. Poplar had the greatest aboveground live biomass, N and C pools, while switchgrass had the highest mean aboveground dead biomass, C and N pools. Over the two-year sampling period, live fine root biomass and root C and N in the riparian buffers were significantly greater than in crop fields. Growing-season mean biomass, C and N pools were greater in the multispecies buffer than in either of the crop fields or cool-season grass buffers. Rates of C accumulation in plant and litter biomass in the planted poplar and switchgrass stands averaged 2960 and 820 kg C ha\u22121 y\u22121, respectively. Nitrogen immobilization rates in the poplar stands and switchgrass sites averaged 37 and 16 kg N ha\u22121 y\u22121, respectively. Planted riparian buffers containing native perennial species therefore have the potential to sequester C from the atmosphere, and to immobilize N in biomass, therefore slowing or preventing N losses to the atmosphere and to ground and surface waters.", "keywords": ["Switchgrass", "Corn", "Root Biomass", "Poplar"], "contacts": [{"organization": "T\u00fcfek\u00e7io\u011flu, Ayd\u0131n, Raich, J.W., Isenhart, T.M., Schultz, R.C.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1024898615284"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agroforestry%20Systems", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1023/a:1024898615284", "name": "item", "description": "10.1023/a:1024898615284", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1023/a:1024898615284"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2003-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ele.12634", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-07-28T16:18:37Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-06-25", "title": "Impacts Of Warming And Elevated Co2on A Semi-Arid Grassland Are Non-Additive, Shift With Precipitation, And Reverse Over Time", "description": "Abstract<p>It is unclear how elevated CO2 (eCO2) and the corresponding shifts in temperature and precipitation will interact to impact ecosystems over time. During a 7\uffe2\uff80\uff90year experiment in a semi\uffe2\uff80\uff90arid grassland, the response of plant biomass to eCO2 and warming was largely regulated by interannual precipitation, while the response of plant community composition was more sensitive to experiment duration. The combined effects of eCO2 and warming on aboveground plant biomass were less positive in \uffe2\uff80\uff98wet\uffe2\uff80\uff99 growing seasons, but total plant biomass was consistently stimulated by ~\uffc2\uffa025% due to unique, supra\uffe2\uff80\uff90additive responses of roots. Independent of precipitation, the combined effects of eCO2 and warming on C3 graminoids became increasingly positive and supra\uffe2\uff80\uff90additive over time, reversing an initial shift toward C4 grasses. Soil resources also responded dynamically and non\uffe2\uff80\uff90additively to eCO2 and warming, shaping the plant responses. Our results suggest grasslands are poised for drastic changes in function and highlight the need for long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term, factorial experiments.</p>", "keywords": ["forb", "0106 biological sciences", "Time Factors", "Climate Change", "Rain", "01 natural sciences", "nitrogen", "Bouteloua gracilis", "climatic changes", "C3 grass", "XXXXXX - Unknown", "plant productivity", "soils", "580", "2. Zero hunger", "Artemisia frigida", "grasslands", "500", "carbon dioxide", "Carbon Dioxide", "15. Life on land", "Grassland", "C4 grass", "root biomass", "climate change", "13. Climate action", "soil moisture"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12634"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecology%20Letters", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ele.12634", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ele.12634", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ele.12634"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-06-24T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00737.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-07-28T16:18:45Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2004-12-24", "title": "Simulated Chronic No3\u2212Deposition Reduces Soil Respiration In Northern Hardwood Forests", "description": "Abstract<p>Chronic N additions to forest ecosystems can enhance soil N availability, potentially leading to reduced C allocation to root systems. This in turn could decrease soil CO2 efflux. We measured soil respiration during the first, fifth, sixth and eighth years of simulated atmospheric NO3\uffe2\uff88\uff92 deposition (3\uffe2\uff80\uff83g\uffe2\uff80\uff83N\uffe2\uff80\uff83m\uffe2\uff88\uff922\uffe2\uff80\uff83yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921) to four sugar maple\uffe2\uff80\uff90dominated northern hardwood forests in Michigan to assess these possibilities. During the first year, soil respiration rates were slightly, but not significantly, higher in the NO3\uffe2\uff88\uff92\uffe2\uff80\uff90amended plots. In all subsequent measurement years, soil respiration rates from NO3\uffe2\uff88\uff92\uffe2\uff80\uff90amended soils were significantly depressed. Soil temperature and soil matric potential were measured concurrently with soil respiration and used to develop regression relationships for predicting soil respiration rates. Estimates of growing season and annual soil CO2 efflux made using these relationships indicate that these C fluxes were depressed by 15% in the eighth year of chronic NO3\uffe2\uff88\uff92 additions. The decrease in soil respiration was not due to reduced C allocation to roots, as root respiration rates, root biomass, and root turnover were not significantly affected by N additions. Aboveground litter also was unchanged by the 8 years of treatment. Of the remaining potential causes for the decline in soil CO2 efflux, reduced microbial respiration appears to be the most likely possibility. Documented reductions in microbial biomass and the activities of extracellular enzymes used for litter degradation on the NO3\uffe2\uff88\uff92\uffe2\uff80\uff90amended plots are consistent with this explanation.</p>", "keywords": ["Nitrogen Fertilization", "Soil CO 2 Efflux", "Geology and Earth Sciences", "Science", "Atmospheric Nitrate Deposition", "Ecology and Evolutionary Biology", "Root Respiration", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Temperature and Moisture Effects", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Root Biomass"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00737.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00737.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00737.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00737.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2004-05-07T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02749.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-28T16:18:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-05-24", "title": "Experimental Litterfall Manipulation Drives Large And Rapid Changes In Soil Carbon Cycling In A Wet Tropical Forest", "description": "Abstract<p>Global changes such as variations in plant net primary production are likely to drive shifts in leaf litterfall inputs to forest soils, but the effects of such changes on soil carbon (C) cycling and storage remain largely unknown, especially in C\uffe2\uff80\uff90rich tropical forest ecosystems. We initiated a leaf litterfall manipulation experiment in a tropical rain forest in Costa Rica to test the sensitivity of surface soil C pools and fluxes to different litter inputs. After only 2\uffc2\uffa0years of treatment, doubling litterfall inputs increased surface soil C concentrations by 31%, removing litter from the forest floor drove a 26% reduction over the same time period, and these changes in soil C concentrations were associated with variations in dissolved organic matter fluxes, fine root biomass, microbial biomass, soil moisture, and nutrient fluxes. However, the litter manipulations had only small effects on soil organic C (SOC) chemistry, suggesting that changes in C cycling, nutrient cycling, and microbial processes in response to litter manipulation reflect shifts in the quantity rather than quality of SOC. The manipulation also affected soil CO 2 fluxes; the relative decline in CO 2 production was greater in the litter removal plots (\uffe2\uff88\uff9222%) than the increase in the litter addition plots (+15%). Our analysis showed that variations in CO 2 fluxes were strongly correlated with microbial biomass pools, soil C and nitrogen (N) pools, soil inorganic P fluxes, dissolved organic C fluxes, and fine root biomass. Together, our data suggest that shifts in leaf litter inputs in response to localized human disturbances and global environmental change could have rapid and important consequences for belowground C storage and fluxes in tropical rain forests, and highlight differences between tropical and temperate ecosystems, where belowground C cycling responses to changes in litterfall are generally slower and more subtle.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "soil biogeochemistry", "microbial biomass", "soil nitrogen", "carbon dioxide", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "dissolved organic matter", "Biogeochemistry", "15. Life on land", "soil carbon chemistry", "root biomass", "13. Climate action", "soil phosphorus", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "net primary productivity"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02749.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02749.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02749.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02749.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-06-25T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02201.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-07-28T16:18:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-06-21", "title": "Soil [N] modulates soil C cycling in CO2-fumigated tree stands: a meta-analysis", "description": "ABSTRACT<p>Under elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations, soil carbon (C) inputs are typically enhanced, suggesting larger soil C sequestration potential. However, soil C losses also increase and progressive nitrogen (N) limitation to plant growth may reduce the CO2 effect on soil C inputs with time. We compiled a data set from 131 manipulation experiments, and used meta\uffe2\uff80\uff90analysis to test the hypotheses that: (1) elevated atmospheric CO2 stimulates soil C inputs more than C losses, resulting in increasing soil C stocks; and (2) that these responses are modulated by N. Our results confirm that elevated CO2 induces a C allocation shift towards below\uffe2\uff80\uff90ground biomass compartments. However, the increased soil C inputs were offset by increased heterotrophic respiration (Rh), such that soil C content was not affected by elevated CO2. Soil N concentration strongly interacted with CO2 fumigation: the effect of elevated CO2 on fine root biomass and \uffe2\uff80\uff93production and on microbial activity increased with increasing soil N concentration, while the effect on soil C content decreased with increasing soil N concentration. These results suggest that both plant growth and microbial activity responses to elevated CO2 are modulated by N availability, and that it is essential to account for soil N concentration in C cycling analyses.</p>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "Physiology", "Plant Science", "Fine root production", "Carbon Cycle", "Trees", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "Microbial respiration", "microbial respiration", "XXXXXX - Unknown", "C sequestration", "SDG 13 - Climate Action", "Biomass", "Fertilizers", "Biology", "[CO] enrichment", "2. Zero hunger", "[SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean", "0303 health sciences", "biomass", "[SDU.OCEAN] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean", " Atmosphere", "Atmosphere", "Root biomass", "Carbon Dioxide", "Nitrogen Cycle", "15. Life on land", "carbon sequestration", "N fertilization", "[SDU.ENVI] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces", " environment", "nitrogen fertilizers", "roots (botany)", "13. Climate action", "[SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces", "environment"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02201.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%2C%20Cell%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02201.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02201.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02201.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-11-12T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/nph.12409", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-07-28T16:18:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-07-22", "title": "Fire, Hurricane And Carbon Dioxide: Effects On Net Primary Production Of A Subtropical Woodland", "description": "Summary<p>   <p>Disturbance affects most terrestrial ecosystems and has the potential to shape their responses to chronic environmental change.</p>  <p>Scrub\uffe2\uff80\uff90oak vegetation regenerating from fire disturbance in subtropical Florida was exposed to experimentally elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration (+350\uffc2\uffa0\uffce\uffbcl\uffc2\uffa0l\uffe2\uff88\uff921) using open\uffe2\uff80\uff90top chambers for 11\uffc2\uffa0yr, punctuated by hurricane disturbance in year 8. Here, we report the effects of elevated CO2 on aboveground and belowground net primary productivity (NPP) and nitrogen (N) cycling during this experiment.</p>  <p>The stimulation of NPP and N uptake by elevated CO2 peaked within 2\uffc2\uffa0yr after disturbance by fire and hurricane, when soil nutrient availability was high. The stimulation subsequently declined and disappeared, coincident with low soil nutrient availability and with a CO2\uffe2\uff80\uff90induced reduction in the N concentration of oak stems.</p>  <p>These findings show that strong growth responses to elevated CO2 can be transient, are consistent with a progressively limited response to elevated CO2 interrupted by disturbance, and illustrate the importance of biogeochemical responses to extreme events in modulating ecosystem responses to global environmental change.</p>  </p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "NITROGEN-USE EFFICIENCY", "Scrub oak ecosystem", "01 natural sciences", "Trees", "Quercus", "Soil", "nitrogen cycling", "oak woodland", "ECOSYSTEMS", "Global environmental change", "Biomass", "ROOT BIOMASS", "disturbance", "Florida scrub", "elevated CO2", "Elevated atmospheric CO2", "Plant Stems", "Cyclonic Storms", "Aboveground biomass", "FOREST PRODUCTIVITY", "Hurricane", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Nitrogen Cycle", "Fire", "Soil carbon", "LONG-TERM EXPOSURE", "Net primary productivity", "Long term exposure", "Florida", "Elevated CO2", "fire", "FLORIDA SCRUB", "ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS", "Nitrogen cycling", "TERRESTRIAL", "Oak woodland", "ELEVATED ATMOSPHERIC CO2", "Elevated CO 2", "Nitrogen", "hurricane", "Forest productivity", "Fires", "Terrestrial ecosystems", "SCRUB-OAK ECOSYSTEM", "Net primary productivity (NPP)", "Ecosystem", "Nitrogen use efficiency", "Atmosphere", "net primary productivity (NPP)", "Root biomass", "Plant Sciences", "global environmental change", "Disturbance", "Carbon Dioxide", "15. Life on land", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "SOIL CARBON"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/context/biology_fac_pubs/article/1266/viewcontent/Day2013FireHurricaneandCarbonDioxideOCR.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12409"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/New%20Phytologist", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/nph.12409", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/nph.12409", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/nph.12409"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-07-22T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.17221/7/2011-pse", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-07-28T16:19:40Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-02-10", "title": "Grazing Depresses Soil Carbon Storage Through Changing Plant Biomass And Composition In A Tibetan Alpine Meadow", "description": "Grazing-induced variations in vegetation may either accelerate or reduce soil carbon storage through changes in litter quantity and quality. Here, a three-year field study (2005-2007) was conducted in Tibetan alpine meadow to address the responses of surface soil (0-15 cm) organic carbon (SOC) storage in the plant growing season (from May to September) to varying grazing intensity (represented by the residual aboveground biomass, with G0, G1, G2, and G3 standing for 100%, 66%, 55%, and 30% biomass residual, respectively), and to explore whether grazing-induced vegetation changes depress or facilitate SOC storage. Our results showed that: (i) Higher grazing intensity resulted in lower biomass of grasses and sedges, lower root biomass, and in a change in plant community composition from palatable grasses and sedges to less palatable forbs. (ii) Increased grazing reduced the SOC content and storage with only G3 showing an SOC loss during the plant growing season. (iii) Soil organic carbon storage exhibited a highly positive correlation with the residual aboveground biomass and root biomass. Our results imply that a grazing-induced reduction in plant biomass productivity and changes in species composition would depress soil carbon storage, and that an increase in grazing pressure can lead to a gradual change of alpine meadow soils from being 'carbon sinks' to become 'carbon sources'.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Plant culture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "SB1-1110", "root biomass", "ground cover", "summer pasture", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "grazing management", "soil carbon loss"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.17221/7/2011-pse"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%2C%20Soil%20and%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.17221/7/2011-pse", "name": "item", "description": "10.17221/7/2011-pse", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.17221/7/2011-pse"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-06-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/plants11060774", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-07-28T16:20:45Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-03-15", "title": "The Comparison of Soil Agrochemical and Biological Properties in the Multi-Cropping Farming Systems", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Multi-cropping systems play an important role in improving the quality of soil properties. A field experiment was carried at the Experimental Station of Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy (Lithuania) in 2017 to 2019. The aim of the study was to compare agrophysical and biological properties of the soil in the multi-cropping systems of sole (spring barley, spring wheat, pea, caraway), binary (spring barley\u2013caraway, spring wheat\u2013caraway, pea\u2013caraway) and trinary (spring barley\u2013caraway\u2013white clover, spring wheat\u2013caraway\u2013white clover, pea\u2013caraway\u2013white clover) crops. In the second and the third years of caraway cultivation, when solely caraway was grown, the total nitrogen content was significantly lower than in binary and trinary crops (8.5% and 17.4%, respectively). The results indicated that the highest organic carbon content was in the third year of caraway cultivation in trinary crop when caraway was grown with peas and white clover. In the third year, the highest saccharase and urease activity was found in trinary crop where caraway was grown with spring barley and white clover. A strong positive correlation was observed between the content of saccharase and urease and the total nitrogen, organic carbon, and potassium available in the soil. The results of the study suggest that multi-cropping is important for soil conservation and the sustainability of agro-ecosystems.</p></article>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "<i>Carum carvi</i> L.", "multi-cropping system", "root biomass", "soil properties", "QK1-989", "enzymes", "Botany", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "<i>Carum carvi</i> L.; enzymes; multi-cropping system; root biomass; soil properties", "Article"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/6/774/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/6/774/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11060774"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plants", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/plants11060774", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/plants11060774", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/plants11060774"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-03-14T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5061/dryad.p83h7", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-07-28T16:21:13Z", "type": "Dataset", "title": "Data from: Plant species richness promotes soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in grasslands without legumes", "description": "Open AccessPlant and soil data from  the last year of the biodiversity experimentData from: Wen-feng  Cong, Jasper van Ruijven, Liesje Mommer, Gerlinde De Deyn, Frank Berendse  and Ellis Hoffland. (2014) Plant species richness promotes soil carbon and  nitrogen stocks in grasslands without legumes. Data were collected in the  11-year grassland biodiversity experiment in Wageningen, the Netherlands,  in 2010 and 2011. Abbreviated headlines are as follows: \u201c\u201dBLK\u201d= block;  \u201cPT\u201d= plot; 'SR' = plant species richness; \u201cMI\u201d = monoculture  identity (Ac = Agrostis capillaris; Ao = Anthoxanthum odoratum; Cj =  Centaurea jacea; Fr = Festuca rubra; Hl = Holcus lanatus; Lv =  Leucanthemum vulgare; Pl = Plantago lanceolata; Ra = Rumex acetosa);  'AAB' = average aboveground biomass from 2000 to 2010 (g m-2);  'RB' = standing root biomass (g fresh weight m-2) up to 50 cm  depth in June 2010; 'CS' = soil carbon stocks (g C m-2) in April  2011; 'NS' = soil nitrogen stocks (g N m-2) in April 2011.  'CD' = soil organic carbon decomposition (mg CO2-C kg-1 soil)  measured in soil collected in April 2011; 'NM' = potential net N  mineralization rate (\u00b5g N kg-1 soil day-1) measured in soil collected in  April 2011.data  file.csv", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Agrostis capillaris", "decomposition", "Festuca rubra", "N mineralization", "15. Life on land", "Rumex acetosa", "carbon sequestration", "root biomass", "Holcus lanatus", "Plantago lanceolata", "ecosystem function", "Leucanthemum vulgare", "14. Life underwater", "plant productivity", "Centaurea jacea", "biodiversity", "Anthoxanthum odoratum"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Cong, Wen-feng, van Ruijven, Jasper, Mommer, Liesje, De Deyn, Gerlinde, Berendse, Frank, Hoffland, Ellis, De Deyn, Gerlinde B.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.p83h7"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5061/dryad.p83h7", "name": "item", "description": "10.5061/dryad.p83h7", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5061/dryad.p83h7"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5061/dryad.19s12tm", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-28T16:21:04Z", "type": "Dataset", "title": "Data from: Two dimensions define the variation of fine root traits across plant communities under the joint influence of ecological succession and annual mowing", "description": "unspecifiedSoil and root trait data  of roaside successional gradient in Montpellier, FranceData were collected in  the field on roadsides near Montpellier, South of France. Abbreviated  headlines are as follows: 'Roadside' = Roadside;  'Plot' = Plant communities on the roadsides;  'GPS_coordinates' = GPS coordinate from the selected roadsides;  'Age' = Age of the roadside in years; 'Mowing' =  Mowing regime (M=Mown, U=Unmown); 'Road_Type' = Type of roadside  (E=Embankment, C=Cutting); 'Clay' = Clay content in soil in %;  'Silt' = Silt content in soil in %; 'Sand' = Sand  content in soil in %; 'SOC' = Soil organic content in g.kg-1;  'SoilN' = Soil total nitrogen content in g.kg-1; 'CEC'  = Cationic exchange capacity in meq.kg-1; 'Soil_pH' = Soil pH in  water; 'SoilP' = Soil available phosphorus in g.kg-1;  'SRL' = Specific root length in m.g-1; 'shannon' =  Shannon index; 'simpson' = Simpson index; 'RNC' = Root  nitrogen content in mg.g-1; 'RCC' = Root carbon content in  mg.g-1; 'RDMC' = Root dry matter content in mg.g-1;  'Dm' = Mean root diameter in mm; 'RMD' = Root mass  density in kg.m-3 of soil; 'graminoid' = ground cover of  graminoid species in %; 'herbaceous' = ground cover of  herbaceous species in %; 'shrub' = ground cover of shrub species  in %; 'tree' = ground cover of tree species in  %Erktan_JECol2018_.xlsx", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "root dry matter content (RDMC)", "fine root traits", "root biomass", "root nitrogen concentration (RNC)", "above-belowground trait covariation", "community-level trait values", "root economic spectrum (RES)", "15. Life on land", "specific root length (SRL)"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Erktan, Amandine, Roumet, Catherine, Bouchet, Diane, Stokes, Alexia, Pailler, Fran\u00e7ois, Munoz, Fran\u00e7ois,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.19s12tm"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5061/dryad.19s12tm", "name": "item", "description": "10.5061/dryad.19s12tm", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5061/dryad.19s12tm"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-02-19T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5281/zenodo.7193829", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "unspecified", "updated": "2026-07-28T16:22:56Z", "type": "Dataset", "title": "Fine-root biomass production, sedge root, sedge leaf, and moss shoot decomposition, soil water-table level, and temperature data from two sedge fens in Finland", "description": "Fine-root biomass production, sedge root, sedge leaf, and Sphagnum moss shoot mass loss data, along with environmental data (soil water-table level, air temperature, soil temperature at 5 cm, and soil temperature at 15 cm) from two sedge fens located in southern Finland (Lakkasuo, Orivesi, 61\u00b048' N 24\u00b019'E) and northern Finland (Lompoloj\u00e4nkk\u00e4, Kittil\u00e4, 68\u00b0N 24\u00b012'E). Data are from a climate change experiment, where warming was induced with open top chambers (OTCs) and drying with shallow ditching. Data are from years 2011-2013.", "keywords": ["decomposition", "fen", "fine roots", "carbon cycling", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "wetland", "litter mass loss", "climate change", "root biomass production", "13. 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This data were created as part of BonaRes Module A-Project - CATCHY's research activities.\u201d\n\nAlthough every care has been taken in preparing and testing the data, BonaRes Module A - Project - CATCHY and BonaRes Data Centre cannot guarantee that the data are correct; neither does BonaRes Module A \u2013 Project - Catchy and BonaRes Data Centre accept any liability whatsoever for any error, missing data or omission in the data, or for any loss or damage arising from its use. The BonaRes Module A-Project-CATCHY and BonaRes Data Centre will not be responsible for any direct or indirect use which might be made of the data. The access to this data is restricted during embargo time. If prior access is requested, contact the data owner / author.", "updated": "2019-12-18", "type": "Dataset", "created": "2018-12-03", "language": "eng", "title": "Catch crop rooting behaviour 1st crop rotation cycle", "description": "A central aspect when including catch crops into a crop rotation is the conservation of nutrients in their biomass for the subsequently grown crop. Numerous studies have been made evaluating the above-ground nutrient scavenging potential of different catch crop species. Often it was thereby described, that mixtures yield higher biomasses than pure stands of catch crops. An assumption is the ecological concept of niche differentiation: Higher biomass production in mixtures might rely on vertical root niche differentiation in the soil resulting in overall better nutrient exploitation when species with different root system distribution and nutrient uptake abilities are cultivated together. However, due to the general difficulty of root biomass quantification in soil samples paired with the even more challenging question of assigning root masses to different species, studies proving this niche differentiation concept are rare.\nIn the past years DNA-based techniques were more and more used for species discrimination in soil samples, but root biomass quantification remains difficult. We therefore developed a method for root biomass quantification of different species in soil samples: Using species-specific primers on the non-conserved ITS1 or ITS2 region species discrimination could be made based on root DNA. In the following, a qPCR-based quantification step with species-specific standard curves for cycle threshold values at known root weight was used to quantify the vertical root biomass distribution of different catch crop species in soil cores up to 90 cm depth in pure stands vs. a mixture. \nTest objects were the four species mustard (Sinapis alba), phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia), bristle oat (Avena strigosa) and Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum), either grown in pure stands or in a 4-species mixture. Their vertical root system distribution was evaluated in soil cores with 7 cm diameter obtained from two sites in Germany (Asendorf - Lower Saxony and Triesdorf - Bavaria), and at two initial starting points of the respective wheat-catch crop-maize long-term rotation (2015 and 2016) - in total 4 test environments. \nRepeatedly at both sites and in both years, mustard and phacelia developed the deepest root systems (usually until 80 cm depths), followed by oat reaching site-specifically between 50 and 60 cm depth and clover being only able to root 20-30 cm deep after 2.5 months of cultivation. Oat or mustard developed site-specifically the largest root systems in Asendorf or Triesdorf, respectively among the pure stands. Although the individual-species seeding rates were lower in the mixed stand compared to the respective pure stands, mustard and phacelia developed similar root biomass under both conditions. Against this, the other two slower developing species were strongly repressed in root biomass formation in the mix. In total, the mix often developed the largest root biomass among all variants.\nThe nutrient accumulation of the different catch crop species has been already published under \u201cCatch crop nutrient uptake 1st crop rotation cycle\u201d.", "formats": [{"name": "CSV"}], "keywords": ["Boden", "Landwirtschaftliche Nutzung", "Bodenbedeckung", "Bodennutzung", "Verteilung der Arten", "Avena nuda", "Poaceae", "Sinapis alba", "Phacelia tanacetifolia", "Trifolium alexandrinum", "Catch cropping", "Crop rotation", "cropping systems", "Catch crops", "Soil biology", "Root cap", "Roots", "biomass", "DNA", "DNA sequence", "Biological competition", "Interspecific competition", "Plant competition", "Catch crop species", "Root biomass distribution", "Root biomass quantification", "ITS region", "vertical root niche differentiation", "Boden", "opendata"], "contacts": [{"name": "Heuermann, Diana", "organization": "Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben", "position": "Staff member (Molecular Plant Nutrition)", "roles": ["author"], "phones": [{"value": "0049394825514"}], "emails": [{"value": "heuermannd@ipk-gatersleben.de"}], "addresses": [{"deliveryPoint": ["Correnstra\u00dfe 3"], "city": "Stadt Seeland", "administrativeArea": "Saxony-Anhalt", "postalCode": "06466", "country": "Germany"}], "links": [{"href": null}]}, {"name": "Wir\u00e9n, Nicolaus von", "organization": "Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben", "position": "Department head", "roles": ["projectLeader"], "phones": [{"value": "0049 39482 5603"}], "emails": [{"value": "vonwiren@ipk-gatersleben.de"}], "addresses": [{"deliveryPoint": ["Correnstra\u00dfe 3"], "city": "Stadt Seeland", "administrativeArea": "Saxony-Anhalt", "postalCode": "06466", "country": "Germany"}], "links": [{"href": null}]}, {"name": "BonaRes Data Centre", "organization": "Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)", "position": "Research Platform 'Data' - WG Geodata", "roles": ["publisher"], "phones": [{"value": "+49 33432 82 171"}], "emails": [{"value": "bonares-datenzentrum@zalf.de"}], "addresses": [{"deliveryPoint": ["Eberswalder Strasse 84"], "city": "M\u00fcncheberg", "administrativeArea": "Brandenburg", "postalCode": "15374", "country": "Germany"}], "links": [{"href": null}]}, {"organization": "Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben", "roles": ["contributor"]}], "title_alternate": "Vertical root system distribution of catch crop species in pure stands vs. mix at the beginning of a wheat-catch crop-maize long-term rotation"}, "links": [{"href": "https://maps.bonares.de/mapapps/resources/apps/bonares/index.html?lang=en&mid=90722934-7e78-45ef-b620-60b4cee02a6c", "rel": "information"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "90722934-7e78-45ef-b620-60b4cee02a6c", "name": "item", "description": "90722934-7e78-45ef-b620-60b4cee02a6c", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/90722934-7e78-45ef-b620-60b4cee02a6c"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-12-18T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "PMC8954686", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-07-28T16:27:19Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-03-15", "title": "The Comparison of Soil Agrochemical and Biological Properties in the Multi-Cropping Farming Systems", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Multi-cropping systems play an important role in improving the quality of soil properties. A field experiment was carried at the Experimental Station of Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy (Lithuania) in 2017 to 2019. The aim of the study was to compare agrophysical and biological properties of the soil in the multi-cropping systems of sole (spring barley, spring wheat, pea, caraway), binary (spring barley\u2013caraway, spring wheat\u2013caraway, pea\u2013caraway) and trinary (spring barley\u2013caraway\u2013white clover, spring wheat\u2013caraway\u2013white clover, pea\u2013caraway\u2013white clover) crops. In the second and the third years of caraway cultivation, when solely caraway was grown, the total nitrogen content was significantly lower than in binary and trinary crops (8.5% and 17.4%, respectively). The results indicated that the highest organic carbon content was in the third year of caraway cultivation in trinary crop when caraway was grown with peas and white clover. In the third year, the highest saccharase and urease activity was found in trinary crop where caraway was grown with spring barley and white clover. A strong positive correlation was observed between the content of saccharase and urease and the total nitrogen, organic carbon, and potassium available in the soil. The results of the study suggest that multi-cropping is important for soil conservation and the sustainability of agro-ecosystems.</p></article>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "<i>Carum carvi</i> L.", "multi-cropping system", "root biomass", "soil properties", "QK1-989", "enzymes", "Botany", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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Reports, articles, papers, scientific and non - scientific works of any form, including tables, maps, or any other kind of output, in printed or electronic form, based in whole or in part on the data supplied, must contain an acknowledgement of the form: \"Data reused from the BonaRes Data Centre www.bonares.de. This data were created as part of the Rhizo4Bio - rhizotraits's research activities.\" Although every care has been taken in preparing and testing the data, the Rhizo4Bio - rhizotraits and the BonaRes Data Centre cannot guarantee that the data are correct; neither does the Rhizo4Bio - rhizotraits and the BonaRes Data Centre accept any liability whatsoever for any error, missing data or omission in the data, or for any loss or damage arising from its use. The Rhizo4Bio - rhizotraits and BonaRes Data Centre will not be responsible for any direct or indirect use which might be made of the data.", "updated": "2023-11-09", "type": "Dataset", "created": "2023-11-07", "language": "eng", "title": "Above- and belowground phenotyping of 48 central European maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes", "description": "Within the RihzoTraits project, we conducted a soil drying experiment and coupled it with an above- and belowground phenotyping experiment. We monitored soil moisture dynamics and plant water use (i.e. transpiration, leaf water potential) as well as above- and belowground biomass characteristics of 48 maize varieties originating from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Of those varieties, 16 qualify as landraces (i.e. released before 1945) while the remaining varieties counted as modern. The experiment was conducted in a mostly automatized phenotyping facility in Freising/ Germany in a greenhouse. \n\nResearch domain: Soil Sciences\n\nResearch question: Is plant water use during soil drying restricted by a drop in belowground hydraulic conductivity?\nHow do plant hydraulic traits impact plant water use during soil drying?", "formats": [{"name": "CSV"}], "keywords": ["Soil", "Maize (Zea mays L.)", "soil drought", "transpiration", "plant water use", "soil water content", "soil water potential", "soil hydraulic conductivity", "plant hydraulic conductance", "rhizosheath", "root biomass", "phenotyping", "pot", "Boden"], "contacts": [{"name": "Tina K\u00f6hler", "organization": "University of Bayreuth + ETH Zurich", "position": null, "roles": ["author"], "phones": [{"value": null}], "emails": [{"value": "tina.koehler@usys.ethz.ch"}], "addresses": [{"deliveryPoint": [null], "city": null, "administrativeArea": null, "postalCode": null, "country": null}], "links": [{"href": {"url": null, "protocol": null, "protocol_url": "", "name": "0000-0002-6423-6835", "name_url": "", "description": "ORCID", "description_url": "", "applicationprofile": null, "applicationprofile_url": "", "function": null}}]}, {"name": "Johanna Pausch", "organization": "University of Bayreuth", "position": null, "roles": ["projectLeader"], "phones": [{"value": null}], "emails": [{"value": "Johanna.Pausch@uni-bayreuth.de"}], "addresses": [{"deliveryPoint": [null], "city": null, "administrativeArea": null, "postalCode": null, "country": null}], "links": [{"href": {"url": null, "protocol": null, "protocol_url": "", "name": "0000-0002-7102-4793", "name_url": "", "description": "ORCID", "description_url": "", "applicationprofile": null, "applicationprofile_url": "", "function": null}}]}, {"name": "ZALF", "organization": "Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)", "position": "Research Platform 'Data Analysis & Simulation' - Workgroup Research Data Management", "roles": ["publisher"], "phones": [{"value": "+49 33432 82 300"}], "emails": [{"value": "dataservice@zalf.de"}], "addresses": [{"deliveryPoint": ["Eberswalder Strasse 84"], "city": "M\u00fcncheberg", "administrativeArea": "Brandenburg", "postalCode": "15374", "country": "Germany"}], "links": [{"href": null}]}, {"name": "Carolin Schaum", "organization": "University of Bayreuth", "position": null, "roles": ["researcher"], "phones": [{"value": null}], "emails": [{"value": "caro.schaum@gmx.de"}], "addresses": [{"deliveryPoint": [null], "city": null, "administrativeArea": null, "postalCode": null, "country": null}], "links": [{"href": null}]}, {"name": "Shu-Yin Tung", "organization": "Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture", "position": null, "roles": ["researcher"], "phones": [{"value": null}], "emails": [{"value": "Shu-Yin.Tung@lfl.bayern.de"}], "addresses": [{"deliveryPoint": [null], "city": null, "administrativeArea": null, "postalCode": null, "country": null}], "links": [{"href": {"url": null, "protocol": null, "protocol_url": "", "name": "0000-0001-8892-6518", "name_url": "", "description": "ORCID", "description_url": "", "applicationprofile": null, "applicationprofile_url": "", "function": null}}]}, {"name": "Franziska Steiner", "organization": "Technical University of Munich", "position": null, "roles": ["researcher"], "phones": [{"value": null}], "emails": [{"value": "f.steiner@tum.de"}], "addresses": [{"deliveryPoint": [null], "city": null, "administrativeArea": null, "postalCode": null, "country": null}], "links": [{"href": {"url": null, "protocol": null, "protocol_url": "", "name": "0009-0009-1152-1235", "name_url": "", "description": "ORCID", "description_url": "", "applicationprofile": null, "applicationprofile_url": "", "function": null}}]}, {"name": "Nicolas Tyborski", "organization": "University of Bayreuth", "position": null, "roles": ["researcher"], "phones": [{"value": null}], "emails": [{"value": "Nicolas.Tyborski@uni-bayreuth.de"}], "addresses": [{"deliveryPoint": [null], "city": null, "administrativeArea": null, "postalCode": null, "country": null}], "links": [{"href": {"url": null, "protocol": null, "protocol_url": "", "name": "0009-0008-9031-3532", "name_url": "", "description": "ORCID", "description_url": "", "applicationprofile": null, "applicationprofile_url": "", "function": null}}]}, {"name": "Andreas J. 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