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Nitrogen Cycling from Increased Soil Organic Carbon Contributes Both Positively and Negatively to Ecosystem Services in Wheat Agro-Ecosystems

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is an important and manageable property of soils that impacts on multiple ecosystem services through its effect on soil processes such as nitrogen (N) cycling and soil physical properties.
Jeda Palmer, Peter J. Thorburn, Jody S. Biggs, Estelle J. Dominati, Merv E. Probert, Elizabeth A. Meier, Neil I. Huth, Mike Dodd, Val Snow, Joshua R. Larsen, Joshua R. Larsen, William J. Parton   +11 more
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Advancing Fruit Bioimpedance Monitoring With Sustainable, Soft, And Bio‐Based Electrodes Beyond ECG

Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
Electrical impedance spectroscopy enables non‐destructive fruit quality monitoring, but conventional ECG and needle electrodes compromise signal stability, fruit physiology, and sustainability. This perspective highlights the transition toward soft, biocompatible, and biodegradable electrode interfaces based on natural substrates, bio‐derived ...
Sundus Riaz, Ahmed Rasheed, Angelo Zanella, Almudena Rivadeneyra, Paolo Lugli, Luisa Petti, Pietro Ibba   +6 more
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Complex agro‐ecosystems for food security in a changing climate [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2012
AbstractAttempts to increase food crop yields by intensifying agricultural systems using high inputs of nonrenewable resources and chemicals frequently lead to de‐gradation of natural resources, whereas most technological innovations are not accessible for smallholders that represent the majority of farmers world wide.
Khumairoh, U., Groot, J.C.J., Lantinga, E.A.   +2 more
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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang, Anna Kristina Edenbrandt, Elin Röös   +2 more
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Guidelines for Detecting the Foodborne Antibiotic‐Resistant Bacteria

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Foodborne antibiotic‐resistant bacteria threaten global public health and the economic. Standardized detection methods are crucial for effective prevention and control. Researchers encounter difficulties in choosing suitable techniques due to the variety of available approaches and the intricate nature of resistance mechanisms.
Yuanye Zeng, Fengxia Yang
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Decaying Uncertainties: Exploring the Role of Decay Rate Variability in Marine eDNA Dispersal Using Lagrangian Transport Modeling

Environmental DNA
Environmental DNA (eDNA) has emerged as a powerful tool for fisheries management and biodiversity monitoring, offering novel insights into marine ecosystems.
Mohamed Yosri Zanni, Verena M. Trenkel, Robin Faillettaz   +2 more
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Livestock tracks transform resource distribution on terracette landscapes of the Loess Plateau

Ecosphere, 2016
Striking networks of livestock tracks, or terracettes, molded to the contours are a common feature on hilly rangelands of the semiarid Loess Plateau, one of the regions with the most severe soil erosion in the world.
Baocheng Jin, Guojun Sun, Ying Zhang, Mei Zou, Xiaofeng Ni, Kai Luo, Xueli Zhang, Hua Cheng, Fengmin Li, X. Ben Wu   +9 more
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Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt, Stefan Seifert, Saskia Wolff, Tobia Lakes, Marten Graubner, Axel Werwatz, Silke Hüttel   +6 more
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini, Karan Sethi, Emanuela Granata, Ekaterina Mogilnaia, Valeria Vitangeli, Giovanni Zanfei, Chiara Fedrigotti, Paolo Biella, Dino Scaravelli, Luigi Marchesi, Péter Batáry, Diego Rubolini, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla   +13 more
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Heavy-metal balances of agro-ecosystems in the Netherlands

Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science, 1998
Heavy-metal flows (Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn) of arable, dairy and mixed farming systems in the Netherlands were studied, and farm-gate and field-scale balances calculated. On the field-scale, static and dynamic balances were distinguished. By determining the characteristic metal flows, it became possible to differentiate between farming systems and to select
Moolenaar, S.W., Lexmond, Th.M.
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