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Impacts of thinning of a Mediterranean oak forest on soil properties influencing water infiltration [PDF]
Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 2017 In Mediterranean ecosystems, special attention needs to be paid to forest–water relationships due to water scarcity. In this context, Adaptive Forest Management (AFM) has the objective to establish how forest resources have to be managed with regards to ...
Di Prima Simone +9 more
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Fire, 2023 The Caldor fire burned ~222,000 acres of the Eastern Sierra Nevada during summer–fall 2021. We evaluated the effects of this “megafire” on the physical properties of a sandy soil developed from glacial tills to document fire-induced soil modifications in
Brad Sion +5 more
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Soil SystemsThis study aims to understand the effects of wildfires in sagebrush ecosystem on soil properties by examining connections between Soil Water Repellency (SWR), reflectance, and chemistry.
Yasaman Raeofy +11 more
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Agrosystems, Geosciences &Environment, Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2023., 2023 Abstract Finding feasible solutions for sustainable food production is challenging. Here we try to understand the balance between crop productivity and ecological stewardship using agroecological‐based soil management strategies. We evaluated the potential of different organic materials such as dairy manure compost and different biochar manure co ...
Touyee Thao +6 more
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Fire, 2023 While it is well known that wildfires can greatly contribute to soil water repellency by changing soil chemical composition, the mechanisms of these changes are still poorly understood.
Vera Samburova +12 more
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Glacial rock flour reduces the hydrophobicity of Greenlandic cultivated soils
Soil Science Society of America Journal, Volume 87, Issue 3, Page 439-452, May/June 2023., 2023 Abstract Soil water repellency (WR) is ubiquitous across Greenlandic cultivated fields, which may constrain agricultural production. Fine‐grained glacial rock flour (GRF) is available in the surrounding landscape, which could serve as a soil amendment. We tested whether the application of GRF (rates of 0, 50, 100, 300, and 500 ton ha−1) reduced the WR ...
Peter L. Weber +8 more
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Microplastics in agroecosystems: A review of effects on soil biota and key soil functions
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Volume 186, Issue 1, Page 5-22, February 2023., 2023 Microplastic impacts on agroecosystem soil. Abstract Contamination of soils in agroecosystems with microplastics (MPs) is of increasing concern. The contamination of the environment/farmland soils with MPs (1 µm to 5 mm sized particles) and nanoplastics (NPs; <1 µm sized particles) is causing numerous effects on ecological soil functions and human ...
Leila Shafea +6 more
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Impact of duration of land abandonment on soil properties
Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 2023 Abandonment of agricultural fields triggers the ecosystem recovery in the process referred to as secondary succession. The objective of this study was to find the impact of secondary succession during 12 years lasting abandonment of agricultural fields ...
Lichner Ľubomír +5 more
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Water Resources Research, Volume 58, Issue 6, June 2022., 2022 Abstract Unstable flow in homogeneous dry soils, including saturation overshoot, is associated with a nonzero soil‐water contact angle (CA); 1D and 2D models for such flow, based on the moving‐boundary concept, were recently developed, solved, and verified for a constant high CA.
Zhongfu Wang, Rony Wallach
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Ecosphere, Volume 12, Issue 3, March 2021., 2021 Abstract Forest ecosystems play a central role in global water and carbon cycles, yet the impact of global climate change, in particular drought, on trees and forests is poorly understood. Therefore, there is an urgent need for forest‐scale experiments in improving our understanding of trees’ responses to extreme drought events and subsequent recovery ...
Thorsten E. E. Grams +12 more
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