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Effect of Different Minerals on Water Stability and Wettability of Soil Silt Aggregates. [PDF]
Knowledge on the effects of minerals on soil water stability and wettability is mostly gained from experiments on natural soils of different mineral composition.
Adamczuk A +4 more
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<i>Wolbachia</i> infection status and molecular diversity in the species of tribe Tagiadini Mabille, 1878 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) collected in China. [PDF]
A co‐phylogenetic comparison, divergence time estimation and Wolbachia recombination analysis revealed that mito‐nuclear discordance in Tagiadini species is not mediated by Wolbachia, but Wolbachia acquisition in Tagiadini appears to have occurred mainly through horizontal transmission rather than codivergence.
Wei X +11 more
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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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Time-dependent hydrophobic characterisation of granular materials synthesised with commercial chemical agents [PDF]
The impact of hydrophobicity on unsaturated granular materials is important because suction is a function of the degree of saturation as well as the surface tension and contact angle of the water menisci.
Saulick Yunesh +2 more
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Glacial rock flour reduces the hydrophobicity of Greenlandic cultivated soils
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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Spatial variability of water repellency in pine forest soil
The variability of water repellency of pine-forest arenic regosols and its influence on infiltration processes were measured in southwest Slovakia.
Tomáš Orfánus +5 more
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Microplastics in agroecosystems: A review of effects on soil biota and key soil functions
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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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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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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Abstract Soil wettability is important for understanding a wide range of earth system processes, from agricultural productivity to debris flows and sediment fan formation. However, there is limited research considering how soil–water interactions, where the soil grains are naturally hydrophobic, might change in the presence of oil from natural ...
Rebecca McCerery +5 more
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