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How do management interventions influence soil carbon storage and sequestration in UK woodland?

Published online: 13 Oct 2021

Published by: Woodland Trust

Authors: Bavin, S.

Content type: Reports

The focus of this review is on the dynamics of woodland soil carbon and its exchange with the atmosphere as CO2. Activities that can influence soil ca...

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Growth of Atriplex amnicola on salt-affected soils in Western Australia.

Published online: 16 Apr 1997

Authors: Davidson, N. J. & Galloway, R. & Lazarescu, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

On a broad scale, growth of Atriplex amnicola declined greatly in response to reduced depth to the water table during the summer. On a micro-environme...

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Transport of water in the soil-plant-atmosphere system.

Published online: 22 May 1965

Authors: Cowan, I. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An approximate solution is presented of the differential equation describing soil-moisture flow towards a root absorbing water at a periodically varyi...

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Winter cover crop legacy effects on litter decomposition act through litter quality and microbial community changes.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Barel, J. M. & Kuyper, T. W. & Paul, J. & Boer, W. de & Cornelissen, J. H. C. & Deyn, G. B. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In agriculture, winter cover crop (WCC) residues are incorporated into the soil to improve soil quality, as gradual litter decomposition can improve f...

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Heathland management affects soil response to drought.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Gliesch, M. & Sanchez, L. H. & Jongepier, E. & Martin, C. & Hu YaHan & Tietema, A. & Vries, F. T. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Drought can affect ecosystem functioning by altering plant-soil interactions, posing a significant threat to vulnerable ecosystems like heathlands. In...

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The potential for heathland restoration on formerly arable land at a site in Drenthe, the Netherlands.

Published online: 14 Mar 1996

Authors: Aerts, R. & Huiszoon, A. & Oostrum, J. H. A. van & Vijver, C. A. D. M. van de & Willems, J. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The suitability of formerly arable land for heathland restoration was studied on sandy soils in the Netherlands. For this purpose, nutrient (N, P) ava...

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The subalpine shrub Dasiphora fruticosa alters seasonal and elevational effects on soil microbial diversity and ecosystem functions on the Tibetan Plateau.

Published online: 06 Jul 2023

Authors: Wang XiaoSai & Michalet, R. & He Shuang & Wang XiangTai

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

High-altitude ecosystems of the Tibetan Plateau are undergoing significant global changes that may stimulate an intense shrub encroachment. The occurr...

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The influence of arthropods and earthworms upon root growth of direct drilled cereals.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Edwards, C. A. & Lofty, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intact profiles of soil from a field in UK that had been direct-drilled for 5 years and from the same soil that had been regularly ploughed were steri...

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Cover crops in arable lands increase functional complementarity and redundancy of bacterial communities.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Alahmad, A. & Decocq, G. & Spicher, F. & Kheirbeik, L. & Kobaissi, A. & Tetu, T. & Dubois, F. & Duclercq, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reducing the deleterious effects of intensive tillage and fertilization on ecosystem integrity and human health is challenging for sustainable agricul...

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Dormancy of seeds of shepherd's purse in alternating wet and dry, compressed aggregated soil: a laboratory experiment.

Published online: 03 Aug 1995

Authors: Terpstra, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The dormancy of seeds of shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) in different soil structures during the 63-day period of establishment of a crop o...

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