Soil functions
Soil Functions in Earth's Critical Zone: Key Results and Conclusions
... for soil processes, the Integrated Critical Zone Model (ICZM) for computational simulation of multiple soil functions, in addition to those simulated with CAST, allowed calculation of process rates ...
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A systemic approach for modeling soil functions
... different soil types de- veloped under different site conditions ...is soil organic carbon (SOC, “hu- mus”) as an indicator for soil fertility or, more generally, for soil health ...
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Maintaining ecological soil functions techniques in organic farming systems
... of soil (mainly the storage and release of extern given nutrients) has been taken into account, today the demanded suitability of management systems depends on the ability to maintain all ecological soil ...
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Continental-scale assessment of provisioning soil functions in Europe
... of soil to perform any of the seven identified functions and to support their associated ecosystem ser- vices depends on its physical, biological, and chemical attri- butes ...of soil ...
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Soil Functions in Earth's Critical Zone: Key Results and Conclusions
... zone soil layer and its functions. Translation of soil functions into mathematical descriptions of flows and transformations applies flux balance equations across hypothetical horizontal ...
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Soil Functions in Earth's Critical Zone: Key Results and Conclusions
... defining soil functions as flows and transformations is ...Some soil functions, such as maintaining habitat and gene pool, continue to be treated (for the models presented here) in an ...
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Uncertainty indication in soil function maps – transparent and easy-to-use information to support sustainable use of soil resources
... a soil to fulfill a specific function, neglecting the impacts of land use and land management ...of soil resources (Lehmann and Stahr, ...account soil processes and site-specific environmental ...
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The soil quality concept and its importance in the study of Finnish arable soils
... beneficial soil functions and useful- ness in elucidating ecosystem ...of soil hydrology ...underlying soil quality, that good qual- ity soils may be devoid of earthworms and that high earth- ...
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Towards an agroecological viticulture: advances and challenges
... To improve its sustainability, viticulture should increase the provision of ecosystem services to decrease its use of inputs and the resulting environmental impact while maintaining high socio- economic performance. ...
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Role of soil multifunctionality in sustainable development
... These functions are all equally important, but the society has used them in different ways (rate, method, efficiency) throughout history, depending on the given natural conditions and socio-economic ...more ...
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SOIL FUNCTIONALITY AND EFFECTS OF POSSIBLE ERRORS IN SOIL MANAGEMENT DURING PRE PLANTING AND VINEYARD CULTIVATION EVIDENCES FROM THE RESOLVE PROJECT
... of soil function extend, which can be quantitatively or qualitatively evaluated by means of different indicators (Costantini et ...2016). Soil malfunctioning can be indicated by the lack of nutrients, ...
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Laboratory Measurement of Soil Hydraulic Functions in A Cycle of Drying and Rewetting
... The amount of water to be added is determined by the user. The user can roughly estimate the target point depending on the amount of water added based on the change in the sample mass during evaporation and the ...
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Properties and functions of organic materials in poor agricultural soil condition
... for soil fertility has been described as complex due to factors such as soil condition, spatial and temporal boundaries of the study, the type of data itself and how they have been analysed (Hartemink, ...
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Point pedotransfer functions for estimating soil water retention curve
... Rajkai et al. (2004) developed parametric pedotransfer functions to estimate van Genuchten (1980) model parame- ters using 8 readily available parameters. Those authors also used one measured point of SWRC to ...
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Application of k Nearest code to the improvement of class pedotransfer functions and countrywide Field Capacity and Wilting Point maps
... We are currently witnessing a climate change which affects both ecological and economical aspects of our lives. The age of water scarcity is coming and an effi- cient improvement of landscape water management is ...
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Subgrid spatial variability of soil hydraulic functions for hydrological modelling
... the soil (e.g. soil maps) is available for the model ...many soil maps. Suitable soil maps (or similar products) are widely available around the ...German soil map of Lower Saxony ...
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Evolution of pharyngeal behaviors and neuronal functions in free living soil nematodes
... the functions of individual neurons (Bargmann and Avery, 1995), we examined M4 functions in select species from the Diplogasteridae, Cephalobidae, and Panagrolaimidae ...free-living soil nematode ...
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Local and catchment scale validation of soil hydraulic pedotransfer functions for an Indonesian watershed
... After these steps SWAT calculates the sub-basin parameters such as area and channel length. When this is done, land use and soil data must be added to define HRUs. The land use data used was obtained in 2007. Data ...
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Estimation of the soil water retention curve (SWRC) using pedotransfer functions (PTFs)
... 4-parameter fittings). A relatively large data set (121 carefully measured retention curves) and pre- cisely and well measured basic soil physical proper- ties were available. All data were collected during the ...
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Preliminary investigation to estimate soil NAPL retention using parametric pedotransfer functions
... and soil physical practice, it is mainly determined by scaling based on the water retention of soils or with charts of average empirical values of organic liquid retention or the fitting parameters of hydrau- lic ...
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