Soil compaction effects on soil health and cropproductivity: an overview

AN Shah, M Tanveer, B Shahzad, G Yang… - … Science and Pollution …, 2017 - Springer
Soil compaction causes substantial reduction in agriculture productivity and has always
been of great distress for farmers. Intensive agriculture seems to be more crucial in causing …

[HTML][HTML] Critical review of the impacts of grazing intensity on soil organic carbon storage and other soil quality indicators in extensively managed grasslands

M Abdalla, A Hastings, DR Chadwick, DL Jones… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2018 - Elsevier
Livestock grazing intensity (GI) is thought to have a major impact on soil organic carbon
(SOC) storage and soil quality indicators in grassland agroecosystems. To critically …

Grassland responses to grazing: effects of grazing intensity and management system in an Inner Mongolian steppe ecosystem

P Schönbach, H Wan, M Gierus, Y Bai, K Müller, L Lin… - Plant and Soil, 2011 - Springer
The major aims of this study were, firstly, to analyse the grazing-induced steppe degradation
process and, secondly, to identify an efficient and sustainable grazing management system …

[PDF][PDF] 中国草原的困境及其转型

张新时, 唐海萍, 董孝斌, 李波, 黄永梅, 龚吉蕊 - 科学通报, 2016 - ib.cas.cn
摘要天然草地是我国最大的陆地生态系统, 占国土面积的41.67%, 但其畜牧业生产力很低,
产值仅为农业产值的5%, 约为全国畜牧业产值的1/6. 本文根据温性草原的起源和草地畜牧业的5 …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of grazing patterns on grassland biomass and soil environments in China: A meta-analysis

Y Hao, Z He - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Grazing has important influences on the structures and functions of grassland
ecosystems, but the effects of grazing patterns on grassland biomass and soil environments …

Spatial variability of soil physical properties in a region of the Loess Plateau of PR China subject to wind and water erosion

YQ Wang, MA Shao - Land Degradation & Development, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The analysis of the spatial variability of soil properties is important for land management and
construction of an ecological environment. The objectives of this study were to investigate …

Transformation of litter carbon to stable soil organic matter is facilitated by ungulate trampling

Y Wei, Y Zhang, GWT Wilson, Y Guo, Y Bi, X Xiong… - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
Plant litter is an important source of soil organic carbon (SOC) in terrestrial ecosystem. The
formation of SOC from plant litter and SOC mineralization to atmosphere is a critical …

Soil water repellency and the five spheres of influence: A review of mechanisms, measurement and ecological implications

KRJ Smettem, C Rye, DJ Henry, SJ Sochacki… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil water repellency (SWR) is a widespread phenomenon that influences patterns of soil
wetting, runoff, evapotranspiration and availability of water for plants. In natural ecosystems …

Controls of surface soil moisture spatial patterns and their temporal stability in a semi‐arid steppe

Y Zhao, S Peth, XY Wang, H Lin… - Hydrological …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Temporal stability of soil moisture spatial patterns has important implications for optimal soil
and water management and effective field monitoring. The aim of this study was to …

A simple assessment on spatial variability of rice yield and selected soil chemical properties of paddy fields in South China

Z Liu, W Zhou, J Shen, P He, Q Lei, G Liang - Geoderma, 2014 - Elsevier
Data related to the spatial variability of properties of paddy soil is critical for improving rice
productivity and designing sustainable farming techniques. However, a systematic …