Soil organic carbon storage as a key function of soils-A review of drivers and indicators at various scales

M Wiesmeier, L Urbanski, E Hobley, B Lang… - Geoderma, 2019 - Elsevier
The capacity of soils to store organic carbon represents a key function of soils that is not only
decisive for climate regulation but also affects other soil functions. Recent efforts to assess …

Topographic Wetness Index calculation guidelines based on measured soil moisture and plant species composition

M Kopecký, M Macek, J Wild - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil moisture controls environmental processes and species distributions, but it is difficult to
measure and interpolate across space. Topographic Wetness Index (TWI) derived from …

Mechanistic understanding of leakage and consequences and recent technological advances in improving nitrogen use efficiency in cereals

MR Yadav, S Kumar, MK Lal, D Kumar, R Kumar… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although nitrogen (N) is the most limiting nutrient for agricultural production, its overuse is
associated with environmental pollution, increased concentration of greenhouse gases, and …

Prediction of soil organic carbon and the C: N ratio on a national scale using machine learning and satellite data: A comparison between Sentinel-2, Sentinel-3 and …

T Zhou, Y Geng, C Ji, X Xu, H Wang, J Pan… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil carbon-to-nitrogen ratio (C: N) are the main indicators of
soil quality and health and play an important role in maintaining soil quality. Together with …

Factors affecting variations of soil pH in different horizons in hilly regions

YY Zhang, W Wu, H Liu - Plos one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Soil pH is a key factor that controls soil nutrient availability, soil microbial activities, and crop
growth and development. However, studies on the soil pH variations of cultivated lands in …

Topographic wetness index explains soil moisture better than bioindication with Ellenberg's indicator values

MW Raduła, TH Szymura, M Szymura - Ecological indicators, 2018 - Elsevier
Topography is an important determinant of soil moisture (SM) distribution and thus drives the
functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, including vegetation composition and structure. To …

Assessing the quality of landslide susceptibility maps–case study Lower Austria

H Petschko, A Brenning, R Bell… - Natural hazards and …, 2014 - nhess.copernicus.org
Landslide susceptibility maps are helpful tools to identify areas potentially prone to future
landslide occurrence. As more and more national and provincial authorities demand for …

[图书][B] Handbook of soil sciences: properties and processes

PM Huang, Y Li, ME Sumner - 2011 - books.google.com
An evolving, living organic/inorganic covering, soil is in dynamic equilibrium with the
atmosphere above, the biosphere within, and the geology below. It acts as an anchor for …

Application of ordinary kriging and regression kriging method for soil properties mapping in hilly region of Central Vietnam

T Gia Pham, M Kappas, C Van Huynh… - … International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Soil property maps are essential resources for agricultural land use. However, soil
properties mapping is costly and time-consuming, especially in the regions with complicated …

Assessment of spatial hybrid methods for predicting soil organic matter using DEM derivatives and soil parameters

P Tziachris, V Aschonitis, T Chatzistathis… - Catena, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper assesses hybrid spatial models with the use of auxiliary variables based on
machine learning algorithms for predicting soil Organic Matter (OM) content in Kastoria area …