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Corrigendum to “Increasing landscape complexity enhances species richness of farmland arthropods, agri-environment schemes also abundance – A meta-analysis” [Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 326 (2022) 107822] Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Riho Marja, Teja Tscharntke, Péter Batáry
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General trends of different inter-row vegetation management affecting vine vigor and grape quality across European vineyards Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-06-24 Michaela Griesser, Magdalena Steiner, Martin Pingel, Deniz Uzman, Cristina Preda, Brice Giffard, Pauline Tolle, Daniyar Memedemin, Astrid Forneck, Annette Reineke, Ilona Leyer, Sven Bacher
Cover crops in vineyards do provide many important ecosystem functions, however wine growers are often reluctant to incorporate cover crops into their vineyard management as they are concerned about competition regarding water and nutrient availability. The objective of this study was to define the effects of three standard inter-row vegetation management strategies on vine growth and grape quality
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Fallow replacement cover crops impact soil water and nitrogen dynamics in a semi-arid sub-tropical environment Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-06-10 Ismail Ibrahim Garba, Daniel Fay, Reni Apriani, Dk Yusrina Pg Yusof, Danqing Chu, Alwyn Williams
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To what extent is fennel crop dependent on insect pollination? Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-06-08 Lucie Schurr, Véronique Masotti, Benoît Geslin, Sophie Gachet, Prisca Mahé, Léna Jeannerod, Laurence Affre
The importance of insects for global food crop production is starting to be well-known but the level of dependence on insects is less referenced, especially for some aromatic crops. Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare, Mill.) is an aromatic mass-flowering crop cultivated in the south of France for its essential oil that contains anethole. This compound is of food and economical interest because of its anise
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Introducing and expanding cover crops at the watershed scale: Impact on water flows Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-06-07 H. Tribouillois, J. Constantin, L. Casal, J. Villerd, O. Therond
Cover crops have multiple benefits, such as improving water quality, providing a green manure effect, and storing carbon in the soil. They can, however, reduce drainage significantly during key periods of hydrosystem recharge, especially in winter. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of cover crops and/or crop diversification at the watershed scale on water in the downstream watershed
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Impact of long-term application of manure and inorganic fertilizers on common soil bacteria in different soil types Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-06-03 Jinshan Lian, Huiying Wang, Ye Deng, Minggang Xu, Shutang Liu, Baoku Zhou, Kamlesh Jangid, Yinghua Duan
Understanding the impact of long-term fertilization in different soil types and its effect on soil bacteria and crop production is critical for designing sustainable agricultural practices across diverse landscapes. Here, we investigated the impact of 25–37 years of continuous fertilizer treatments in three parent materials (Phaeozem, Cambisol, and Acrisol) on crop yield, soil properties, and soil
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Biophysical drivers of yield gaps and ecosystem services across different coffee-based agroforestry management types: A global meta-analysis Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-06-04 Pierre Mokondoko, Veronique Sophie Avila-Foucat, J. Mauricio Galeana-Pizaña
The productivity of agroforestry systems (AFSs) and the provisioning of associated ecosystem services (ESs) are threatened by increasing cropping intensification and climate change. Compared to full-sun coffee, maintaining shade cover might protect against climate variability, forest degradation, and pests/diseases attack. However, there may be trade-offs between yields and ESs. While the impacts of
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Soil health evaluation approaches along a reclamation consequence in Hangzhou Bay, China Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-06-03 Liang Wei, Yonghua Li, Zhenke Zhu, Feng Wang, Xiaoxia Liu, Wenju Zhang, Mouliang Xiao, Gang Li, Jina Ding, Jianping Chen, Yakov Kuzyakov, Tida Ge
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Niche complementarity drives increases in pollinator functional diversity in diversified agroforestry systems Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-30 Tom Staton, Richard J. Walters, Tom D. Breeze, Jo Smith, Robbie D. Girling
Rising demand for food production poses a major threat to biodiversity by placing competing pressures on land. Diversified farming systems are one widely promoted nature-based solution to this challenge, which aim to integrate biodiversity-based ecosystem services into agricultural production. The underlying theory behind this approach is that diverse communities enhance ecosystem service provision
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Association between landscape composition and the abundance of predator and herbivore arthropods in Bt and non-Bt soybean crops Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-29 Silvana Abbate, Filipe Madeira, Horacio Silva, Nora Altier, Xavier Pons
Cropland expansion has been occurring over the last century, especially in South America, displacing non-crop areas mainly with soybean. Changes at a landscape level were followed by changes at a local scale, such as the adoption of insect-resistant transgenic crops. The homogenization of agroecosystem composition and agronomic practices have a great impact on arthropod predators and herbivore insects
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Greenhouse gas emissions from fed mollusk mariculture: A case study of a Sinonovacula constricta farming system Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-28 Wangwang Ye, Heng Sun, Yuhong Li, Jiexia Zhang, Miming Zhang, Zhongyong Gao, Jinpei Yan, Jian Liu, Jianwen Wen, Hang Yang, Jun Shi, Shuhui Zhao, Man Wu, Suqing Xu, Changan Xu, Liyang Zhan
Expanded shellfish mariculture is an important strategy to improve global food security. However, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with mariculture are a concern when evaluating the benefits of protein production. In this study, we conducted two field campaigns in a constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta) farming system (March 3–5 and April 21–23, 2021) to observe the changes in GHGs
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Woody perennial polycultures increase ant diversity and ant-mediated ecosystem services compared to conventional corn-soybean rotations Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-26 Karl A. Roeder, Alexandra N. Harmon-Threatt
The role plant diversity has played in regulating insect communities has been of interest for decades. Recent syntheses from agroecosystems suggest increasing plant diversity can positively affect beneficial insects like predators, reducing pest pressure and increasing yield. However, the agricultural landscape of the Midwestern United States is dominated by just two crops—corn and soybean—which cover
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Replacing urea-N with Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.) mitigates CH4 and N2O emissions in rice paddy Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-26 Wei Yang, Lai Yao, Mengzhen Zhu, Chengwei Li, Shaoqiu Li, Bin Wang, Paul Dijkstra, Zhangyong Liu, Bo Zhu
Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus L) is a widely used leguminous green manure in paddy rice culture and has potential to replace or partly replace inorganic nitrogen (N) fertilizer. However, there is little quantitative information regarding replacing inorganic N with milk vetch on CH4 and N2O emissions. This study investigated the relationship between greenhouse gas production and carbon (C)
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Vineyards compared to natural vegetation maintain high arthropod species turnover but alter trait diversity and composition of assemblages Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-27 M. Geldenhuys, R. Gaigher, J.S. Pryke, M.J. Samways
Agriculture is a major contributor to habitat transformation, homogenising biological communities, and reducing biodiversity at local and regional scales. Over time, biotic homogenisation causes regional biotas to become genetically, taxonomically, and functionally similar, impacting the functioning and resilience of natural and agricultural systems. Here, we assessed alpha and beta diversity, trait
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Organic farming positively affects the vitality of passerine birds in agricultural landscapes Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-25 Jérôme Moreau, Karine Monceau, Gladys Gonnet, Marie Pfister, Vincent Bretagnolle
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Agricultural ammonia dry deposition and total nitrogen deposition to a Swiss mire Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-25 Elisabeth Tanner, Nina Buchmann, Werner Eugster
Mires are among the ecosystems most affected by eutrophication caused by excessive nitrogen (N) inputs via N deposition of ammonium (NH4+), nitrate (NO3–), nitric acid (HNO3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ammonia (NH3). As NH3 emissions are mostly generated by agriculture, a particular conflict of interest exists in areas where agricultural production systems are located nearby sensitive ecosystems
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Control of sugarcane planting patterns on slope erosion-induced nitrogen and phosphorus loss and their export coefficients from the watershed Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-23 Xu Wang, Yong Li, Liang Dai, Hao Guo, Zhigang Huang, Tingting Chen, Yuqing Huang, Jingyi Li, Cuihong Yang, Toyin Peter Abegunrin
Globally, replanted sugarcane (Rp) on hillslopes has accelerated soil erosion and associated nutrients entering the river, causing serious water pollution. Sugarcane planting patterns (SPPs), including the area ratios of Rp and intercropping (Ic) on the hillslopes, may mitigate these negative impacts by increasing surface coverage. But the effectiveness of SPPs on these impacts has not been quantified
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Riparian buffer strips influence nitrogen losses as nitrous oxide and leached N from upslope permanent pasture Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-23 J.C. Dlamini, L.M. Cardenas, E.H. Tesfamariam, R.M. Dunn, N. Loick, A.F. Charteris, L. Cocciaglia, S. Vangeli, M.S.A. Blackwell, H.R. Upadhayay, J.M.B. Hawkins, J. Evans, A.L. Collins
Riparian buffer strips can have a significant role in reducing nitrogen (N) transfers from agricultural land to freshwater primarily via denitrification and plant uptake processes, but an unintended trade-off can be elevated nitrous oxide (N2O) production rates. Against this context, our replicated bounded plot scale study investigated N2O emissions from un-grazed ryegrass pasture served by three types
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Tillage management exerts stronger controls on soil microbial community structure and organic matter molecular composition than N fertilization Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-23 Meiling Man, Micaela Tosi, Kari E. Dunfield, David C. Hooker, Myrna J. Simpson
Different tillage and nitrogen (N) fertilization practices markedly alter soil carbon dynamics, yet the underlying mechanisms and their interactive controls on soil organic matter (OM) biogeochemistry are still not well defined. Soil samples were collected from a 24-year field trial comprising of two tillage practices (conventional and conservation) and two N fertilization rates (low: 12, moderate:
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Mitigation of ammonia volatilization on farm using an N stabilizer – A demonstration in Quzhou, North China Plain Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-20 Jingxia Wang, Jiahui Kang, Zhipeng Sha, Zhichen Qu, Xinsheng Niu, Wen Xu, Hongyan Zhang, Keith Goulding, Xuejun Liu
Fertilized cropland is a significant source of ammonia (NH3) emissions. Urea, the dominant synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilizer, makes the largest contribution to NH3 volatilization from cropland in China. To improve environmental quality and resource utilization efficiency, stabilized urea (UI: Urea amended with the urease inhibitor Limus®) was tested in an intensive cropping system in the North China
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Field response of N2O emissions, microbial communities, soil biochemical processes and winter barley growth to the addition of conventional and biodegradable microplastics Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-21 Lucy M. Greenfield, Martine Graf, Saravanan Rengaraj, Rafael Bargiela, Gwion Williams, Peter N. Golyshin, David R. Chadwick, Davey L. Jones
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Wild bees benefit from low urbanization levels and suffer from pesticides in a tropical megacity Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-20 Arne Wenzel, Ingo Grass, Nils Nölke, Arati Pannure, Teja Tscharntke
How urbanization affects crop pollination has scarcely been studied, especially in the tropics. Here, we focus on the richness and abundance of wild bees and their pollination services to 30 small-scale fields of Lablab purpureus, a globally wide-spread grain legume, in the Indian megacity Bangalore. Farms were selected along a gradient of urbanization, measured as percentage of impervious surface
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Weeds from non-flowering crops as potential contributors to oilseed rape pollination Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-21 Ludovic Crochard, Romain Julliard, Sabrina Gaba, Vincent Bretagnolle, Mathilde Baude, Colin Fontaine
Pollination is essential for many crops since 70% of the world's cultivated plants depend on pollinators for their production. Floral resources within cultivated areas, especially those produced by flowering crops such as oilseed rape, are known to have a positive effect on wild pollinators. Nevertheless, little is known about the contribution of other floral resources, such as weeds within cultivated
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Better performance of compound fertilizers than bulk-blend fertilizers on reducing ammonia emission and improving wheat productivity Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Na Li, Ye Yang, Yuejin Wu, Binmei Liu, Liangzhi Tao, Yue Zhan, Xiaoyu Ni, Yang Yang
Compound fertilizer and bulk-blend fertilizer are two major types of fertilizers used in wheat production. However, it remains unclear which type of fertilizers has lower ammonia (NH3) emission and greater wheat productivity. We conducted a field experiment in Hefei, China during 2018–2019 and 2019–2020 wheat growing seasons. The objectives were to assess the effects of three compound fertilizers and
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Pilot study on gaseous pollution removal efficiency of acid scrubbing in a broiler house Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-19 Tiantian Cao, Yunhao Zheng, Yu Zhang, Yue Wang, Qunxin Cong, Yuanhao Wang, Hongmin Dong
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Weed community evolution under diversification managements in a new planted organic apricot orchard Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-20 Corrado Ciaccia, Elena Testani, Tiziana Amoriello, Danilo Ceccarelli
Biodiversity conservation and promotion of agroecology (including organic farming) are focused as priorities by European Commission, as reported in the Biodiversity and Farm to Fork Strategies. In this context, agricultural practices can be considered for their contribution to harnessing ecosystem services to sustain agricultural production, while minimising negative environmental effects. Among these
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Response of soil organic carbon content to crop rotation and its controls: A global synthesis Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-17 Xiaotong Liu, Senwen Tan, Xiaojun Song, Xueping Wu, Gang Zhao, Shengping Li, Guopeng Liang
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Effects of different tillage systems and cropping sequences on soil physicochemical properties and greenhouse gas emissions Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-16 Ahmad Latif Virk, Wen-Sheng Liu, Zhe Chen, Yves N´Dri Bohoussou, Mumtaz Akhtar Cheema, Khuram Shehzad Khan, Xin Zhao, Hai-Lin Zhang
The greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) are major contributor to climate change and farmlands are prominent source of GHGE that are affected by soil chemical and physical properties. Field management practices e.g. no-till (NT) and cropping sequences (CSs) can regulate GHGE by changing soil physicochemical properties. To understand the role of soil physicochemical properties on GHGE under different tillage
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Unexpected high suppression of ammonia volatilization loss by plastic film mulching in Korean maize cropping system Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-16 Ho Gyeong Chae, Hyeon Ji Song, Mohammad Saiful Islam Bhuiyan, Pil Joo Kim, Jeong Gu Lee
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Status and trends of pollination services in Amazon agroforestry systems Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-16 William Sabino, Luciano Costa, Tamires Andrade, Juliana Teixeira, Gustavo Araújo, André Luís Acosta, Luísa Carvalheiro, Tereza Cristina Giannini
With the growing demand for food production worldwide, natural landscapes are increasingly being replaced by agricultural areas, which directly affects biodiversity and local ecosystem services. Agroforestry systems, which are the intentional integration of trees and shrubs into crop and animal farming systems, are a more sustainable production approach that has been increasing in several forested
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Ebullitive CH4 flux and its mitigation potential by aeration in freshwater aquaculture: Measurements and global data synthesis Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-14 Xiantao Fang, Chao Wang, Tianrui Zhang, Fengwei Zheng, Jianting Zhao, Shuang Wu, Matti Barthel, Johan Six, Jianwen Zou, Shuwei Liu
Freshwater aquaculture ponds constitute one of the important anthropogenic sources of atmospheric methane (CH4). Nevertheless, estimates of global CH4 emissions from freshwater aquaculture have large uncertainties due to a lack of data from different aquaculture types. Furthermore, despite that ebullition is a major pathway of CH4 in aquatic systems, the quantification of ebullitive CH4 fluxes from
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Long-term observed evapotranspiration and its variation caused by anthropogenic controls in an ecofragile region Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-12 Zongxu Xie, Hanbo Yang, Huafang Lv, Huimin Lei, Dawen Yang
Arid and semiarid regions are the focus of terrestrial ecological vulnerability as a consequence of their distinctive geography and rapid evolution of anthropogenic controls. To understand the evapotranspiration (ET) variation in ecofragile regions, this study obtained seven years of eddy covariance (EC) observations from the Yulin site in Mu Us Sandy Land, and further proposed a framework to separate
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Full straw incorporation into a calcareous soil increased N2O emission despite more N2O being reduced to N2 in the winter crop season Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-13 Rui Wang, Zhanlei Pan, Yan Liu, Zhisheng Yao, Jing Wang, Xunhua Zheng, Chong Zhang, Xiaotang Ju, Huanhuan Wei, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
Crop straw application in combination with fertilizer nitrogen (N) dose reduction is recommended to improve crop yields and carbon sequestration in soil. This practice may also promote soil nitrous oxide (N2O) emission, thus partially counterbalancing the expected benefits. However, the full straw return effect on the reduction of soil N2O to dinitrogen (N2) is not yet well known, owing to the methodological
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Role of management in the long-term provision of floral resources on farmland Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-11 R.N. Nichols, T.J. Wood, J.M. Holland, D. Goulson
Floral abundance and richness on farmland has been declining since the mid 1900 s. Agri-environment schemes (AES) can improve floral resource availability through establishment of flower-rich areas or careful management of areas set-aside to naturally regenerate on farmland. Ideal management regimes include sowing and re-sowing of seed mixes, regular cuts of growth, and removal of cuttings to optimise
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Long-term land-use change from cropland to kiwifruit orchard increases nitrogen load to the environment: A substance flow analysis Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-11 Yongli Lu, Jianbin Zhou, Likun Sun, Jingbo Gao, Sajjad Raza
Land-use changes driven by socio-economic factors have significantly altered the nitrogen (N) flows and loads to the agricultural environment with rising pollution threats. The present study evaluated and compared the N budget using substance flow analysis (SFA) between the traditional crop system (wheat-maize rotation) and the currently dominant kiwifruit orchard system in a typical catchment in Northwestern
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Mapping human appropriation of net primary production in agroecosystems in the Heihe River Basin, China Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-09 Yaqun Liu, Wei Song
The Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production (HANPP) of agroecosystems is critical to food security, sustainable cropland use, and key biogeochemical processes such as carbon cycling and energy flow. However, current agroecosystem management lacks the support of high-resolution crop-type-specific HANPP information. To this end, this study integrated multi-source data of crop type, Normalized Difference
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Honeybees are far too insufficient to supply optimum pollination services in agricultural systems worldwide Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-07 Shibonage K. Mashilingi, Hong Zhang, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Jiandong An
Evidence of a decline in wild pollinators is increasing across global and local habitats. However, with regional variation, the number of managed pollinators has increased globally. Whether these managed pollinators can sufficiently meet the agricultural pollination demand given wild pollinator declines remains unclear. Data on 49 honeybee-pollinated crops cultivated worldwide and stocked honeybee
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Plant–microbial linkages regulate soil organic carbon dynamics under phosphorus application in a typical temperate grassland in northern China Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-04 Jiayu Shi, Jirui Gong, Xiaobing Li, Zihe Zhang, Weiyuan Zhang, Ying Li, Liangyuan Song, Siqi Zhang, Jiaojiao Dong, Taoge-tao Baoyin
Anthropogenic activities have increased ecosystem phosphorus (P) inputs and have affected terrestrial ecosystem carbon (C) cycles. However, the fate of soil organic C (SOC) under P addition remains elusive, and the potential mechanisms underlying plant-microbial linkages mediated SOC formation and decomposition are poorly understood. Here, we conducted a field P fertilization experiment to explore
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Improving the productivity of millet based cropping systems in the West African Sahel: Experiences from a long-term experiment in Niger Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-04 Boubié Vincent Bado, Andre Bationo, Anthony Whitbread, Ramadjita Tabo, Maman Laminou Sanoussi Manzo
Resource-poor farmers who are living in the harsh environments of the West African Sahel (WAS) depend on subsistence orientated, low-input farming systems for meeting their livelihood needs. These largely extractive farming systems have resulted in nutrient depletion, soil fertility decline, low productivity and land degradation. A study conducted over 25 years in Niger, aimed to evaluate the long-term
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Insights into the farming-season carbon budget of coastal earthen aquaculture ponds in southeastern China Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-04 Ping Yang, Kam W. Tang, Hong Yang, Chuan Tong, Nan Yang, Derrick Y.F. Lai, Yan Hong, Manjing Ruan, Yingying Tan, Guanghui Zhao, Ling Li, Chen Tang
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Variations and influencing factors of nitrate accumulation in the deep soil profiles of apple orchards on the Loess Plateau Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-05 Xueqiang Zhu, Peng Miao, Peizhou Wang, Saifeng Zhang, Zhujun Chen, Jianbin Zhou
Nitrate accumulation in the soil profile of uplands is an important fate of surplus nitrogen (N) fertilizer in intensive agricultural regions. A comprehensive understanding of the spatial variation in nitrate accumulation characteristics in the deep (>2 m) soil profile and identification of the key driving factors are important for mitigating N loss and associated environmental problems. We sampled
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Response of soil fungal species, phylogenetic and functional diversity to diurnal asymmetric warming in an alpine agricultural ecosystem Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-02 Zhiming Zhong, Gang Fu
A diurnal asymmetric warming (CK: control; DW: daytime warming; NW: nighttime warming; DW+NW: daily warming) was conducted in an alpine agricultural system of the Tibet to investigate the effect of diurnal asymmetric warming on soil fungal diversity. Soil fungal community in May and August in 2017 was determined by the high-throughput sequencing. The 'NW' rather than the 'DW' and 'DW+NW' significantly
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Straw returning mediates soil microbial biomass carbon and phosphorus turnover to enhance soil phosphorus availability in a rice-oilseed rape rotation with different soil phosphorus levels Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-05-02 Kunkun Wang, Tao Ren, Jinyao Yan, Dandan Zhu, Shipeng Liao, Yangyang Zhang, Zhifeng Lu, Rihuan Cong, Xiaokun Li, Jianwei Lu
The alleviation of phosphorus (P) limitation by increasing carbon (C) input is an effective strategy for improving crop production and P uptake efficiency. However, the effects of straw returning on soil microbial biomass P (MBP) turnover and P fractions in paddy-upland rotation remain poorly understood. Soil MBP turnover involves the mineralization and immobilization of organic P (Po), potentially
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Soil biota legacies of alfalfa production vary with field conditions and among varieties and species Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-04-28 Stephen O. Awodele, Jonathan A. Bennett
Plants can have strong effects on soil biota and thus subsequent plant growth in those soils. In agroecosystems, these microbe-mediated plant-soil feedbacks (PSFs) can have strong positive or negative effects on subsequent crop growth, but how multiple factors including the identity of the species involved, crop diversity and soil characteristics influence PSF is poorly understood. To address this
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Landscape drivers of mammal habitat use and richness in a protected area and its surrounding agricultural lands Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-04-26 Beatriz Bellón, Dominic A.W. Henry, Pierre-Cyril Renaud, Fabio de O. Roque, Cyntia Cavalcante Santos, Isabel Melo, Damien Arvor, Alta de Vos
Protected areas (PAs) are key to conserving biodiversity and ecosystem services globally, but their effectiveness increasingly depends on the ability of the surrounding agricultural areas to support biodiversity and secure connectivity at the landscape level. This requires monitoring the broader multi-use landscapes in which PAs exist and identifying the landscape characteristics that support rich
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Straw strip mulching in a semiarid rainfed agroecosystem achieves carbon sequestration and emission reduction from winter wheat fields Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-04-25 Yawei Li, Yuwei Chai, Jiantao Ma, Rui Li, Hongbo Cheng, Lei Chang, Shouxi Chai
Mulching practices improve soil hydrothermal conditions, which cause changes in soil respiration. Conventional straw mulching has low productivity in areas with relatively low temperatures. Meanwhile, the responses of soil respiration to mulching practices and the relationship between changes in environmental factors caused by mulching and carbon (C) components are not clear in dryland agroecosystem
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Pace of life and mobility as key factors to survive in farmland – Relationships between functional traits of diurnal Lepidoptera and landscape structure Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-04-22 Ádám Kőrösi, Matthias Dolek, Andreas Nunner, Andreas Lang, Florian Theves
Agricultural intensification is known to lead to biotic homogenization by selecting against habitat and resource specialist species, but most studies on this phenomenon have been limited to certain parts of the landscape diversity gradient. We aimed to reveal the relationships between functional traits of diurnal Lepidoptera and landscape structure along a wide environmental gradient from nature reserves
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The use of cavity-nesting wild birds as agents of biological control in vineyards of Central Chile Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Natalia Olmos-Moya, Pablo Díaz-Siefer, Rocío A. Pozo, Francisco E. Fontúrbel, Blas Lavandero, Sebastián Abades, Juan L. Celis-Diez
Insectivorous birds provide key ecosystem services for agricultural production, such as biological pest control. However, habitat loss and degradation by agriculture are among the main causes of biodiversity loss globally, including the recent decline in bird populations. Habitat loss has particularly affected insectivorous birds due to the associated decrease in the availability of suitable nesting
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Interaction networks between spittlebugs and vegetation types in and around olive and clementine groves of Corsica; implications for the spread of Xylella fastidiosa Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-04-13 Xavier Mesmin, Marguerite Chartois, Sabrina Borgomano, Jean-Yves Rasplus, Jean-Pierre Rossi, Astrid Cruaud
The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) is a major threat to European agriculture and notably to the olive and Citrus industry. It is transmitted by xylem-feeding insects, whose plant-feeding preferences still require investigation in European agroecosystems. Here we studied olive and clementine groves of the oriental plain of Corsica. Insect-vegetation type interaction networks for nymphs and adults
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Planted-green cover crops in maize/soybean rotations confer stronger bottom-up than top-down control of slugs Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-04-13 Marion Le Gall, Matthew Boucher, John F. Tooker
No-till farming is a conservation agriculture practice employed on over 100 million acres of farmland in the United States. This practice provides benefits ranging from erosion control to pest suppression but can also facilitate outbreaks of novel pests. In the Mid-Atlantic, USA, where no-till production is widely adopted to help maintain the health of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, slugs have become
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Climate consequences of temperate forest conversion to open pasture or silvopasture Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-04-08 Alexandra R. Contosta, Heidi Asbjornsen, Joseph Orefice, Apryl Perry, Richard G. Smith
Land use change, particularly the conversion of forest to agriculture, is an important driver of climate change but is rarely considered a major factor in northern temperate regions. This study explored the climate impacts of temperate forest clearing for agriculture in the northeastern United States, hypothesizing that compared to managed cool-season pasture, forest conversion to silvopasture would
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Weed response in winter wheat fields on a gradient of glyphosate use in the recent past Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-04-08 Sabine Andert, Friederike de Mol, Laurie Koning, Bärbel Gerowitt
In the discussion about glyphosate-based herbicides, the question of how repeated applications affect biodiversity has become prominent. However, approaches are lacking to assess direct glyphosate effects under real, on-farm field conditions. This paper focuses the effect of post-harvest and / or pre-sowing glyphosate use on weed density, richness, diversity and composition in arable cropping systems
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Coupling side-deep fertilization with Azolla to reduce ammonia volatilization while achieving a higher net economic benefits in rice cropping system Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-04-08 Wen-Bin Zhu, Ke Zeng, Yu-Hua Tian, Bin Yin
Ammonia (NH3) volatilization reduces nitrogen (N) use efficiency (NUE) and damages the environment, resulting in economic costs and human health threats. Side-deep fertilization decreases NH3 volatilization and the fertilizer application amount but sometimes risks reducing rice yield because of an unstable N supply. Azolla incorporation can improve NUE and rice yield by biological N fixation in paddy
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Infrequent compost applications increased plant productivity and soil organic carbon in irrigated pasture but not degraded rangeland Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-04-07 Shelby C. McClelland, M. Francesca Cotrufo, Michelle L. Haddix, Keith Paustian, Meagan E. Schipanski
Improved agricultural soil management can facilitate the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to help keep planetary warming at or below 2 °C as outlined in the Paris Agreement. The application of compost to agricultural soils increases soil carbon by directly fertilizing the soil with carbon (no net carbon dioxide removal), and by stimulating plant productivity and plant-derived carbon inputs
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Organic amendment regulates soil microbial biomass and activity in wheat-maize and wheat-soybean rotation systems Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-04-02 Dali Song, Xianglin Dai, Tengfei Guo, Jiwen Cui, Wei Zhou, Shaomin Huang, Jianbo Shen, Guoqing Liang, Ping He, Xiubin Wang, Shuiqing Zhang
Long-term heavy application of inorganic fertilizers is associated with a decrease in soil quality and biodiversity. Organic amendments have been reported to positively affect soil quality; however, relatively little is known regarding soil carbon (C) cycle enzyme kinetic parameters (Vmax and Km), community-level physiological profiles (CLPP), and the interactions between these factors and soil microbes
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Seasonal variation and crop diversity shape the composition of bird communities in agricultural landscapes in Nepal Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Hem Bahadur Katuwal, Jeevan Rai, Kyle Tomlinson, Bhagawat Rimal, Hari Prasad Sharma, Hem Sagar Baral, Alice C. Hughes, Rui-Chang Quan
Farmland birds are declining globally due to anthropogenic activities, with particularly few studies in Asian agricultural landscapes. Various studies have examined the impacts of landscape heterogeneity on farmland bird composition, but few have considered seasonal changes in bird diversity and examined functional feeding guild assemblages. Here, we disentangle the impact of seasonal variation (summer
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Soil greenhouse gas fluxes following conversion of tropical forests to fertilizer-based sugarcane systems in northwestern Uganda Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-03-31 Joseph Tamale, Oliver van Straaten, Roman Hüppi, Laban F. Turyagyenda, Peter Fiener, Sebastian Doetterl
Tropical deforestation for fertilizer-based agriculture has greatly increased in the last decades resulting in significant greenhouse gas (GHG; carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O)) emissions. Unfortunately, empirical studies on soil GHG fluxes from African deforestation hotspots are still limited, creating uncertainties in global GHG budgets. Therefore, we assessed how soil
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Effect of information-driven irrigation scheduling on water use efficiency, nutrient leaching, greenhouse gas emission, and plant growth in South Florida Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-03-27 Jung-Hun Song, Younggu Her, Xinyang Yu, Yuncong Li, Ashley Smyth, Willm Martens-Habbena
Irrigation, essential for food production and landscape maintenance, affects soil water dynamics, water quality, and soil chemistry. However, the multidimensional role of irrigation has not been a focus in irrigation sciences. We evaluated the performance of different irrigation scheduling methods regarding water saving, water quality protection, and greenhouse gas emission for improved irrigation
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Response of the vertical distribution of soil water and nitrogen in the 5 m soil layer to the conversion of cropland to apple orchards in the Loess Plateau, China Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-03-26 Mingyu Chen, Ming’an Shao, Xiaorong Wei, Tongchuan Li, Nan Shen, Meixia Mi, Chunlei Zhao, Xi Yang, Miao Gan, Xiao Bai, Ang Li
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Livin' on the edge: Precision yield data shows evidence of ecosystem services from field boundaries Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. (IF 6.576) Pub Date : 2022-03-25 Samuel V.J. Robinson, Lan H. Nguyen, Paul Galpern
Field boundaries can provide ecosystem services to crops by creating better abiotic conditions for crop growth, and can also act as habitat for beneficial arthropods. This suggests that crop boundaries may create an intermediate hump-shaped increase in crop yield, where negative edge effects are cancelled out by increased ecosystem services from the field boundary. However, there is little large-scale