Maintaining soil resilience and function for sustainable land management

Project (past)

Project dates01 Apr 2008 to end of 31 Mar 2012
Researchers
Principal InvestigatorKeith Goulding
Co-InvestigatorAndy Macdonald
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Project numberS4980
4980
DepartmentSustainable Soils and Grassland Systems (SSGS)
Research fish codeBBS/E/C/00004980
Grant IDBBS/E/C/00004980

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A comparison of ecosystem services delivered by 11 long-term monitoring sites in the UK environmental change network

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Dick, J., Andrews, C., Beaumont, D. A., Benham, S., Brooks, D. R., Corbett, S., Lloyd, D., Mcmillan, S., Monteith, D. T., Pilgrim, E. S., Rose, R., Scott, T., Scott, A., Smith, R. I., Taylor, C., Taylor, M., Turner, A. and Watson, H. 2011. A comparison of ecosystem services delivered by 11 long-term monitoring sites in the UK environmental change network. Environmetrics. 22 (5), pp. 639-648. https://doi.org/10.1002/env.1069

A comparison of lime requirements by five methods on grassland mineral soils in Ireland

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Tunney, H., Sikora, F. J., Kissel, D., Wolf, A., Sonon, L. and Goulding, K. W. T. 2010. A comparison of lime requirements by five methods on grassland mineral soils in Ireland. Soil Use and Management. 26 (2), pp. 126-132. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2010.00263.x

A comparison of soil and water properties in organic and conventional farming systems in England

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Hathaway-Jenkins, L. J., Sakrabani, R., Pearce, B., Whitmore, A. P. and Godwin, R. J. 2011. A comparison of soil and water properties in organic and conventional farming systems in England. Soil Use and Management. 27 (2), pp. 133-142. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2011.00335.x

A new approach to assessing phosphorus use efficiency in agriculture

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Johnston, A. E. and Syers, J. K. 2009. A new approach to assessing phosphorus use efficiency in agriculture. Better Crops with Plant Food. 93(3), pp. 14-16.

An overview of fertilizer-P recommendations in Europe: soil testing, calibration and fertilizer recommendations

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Jordan-Meille, L., Rubaek, G. H., Ehlert, P. A. I., Genot, V., Hofman, G., Goulding, K. W. T., Recknagel, J., Provolo, G. and Barraclough, P. B. 2012. An overview of fertilizer-P recommendations in Europe: soil testing, calibration and fertilizer recommendations. Soil Use and Management. 28 (4), pp. 419-435. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2012.00453.x

Are long-term changes in soil organic matter reflected in the soil communities?

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Murray, P. J., Hirsch, P. R., Gilliam, L. M., Sohi, S. P., Williams, J. K., Clark, I. M. and Brookes, P. C. 2009. Are long-term changes in soil organic matter reflected in the soil communities? Abstracts Forming Bridges in a Changing World: Society of Nematologists and Soil Ecology Society Conference, Burlington, 12-15 July 2009 .

Atmospheric ammonia and particulate ammonium from agricultural sources in the North China Plain

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Shen, J., Liu, X., Zhang, Y., Fangmeier, A., Goulding, K. W. T. and Zhang, F. 2011. Atmospheric ammonia and particulate ammonium from agricultural sources in the North China Plain. Atmospheric Environment. 45, pp. 5033-5041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.02.031

Carbon sequestration in soils - has the concept been over-sold?

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Powlson, D. S., Whitmore, A. P. and Goulding, K. W. T. 2012. Carbon sequestration in soils - has the concept been over-sold? Abstracts BSSS Annual Meeting: Soil Science and Food Security, Loughborough, 4-5 September 2012 .

Carbon sequestration in soils - has the concept been over-sold?

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Powlson, D. S. 2012. Carbon sequestration in soils - has the concept been over-sold? Abstracts Bioforsk-konferansen 2012, Oslo, 6-7 February 2012 .

Comments on 'Synthetic nitrogen fertilizers deplete soil nitrogen: a global dilemma for sustainable cereal production', by R.L. Mulvaney, S.A. Khan and T.R. Ellsworth in the Journal of Environmental Quality 2009 38: 2295-2314

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Powlson, D. S., Jenkinson, D. S., Johnston, A. E., Poulton, P. R., Glendining, M. J. and Goulding, K. W. T. 2010. Comments on 'Synthetic nitrogen fertilizers deplete soil nitrogen: a global dilemma for sustainable cereal production', by R.L. Mulvaney, S.A. Khan and T.R. Ellsworth in the Journal of Environmental Quality 2009 38: 2295-2314. Journal of Environmental Quality. 39, pp. 749-752. https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2010.0001le

Corrigendum: Increases in soil organic carbon sequestration can reduce the global warming potential of long-term liming to permanent grassland

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Fornara, D. A., Steinbeiss, S., Mcnamara, N. P., Gleixner, G., Oakley, S., Poulton, P. R., Macdonald, A. J. and Bardgett, R. D. 2011. Corrigendum: Increases in soil organic carbon sequestration can reduce the global warming potential of long-term liming to permanent grassland. Global Change Biology. 17 (8), p. 2762. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02445.x

David Stewart Jenkinson FRS: 25th February 1928–16th February 2011

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Powlson, D. S. and Brookes, P. C. 2012. David Stewart Jenkinson FRS: 25th February 1928–16th February 2011. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 44, pp. 152-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.11.001

Does organic management lead to enhanced soil physical quality?

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Papadopoulos, A., Bird, N. R. A., Whitmore, A. P. and Mooney, S. J. 2014. Does organic management lead to enhanced soil physical quality? Geoderma. 213, pp. 435-443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.08.033

Effect of sugarcane harvesting systems on soil carbon stocks in Brazil: an examination of existing data

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cerri, C. C., Galdos, M. V., Maia, S. M. F., Bernoux, M., Feigl, B. J., Powlson, D. S. and Cerri, C. E. P. 2011. Effect of sugarcane harvesting systems on soil carbon stocks in Brazil: an examination of existing data. European Journal of Soil Science. 62 (1), pp. 23-28. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2010.01315.x

Effects of N fertilizers and liming on the micro-scale distribution of soil methane assimilation in the long-term Park Grass experiment at Rothamsted

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Stiehl-Braun, P. A., Powlson, D. S., Poulton, P. R. and Niklaus, P. A. 2011. Effects of N fertilizers and liming on the micro-scale distribution of soil methane assimilation in the long-term Park Grass experiment at Rothamsted. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 43, pp. 1034-1041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.01.020

Effects of take-all (Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici) on crop N uptake and residual mineral N in soil at harvest of winter wheat

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Macdonald, A. J. and Gutteridge, R. J. 2012. Effects of take-all (Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici) on crop N uptake and residual mineral N in soil at harvest of winter wheat. Plant and Soil. 350, pp. 253-260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-011-0900-1

Efficiency of soil and fertilizer phosphorus use: reconciling changing concepts of soil phosphorus behaviour with agronomic information (FAO Fertilizer and Plant Nutrition Bulletin 18)

E - Books edited/written by staff member, alone/with others
Syers, J. K., Johnston, A. E. and Curtin, D. 2008. Efficiency of soil and fertilizer phosphorus use: reconciling changing concepts of soil phosphorus behaviour with agronomic information (FAO Fertilizer and Plant Nutrition Bulletin 18). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy.

Efficiency of soil N use by arable crops

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Macdonald, A. J., Knight, S. M., Glendining, M. J., Whitmore, A. P., Dailey, A. G., Goulding, K. W. T., Sinclair, A. H. and Rees, R. M. 2009. Efficiency of soil N use by arable crops. Abstracts 16th Nitrogen Workshop, Turin, 28 June-1 July 2009 . pp. 233-234

Emergence or self-organization? Look to the soil population

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Addiscott, T. M. 2011. Emergence or self-organization? Look to the soil population. Communicative and Integrative Biology. 4 (4), pp. 469-470. https://doi.org/10.4161/cib.15547

Environmental myopia: a diagnosis and a remedy

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Silvertown, J., Tallowin, J. R. B., Stevens, C., Power, S. A., Morgan, V., Emmett, B., Hester, A., Grime, P. J., Morecroft, M., Buxton, R., Poulton, P. R., Jinks, R. and Bardgett, R. D. 2010. Environmental myopia: a diagnosis and a remedy. Trends In Ecology & Evolution. 25, pp. 556-561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2010.06.015

Extraction of soil nitrogen by chloroform fumigation - A new index for the evaluation of soil nitrogen supply

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Yu, W., Brookes, P. C., Ma, Q., Zhou, H., Xu, Y. and Shen, S. 2011. Extraction of soil nitrogen by chloroform fumigation - A new index for the evaluation of soil nitrogen supply. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 43, pp. 2423-2426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.07.023

Factors affecting the recovery of available soil nitrogen by cereal and oilseed rape crops

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Knight, S. M., Macdonald, A. J., Glendining, M. J., Whitmore, A. P., Dailey, A. G., Goulding, K. W. T., Sinclair, A. H. and Rees, R. M. 2008. Factors affecting the recovery of available soil nitrogen by cereal and oilseed rape crops. Abstracts AAB Conference on Resource Capture by Crops: Integrated Resources, Nottingham, 10-12 September 2008 .

Fatty acids released by Chlorella vulgaris and their role in interference with Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata: experiments and modelling

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Dellagreca, M., Zarrelli, A., Fergola, P., Cerasuolo, M., Pollio, A. and Pinto, G. 2010. Fatty acids released by Chlorella vulgaris and their role in interference with Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata: experiments and modelling. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 36, pp. 339-349. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-010-9753-y

Feeding the world: a contribution to the debate

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Goulding, K. W. T., Trewavas, A. and Giller, K. E. 2011. Feeding the world: a contribution to the debate. World Agriculture. 2(1), pp. 32-38.

High concentrations and dry deposition of reactive nitrogen species at two sites in the North China Plain

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Shen, J. L., Tang, A. H., Liu, X. J., Fangmeier, A., Goulding, K. W. T. and Zhang, F-S. 2009. High concentrations and dry deposition of reactive nitrogen species at two sites in the North China Plain. Environmental Pollution. 157, pp. 3106-3113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2009.05.016

Historical arsenic contamination of soil due to long-term phosphate fertiliser applications

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Hartley, T. N., Macdonald, A. J., McGrath, S. P. and Zhao, F-J. 2013. Historical arsenic contamination of soil due to long-term phosphate fertiliser applications. Environmental Pollution. 180, pp. 259-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.05.034

Impact of land management practices on high-affinity methanotrophic bacterial populations: evidence from long-term sites at Rothamsted

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Maxfield, P. J., Brennand, E. L., Powlson, D. S. and Evershed, R. P. 2011. Impact of land management practices on high-affinity methanotrophic bacterial populations: evidence from long-term sites at Rothamsted. European Journal of Soil Science. 62 (1), pp. 56-68. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2010.01339.x

Increases in soil organic carbon sequestration can reduce the global warming potential of long-term liming to permanent grassland

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Fornara, D. A., Steinbeiss, S., Mcnamara, N. P., Gleixner, G., Oakley, S., Poulton, P. R., Macdonald, A. J. and Bardgett, R. D. 2011. Increases in soil organic carbon sequestration can reduce the global warming potential of long-term liming to permanent grassland. Global Change Biology. 17 (5), pp. 1925-1934. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02328.x

Integrated nutrient management as a key contributor to China's low-carbon agriculture

B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Norse, D., Powlson, D. S. and Lu, Y. 2012. Integrated nutrient management as a key contributor to China's low-carbon agriculture. in: Wollenberg, E., Grieg-Gran, M., Tapio-Bistrom, M-L. and Nihart, A. (ed.) Climate change mitigation in agriculture Earthscan Publications Ltd. pp. 347-359

Intrinsic water-use efficiency of temperate seminatural grassland has increased since 1857: an analysis of carbon isotope discrimination of herbage from the Park Grass Experiment

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Kohler, I. H., Poulton, P. R., Auerswald, K. and Schnyder, H. 2010. Intrinsic water-use efficiency of temperate seminatural grassland has increased since 1857: an analysis of carbon isotope discrimination of herbage from the Park Grass Experiment. Global Change Biology. 16 (5), pp. 1531-1541. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02067.x

Investigating the mechanisms for the opposing pH relationships of fungal and bacterial growth in soil

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rousk, J., Brookes, P. C. and Baath, E. 2010. Investigating the mechanisms for the opposing pH relationships of fungal and bacterial growth in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 42, pp. 926-934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.02.009

Is nitrate in drinking water a threat to human health?

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Powlson, D. S. and Van Kessel, C. 2011. Is nitrate in drinking water a threat to human health? CSA News. March 2011, pp. 20-21.

Leaching of chemicals in relation to soil structure

B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Addiscott, T. M. 2011. Leaching of chemicals in relation to soil structure. in: Glinski, J., Lipiec, J. and Horabik, J. (ed.) Encyclopedia of agrophysics Dordrecht Springer. pp. 421-423

Localisation of nitrate in the rhizosphere of biochar-amended soils

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Prendergast-Miller, M. T., Duvall, M. and Sohi, S. P. 2011. Localisation of nitrate in the rhizosphere of biochar-amended soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 43, pp. 2243-2246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.07.019

Long-term bare fallow experiments: new opportunities for studying stable soil carbon

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Barre, P., Eglin, T., Christensen, B. T., Ciais, P., Houot, S., Katterer, T., Kogut, B., Van Oort, F., Peylin, P., Poulton, P. R., Romanenkov, V. and Chenu, C. 2011. Long-term bare fallow experiments: new opportunities for studying stable soil carbon. Agrokhimia. 12, pp. 28-36.

Long-term Fertilizer Experiment Network in China: crop yields and soil nutrient trends

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zhao, B-Q., Li, X-Y., Li, X-P., Shi, X-J., Huang, S-M., Wang, B-R., Zhu, P., Yang, X-Y., Liu, H., Chen, Y., Poulton, P. R., Powlson, D. S., Todd, A. D. and Payne, R. W. 2010. Long-term Fertilizer Experiment Network in China: crop yields and soil nutrient trends. Agronomy Journal. 102, pp. 216-230. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2009.0182

Long-term removal of wheat straw decreases soil amorphous silica at Broadbalk, Rothamsted

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Guntzer, F., Keller, C., Poulton, P. R., McGrath, S. P. and Meunier, J-D. 2012. Long-term removal of wheat straw decreases soil amorphous silica at Broadbalk, Rothamsted. Plant and Soil. 352 (1-2), pp. 173-184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-011-0987-4

Manuring and stable nitrogen isotope ratios in cereals and pulses: towards a new archaeobotanical approach to the inference of land use and dietary practices

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Fraser, R. A., Bogaard, A., Heaton, T., Charles, M., Jones, G., Christensen, B. T., Halstead, P., Merbach, I., Poulton, P. R., Sparkes, D. and Styring, A. K. 2011. Manuring and stable nitrogen isotope ratios in cereals and pulses: towards a new archaeobotanical approach to the inference of land use and dietary practices. Journal Of Archaeological Science. 38, pp. 2790-2804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2011.06.024

Methylated arsenic species in rice: geographical variation, origin and uptake mechanisms

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zhao, F-J., Zhu, Y-G. and Meharg, A. A. 2013. Methylated arsenic species in rice: geographical variation, origin and uptake mechanisms. Environmental Science & Technology. 47, pp. 3957-3966. https://doi.org/10.1021/es304295n

Multiseason recoveries of organic and inorganic nitrogen-15 in tropical cropping systems

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Dourado-Neto, D., Powlson, D. S., Abu Bakar, R., Bacchi, O. O. S., Basanta, M. V., Thi Cong, P., Keerthisinghe, G., Ismaili, M., Rahman, S. M., Reichardt, K., Safwat, M. S. A., Sangakkara, R., Timm, L. C., Wang, J. Y., Zagal, E. and Van Kessel, C. 2010. Multiseason recoveries of organic and inorganic nitrogen-15 in tropical cropping systems. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 74, pp. 139-152. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2009.0192