Soil degradation implies a decline in the capacity of the soil to perform environmental regulatory functions and yield agricultural goods. Soils are affected by regressive and/or degradative evolution processes as a result of natural causes as well as anthropogenic influences in semi-arid regions such as Central Spain. The main aim of this work is to evaluate the capacity of hyperspectral HyMap...

Please cite this article in press as: Brinck, E., Fr doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.09.001 Gypsum and S are applied to soils being irrigated with Na–HCO3 dominated coalbed natural gas (CBNG) produced water to protect soil structure and fertility. Wyoming law requires beneficial use of produced water and irrigation with CBNG produced water in the semi-arid Powder River Basin is becoming more commo...

Climate change will exacerbate the degree of abiotic stress experienced by semi-arid ecosystems. While abiotic stress profoundly affects biotic interactions, their potential role as modulators of ecosystem responses to climate change is largely unknown. Using plants and biological soil crusts, we tested the relative importance of facilitative-competitive interactions and other community attribu...

application of soil conditioners for remediation of saline- sodic soils is one of the common methods for improving soil properties in arid and semi-arid regions. in order to study the effect of soil conditioners on retention of soil moisture content, an experiment was carried out based on randomized complete block design with three replications in a saline-sodic sandy clay loam soil. the treatm...

introduction various factors like climatic conditions, vegetation, soil properties, topography, time, plant residue quality and crop management strategies affect the decomposition rate of organic carbon (oc) and its residence time in soil. plant residue management concerns nutrients recycling, carbon recycling in ecosystems and the increasing co2 concentration in the atmosphere. plant residue d...