Article
Soil Science
Qingliang Li, Cheng Zhang, Wei Shangguan, Lu Li, Yongjiu Dai
Summary: Accurate mapping of soil texture is crucial for agricultural development and environmental activities. This study proposes a novel soil texture prediction model (LGD-LSTM) that utilizes multiple inputs and long short-term memory models to enhance prediction accuracy, outperforming other digital soil mapping methods.
Article
Agronomy
Juwon Shin, Jinho Won, Seong-Min Kim, Dae-Cheol Kim, Yongjin Cho
Summary: The study aimed to construct a map of expected fertilization rates for nitrogen and phosphorus based on soil sample measurements and identify the spatial variabilities of salt-affected paddy fields in Korea. Soil samples from different sectors of four paddy field lots were collected and analyzed for various components. The expected fertilization rates were derived using a model and spatial correlation was determined using a spherical variogram.
Article
Soil Science
Nicolas Augusto Rosin, Jose A. M. Dematte, Raul Roberto Poppiel, Nelida E. Q. Silvero, Heidy S. Rodriguez-Albarracin, Jorge Tadeu Fim Rosas, Lucas Tadeu Greschuk, Henrique Bellinaso, Budiman Minasny, Cecile Gomez, Jose Marques Junior, Kathleen Fernandes
Summary: Minerals are crucial for soil functions and addressing global issues. Soil spectroscopy is a useful tool to measure mineral abundance. This study used spectral data and digital soil mapping techniques to estimate the abundance of minerals in Brazil. The predictions were validated and found to be accurate, revealing the spatial distribution of mineral abundances at a finer resolution than existing maps.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Mengqi Duan, Xiangyun Song, Xinwei Liu, Dejie Cui, Xiaoguang Zhang
Summary: This study compared different extraction methods and analyzed the effects of feature fusion on digital soil mapping. The fusion of multi-temporal features and texture features was found to effectively improve accuracies of soil type mapping, providing a new idea for improving the accuracy of digital soil mapping.
COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Laurel M. Brigham, Clifton P. Bueno de Mesquita, Jane G. Smith, Samuel A. Sartwell, Steven K. Schmidt, Katharine N. Suding
Summary: In a long-term experiment in the Front Range of Colorado, researchers found that the effects of nitrogen deposition on soil microbial communities were uncoupled from the response of plant communities, indicating a lack of strong cascading effects of nitrogen deposition across the plant-soil interface in their system.
Article
Soil Science
Subramanian Dharumarajan, Rajendra Hegde
Summary: Soil texture is a crucial factor that affects water holding capacity, nutrient availability, and crop growth. This study used digital soil mapping to map soil textural classes in Andhra Pradesh, India at a high spatial resolution, providing valuable information for crop planning and management.
SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Soil Science
Rafael G. Siqueira, Cassio M. Moquedace, Marcio R. Francelino, Carlos E. G. R. Schaefer, Elpidio I. Fernandes-Filho
Summary: Soil texture is a crucial soil property in Antarctica, as it influences various ecological processes and is affected by climate changes and human disturbances. This study aimed to predict the distribution of sand, silt, and clay in the main ice-free areas of Maritime Antarctica and Northern Antarctic Peninsula. Machine learning models, particularly Random Forest, were used to analyze legacy soil texture data and generate soil texture maps. The accuracy of clay prediction was the highest, especially in the topsoil. The final maps showed good spatial consistency, reflecting factors such as geomorphology, parent material, and pedogenetic development. These findings contribute to decision-making regarding Antarctic soils and provide valuable data for global environmental models.
Article
Plant Sciences
Kasey N. Kiesewetter, Leydiana Otano, Michelle E. Afkhami
Summary: Anthropogenic habitat fragmentation is a pervasive threat to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning worldwide. This fragmentation leads to the creation of a mosaic of native habitat patches embedded in human-modified habitat known as the 'matrix'. Despite the increasing threat of fragmentation, there is limited understanding of its effects on microbiomes and plant-microbe interactions in urban landscapes.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Floor K. G. Schreuders, Leonard M. C. Sagis, Igor Bodnar, Philipp Erni, Remko M. Boom, Atze Jan van der Goot
Summary: The analysis of rheological properties of plant protein blends can accelerate the development of next-gen meat analogues. Pea protein-wheat gluten blends have lower strain, stress, and elasticity values compared to soy protein-wheat gluten blends, which are tougher and more elastic than pea protein-wheat gluten blends. Soy protein-wheat gluten blends show almost similar texture properties for both components.
FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Robin Heinen, Madhav P. Thakur, Jetske R. Hiddes De Fries, Katja Steinauer, Simon Vandenbrande, Renske Jongen, T. Martijn Bezemer
Summary: Plants leave legacy effects in the soil, which can influence future generations of plants and associated herbivores. In a greenhouse study, we exposed 10 plant species to insect herbivory or kept them herbivore-free, and then used the soil legacies to grow plant communities. We found that herbivore-induced soil legacies affected responding herbivores through changes in plant community shoot: root ratios, and had negative effects on the growth of plants of the same functional group.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Soil Science
Fuat Kaya, Levent Basayigit, Ali Keshavarzi, Rosa Francaviglia
Summary: This study evaluates the capabilities of environmental covariates and machine learning methods to accurately classify soil texture classes. The random forest algorithm proves to generate more consistent results, with the topographic wetness index being one of the most important predictors.
Article
Soil Science
Jean-Daniel Sylvain, Francois Anctil, Evelyne Thiffault
Summary: The study combines bias correction and ensemble modeling to improve the accuracy of digital soil mapping, reduce conditional bias, and provide uncertainty assessment. The performance of ensemble modeling surpasses individual models and underdispersion in uncertainty analysis is identified. Global mapping products show low performance and important conditional bias compared to the proposed approach.
Article
Soil Science
Mercedes Roman Dobarco, Alex McBratney, Budiman Minasny, Brendan Malone
Summary: Soil entities are typically defined based on soil properties and can be characterized by groupings of homogeneous soil-forming factors to create unique soil entities with similar properties. This study successfully developed a methodology for mapping pedogenon classes during the European settlement in New South Wales, providing important information for local and regional management.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Ma Xin-ling, Liu Jia, Chen Xiao-fen, Li Wei-tao, Jiang Chun-yu, Wu Meng, Liu Ming, Li Zhong-pei
Summary: Parent materials and fertility levels of paddy soils in subtropical China exhibit high variability. Soil properties, particularly soil organic carbon, are key factors shaping bacterial community composition in paddy soils. Bacterial interactions tend towards cooperation leading to shifts in dominant bacterial species when the soil environment improves.
JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE AGRICULTURE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Vincent Zieschank, Robert R. Junker
Summary: Plant traits are important for understanding ecosystem functions and responses to environmental changes. Ecological field studies use low-throughput methods, while agricultural studies use high-throughput phenotyping. Remote sensing provides large-scale data, but it can also be used on a smaller scale in community ecology to study plant phenotypes. We introduced a novel method called digital whole-community phenotyping (DWCP) and demonstrated its potential in capturing plant community responses to land-use treatments.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Cristiano Ballabio, Martin Jiskra, Stefan Osterwalder, Pasquale Borrelli, Luca Montanarella, Panos Panagos
Summary: Mapping of surface soil mercury concentrations at continental scale using Deep Neural Network models revealed an increase in mercury concentrations with latitude and altitude in European soils. The study found correlations between soil mercury concentrations and vegetation activity, NDVI, and soil organic carbon content, indicating the importance of atmospheric uptake by plants and soil organic matter on mercury distribution. Additionally, the research identified hotspots of mercury contamination, with some associated with mining areas and others potentially related to unmined geological mercury or industrial pollution.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Nejc Bezak, Matjaz Mikos, Pasquale Borrelli, Christine Alewell, Pablo Alvarez, Jamil Alexandre Ayach Anache, Jantiene Baartman, Cristiano Ballabio, Marcella Biddoccu, Artemi Cerda, Devraj Chalise, Songchao Chen, Walter Chen, Anna Maria De Girolamo, Gizaw Desta Gessesse, Detlef Deumlich, Nazzareno Diodato, Nikolaos Efthimiou, Gunay Erpul, Peter Fiener, Michele Freppaz, Francesco Gentile, Andreas Gericke, Nigussie Haregeweyn, Bifeng Hu, Amelie Jeanneau, Konstantinos Kaffas, Mahboobeh Kiani-Harchegani, Ivan Lizaga Villuendas, Changjia Li, Luigi Lombardo, Manuel Lopez-Vicente, Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja, Michael Maerker, Chiyuan Miao, Sirio Modugno, Markus Moeller, Victoria Naipal, Mark Nearing, Stephen Owusu, Dinesh Panday, Edouard Patault, Cristian Valeriu Patriche, Laura Poggio, Raquel Portes, Laura Quijano, Mohammad Reza Rahdari, Mohammed Renima, Giovanni Francesco Ricci, Jesus Rodrigo-Comino, Sergio Saia, Aliakbar Nazari Samani, Calogero Schillaci, Vasileios Syrris, Hyuck Soo Kim, Diogo Noses Spinola, Paulo Tarso Oliveira, Hongfen Teng, Resham Thapa, Konstantinos Vantas, Diana Vieira, Jae E. Yang, Shuiqing Yin, Demetrio Antonio Zema, Guangju Zhao, Panos Panagos
Summary: Soil erosion poses a threat to agriculture, and modelling helps in planning protective measures. The choice of soil erosion model significantly affects citation numbers, indicating a need for comprehensive review of past studies.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Pasquale Borrelli, Christine Alewell, Pablo Alvarez, Jamil Alexandre Ayach Anache, Jantiene Baartman, Cristiano Ballabio, Nejc Bezak, Marcella Biddoccu, Artemi Cerda, Devraj Chalise, Songchao Chen, Walter Chen, Anna Maria De Girolamo, Gizaw Desta Gessesse, Detlef Deumlich, Nazzareno Diodato, Nikolaos Efthimiou, Gunay Erpul, Peter Fiener, Michele Freppaz, Francesco Gentile, Andreas Gericke, Nigussie Haregeweyn, Bifeng Hu, Amelie Jeanneau, Konstantinos Kaffas, Mahboobeh Kiani-Harchegani, Ivan Lizaga Villuendas, Changjia Li, Luigi Lombardo, Manuel Lopez-Vicente, Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja, Michael Marker, Francis Matthews, Chiyuan Miao, Matjaz Mikos, Sirio Modugno, Markus Moeller, Victoria Naipal, Mark Nearing, Stephen Owusu, Dinesh Panday, Edouard Patault, Cristian Valeriu Patriche, Laura Poggio, Raquel Portes, Laura Quijano, Mohammad Reza Rahdari, Mohammed Renima, Giovanni Francesco Ricci, Jesus Rodrigo-Comino, Sergio Saia, Aliakbar Nazari Samani, Calogero Schillaci, Vasileios Syrris, Hyuck Soo Kim, Diogo Noses Spinola, Paulo Tarso Oliveira, Hongfen Teng, Resham Thapa, Konstantinos Vantas, Diana Vieira, Jae E. Yang, Shuiqing Yin, Demetrio Antonio Zema, Guangju Zhao, Panos Panagos
Summary: This study reviewed global literature published between 1994 and 2017 to establish the Global Applications of Soil Erosion Modelling Tracker (GASEMT) database, which includes 3030 modeling records from 126 countries. The database provides comprehensive insights into the state-of-the-art of soil erosion models and applications worldwide.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Pasquale Borrelli, Jean Poesen, Matthias Vanmaercke, Cristiano Ballabio, Javier Herv, Michael Maerker, Simone Scarpa, Panos Panagos
Summary: The European Commission has identified soil erosion as a significant threat to soil resources in the European Union (EU). This study integrates a soil erosion module into the 2018 LUCAS Topsoil Survey to monitor gully erosion in the EU and UK. The results show that the method is effective in detecting gully erosion and mapping permanent gullies, but less effective for detecting ephemeral gullies.
INTERNATIONAL SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Antonio T. Monteiro, Paulo Alves, Claudia Carvalho-Santos, Richard Lucas, Mario Cunha, Eduarda Marques da Costa, Francesco Fava
Summary: This study used statistical models informed by Sentinel-2 satellite and environmental factors to spatially monitor plant diversity in endangered European mountain pastoral systems. The results showed that a species-energy spatial pathway was the most effective method for monitoring species richness.
Article
Soil Science
Alberto Orgiazzi, Panos Panagos, Oihane Fernandez-Ugalde, Piotr Wojda, Maeva Labouyrie, Cristiano Ballabio, Antonio Franco, Alberto Pistocchi, Luca Montanarella, Arwyn Jones
Summary: The European Green Deal prioritizes the role of soil in policy-making and provides monitoring and analysis tools for various sectors, contributing to the achievement of its goals.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Panos Panagos, Pasquale Borrelli, Francis Matthews, Leonidas Liakos, Nejc Bezak, Nazzareno Diodato, Cristiano Ballabio
Summary: Rainfall erosivity, a major driver of soil and nutrient losses, is projected to increase globally in the future. This study presents future erosivity projections based on simulated climate models, providing valuable information for soil erosion, conservation, and climate change research. The results suggest a potential increase in global soil erosion rates by 30-66% by 2070.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Pasquale Borrelli, Cristiano Ballabio, Jae E. Yang, David A. Robinson, Panos Panagos
Summary: Healthy soil is crucial for global agriculture and food security. This study provides high-resolution global estimates of water erosion-induced soil displacement using the GloSEM platform, considering regional farming systems, conservation agriculture, and climate change projections. The data and statistics presented support researchers and decision-makers in understanding the extent and geography of soil erosion and identifying potential hotspots for action.
Article
Soil Science
Panos Panagos, Marc Van Liedekerke, Pasquale Borrelli, Julia Koninger, Cristiano Ballabio, Alberto Orgiazzi, Emanuele Lugato, Leonidas Liakos, Javier Hervas, Arwyn Jones, Luca Montanarella
Summary: The European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) is an important institution that provides soil data, supports policy-making, and raises awareness for the European Union. It hosts a wide range of soil-related information and has a large user base. The key success factors of ESDAC include its open access data policy, documentation support, operational helpdesk, and regular updates.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Pasquale Borrelli, Panos Panagos, Christine Alewell, Cristiano Ballabio, Hugo de Oliveira Fagundes, Nigussie Haregeweyn, Emanuele Lugato, Michael Maerker, Jean Poesen, Matthias Vanmaercke, David A. Robinson
Summary: This study uses a multi-model approach to assess the spatial risk of soil erosion by various processes and their co-occurrence, as well as the potential intersections with future climate conditions. The findings indicate that a significant area of arable land in the European Union is vulnerable to erosion, with different degrees of risk depending on the number of driving factors. The results highlight the importance of developing monitoring networks and targeted mitigation strategies to protect soils under the Common Agricultural Policy. This research contributes to the goal of achieving sustainable and biodiversity-friendly agriculture advocated in the EU Green Deal.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Panos Panagos, Julia Koningner, Cristiano Ballabio, Leonidas Liakos, Anna Muntwyler, Pasquale Borrelli, Emanuele Lugato
Summary: The study aims to calculate the soil phosphorus (P) budget in the European Union (EU) and the UK, finding that P inputs mainly come from inorganic fertilizers and manure, and a sediment distribution model reveals P fluxes to river basins and sea outlets. The regional-scale P annual budget demonstrates significant potential for improving P management.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Maeva Labouyrie, Cristiano Ballabio, Ferran Romero, Panos Panagos, Arwyn Jones, Marc W. Schmid, Vladimir Mikryukov, Olesya Dulya, Leho Tedersoo, Mohammad Bahram, Emanuele Lugato, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Alberto Orgiazzi
Summary: Factors driving microbial community composition and diversity have been well established, but their relationship with microbial functioning, particularly at large scales, remains poorly understood. In this study, we analysed microbial biodiversity and the distribution of potential functional groups across a gradient of land use perturbation in 24 European countries. We found that less-disturbed environments had lower bacterial and fungal diversity compared to highly-disturbed environments. Highly-disturbed environments also exhibited differences in the abundance of certain functional groups, such as bacterial chemoheterotrophs and fungal plant pathogens.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Julia Koninger, Cristiano Ballabio, Panos Panagos, Arwyn Jones, Marc W. Schmid, Alberto Orgiazzi, Maria J. I. Briones
Summary: Soil eukaryotes play a crucial role in ecosystem functions, but the factors driving their diversity and distribution are poorly understood. This study analyzed observational data from 787 sites across Europe to investigate the impact of environmental conditions on soil eukaryote communities. The results showed that ecosystem type and certain soil properties, such as pH and nutrient levels, influenced the diversity and composition of different eukaryotic groups. Long-term environmental variables should be considered in future monitoring and conservation efforts.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Elise Van Eynde, Arthur Nicolaus Fendrich, Cristiano Ballabio, Panos Panagos
Summary: This study used a machine learning model to analyze the zinc concentration in 21,682 soil samples and created a map of topsoil zinc concentrations in Europe. The research found that clay content was the most important factor affecting the distribution of soil zinc in Europe, with lower concentrations in coarser soils. Additionally, deposits and mining activities were identified as the main reasons for relatively high zinc concentrations in certain areas. The map developed in this study is crucial for assessing eco-toxicological risks and zinc deficiency in European soils, as well as for future policy-making.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Correction
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Maeva Labouyrie, Cristiano Ballabio, Ferran Romero, Panos Panagos, Arwyn Jones, Marc W. Schmid, Vladimir Mikryukov, Olesya Dulya, Leho Tedersoo, Mohammad Bahram, Emanuele Lugato, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Alberto Orgiazzi
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)