Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment publishes scientific articles dealing with the interface between agroecosystems and the natural environment, specifically how agriculture influences the environment and how changes in that environment impact agroecosystems. Preference is given to papers from experimental and observational research at the field, system or landscape level, complemented as appropriate by dynamic and statistical modelling, that bridge scientific disciplines, integrate knowledge, and are placed in an international or wide comparative context.
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Earthworms can increase nitrous oxide emissions from managed grassland: A field study
Publication date: 15 July 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 174 Author(s): I.M. Lubbers , E. López González , E.W.J. Hummelink , J.W. Van Groenigen Earthworms are important in determining the greenhouse gas (GHG) balance of soils. In laboratory studies they have ...
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Alternatives to herbicides in an apple orchard, effects on yield, earthworms and plant diversity
Publication date: 1 June 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 172 Author(s): Lillie Andersen , Birka F. Kühn , Marianne Bertelsen , Marianne Bruus , Søren Erik Larsen , Morten Strandberg In a newly established apple orchard eight alternative methods to weed ...
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The effectiveness of the nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide (DCD) in reducing nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide emissions from a grazed winter ...
Publication date: 1 August 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 175 Author(s): R.M. Monaghan , L.C. Smith , C.A.M. de Klein The over-wintering of dairy cows on forage brassica crops is a common practice on many dairy farms in southern New Zealand. ...
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Agrobiodiversity performance in contrasting island environments: The case of shifting cultivation in Vanuatu, Pacific
Publication date: 15 July 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 174 Author(s): Julien Blanco , Laurence Pascal , Laurence Ramon , Henri Vandenbroucke , Stéphanie M. Carrière Shifting cultivation is considered to be the most widespread cultivation system in the tropics. However, ...
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Change in net global warming potential of a rice–wheat cropping system with biochar soil amendment in a rice paddy from ...
Publication date: 1 July 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 173 Author(s): Afeng Zhang , Rongjun Bian , Qaiser Hussain , Lianqing Li , Gengxing Pan , Jinwei Zheng , Xuhui Zhang , Jufeng Zheng Soil amendment of biochar produced via pyrolysis ...
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Editorial Board
Publication date: 1 June 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 172
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A global meta-analysis of the biodiversity and ecosystem service benefits of coffee and cacao agroforestry
Publication date: 1 August 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 175 Author(s): Matthias De Beenhouwer , Raf Aerts , Olivier Honnay In tropical regions, the extent of agricultural land is rapidly increasing at the expense of natural forest with associated losses of ...
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Impact of forest fragments on bee visits and fruit set in rain-fed and irrigated coffee agro-forests
Publication date: 1 June 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 172 Author(s): Virginie Boreux , Smitha Krishnan , Kushalappa G. Cheppudira , Jaboury Ghazoul Forest fragments in agricultural landscapes are recognised to provide a variety of ecosystem services, several of which benefit ...
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Infected–not infected: Factors influencing the abundance of the endophyte Neotyphodium lolii in managed grasslands
Publication date: 1 August 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 175 Author(s): Lana Dobrindt , Hans-Georg Stroh , Johannes Isselstein , Stefan Vidal Temperate grasses are infected with endophytic fungi of the genus Neotyphodium. These fungi asymptomatically live inside the plant’s tissue ...
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Dynamics of soil organic carbon fractions one year after the re-conversion of poplar and willow plantations to arable use and ...
Publication date: 15 July 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 174 Author(s): Charlotte Toenshoff , Rainer Georg Joergensen , Reinhold Stuelpnagel , Christine Wachendorf Due to the intensive soil tillage during the re-conversion of fast growing tree plantations back to agricultural use, ...
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Contribution of woody habitat islands to the conservation of birds and their potential ecosystem services in an extensive Colombian rangeland
Publication date: 1 July 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 173 Author(s): Juan C. Muñoz , Raf Aerts , Koen W. Thijs , Pablo R. Stevenson , Bart Muys , Cagan H. Sekercioglu In agricultural landscapes, patches of natural or semi-natural habitat ...
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Effects of prolonged oral administration of dicyandiamide to dairy heifers on excretion in urine and efficacy in soil
Publication date: 1 July 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 173 Author(s): B.G. Welten , S.F. Ledgard , L.A. Schipper , J.E. Waller , M.J. Kear , M.M. Dexter Oral administration of the nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide (DCD) to grazing ruminants for excretion ...
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Road verges and winter wheat fields as resources for wild bees in agricultural landscapes
Publication date: 1 July 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 173 Author(s): Casper Ingerslev Henriksen , Vibeke Langer The effects of farming system on plant density and flowering of dicotyledonous herbs of high value for bees were investigated in 14 organic and ...
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Synergistic effects of ground cover and adjacent vegetation on natural enemies of olive insect pests
Publication date: 1 July 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 173 Author(s): Daniel Paredes , Luis Cayuela , Mercedes Campos The use of pesticides in conventional agriculture poses several risks to humans and to the environment, and may turn out to be ...
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Sink or source—The potential of coffee agroforestry systems to sequester atmospheric CO2 into soil organic carbon
Publication date: 1 August 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 175 Author(s): Martin R.A. Noponen , John R. Healey , Gabriela Soto , Jeremy P. Haggar Current carbon accounting methodologies often assume interactions between above-ground and below-ground carbon, without considering effects of ...
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Nitrogen fertilization effects on pasture photosynthesis, respiration, and ecosystem carbon content
Publication date: 1 June 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 172 Author(s): R. Howard Skinner Some studies have shown that increasing N fertility can increase soil C sequestration, whereas others suggest that N fertilization has no effect on sequestration. Increasing N fertilization ...
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Alternative upland grazing systems: Impacts on livestock performance and sward characteristics
Publication date: 1 August 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 175 Author(s): M.D. Fraser , J.E. Vale , M.S. Dhanoa Grazing management influences both economic sustainability and ecosystem change within farming systems. As part of an integrated study we progressively added elements ...
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Livestock grazing in intermountain depressional wetlands—Effects on plant strategies, soil characteristics and biomass
Publication date: 1 August 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 175 Author(s): Laurenz M. Teuber , Norbert Hölzel , Lauchlan H. Fraser Prairie wetlands are considered valuable habitat for plants, birds, and wildlife. Livestock use of these wetlands can create conflicts with ...
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Is functional connectivity in common grasshopper species affected by fragmentation in an agricultural landscape?
Publication date: 1 August 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 175 Author(s): Daniela Keller , Maarten J. van Strien , Marc Herrmann , Janine Bolliger , Peter J. Edwards , Jaboury Ghazoul , Rolf Holderegger This study assessed the effects of a ...
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Organic amendments affect phosphorus sorption characteristics in a paddy soil
Publication date: 1 August 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 175 Author(s): Xiao Yan , Dejian Wang , Hailin Zhang , Gang Zhang , Zongqiang Wei Continuous excessive application of phosphorus (P) fertilizer and/or manure in areas with intensive agriculture can lead ...
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Meta-analysis of strategies to control nitrate leaching in irrigated agricultural systems and their effects on crop yield
Publication date: 15 July 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 174 Author(s): M. Quemada , M. Baranski , M.N.J. Nobel-de Lange , A. Vallejo , J.M. Cooper Nitrate leaching (NL) is an important N loss process in irrigated agriculture that imposes a ...
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Trade-offs between land use intensity and avian biodiversity in the dry Chaco of Argentina: A tale of two gradients
Publication date: 15 July 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 174 Author(s): Leandro Macchi , H. Ricardo Grau , Patricia V. Zelaya , Sofía Marinaro Studies to assess the relationship between agriculture production and biodiversity conservation usually focus on one gradient ranging ...
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A comparison of soil organic carbon stocks in Viking Age and modern land use systems in Denmark
Publication date: 15 July 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 174 Author(s): H. Breuning-Madsen , J.Aa. Kristensen , M.K. Holst , T. Balstroem , P.S. Henriksen A comparison of the organic matter content in anaerobic soil horizons in burial mounds and the ...
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Seven years of carbon dioxide exchange over a degraded grassland and a cropland with maize ecosystems in a semiarid area ...
Publication date: 1 July 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 173 Author(s): Du Qun , Liu Huizhi Based on eddy covariance measurement over a degraded grassland and a cropland with maize (Zea mays) ecosystems from 2003 to 2009, carbon exchange processes and ...
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To close the yield-gap while saving biodiversity will require multiple locally relevant strategies
Publication date: 1 July 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 173 Author(s): Saul A. Cunningham , Simon J. Attwood , Kamal S. Bawa , Tim G. Benton , Linda M. Broadhurst , Raphael K. Didham , Sue McIntyre , Ivette Perfecto , Michael ...
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Corrigendum to “Entry and toxicity of organic pesticides and copper in vineyard streams: Erosion rills jeopardise the efficiency of riparian ...
Publication date: 1 June 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 172 Author(s): Renja Bereswill , Burkhard Golla , Martin Streloke , Ralf Schulz
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Carbon stocks and cocoa yields in agroforestry systems of Central America
Publication date: 1 July 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 173 Author(s): Eduardo Somarriba , Rolando Cerda , Luis Orozco , Miguel Cifuentes , Héctor Dávila , Tania Espin , Henry Mavisoy , Guadalupe Ávila , Estefany Alvarado , Verónica Poveda , Carlos ...
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Evidence of sustainable intensification among British farms
Publication date: 1 July 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 173 Author(s): L.G. Firbank , J. Elliott , B. Drake , Y. Cao , R. Gooday Several influential reports have suggested that one of the most appropriate responses to expected food shortages ...
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Co-evolution of landscape patterns and agricultural intensification: An example of dairy farming in a traditional Dutch landscape
Publication date: 1 June 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 172 Author(s): D.F. van Apeldoorn , B. Kempen , M.P.W. Sonneveld , K. Kok The intensification of agricultural production strongly affects the characteristics of traditional rural landscapes. Yet, the complexity of these ...
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Fragmented woodlands in agricultural landscapes: The influence of woodland character and landscape context on bats and their insect prey
Publication date: 1 June 2013 Source:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 172 Author(s): Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor , Dave Goulson , Liam Cavin , Jenny M. Wallace , Kirsty J. Park Agricultural expansion has led to the widespread destruction of habitats and the creation of ...
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