07 Apr 2016
The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Saskia D. Keesstra, Johan Bouma, Jakob Wallinga, Pablo Tittonell, Pete Smith, Artemi Cerdà, Luca Montanarella, John N. Quinton, Yakov Pachepsky, Wim H. van der Putten, Richard D. Bardgett, Simon Moolenaar, Gerben Mol, Boris Jansen, and Louise O. Fresco
SOIL, 2, 111–128, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-111-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-111-2016, 2016 | 33,299 views
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14 Jun 2021
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SoilGrids 2.0: producing soil information for the globe with quantified spatial uncertainty
Laura Poggio, Luis M. de Sousa, Niels H. Batjes, Gerard B. M. Heuvelink, Bas Kempen, Eloi Ribeiro, and David Rossiter
SOIL, 7, 217–240, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-217-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-217-2021, 2021 | 31,492 views
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15 Jan 2019
Global meta-analysis of the relationship between soil organic matter and crop yields
Emily E. Oldfield, Mark A. Bradford, and Stephen A. Wood
SOIL, 5, 15–32, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-15-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-15-2019, 2019 | 25,197 views
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06 Feb 2020
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Machine learning and soil sciences: a review aided by machine learning tools
José Padarian, Budiman Minasny, and Alex B. McBratney
SOIL, 6, 35–52, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-35-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-35-2020, 2020 | 16,579 views
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16 Jan 2015
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The interdisciplinary nature of SOIL
E. C. Brevik, A. Cerdà, J. Mataix-Solera, L. Pereg, J. N. Quinton, J. Six, and K. Van Oost
SOIL, 1, 117–129, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-117-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-117-2015, 2015 | 16,509 views
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29 Feb 2016
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World's soils are under threat
Luca Montanarella, Daniel Jon Pennock, Neil McKenzie, Mohamed Badraoui, Victor Chude, Isaurinda Baptista, Tekalign Mamo, Martin Yemefack, Mikha Singh Aulakh, Kazuyuki Yagi, Suk Young Hong, Pisoot Vijarnsorn, Gan-Lin Zhang, Dominique Arrouays, Helaina Black, Pavel Krasilnikov, Jaroslava Sobocká, Julio Alegre, Carlos Roberto Henriquez, Maria de Lourdes Mendonça-Santos, Miguel Taboada, David Espinosa-Victoria, Abdullah AlShankiti, Sayed Kazem AlaviPanah, Elsiddig Ahmed El Mustafa Elsheikh, Jon Hempel, Marta Camps Arbestain, Freddy Nachtergaele, and Ronald Vargas
SOIL, 2, 79–82, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-79-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-79-2016, 2016 | 16,140 views
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11 Mar 2015
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The soil N cycle: new insights and key challenges
J. W. van Groenigen, D. Huygens, P. Boeckx, Th. W. Kuyper, I. M. Lubbers, T. Rütting, and P. M. Groffman
SOIL, 1, 235–256, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-235-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-235-2015, 2015 | 16,019 views
19 Nov 2015
Biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity as key drivers of ecosystem services provided by soils
P. Smith, M. F. Cotrufo, C. Rumpel, K. Paustian, P. J. Kuikman, J. A. Elliott, R. McDowell, R. I. Griffiths, S. Asakawa, M. Bustamante, J. I. House, J. Sobocká, R. Harper, G. Pan, P. C. West, J. S. Gerber, J. M. Clark, T. Adhya, R. J. Scholes, and M. C. Scholes
SOIL, 1, 665–685, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-665-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-665-2015, 2015 | 15,520 views
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16 Apr 2015
Global distribution of soil organic carbon – Part 1: Masses and frequency distributions of SOC stocks for the tropics, permafrost regions, wetlands, and the world
M. Köchy, R. Hiederer, and A. Freibauer
SOIL, 1, 351–365, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-351-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-351-2015, 2015 | 14,720 views
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17 Dec 2020
Global concentrations of microplastics in soils – a review
Frederick Büks and Martin Kaupenjohann
SOIL, 6, 649–662, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-649-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-649-2020, 2020 | 13,729 views
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01 Mar 2017
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Soil conservation in the 21st century: why we need smart agricultural intensification
Gerard Govers, Roel Merckx, Bas van Wesemael, and Kristof Van Oost
SOIL, 3, 45–59, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-45-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-45-2017, 2017 | 13,482 views
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05 Feb 2015
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Permafrost soils and carbon cycling
C. L. Ping, J. D. Jastrow, M. T. Jorgenson, G. J. Michaelson, and Y. L. Shur
SOIL, 1, 147–171, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-147-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-147-2015, 2015 | 13,406 views
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15 Mar 2018
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A systemic approach for modeling soil functions
Hans-Jörg Vogel, Stephan Bartke, Katrin Daedlow, Katharina Helming, Ingrid Kögel-Knabner, Birgit Lang, Eva Rabot, David Russell, Bastian Stößel, Ulrich Weller, Martin Wiesmeier, and Ute Wollschläger
SOIL, 4, 83–92, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-83-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-83-2018, 2018 | 12,391 views
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22 Jun 2015
Integrated soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa: unravelling local adaptation
B. Vanlauwe, K. Descheemaeker, K. E. Giller, J. Huising, R. Merckx, G. Nziguheba, J. Wendt, and S. Zingore
SOIL, 1, 491–508, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-491-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-491-2015, 2015 | 11,701 views
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12 Dec 2019
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Effectiveness of landscape decontamination following the Fukushima nuclear accident: a review
Olivier Evrard, J. Patrick Laceby, and Atsushi Nakao
SOIL, 5, 333–350, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-333-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-333-2019, 2019 | 11,656 views
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06 Jan 2015
The past, present, and future of soils and human health studies
E. C. Brevik and T. J. Sauer
SOIL, 1, 35–46, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-35-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-35-2015, 2015 | 10,965 views
06 Dec 2018
Assessment and quantification of marginal lands for biomass production in Europe using soil-quality indicators
Werner Gerwin, Frank Repmann, Spyridon Galatsidas, Despoina Vlachaki, Nikos Gounaris, Wibke Baumgarten, Christiane Volkmann, Dimitrios Keramitzis, Fotis Kiourtsis, and Dirk Freese
SOIL, 4, 267–290, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-267-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-267-2018, 2018 | 10,232 views
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13 Mar 2017
Soil organic carbon stocks are systematically overestimated by misuse of the parameters bulk density and rock fragment content
Christopher Poeplau, Cora Vos, and Axel Don
SOIL, 3, 61–66, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-61-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-61-2017, 2017 | 9,944 views
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26 Feb 2019
Using deep learning for digital soil mapping
José Padarian, Budiman Minasny, and Alex B. McBratney
SOIL, 5, 79–89, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-79-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-79-2019, 2019 | 9,514 views
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10 Jan 2019
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Refining physical aspects of soil quality and soil health when exploring the effects of soil degradation and climate change on biomass production: an Italian case study
Antonello Bonfante, Fabio Terribile, and Johan Bouma
SOIL, 5, 1–14, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-1-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-1-2019, 2019 | 9,042 views
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31 Jan 2020
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Identification of new microbial functional standards for soil quality assessment
Sören Thiele-Bruhn, Michael Schloter, Berndt-Michael Wilke, Lee A. Beaudette, Fabrice Martin-Laurent, Nathalie Cheviron, Christian Mougin, and Jörg Römbke
SOIL, 6, 17–34, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-17-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-17-2020, 2020 | 9,018 views
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25 Oct 2016
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Leaf waxes in litter and topsoils along a European transect
Imke K. Schäfer, Verena Lanny, Jörg Franke, Timothy I. Eglinton, Michael Zech, Barbora Vysloužilová, and Roland Zech
SOIL, 2, 551–564, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-551-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-551-2016, 2016 | 8,756 views
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11 Feb 2020
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Variations in soil chemical and physical properties explain basin-wide Amazon forest soil carbon concentrations
Carlos Alberto Quesada, Claudia Paz, Erick Oblitas Mendoza, Oliver Lawrence Phillips, Gustavo Saiz, and Jon Lloyd
SOIL, 6, 53–88, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-53-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-53-2020, 2020 | 8,581 views
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01 Nov 2016
Soil fauna: key to new carbon models
Juliane Filser, Jack H. Faber, Alexei V. Tiunov, Lijbert Brussaard, Jan Frouz, Gerlinde De Deyn, Alexei V. Uvarov, Matty P. Berg, Patrick Lavelle, Michel Loreau, Diana H. Wall, Pascal Querner, Herman Eijsackers, and Juan José Jiménez
SOIL, 2, 565–582, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-565-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-565-2016, 2016 | 8,439 views
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01 Aug 2018
No silver bullet for digital soil mapping: country-specific soil organic carbon estimates across Latin America
Mario Guevara, Guillermo Federico Olmedo, Emma Stell, Yusuf Yigini, Yameli Aguilar Duarte, Carlos Arellano Hernández, Gloria E. Arévalo, Carlos Eduardo Arroyo-Cruz, Adriana Bolivar, Sally Bunning, Nelson Bustamante Cañas, Carlos Omar Cruz-Gaistardo, Fabian Davila, Martin Dell Acqua, Arnulfo Encina, Hernán Figueredo Tacona, Fernando Fontes, José Antonio Hernández Herrera, Alejandro Roberto Ibelles Navarro, Veronica Loayza, Alexandra M. Manueles, Fernando Mendoza Jara, Carolina Olivera, Rodrigo Osorio Hermosilla, Gonzalo Pereira, Pablo Prieto, Iván Alexis Ramos, Juan Carlos Rey Brina, Rafael Rivera, Javier Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Ronald Roopnarine, Albán Rosales Ibarra, Kenset Amaury Rosales Riveiro, Guillermo Andrés Schulz, Adrian Spence, Gustavo M. Vasques, Ronald R. Vargas, and Rodrigo Vargas
SOIL, 4, 173–193, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-173-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-173-2018, 2018 | 8,296 views
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25 Apr 2016
Effect of grassland cutting frequency on soil carbon storage – a case study on public lawns in three Swedish cities
C. Poeplau, H. Marstorp, K. Thored, and T. Kätterer
SOIL, 2, 175–184, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-175-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-175-2016, 2016 | 8,051 views
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08 Sep 2020
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Using constructed soils for green infrastructure – challenges and limitations
Maha Deeb, Peter M. Groffman, Manuel Blouin, Sara Perl Egendorf, Alan Vergnes, Viacheslav Vasenev, Donna L. Cao, Daniel Walsh, Tatiana Morin, and Geoffroy Séré
SOIL, 6, 413–434, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-413-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-413-2020, 2020 | 7,918 views
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15 May 2018
Proximal sensing for soil carbon accounting
Jacqueline R. England and Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel
SOIL, 4, 101–122, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-101-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-101-2018, 2018 | 7,751 views
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05 Jul 2019
A review of the global soil property maps for Earth system models
Yongjiu Dai, Wei Shangguan, Nan Wei, Qinchuan Xin, Hua Yuan, Shupeng Zhang, Shaofeng Liu, Xingjie Lu, Dagang Wang, and Fapeng Yan
SOIL, 5, 137–158, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-137-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-137-2019, 2019 | 7,712 views
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07 Dec 2020
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Iron and aluminum association with microbially processed organic matter via meso-density aggregate formation across soils: organo-metallic glue hypothesis
Rota Wagai, Masako Kajiura, and Maki Asano
SOIL, 6, 597–627, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-597-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-597-2020, 2020 | 7,636 views
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06 Feb 2015
Identification of sensitive indicators to assess the interrelationship between soil quality, management practices and human health
R. Zornoza, J. A. Acosta, F. Bastida, S. G. Domínguez, D. M. Toledo, and A. Faz
SOIL, 1, 173–185, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-173-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-173-2015, 2015 | 7,625 views
10 Jan 2018
Evaluation of digital soil mapping approaches with large sets of environmental covariates
Madlene Nussbaum, Kay Spiess, Andri Baltensweiler, Urs Grob, Armin Keller, Lucie Greiner, Michael E. Schaepman, and Andreas Papritz
SOIL, 4, 1–22, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-1-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-1-2018, 2018 | 7,571 views
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08 Jul 2020
What do we know about how the terrestrial multicellular soil fauna reacts to microplastic?
Frederick Büks, Nicolette Loes van Schaik, and Martin Kaupenjohann
SOIL, 6, 245–267, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-245-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-245-2020, 2020 | 7,548 views
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26 Jan 2015
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The fate of seeds in the soil: a review of the influence of overland flow on seed removal and its consequences for the vegetation of arid and semiarid patchy ecosystems
E. Bochet
SOIL, 1, 131–146, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-131-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-131-2015, 2015 | 7,360 views
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06 Apr 2020
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Ramped thermal analysis for isolating biologically meaningful soil organic matter fractions with distinct residence times
Jonathan Sanderman and A. Stuart Grandy
SOIL, 6, 131–144, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-131-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-131-2020, 2020 | 7,314 views
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29 Jun 2021
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Continental-scale controls on soil organic carbon across sub-Saharan Africa
Sophie F. von Fromm, Alison M. Hoyt, Markus Lange, Gifty E. Acquah, Ermias Aynekulu, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Stephan M. Haefele, Steve P. McGrath, Keith D. Shepherd, Andrew M. Sila, Johan Six, Erick K. Towett, Susan E. Trumbore, Tor-G. Vågen, Elvis Weullow, Leigh A. Winowiecki, and Sebastian Doetterl
SOIL, 7, 305–332, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-305-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-305-2021, 2021 | 7,313 views
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24 Apr 2015
Soil surface roughness: comparing old and new measuring methods and application in a soil erosion model
L. M. Thomsen, J. E. M. Baartman, R. J. Barneveld, T. Starkloff, and J. Stolte
SOIL, 1, 399–410, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-399-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-399-2015, 2015 | 7,305 views
07 Nov 2018
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Spatial assessments of soil organic carbon for stakeholder decision-making – a case study from Kenya
Tor-Gunnar Vågen, Leigh Ann Winowiecki, Constance Neely, Sabrina Chesterman, and Mieke Bourne
SOIL, 4, 259–266, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-259-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-259-2018, 2018 | 7,240 views
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13 Aug 2015
Case studies of soil in art
C. Feller, E. R. Landa, A. Toland, and G. Wessolek
SOIL, 1, 543–559, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-543-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-543-2015, 2015 | 7,064 views
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16 Mar 2015
A meta-analysis of soil biodiversity impacts on the carbon cycle
M.-A. de Graaff, J. Adkins, P. Kardol, and H. L. Throop
SOIL, 1, 257–271, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-257-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-257-2015, 2015 | 6,866 views
04 Jul 2016
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The impact of ancestral heath management on soils and landscapes: a reconstruction based on paleoecological analyses of soil records in the central and southeastern Netherlands
Marieke Doorenbosch and Jan M. van Mourik
SOIL, 2, 311–324, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-311-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-311-2016, 2016 | 6,765 views
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04 Jan 2023
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Soil and crop management practices and the water regulation functions of soils: a qualitative synthesis of meta-analyses relevant to European agriculture
Guillaume Blanchy, Gilberto Bragato, Claudia Di Bene, Nicholas Jarvis, Mats Larsbo, Katharina Meurer, and Sarah Garré
SOIL, 9, 1–20, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-1-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-1-2023, 2023 | 6,241 views
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20 Feb 2015
Eddy covariance for quantifying trace gas fluxes from soils
W. Eugster and L. Merbold
SOIL, 1, 187–205, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-187-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-187-2015, 2015 | 6,238 views
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05 Nov 2020
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Soil: the great connector of our lives now and beyond COVID-19
Rosa M. Poch, Lucia H. C. dos Anjos, Rafla Attia, Megan Balks, Adalberto Benavides-Mendoza, Martha M. Bolaños-Benavides, Costanza Calzolari, Lydia M. Chabala, Peter C. de Ruiter, Samuel Francke-Campaña, Fernando García Préchac, Ellen R. Graber, Siosiua Halavatau, Kutaiba M. Hassan, Edmond Hien, Ke Jin, Mohammad Khan, Maria Konyushkova, David A. Lobb, Matshwene E. Moshia, Jun Murase, Generose Nziguheba, Ashok K. Patra, Gary Pierzynski, Natalia Rodríguez Eugenio, and Ronald Vargas Rojas
SOIL, 6, 541–547, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-541-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-541-2020, 2020 | 6,233 views
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08 Sep 2015
Can we manipulate root system architecture to control soil erosion?
A. Ola, I. C. Dodd, and J. N. Quinton
SOIL, 1, 603–612, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-603-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-603-2015, 2015 | 6,019 views
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19 Mar 2019
On-farm study reveals positive relationship between gas transport capacity and organic carbon content in arable soil
Tino Colombi, Florian Walder, Lucie Büchi, Marlies Sommer, Kexing Liu, Johan Six, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Raphaël Charles, and Thomas Keller
SOIL, 5, 91–105, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-91-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-91-2019, 2019 | 6,014 views
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09 Jul 2019
Soil lacquer peel do-it-yourself: simply capturing beauty
Cathelijne R. Stoof, Jasper H. J. Candel, Laszlo A. G. M. van der Wal, and Gert Peek
SOIL, 5, 159–175, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-159-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-159-2019, 2019 | 5,966 views
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15 May 2020
Variation of soil organic carbon, stable isotopes, and soil quality indicators across an erosion–deposition catena in a historical Spanish olive orchard
José A. Gómez, Gema Guzmán, Arsenio Toloza, Christian Resch, Roberto García-Ruíz, and Lionel Mabit
SOIL, 6, 179–194, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-179-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-179-2020, 2020 | 5,930 views
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22 Mar 2019
Multi-source data integration for soil mapping using deep learning
Alexandre M. J.-C. Wadoux, José Padarian, and Budiman Minasny
SOIL, 5, 107–119, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-107-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-107-2019, 2019 | 5,827 views
17 Nov 2020
The influence of training sample size on the accuracy of deep learning models for the prediction of soil properties with near-infrared spectroscopy data
Wartini Ng, Budiman Minasny, Wanderson de Sousa Mendes, and José Alexandre Melo Demattê
SOIL, 6, 565–578, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-565-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-565-2020, 2020 | 5,794 views
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