Search Results - "Gerd Dercon"

Dynamics of radionuclide activity concentrations in weed leaves, crops and of air dose rate after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident by Fesenko, Sergey, Shinano, Takuro, Onda, Yuichi, Dercon, Gerd

“…Data on reduction of radioactivity in plants are highly important for making decision on emergency response and remediation of contaminated areas. Dynamics of…”
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Water deficit and potassium affect carbon isotope composition in cassava bulk leaf material and extracted carbohydrates by Van Laere, Jonas, Merckx, Roel, Hood-Nowotny, Rebecca, Dercon, Gerd

“…Cassava ( Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important root crop, which despite its drought tolerance suffers considerable yield losses under water deficit. One…”
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13C labeling unravels carbon dynamics in banana between mother plant, sucker and corm under drought stress by Vantyghem, Mathilde, Beelen, Eline, Hood-Nowotny, Rebecca, Merckx, Roel, Dercon, Gerd

“…Banana is a perennial crop and typically consists of a mother plant and one or more suckers that will serve as the next generation. Suckers are…”
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An interlaboratory comparison of mid-infrared spectra acquisition: Instruments and procedures matter by Safanelli, José L., Sanderman, Jonathan, Bloom, Dellena, Todd-Brown, Katherine, Parente, Leandro L., Hengl, Tomislav, Adam, Sean, Albinet, Franck, Ben-Dor, Eyal, Boot, Claudia M., Bridson, James H., Chabrillat, Sabine, Deiss, Leonardo, Demattê, José A.M., Scott Demyan, M., Dercon, Gerd, Doetterl, Sebastian, van Egmond, Fenny, Ferguson, Rich, Garrett, Loretta G., Haddix, Michelle L., Haefele, Stephan M., Heiling, Maria, Hernandez-Allica, Javier, Huang, Jingyi, Jastrow, Julie D., Karyotis, Konstantinos, Machmuller, Megan B., Khesuoe, Malefetsane, Margenot, Andrew, Matamala, Roser, Miesel, Jessica R., Mouazen, Abdul M., Nagel, Penelope, Patel, Sunita, Qaswar, Muhammad, Ramakhanna, Selebalo, Resch, Christian, Robertson, Jean, Roudier, Pierre, Sabetizade, Marmar, Shabtai, Itamar, Sherif, Faisal, Sinha, Nishant, Six, Johan, Summerauer, Laura, Thomas, Cathy L., Toloza, Arsenio, Tomczyk-Wójtowicz, Beata, Tsakiridis, Nikolaos L., van Wesemael, Bas, Woodings, Finnleigh, Zalidis, George C., Żelazny, Wiktor R.

“…Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy has been extensively employed to deliver timely and cost-effective predictions of a number of soil properties. However,…”
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Influence of coastal vegetation on the 2004 tsunami wave impact in west Aceh by Bayas, Juan Carlos Laso, Marohn, Carsten, Dercon, Gerd, Dewi, Sonya, Piepho, Hans Peter, Joshi, Laxman, van Noordwijk, Meine, Cadisch, Georg

“…In a tsunami event human casualties and infrastructure damage are determined predominantly by seaquake intensity and offshore properties. On land, wave energy…”
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Prediction of exchangeable potassium in soil through mid-infrared spectroscopy and deep learning: From prediction to explainability by Albinet, Franck, Peng, Yi, Eguchi, Tetsuya, Smolders, Erik, Dercon, Gerd

“…The ability to characterize rapidly and repeatedly exchangeable potassium (Kex) content in the soil is essential for optimizing remediation of radiocaesium…”
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Methodological perspectives on the application of compound-specific stable isotope fingerprinting for sediment source apportionment by Upadhayay, Hari R., Bodé, Samuel, Griepentrog, Marco, Huygens, Dries, Bajracharya, Roshan M., Blake, William H., Dercon, Gerd, Mabit, Lionel, Gibbs, Max, Semmens, Brice X., Stock, Brian C., Cornelis, Wim, Boeckx, Pascal

“…Purpose Compound-specific stable isotope (CSSI) fingerprinting of sediment sources is a recently introduced tool to overcome some limitations of conventional…”
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Integration of mid-infrared spectroscopy and geostatistics in the assessment of soil spatial variability at landscape level by Cobo, Juan Guillermo, Dercon, Gerd, Yekeye, Tsitsi, Chapungu, Lazarus, Kadzere, Chengetai, Murwira, Amon, Delve, Robert, Cadisch, Georg

“…Knowledge of soil spatial variability is important in natural resource management, interpolation and soil sampling design, but requires a considerable amount…”
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Use of geochemical fingerprints to trace sediment sources in an agricultural catchment of Argentina by Romina Torres Astorga, Yanina Garcias, Gisela Borgatello, Hugo Velasco, Román Padilla, Gerd Dercon, Lionel Mabit

“…Soil erosion and associated sediment redistribution are key environmental problems in Central Argentina. Specific land uses and management practices, such as…”
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Using Cosmic-Ray Neutron Probes to Monitor Landscape Scale Soil Water Content in Mixed Land Use Agricultural Systems by Desilets, Darin, Dercon, Gerd, Oismueller, Markus, Heng, Lee, Weltin, Georg, Vreugdenhil, Mariette, Wahbi, Ammar, Franz, Trenton E., Strauss, Peter

“…With an ever-increasing demand for natural resources and the societal need to understand and predict natural disasters, soil water content (SWC) observations…”
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The CSSIAR v.1.00 Software: A new tool based on SIAR to assess soil redistribution using Compound Specific Stable Isotopes by Sergio, de los Santos-Villalobos, Claudio, Bravo-Linares, dos Anjos Roberto, Meigikos, Renan, Cardoso, Max, Gibbs, Andrew, Swales, Lionel, Mabit, Gerd, Dercon

“…Soil erosion is one of the biggest challenges for food production around the world. Many techniques have been used to evaluate and mitigate soil degradation…”
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River channel response to short-term human-induced change in landscape connectivity in Andean ecosystems by Vanacker, Veerle, Molina, Armando, Govers, Gerard, Poesen, Jean, Dercon, Gerd, Deckers, Seppe

“…The drainage basin of the Deleg River (88 km 2), located in the southern Ecuadorian Andes, was studied to assess the geomorphic and hydrologic response of a…”
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How issues get framed and reframed when different communities meet: a multi-level analysis of a collaborative soil conservation initiative in the Ecuadorian Andes by Dewulf, Art, Craps, Marc, Dercon, Gerd

“…Drawing on qualitative data from a longitudinal case study of a collaborative soil conservation initiative in southern Ecuador, we study how multiple actors,…”
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Spatial variability in soil properties on slow-forming terraces in the Andes region of Ecuador by Dercon, Gerd, Deckers, Jozef, Govers, Gerard, Poesen, Jean, Sánchez, Henrry, Vanegas, Raúl, Ramı́rez, Marco, Loaiza, George

“…Due to severe land degradation problems, soil conservation is a matter of major concern in the Ecuadorian Andes. Slow-forming terraces, a variation of hedgerow…”
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Unveiling the provenance of sediments in the moraine complex of Aldegonda Glacier (Svalbard) after glacial retreat using radionuclides and elemental fingerprints by Navas, Ana, Lizaga, Ivan, Gaspar, Leticia, Latorre, Borja, Dercon, Gerd

“…In the changing glacierized areas of the maritime Arctic region, fluxes of sediments are of high intensity during the Arctic melting season. On the Western…”
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Nutrient balances in African land use systems across different spatial scales: A review of approaches, challenges and progress by Cobo, Juan Guillermo, Dercon, Gerd, Cadisch, Georg

“…Nutrient balances are useful tools as indicators of potential land degradation and for optimizing nutrient use, and are thus highly relevant in the African…”
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Sediment source analysis in the korabelny stream catchment, King George Island, maritime Antarctica: Geomorphological survey, fingerprinting and delivery rate assessment by Golosov, Valentin, Navas, Ana, Castillo, Alejandra, Mavlyudov, Bulat, Kharchenko, Sergey, Lizaga, Ivan, Gaspar, Leticia, Dercon, Gerd

“…Research into sediment provenance identification in Antarctica is emerging as a relevant field of study, providing a unique insight into understanding…”
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Targeting the source of fine sediment and associated geochemical elements by using novel fingerprinting methods in proglacial tropical highlands (Cordillera Blanca, Perú) by Navas, Ana, Lizaga, Iván, Santillán, Nelson, Gaspar, Leticia, Latorre, Borja, Dercon, Gerd

“…In the Cordillera Blanca, the glaciers delineated by some of the highest peaks in the tropical Peruvian Andes have experienced a fast retreat over the last few…”
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The potential of stable carbon isotope ratios and leaf temperature as proxies for drought stress in banana under field conditions by Vantyghem, Mathilde, Merckx, Roel, Stevens, Bert, Hood-Nowotny, Rebecca, Swennen, Rony, Dercon, Gerd

“…Drought stress is a major limiting factor for banana production and the incidence of drought spells is expected to increase with climate change. Climate smart…”
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The impact of glacier retreat on Andean high wetlands: Assessing the geochemical transfer and sediment provenance in the proglacial area of Huayna-Potosí (Bolivia) by Navas, Ana, Ramírez, Edson, Gaspar, Leticia, Lizaga, Ivan, Stott, Tim, Rojas, Francisco, Latorre, Borja, Dercon, Gerd

“…The accelerated decline of tropical Andean glaciers is affecting the water cycle of mountains in the region. In the Cordillera Real (Bolivia) on the…”
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