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Is soil texture a major controlling factor of root:shoot ratio in cereals? by Poeplau, C., Kätterer, T.

“…Summary Estimation of inputs of belowground carbon constitutes a major uncertainty in carbon (C) balance models. Fixed allocation coefficients are widely used…”
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Changes in organic carbon in topsoil and subsoil and microbial community composition caused by repeated additions of organic amendments and N fertilisation in a long-term field experiment in Sweden by Kätterer, T., Börjesson, G., Kirchmann, H.

“…•Amendments significantly affected soil C, bulk density and microbial biomass.•Nitrogen fertilisation increased soil C stocks.•The contribution of the organic…”
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Carbon balances in US croplands during the last two decades of the twentieth century by Lokupitiya, E, Paustian, K, Easter, M, Williams, S, Andrén, O, Kätterer, T

“…Carbon (C) added to soil as organic matter in crop residues and carbon emitted to the atmosphere as CO2 in soil respiration are key determinants of the C…”
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Strategies for carbon sequestration in agricultural soils in northern Europe by Kätterer, T, Bolinder, M. A, Berglund, K, Kirchmann, H

“…We present new and synthesize published results from long-term field studies exploring management options for carbon sequestration in cropland and grassland…”
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Flaws and criteria for design and evaluation of comparative organic and conventional cropping systems by Kirchmann, H., Kätterer, T., Bergström, L., Börjesson, G., Bolinder, M.A.

“…•Given the fact that dissimilarities between organic and conventional cropping systems are unavoidable, at least three stringency criteria must be followed to…”
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Organic amendments affect δ13C signature of soil respiration and soil organic C accumulation in a long-term field experiment in Sweden by Menichetti, L., Ekblad, A., Kätterer, T.

“…Summary The contribution of young and old soil organic carbon (SOC) pools to soil CO2 fluxes and specific respiration rates of these fluxes was determined by…”
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Metabolising old soil carbon: Simply a matter of simple organic matter? by Nunan, N., Lerch, T.Z., Pouteau, V., Mora, P., Changey, F., Kätterer, T., Giusti-Miller, S., Herrmann, A.M.

“…Bare fallow soils that have been deprived of fresh carbon inputs for prolonged periods contain mostly old, stable organic carbon. In order to shed light on the…”
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Valuing carbon capture in agricultural production: examples from Sweden by Linderholm, K., Katterer, T., Mattsson, J. E.

“…Agriculture is regarded as a net emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG), but sequesters huge amounts of carbon in soils, bioenergy substrates, and food products…”
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ICBM regional model for estimations of dynamics of agricultural soil carbon pools by Andrén, Olof, Kätterer, T., Karlsson, T.

“…Swedish arable land covers 3 Mha and its topsoil contains about 300 Mton C. The mineral soils seem to be close to steady-state, but the organic soils (about…”
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Pros and cons of transdisciplinary research: A case study of Swedish lawns and their sustainable alternatives by Ignatieva, M., Eriksson, F., Eriksson, T., Kätterer, T., Tidåker, P., Wissman, J., Ahrné, K., Bengtsson, J., Hedblom, M.

“…•Analysis of pros and cons of transdisciplinary research on lawns.•Ability to involve stakeholders in different project activities and to disseminate the…”
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Canadian farm-level soil carbon change assessment by merging the greenhouse gas model Holos with the Introductory Carbon Balance Model (ICBM) by Kröbel, R., Bolinder, M.A., Janzen, H.H., Little, S.M., Vandenbygaart, A.J., Kätterer, T.

“…The farm-level model Holos, developed to explore mitigation options for greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from Canadian farming systems, includes soil carbon…”
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Temperature dependence of organic matter decomposition: a critical review using literature data analyzed with different models by Katterer, T, Reichstein, M, Andren, O, Lomander, A

“…The literature was reviewed regarding laboratory incubation studies where C mineralization was measured. Experiments were selected in which the same substrate…”
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Estimating carbon inputs to soil in forage-based crop rotations and modeling the effects on soil carbon dynamics in a Swedish long-term field experiment by Bolinder, M. A., Kätterer, T., Andrén, O., Parent, L. E.

“…There is a need to improve the understanding of soil organic C (SOC) dynamics for forage-based rotations. A key requisite is accurate estimates of the…”
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Soil carbon dynamics in Canadian Agricultural Ecoregions: Quantifying climatic influence on soil biological activity by Bolinder, M.A., Andrén, O., Kätterer, T., de Jong, R., VandenBygaart, A.J., Angers, D.A., Parent, L.-E., Gregorich, E.G.

“…Climate is the major determinant of soil biological activity, including the decomposition rates of soil organic carbon (SOC) components. The objective of this…”
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Predicting daily soil temperature profiles in arable soils in cold temperate regions from air temperature and leaf area index by Kätterer, T., Andrén, O.

“…Modelling of ecosystem processes often requires soil temperature as a driving variable. Since soil temperature measurements are seldom available for regional…”
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Effects of climatic data low-pass filtering on the ICBM temperature- and moisture-based soil biological activity factors in a cool and humid climate by Fortin, J.G., Bolinder, M.A., Anctil, F., Kätterer, T., Andrén, O., Parent, L.E.

“…• Sensibility of ICBM to the low-pass filtering of climatic input data was tested. • A daily time-step avoid overestimating soil biological activity on sandy…”
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Spatial and temporal variability of soil biological activity in the Province of Québec, Canada (45–58 °N, 1960–2009)—calculations based on climate records by Bolinder, M. A., Fortin, J. G., Anctil, F., Andrén, O., Kätterer, T., de Jong, R., Parent, L. E.

“…Climate records of air temperature (AT) and total precipitation (TP) are standard inputs for soil carbon dynamic models, i.e., for calculating temperature and…”
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Chemical Properties and Biochemical Activity of Colonized and Abandoned Litter-Feeding Termite (Macrotermes spp.) Mounds in Chromic Cambisol Area on the Borana Plateau, Ethiopia by MENICHETTI, L., LANDI, L., NANNIPIERI, P., KATTERER, T., KIRCHMANN, H., RENELLA, G.

“…Termite (Macrotermes spp.) mounds are complex biological habitats originated by the termite activity and possessing peculiar physical, chemical and biochemical…”
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Pedotransfer functions for estimating plant available water and bulk density in Swedish agricultural soils by Kätterer, T., Andrén, O., Jansson, P-E.

“…Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) to estimate plant available water were developed from a database of arable soils in Sweden. The PTFs were developed to fulfil the…”
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Visions of a more precise soil biology by Andrén, O, Kirchmann, H, Kätterer, T, Magid, J, Paul, E.A, Coleman, D.C

“…Soils have often been viewed as a black box. Soil biology is difficult to study with the precision we would wish, due to the presence of considerable soil…”
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