Search Results - "Quinton, J.N."

Soil management in relation to sustainable agriculture and ecosystem services by Powlson, D.S., Gregory, P.J., Whalley, W.R., Quinton, J.N., Hopkins, D.W., Whitmore, A.P., Hirsch, P.R., Goulding, K.W.T.

“…► We review soil issues relevant to global food security and ecosystem functioning. ► We suggest actions for each issue including policies, communication or…”
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Comparative calculation of suspended sediment loads with respect to hysteresis effects (in the Petzenkirchen catchment, Austria) by Eder, A., Strauss, P., Krueger, T., Quinton, J.N.

“…Streams in intensively used agricultural catchments are frequently characterised by high transport of suspended solids during rainfall events. Due to a high…”
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The effects of minimal tillage, contour cultivation and in-field vegetative barriers on soil erosion and phosphorus loss by Stevens, C.J., Quinton, J.N., Bailey, A.P., Deasy, C., Silgram, M., Jackson, D.R.

“…Runoff, sediment, total phosphorus and total dissolved phosphorus losses in overland flow were measured for two years on unbounded plots cropped with wheat and…”
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Multi-scale relationship between peatland vegetation type and dissolved organic carbon concentration by Armstrong, A., Holden, J., Luxton, K., Quinton, J.N.

“…Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is a key component of the carbon cycle and has significant impacts on aquatic ecosystems and potable water treatment. Upward…”
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Investigating source areas of eroded sediments transported in concentrated overland flow using rare earth element tracers by Stevens, C.J., Quinton, J.N.

“…Rare earth element oxides (REOs) have excellent potential for use as tracers in erosion studies. Using laboratory and field experiments we aimed to develop and…”
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effects of minimal tillage and contour cultivation on surface runoff, soil loss and crop yield in the long-term Woburn Erosion Reference Experiment on sandy soil at Woburn, England by Quinton, J.N, Catt, J.A

“…Runoff and soil erosion on plots of the Woburn, UK, Erosion Reference Experiment were concentrated in periods with sparse vegetation cover. The mean event…”
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Below-ground relationships of soil texture, roots and hydraulic conductivity in two-phase mosaic vegetation in South-east Spain by Archer, N.A.L., Quinton, J.N., Hess, T.M.

“…Results led to the development of a conceptual model, which describes that the presence of deep larger diameter roots in shrub areas form large open channels…”
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Soil carbon losses by water erosion: Experimentation and modeling at field and national scales in the UK by Quinton, J.N., Catt, J.A., Wood, G.A., Steer, J.

“…Ten years of erosion data from the Woburn Erosion Reference Experiment, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom, show that the total amount of carbon removed as…”
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Effects of cattle manure on erosion rates and runoff water pollution by faecal coliforms by Ramos, M.C., Quinton, J.N., Tyrrel, S.F.

“…The large quantities of slurry and manure that are produced annually in many areas in which cattle are raised could be an important source of organic matter…”
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Reducing predictive uncertainty in model simulations: a comparison of two methods using the European Soil Erosion Model (EUROSEM) by Quinton, J.N.

“…The simulation results from physically-based hydrology and erosion models contain uncertainty. This is largely the result of uncertainty over the value of the…”
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Modelling of event-based soil erosion in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Mexico: evaluation of the EUROSEM model by Veihe, A., Rey, J., Quinton, J.N., Strauss, P., Sancho, F.M., Somarriba, M.

“…This study was undertaken as part of a larger project to evaluate the impact of soil erosion on soil productivity in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Mexico. An…”
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Evaluation of the EUROSEM model using data from the Catsop watershed, The Netherlands by Folly, A, Quinton, J.N, Smith, R.E

“…The performance of the EUROSEM model is evaluated for a catchment in the Netherlands. The model is calibrated using observed hydrographs and sedigraphs by…”
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Long term simulations of macronutrients (C, N and P) in UK freshwaters by Bell, V.A., Naden, P.S., Tipping, E., Davies, H.N., Carnell, E., Davies, J.A.C., Dore, A.J., Dragosits, U., Lapworth, D.J., Muhammed, S.E., Quinton, J.N., Stuart, M., Tomlinson, S., Wang, L., Whitmore, A.P., Wu, L.

“…Over the last two centuries, the landscape of many industrialised nations has been transformed by the spread and intensification of agriculture, by atmospheric…”
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Uncertainties in assessing tillage erosion – How appropriate are our measuring techniques? by Fiener, P., Wilken, F., Aldana-Jague, E., Deumlich, D., Gómez, J.A., Guzmán, G., Hardy, R.A., Quinton, J.N., Sommer, M., Van Oost, K., Wexler, R.

“…Tillage erosion on arable land is a very important process leading to a net downslope movement of soil and soil constitutes. Tillage erosion rates are commonly…”
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Soil lifespans and how they can be extended by land use and management change by Evans, D L, Quinton, J N, Davies, J A C, Zhao, J, Govers, G

“…Human-induced soil erosion is a serious threat to global sustainability, endangering global food security, driving desertification and biodiversity loss, and…”
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effect of incorporating slurries on the transport of faecal coliforms in overland flow by Quinton, J.N, Tyrrel, S.F, Ramos, M.C

“…Rainfall simulation experiments on a laboratory soil flume were conducted to test the hypothesis that the incorporation of slurry into the soil would reduce…”
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How the composition of sandstone matrices affects rates of soil formation by Evans, D.L., Quinton, J.N., Tye, A.M., Rodés, Á., Rushton, J.C., Davies, J.A.C., Mudd, S.M.

“…•We study how the composition of sandstone matrices affects soil formation rates.•Soil formation rates are measured down two hillslopes with contrasting…”
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Soil erosion from sugar beet in Central Europe in response to climate change induced seasonal precipitation variations by Scholz, Gerald, Quinton, John N., Strauss, Peter

“…This study estimates the implications of projected seasonal variations in rainfall quantities caused by climate change for water erosion rates by means of a…”
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High precision tracing of soil and sediment movement using fluorescent tracers at hillslope scale by Hardy, R.A., Quinton, J.N., James, M.R., Fiener, P., Pates, J.M.

“…Generating high resolution spatial information on the movement of sediment in response to soil erosion remains a major research challenge. In this paper we…”
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Effects of soil compaction, rain exposure and their interaction on soil carbon dioxide emission by Novara, Agata, Armstrong, Alona, Gristina, Luciano, Semple, Kirk T., Quinton, John N.

“…ABSTRACT Soils release more carbon, primarily as carbon dioxide (CO2), per annum than current global anthropogenic emissions. Soils emit CO2 through…”
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