supported by Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and Spanish National Institute for Agricultural Research and Experimentation(MINECOINIA)(No.RTA2017-88-C3-3).
Rainfed agricultural systems in semiarid Mediterranean environments are subject to erratic but often heavy rainfall events.As an agronomic practice,fallow periods can be included even within the existing European Unio...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41571296,41622105,and 41571130082);the program from Northwest A&F University,China(No.2452017028);the program from State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau,China(No.A314021403-Q5)
The effects of fertilization on the distributions of organic carbon(OC) and nitrogen(N) in soil aggregates and whether these effects vary with cropping system have not been well addressed.Such information is important...
supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria), Spain;European Social Fund (INIA-RTA 2009-00101-00-00);the INIA and European Social Fund for his postdoctoral grant
In semiarid regions of the Mediterranean basin, a rainfall event can induce a respiratory pulse that releases a large amount of soil carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere; this pulse can significantly contribute ...
Cover crops can have beneficial effects on soil microbiology by increasing carbon (C) supply, but these beneficial effects can be modulated by precipitation conditions. The objective of this study was to compare a f...
Project supported by the National Key Basic Research Program (973 Program) of China (No. 2007CB106804);the PhD candidate Training Program (No. 20060730027);the "111" Project from the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA);the Ministry of Education of China
To show the vegetation succession interaction with soil properties, microbial biomass, basal respiration, and enzyme activities in different soil layers (0-60 cm) were determined in six lands, i.e., 2-, 7-, 11-, 20-...
Project supported by the EU and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology.
The addition of municipal solid wastes (MSW) is considered as a possible strategy for soil rehabilitation in southeast Spain. The objective of this study was to evaluate the long-term (17 years) effect of five dos...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 40471004 and 40471083)the Innovation Foundation from the Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. 2004110)
Caragana microphylla Lam., a pioneer leguminous shrub species for vegetation re-establishment, is widely distributed in the semi-fixed and fixed sandy lands of the Horqin region. Some soil chemical and physical proper...