• Soil organic matter molecular composition and state of decomposition in three locations of the European Arctic 

      Pengerud, Annelene; Dignac, Marie-France; Certini, Giacomo; Strand, Line Tau; Forte, Claudia; Rasse, Daniel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-09-01)
      Increased mineralization of the organic matter (OM) stored in permafrost is expected to constitute the largest additional global warming potential from terrestrial ecosystems exposed to a warmer climate. Chemical composition ...
    • Soil steaming to disinfect barnyardgrass-infested soil masses 

      Bitarafan, Zahra; Kaczmarek-Derda, Wiktoria Anna; Berge, Therese W.; Tørresen, Kirsten; Fløistad, Inger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-24)
      Reusing soil can reduce environmental impacts associated with obtaining natural fresh soil during road construction and analogous activities. However, the movement and reuse of soils can spread numerous plant diseases and ...
    • Soil texture analysis by laser diffraction and sedimentation and sieving–method and instrument comparison with a focus on Nordic and Baltic forest soils 

      Callesen, Ingeborg; Palviainen, Marjo; Armolaitis, Kęstutis; Rasmussen, Charlotte; Kjønaas, O. Janne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-06-23)
      Purpose: Laser diffraction (LD) for determination of particle size distribution (PSD) of the fine earth fraction appeared in the 1990s, partly substituting the Sieving and Sedimentation Method (SSM). Whereas previous ...
    • Soil Tillage and Crop Growth Effects on Surface and Subsurface Runoff, Loss of Soil, Phosphorus and Nitrogen in a Cold Climate 

      Bechmann, Marianne; Bøe, Frederik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01-15)
      Most studies on the effects of tillage operations documented the effects of tillage on losses through surface runoff. On flat areas, the subsurface runoff is the dominating pathway for water, soil and nutrients. This study ...
    • Soil-Improving Cropping Systems for Sustainable and Profitable Farming in Europe 

      Hessel, Rudi; Wyseure, Guido; Panagea, Ioanna S.; Alaoui, Abdallah; Reed, Mark S.; van Delden, Hedwig; Muro, Melanie; Mills, Jane; Oenema, Oene; Areal, Francisco; van den Elsen, Erik; Verzandvoort, Simone; Assinck, Falentijn; Elsen, Annemie; Lipiec, Jerzy; Koutroulis, Aristeidis; O'Sullivan, Lilian; Bolinder, Martin A.; Fleskens, Luuk; Kandeler, Ellen; Montanarella, Luca; Heinen, Marius; Tóth, Zoltán; Hallama, Moritz; Cuevas, Julian; Baartman, Jantiene E. M.; Piccoli, Ilaria; Dalgaard, Tommy; Stolte, Jannes; Black, Jasmine E.; Chivers, Charlotte-Anne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05-25)
      Soils form the basis for agricultural production and other ecosystem services, and soil management should aim at improving their quality and resilience. Within the SoilCare project, the concept of soil-improving cropping ...
    • Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Atmospheric Deposition of Dissolved Organic Carbon 

      Liptzin, Daniel; Boy, Jens; Campbell, John L.; Clarke, Nicholas; Laclau, Jean-Paul; Godoy, Roberto; Johnson, Sherri L.; Kaiser, Klaus; Likens, Gene E.; Karlsson, Gunilla Pihl; Markewitz, Daniel; Rogora, Michela; Sebestyen, Stephen D.; Shanley, James B.; Vanguelova, Elena; Verstraeten, Arne; Wilcke, Wolfgang; Worrall, Fred; McDowell, William H. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-10-11)
      Atmospheric deposition of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to terrestrial ecosystems is a small, but rarely studied component of the global carbon (C) cycle. Emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and organic particulates ...
    • Spatial clustering by red deer and its relevance for management of chronic wasting disease 

      Mysterud, Atle; Skjelbostad, Isa Nergård; Rivrud, Inger Maren; Brekkum, Øystein; Meisingset, Erling L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-28)
      Herbivores like cervids usually graze on widely scattered forage, but anthropogenic food sources may cause spatial revisitation and aggregation, posing a risk for transmission of infectious diseases. In 2016, chronic wasting ...
    • Spatial Genetic Structure and Pathogenic Race Composition at the Field Scale in the Sunflower Downy Mildew Pathogen, Plasmopara halstedii 

      Elameen, Abdelhameed; de Labrouhe, Denis Tourvieille; Bret-Mestries, Emmanuelle; Delmotte, Francois (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-10-14)
      Yield losses in sunflower crops caused by Plasmopara halstedii can be up to 100%, depending on the cultivar susceptibility, environmental conditions, and virulence of the pathogen population. The aim of this study was to ...
    • Spatial mismatch between management units and movement ecology of a partially migratory ungulate 

      Meisingset, Erling L.; Loe, Leif Egil; Brekkum, Øystein; Bischof, Richard; Rivrud, Inger Maren; Lande, Unni Støbet; Zimmermann, Barbara; Veiberg, Vebjørn; Mysterud, Atle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-09-24)
      Population-level management is difficult to achieve if wildlife routinely crosses administrative boundaries, as is particularly frequent for migratory populations. However, the degree of mismatch between management units ...
    • Spatial patterns of phylogenetic and species diversity of fennoscandian vascular plants in protected areas 

      Matten, Damaris Marina; Mienna, Ida Marielle; Bieker, Vanessa Carina; Mishler, Brent D; Moen, Victoria Stornes; Nygård, Malene Østreng; Vuorinen, Katariina Elsa M; Bendiksby, Mika; Martin, Michael David; Speed, James David Mervyn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-09-15)
      Protected areas are one of the main strategic means for conserving biodiversity. Yet, the design of protected areas usually neglects phylogenetic diversity, an important diversity measure. In this paper we assess the ...
    • Spatio-temporal prediction of soil moisture and soil strength by depth-to-water maps 

      Schönauer, Marian; Väätäinen, Kari; Prinz, Robert; Lindeman, Harri; Pszenny, Dariusz; Jansen, Martin; Maack, Joachim; Talbot, Bruce; Astrup, Rasmus Andreas; Jaeger, Dirk (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11-16)
      The utilization of detailed digital terrain models entails an enhanced basis for supporting sustainable forest management, including the reduction of soil impacts through predictions of site trafficability during mechanized ...
    • Spatio-temporal prediction of soil moisture using soil maps, topographic indices and SMAP retrievals 

      Schönauer, Marian; Prinz, Robert; Väätäinen, Kari; Astrup, Rasmus Andreas; Pszenny, Dariusz; Lindeman, Harri; Jaeger, Dirk (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-02-23)
      Milder winters and extended wetter periods in spring and autumn limit the amount of time available for carrying out ground-based forest operations on soils with satisfactory bearing capacity. Thus, damage to soil in form ...
    • Spatiotemporal modulation of flavonoid metabolism in blueberries 

      Günther, Catrin Sonja; Dare, Andrew P.; McGhie, Tony K.; Deng, Cecilia; Lafferty, Declan J.; Plunkett, Blue J.; Grierson, Ella R.P.; Turner, Janice L.; Jaakola, Laura; Albert, Nick W.; Espley, Richard V. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-05-13)
      Blueberries are distinguished by their purple-blue fruit color, which develops during ripening and is derived from a characteristic composition of flavonoid-derived anthocyanin pigments. The production of anthocyanins is ...
    • Species Composition of Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Strawberry High Tunnels in Denmark 

      Nielsen, Helene; Sigsgaard, Lene; Kobro, Sverre; Jensen, Nauja L.; Jacobsen, Stine K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-02)
      Simple Summary: One of the main insect pests in protected strawberry production are thrips, but little is known about which species of thrips are present in the production system. In this study, we identified the thrips ...
    • Species selection in areas subjected to risk of root and butt rot: applying Precision forestry in Norway 

      Ferreira Aza, Ana Claudia; Kallio, Maarit; Pukkala, Timo; Hietala, Ari Mikko; Gobakken, Terje; Astrup, Rasmus Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-09-13)
      Norway’s most common tree species, Picea abies (L.) Karst. (Norway spruce), is often infected with Heterobasidion parviporum Niemelä & Korhonen and Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref.. Because Pinus sylvestris L. (Scots ...
    • Species stratification and weather conditions drive tree growth in Scots pine and Norway spruce mixed stands along Europe 

      Aldea, Jorge; Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo; del Río, Miren; Pretzsch, Hans; Heym, Michael; Brazaitis, Gediminas; Jansons, Aris; Metslaid, Marek; Barbeito, Ignacio; Bielak, Kamil; Granhus, Aksel; Holm, Stig-Olof; Nothdurft, Arne; Sitko, Roman; Löf, Magnus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-11-01)
      Mixed forests are suggested as a strategic adaptation of forest management to climate change. Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) are tree species of high economic and ecological ...
    • Species trait selection along a prescribed fire chronosequence 

      Bargmann, Tessa; Heegaard, Einar; Hatteland, Bjørn Arild; Chipperfield, Joseph; Grytnes, John-Arvid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      1. Fire is a widespread management practice used in the maintenance of European heathland. Frequent prescribed burns in small patches have been shown to benefit carabid communities; however, how fire favours specific ...
    • Species–area relationships in continuous vegetation: Evidence from Palaearctic grasslands 

      Dengler, Jürgen; Matthews, Thomas J.; Steinbauer, Manuel J.; Wolfrum, Sebastian; Boch, Steffen; Chiarucci, Alessandro; Conradi, Timo; Dembicz, Iwona; Marcenó, Corrado; García-Mijangos, Itziar; Nowak, Arkadiusz; Storch, David; Ulrich, Werner; Campos, Juan Antonio; Cancellieri, Laura; Carboni, Marta; Ciaschetti, Giampiero; De Frenne, Pieter; Doležal, Jiří; Dolnik, Christian; Essl, Franz; Fantinato, Edy; Filibeck, Goffredo; Grytnes, John-Arvid; Guarino, Riccardo; Güler, Behlül; Janišová, Monika; Klichowska, Ewelina; Kozub, Łukasz; Kuzemko, Anna; Manthey, Michael; Mimet, Anne; Naqinezhad, Alireza; Pedersen, Christian; Peet, Robert K.; Pellissier, Vincent; Pielech, Remigiusz; Potenza, Giovanna; Rosati, Leonardo; Terzi, Massimo; Valkó, Orsolya; Vynokurov, Denys; White, Hannah; Winkler, Manuela; Biurrun, Idoia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-19)
      Aim Species–area relationships (SARs) are fundamental scaling laws in ecology although their shape is still disputed. At larger areas, power laws best represent SARs. Yet, it remains unclear whether SARs follow other shapes ...
    • Specific PP2A catalytic subunits are a prerequisite for positive growth effects in arabidopsis co-cultivated with Azospirillum brasilense and pseudomonas simiae 

      Averkina, Irina Orestovna; Paponov, Ivan; Sanchez-Serrano, Jose J; Lillo, Cathrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12-30)
      Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) stimulate plant growth, but the underlying mechanism is poorly understood. In this study, we asked whether PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A (PP2A), a regulatory molecular component of ...
    • sPlotOpen – An environmentally-balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots 

      Sabatini, Francesco Maria; Lenoir, Jonathan; Hattab, Tarek; Arnst, Elise Aimee; Chytrý, Milan; Dengler, Jürgen; De Ruffray, Patrice; Hennekens, Stephan M.; Jandt, Ute; Jansen, Florian; Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja; Kattge, Jens; Levesley, Aurora; Pillar, Valério D.; Purschke, Oliver; Sandel, Brody; Sultana, Fahmida; Aavik, Tsipe; Aćić, Svetlana; Acosta, Alicia T.R.; Agrillo, Emiliano; Álvarez, Miguel; Apostolova, Iva; Khan, Mohammed A. S. Arfin; Arroyo, Luzmila; Attorre, Fabio; Aubin, Isabelle; Banerjee, Arindam; Bauters, Marijn; Bergeron, Yves; Bergmeier, Erwin; Biurrun, Idoia; Björkman, Anne D.; Bonari, Gianmaria; Bondareva, Viktoria; Brunet, Jörg; Čarni, Andraž; Casella, Laura; Cayuela, Luis; Cerny, Tomas; Chepinoga, Victor; Csiky, János; Ćušterevska, Renata; De Bie, Els; De Gasper, André Luis; De Sanctis, Michele; Dimopoulos, Panayotis; Dolezal, Jiri; Dziuba, Tetiana; El-Sheikh, Mohamed Abd El-Rouf Mousa; Enquist, Brian; Ewald, Jörg; Fazayeli, Farideh; Field, Richard; Finckh, Manfred; Gachet, Sophie; Galán-De-Mera, Antonio; Garbolino, Emmanuel; Gholizadeh, Hamid; Giorgis, Melisa; Golub, Valentin; Alsos, Inger Greve; Grytnes, John Arvid; Guerin, Gregory Richard; Gutiérrez, Alvaro G.; Haider, Sylvia; Hatim, Mohamed Z.; Herault, Bruno; Mendoza, Guillermo Hinojos; Holzel, Norbert; Homeier, Jürgen; Kącki, Zygmunt; Kapfer, Jutta; Karger, Dirk Nikolaus; Kavgaci, Ali; Kearsley, Elizabeth; Bruelheide, Helge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06-21)
      Motivation Assessing biodiversity status and trends in plant communities is critical for understanding, quantifying and predicting the effects of global change on ecosystems. Vegetation plots record the occurrence or ...