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Data and Code Release: Linking soil health, hydrology, and agroecosystem services through expert elicitation
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Abstract
Data and code associated with the manuscript, "Linking soil health, hydrology, and agroecosystem services through expert elicitation", by Sam Zipper et al.
Manuscript abstract:
Agricultural soil health management practices, such as cover cropping, reduced tillage, and diversified crop rotations, are becoming more widespread. However, reported effectiveness of these practices for achieving agroecosystem service goals such as enhancing crop yield and improving water quality has been mixed. Here, we conducted a survey of 386 researchers and practitioners with expertise in the North American agricultural systems, asking about both the impacts of soil health management practices on hydrology and the role of hydrological processes in mediating the impacts of different practices on agroecosystem services. We found that (in order of importance) cover crops, reduced tillage, and diverse crop rotations are generally perceived as the most important soil health practices with positive agronomic and environmental outcomes, but with significant regional variability Respondents generally (though not universally) agreed in direction with reported literature on the effects of these practices on outcomes like soil hydrological properties and yield, but survey responses had less variability than the literature. Hydrologic and landscape factors, especially soil texture and soil drainage status, were widely perceived as important controls over the ability of soil health practices to meet agroecosystem service goals. Additionally, respondents perceived that hydrologically-mediated impacts of soil health management on outcomes such as nutrient losses, irrigation requirements, and yield were more common than direct impacts of the practice alone. In sum, our results indicate that effective soil health management strategies should be driven by desired agroecosystem outcomes and hydrological, landscape, and soil conditions provide a lens to target and implement these practices.
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This resource was created using funding from the following sources:
| Agency Name | Award Title | Award Number |
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| Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research | Dairy Soil & Water Regeneration Project | DSnew-0000000011 |
| Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research | WCS-FARM | 22-000547 |
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