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Author Bonatti, M.; Schlindwein, S.L.; De Vasconcelos, A.C.F.; Sieber, S.; Agostini, L.R.D.; Lana, M.A.; Fantini, A.C.; Homem, L.H.I.; Canci, A. url  doi
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  Title (up) Social organization and agricultural strategies to face climate variability: a case study in Guaraciaba, southern Brazil Type Journal Article
  Year 2013 Publication Sustainable Agriculture Research Abbreviated Journal Sustainable Agriculture Research  
  Volume 2 Issue 3 Pages 118  
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  Abstract Climate scenarios and projections have suggested that the impacts of climate change on land use will be noticed particularly by the communities that depend on natural resources for their subsistence. The climate vulnerability of poor communities varies greatly, but in general, climate change combines with other threats and becomes superimposed on existing vulnerabilities. This paper presents a case study that strives to understand the social organization in a vulnerable community of Guaraciaba, in southern Brazil, to investigate aspects of an adaptation strategy to climate change based on the local development and conservation of landraces of a set of crop species. Landraces are varieties better adapted to adversities, especially drought, which is an important threat to the famers in the region. Every farmer receives annually a “kit of biodiversity”, a set of local varieties with the amount of seeds necessary to be cultivated in order to produce enough food for the family. The study had a qualitative approach and was carried out through semi-structured interviews with technicians and 30% of the rural families who farm with landraces. The study concludes that the factors that make this adaptation strategy sustainable are: the ability to undertake actions strongly based on local socio-cultural needs (a social support network), biodiversity management practices designed to reduce external economic dependence, self management of genetic resources, the establishment of priorities based on locally available resources, a work plan for community participation (field days, a community based festival), the establishment of the roles of community in the planning and implementation of programs for biodiversity management.  
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  ISSN 1927-0518 ISBN Medium Article  
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  Call Number MA @ admin @ Serial 4600  
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Author Nendel, C.; Thorburn, P.; Melzer, D.; Cerri, C.E.P.; Claessens, L.; Aggarwal, P.K.; Adam, M.; Angulo, C.; Asseng, S.; Baron, C.; Basso, B.; Bassu, S.; Bertuzzi, P.; Biernath, C.; Boogaard, H.; Boote, K.J.; Brisson, N.; Cammarano, D.; Conijn, S.; Corbeels, M.; Deryng, D.; Sanctis, G.D.; Doltra, J.; Durand, J.L.; Ewert, F.; Gayler, S.; Goldberg, R.; Grant, R.; Grassini, P.; Heng, L.; Hoek, S.B.; Hooker, J.A.U.-, L.A.H.; Ingwersen, J.; Izaurralde, C.; Jongschaap, R.; Kemanian, A.; Kersebaum, K.C.; Lizaso, J.; Makowski, D.; Martre, P.; Müller, C.; Kim, S.H.; Kumar, S.N.; O’Leary, G.; Olesen, J.E.; Osborne, T.; Palosuo, T.; Pravia, M.V.; Priesack, E.; Ripoche, D.A.U.-, R.P.R.; Sau, F.; Semenov, M.A.; Shcherbak, I.; Steduto, P.; Stöckle, C.; Stratonovitch, P.; Streck, T.; Supit, I.; Tao, F.L.; Teixeira, E.; Timlin, D.; Travasso, M.; Waha, K.; Wallach, D.; White, J.W.; Wolf, J. url  openurl
  Title (up) Soil nitrogen mineralisation simulated by crop models across different environments and the consequences for model improvement Type Conference Article
  Year 2016 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Berlin (Germany) Editor  
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  Area Expedition Conference International Crop Modelling Symposium iCROPM 2016, 2016-05-15 to 2016-05-17, Berlin, Germany  
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  Call Number MA @ admin @ Serial 4903  
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Author Patil, R.H.; Laegdsmand, M.; Olesen, J.E.; Porter, J.R. url  openurl
  Title (up) Soil temperature manipulation to study global warming effects in arable land: performance of buried heating-cable method Type Journal Article
  Year 2014 Publication Environment and Ecology Research Abbreviated Journal Environment and Ecology Research  
  Volume 1 Issue 4 Pages 196-204  
  Keywords Climate Change; Climate Manipulation; Soil Warming; Heating Cables; Soil Temperature; Agro-Ecosystems  
  Abstract Buried heating-cable method for manipulating soil temperature was designed and tested its performance in large concrete lysimeters grown with the wheat crop in Denmark. Soil temperature in heated plots was elevated by 5℃ compared with that in control by burying heating-cable at 0.1 m depth in a plough layer. Temperature sensors were placed at 0.05, 0.1 and 0.25 m depths in soil, and 0.1 m above the soil surface in all plots, which were connected to an automated data logger. Soil-warming setup was able to maintain a mean seasonal temperature difference of 5.0 ± 0.005℃ between heated and control plots at 0.1 m depth while the mean seasonal rise in soil temperature in the top 0.25 m depth (plough layer) was 3℃. Soil temperature in control plots froze (≤ 0℃) for 15 and 13 days respectively at 0.05 and 0.1 m depths while it did not in heated plots during the coldest period (Nov-Apr). This study clearly showed the efficacy of buried heating-cable technique in simulating soil temperature, and thus offers a simple, effective and alternative technique to study soil biogeochemical processes under warmer climates. This technique, however, decouples below-ground soil responses from that of above-ground vegetation response as this method heats only the soil. Therefore, using infrared heaters seems to represent natural climate warming (both air and soil) much more closely and may be used for future climate manipulation field studies.  
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Author Ghaley, B.B.; Porter, J.R.; Sandhu, H.S. url  doi
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  Title (up) Soil-based ecosystem services: a synthesis of nutrient cycling and carbon sequestration assessment methods Type Journal Article
  Year 2014 Publication International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management Abbreviated Journal International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management  
  Volume 10 Issue 3 Pages 177-186  
  Keywords ecosystem functions; litter decomposition; mineralisation; assessment methodologies; stoichiometry  
  Abstract Among the soil-based ecosystem services (ES), nutrient cycling and carbon sequestration have direct influence on the biogeochemical cycles and greenhouse gas emissions affecting provision of other ES that support human existence. We reviewed methods to assess the two key ES by identifying their strengths and weaknesses and have made suggestions for using appropriate methods for better understanding of the ecosystem functions for the provision of ES. Relevant papers for the review were chosen on the basis of (i) diversity of studies on the two key ES in different ecosystems, (ii) methodologies applied and (iii) detailed descriptions of the trial locations in terms of vegetation, soil type, location and climatic information. We concluded that (i) elemental stoichiometrical ratios could be a potential approach to assess the health of ecosystems in terms of provision of the two ES discussed, (ii) stoichiometric imbalances need to be avoided between the supply and the demand of the nutrients to maintain the ES provision in terrestrial ecosystems and (iii) stoichiometric ratios can act as a management tool at a field, farm and at landscape level, to complement other compositional biodiversity and functional diversity approaches to ensure sustainable provision of ES.  
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  ISSN 2151-3732 2151-3740 ISBN Medium Article  
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Author Kipling, P.; Saetnan, R.; van den Pol-van Dasselaar, A.; Scollan, N.D. openurl 
  Title (up) SOLID project workshop and annual meeting, MTT Finland Type Conference Article
  Year 2014 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
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  Area Expedition Conference Overview of LiveM, 2014-05-21 to 2014-05-23  
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  Call Number MA @ admin @ Serial 2536  
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