Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences: Recent submissions
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Urban foodscapes and greenspace design: Integrating grazing landscapes within multi-use urban parks
(Frontiers Media SA, 2021-03-25)Since the early 2000s an increasing number of planning and design projects, within the spatial design fields of landscape architecture and urban design, have focused on food landscapes and their re-integration into the ... -
A review of indirect N₂O emission factors from artificial agricultural waters
(IOP Publishing, 2021-04)Nitrous oxide (N₂O) produced from dissolved nitrogen (N) compounds in agricultural runoff water must be accounted for when reporting N₂O budgets from agricultural industries. Constructed ('artificial') water bodies within ... -
Protecting the unseen majority: Land cover and environmental factors linked with soil bacterial communities and functions in New Zealand
(New Zealand Ecological Society, 2021)The biodiversity in soil ecosystems is simultaneously incredibly rich and poorly described. In countries such as New Zealand, where high endemism in plant species emerged following extended geographical isolation, it is ... -
Transpiration rate of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) cultivars in drying soil
(Frontiers Media SA, 2021-03)Determining the performance of white clover cultivars under drought conditions is critical in dry climates. However, comparing the differences in cultivar performance requires equivalent soil water content for all plants, ... -
A taxonomically detailed and large-scale view of the factors affecting the distribution and abundance of tree species planted in private gardens of Christchurch city, New Zealand
(PeerJ, 2021-03-26)A city’s planted trees, the great majority of which are in private gardens, play a fundamental role in shaping a city’s wild ecology, ecosystem functioning, and ecosystem services. However, studying tree diversity across ...