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Optimizing land use for the delivery of catchment ecosystem services
(The Ecological Society of America, 2016-08)
© The Ecological Society of America. Despite widespread implementation of best management practices, sustainable farming is neither practical nor possible in certain locations, where protecting water quality and promoting ...
The land use suitability concept: Introduction and an application of the concept to inform sustainable productivity within environmental constraints
(Elsevier, 2018-08)
The Land Use Suitability (LUS) concept informs decision-making by providing stakeholders with integrated information about the economic, environmental, social and cultural consequences of land use choices. This paper ...
A strategy for optimizing catchment management actions to stressor–response relationships in freshwaters
(Wiley on behalf of the Ecological Society of America, 2018-10)
A myriad of management actions can be applied to reduce anthropogenic pressures on aquatic environments. Appropriate management actions, whether they be mitigations of contaminant transfer to receiving environments or ...
The ability to reduce soil legacy phosphorus at a country scale
(Frontiers Media SA, 2020-01)
The build-up of soil phosphorus (P) beyond plant requirements can lead to a long-term legacy of P losses that could impair surface water quality. Using a database of ∼4,50,000 samples collected from 2001–2015 we report the ...
Preliminary study of the potential for phosphorus loss with the development of organic soils
(Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre, 2013)
Organic Soils (organic matter concentration > 30%) cover 200,000 ha in New Zealand, of which around 67,000 ha have been converted for intensive land use (viz. dairy). However, Organic Soils have a number of properties that ...
Direct exports of phosphorus from fertilizers applied to grazed pastures
(Crop Science Society of America with the American Society of Agronomy and the Soil Science Society of America, 2019-08-21)
Since its discovery in 1669, phosphorus (P) in the form of fertilizer has become an essential input for many agroecosystems. By introducing a concentrated P source, fertilizers increase short-term P export potential soon ...
Why are median phosphorus concentrations improving in New Zealand streams and rivers?
(Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2019)
The enrichment of phosphorus (P) in streams and rivers can impair water quality, but concentrations have decreased. We found little evidence that this improvement was caused by a decrease in soil Olsen P concentrations or ...
The efficacy of good practice to prevent long-term leaching losses of phosphorus from an irrigated dairy farm
(Elsevier, 2019-03-01)
Phosphorus (P) can be leached from intensive land uses, including grazed dairy farming. There is some evidence to suggest that P-leaching can enrich groundwater, especially where fertiliser or farm dairy effluent P (FDE) ...
The mitigation of phosphorus losses from a water-repellent soil used for grazed dairy farming
(Elsevier, 2020-03-15)
Phosphorus (P) losses via surface runoff can be large. Soil water repellency (SWR) occurs in warm and dry conditions. If SWR coincides with P fertiliser applications, the risk of P loss by surface runoff may increase. ...
Using organic phosphorus to sustain pasture productivity: A perspective
(Elsevier, 2014-06)
Organic phosphorus (P) in grazed pastures/grasslands could sustain production systems that historically relied on inorganic P fertiliser. Interactions between inorganic P, plants and soils have been studied extensively. ...