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The chaos in calibrating crop models: Lessons learned from a multi-model calibration exercise (2021)
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Wallach, D., Palosuo, T., Thorburn, P., Hochman, Z., Gourdain, E., Andrianasolo, F., …Seidel, S. J. (2021). The chaos in calibrating crop models: Lessons learned from a multi-model calibration exercise. Environmental Modelling and Software, 145, Article 105206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105206

Calibration, the estimation of model parameters based on fitting the model to experimental data, is among the first steps in many applications of process-based models and has an important impact on simulated values. We propose a novel method of devel... Read More about The chaos in calibrating crop models: Lessons learned from a multi-model calibration exercise.

Correction to: Assessment of potentially toxic elements in vegetables cultivated in urban and peri-urban sites in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and implications for human health (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, (2020), 42, 5, (1359-1385), 10.1007/s10653-019-00426-z) (2021)
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Hawrami, K. A. M., Crout, N. M., Shaw, G., & Bailey, E. H. (2021). Correction to: Assessment of potentially toxic elements in vegetables cultivated in urban and peri-urban sites in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and implications for human health (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, (2020), 42, 5, (1359-1385), 10.1007/s10653-019-00426-z). Environmental Geochemistry and Health, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-021-00851-z

In the original publication of the article, the affiliation of the first author. ‘‘Karzan A. M. Hawrami’’ was incorrectly published as ‘‘Sulaymaniyah Polytechnic University, Technical Institute of Halabja, Zamaqi, Halabja, Iraq’’. The correct affilia... Read More about Correction to: Assessment of potentially toxic elements in vegetables cultivated in urban and peri-urban sites in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and implications for human health (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, (2020), 42, 5, (1359-1385), 10.1007/s10653-019-00426-z).

Multi-model evaluation of phenology prediction for wheat in Australia (2021)
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Wallach, D., Palosuo, T., Thorburn, P., Hochman, Z., Andrianasolo, F., Asseng, S., …Seidel, S. J. (2021). Multi-model evaluation of phenology prediction for wheat in Australia. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 298-299, Article 108289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108289

© 2020 Predicting wheat phenology is important for cultivar selection, for effective crop management and provides a baseline for evaluating the effects of global change. Evaluating how well crop phenology can be predicted is therefore of major intere... Read More about Multi-model evaluation of phenology prediction for wheat in Australia.

Author Correction: Greenhouse gas emissions resulting from conversion of peat swamp forest to oil palm plantation (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (407), 10.1038/s41467-020-14298-w) (2020)
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Cooper, H. V., Evers, S., Aplin, P., Crout, N., Bin Dahalan, M. P., & Sjogersten, S. (2020). Author Correction: Greenhouse gas emissions resulting from conversion of peat swamp forest to oil palm plantation (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (407), 10.1038/s41467-020-14298-w). Nature Communications, 11, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15178-z

The original version of this article contained an error in Fig. 2a, in which additional tick marks were added to the y-axis. This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the article.

The impact of long-term biosolids application (>100 years) on soil metal dynamics (2020)
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Mossa, A. W., Bailey, E. H., Usman, A., Young, S. D., & Crout, N. M. (2020). The impact of long-term biosolids application (>100 years) on soil metal dynamics. Science of the Total Environment, 720, Article 137441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137441

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Biosolids application to arable land is a common, and cost-effective, practice but the impact of prolonged disposal remains uncertain. We evaluated the dynamics of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) at a long-established ‘dedicate... Read More about The impact of long-term biosolids application (>100 years) on soil metal dynamics.

Using chemical fractionation and speciation to describe uptake of technetium, iodine and selenium by Agrostis capillaris and Lolium perenne (2019)
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Wang, J., Bailey, E. H., Sanders, H. K., Izquierdo, M., Crout, N. M., Shaw, G., …Young, S. D. (2020). Using chemical fractionation and speciation to describe uptake of technetium, iodine and selenium by Agrostis capillaris and Lolium perenne. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 212, Article 106131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2019.106131

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd To understand the dynamic mechanisms governing soil-to-plant transfer of selenium (Se), technetium-99 (99Tc) and iodine (I), a pot experiment was undertaken using 30 contrasting soils after spiking with 77Se, 99Tc and 129I, and in... Read More about Using chemical fractionation and speciation to describe uptake of technetium, iodine and selenium by Agrostis capillaris and Lolium perenne.

Kinetics of 99Tc speciation in aerobic soils (2019)
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Izquierdo, M., Bailey, E. H., Crout, N. M., Sanders, H. K., Young, S. D., & Shaw, G. G. (2020). Kinetics of 99Tc speciation in aerobic soils. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 388, Article 121762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121762

© 2019 The Authors Technetium-99 is a significant and long-lived component of spent nuclear fuel relevant to long-term assessments of radioactive waste disposal. Whilst 99Tc behaviour in poorly aerated environments is well known, the long-term bioava... Read More about Kinetics of 99Tc speciation in aerobic soils.

Zinc uptake and phyto-toxicity: Comparing intensity- and capacity-based drivers (2019)
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Mossa, A., Young, S. D., & Crout, N. M. (2020). Zinc uptake and phyto-toxicity: Comparing intensity- and capacity-based drivers. Science of the Total Environment, 699, Article 134314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134314

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Metal bioavailability and phytotoxicity may be exaggerated when derived from studies based on amending soils with soluble metal salts. It is therefore important to evaluate soil tests for their consistency in estimating plant upt... Read More about Zinc uptake and phyto-toxicity: Comparing intensity- and capacity-based drivers.

Analysis of 129I and 127I in soils of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, 29 years after the deposition of 129I (2019)
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Shaw, G., Bailey, E., Crout, N., Field, L., Freeman, S., Gaschak, S., …Young, S. (2019). Analysis of 129I and 127I in soils of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, 29 years after the deposition of 129I. Science of the Total Environment, 692, 966-974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.319

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) represents a unique natural laboratory that received significant 129I contamination across a range of soils and land-use types in a short time period in 1986. Data are presented on 129I and 127I in soil samples coll... Read More about Analysis of 129I and 127I in soils of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, 29 years after the deposition of 129I.

Nuclear weapons fallout 137Cs in temperate and tropical pine forest soils, 50 years post-deposition (2019)
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Itthipoonthanakorn, T., Dann, S., Crout, N., & Shaw, G. (2019). Nuclear weapons fallout 137Cs in temperate and tropical pine forest soils, 50 years post-deposition. Science of the Total Environment, 660, 807-816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.073

Following nuclear releases to the environment, 137Cs (half-life 30 years) is a long-term contaminant of many ecosystems, including forests. We recently sampled soils under pine forests in temperate and tropical climates to test the hypothesis that mi... Read More about Nuclear weapons fallout 137Cs in temperate and tropical pine forest soils, 50 years post-deposition.

Changes in CO2 during ocean anoxic event 1d indicate similarities to other carbon cycle perturbations (2018)
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Richey, J. D., Upchurch, G., Montañez, I. P., Lomax, B. H., Suarez, M. B., Crout, N. M., …Smith, J. J. (2018). Changes in CO2 during ocean anoxic event 1d indicate similarities to other carbon cycle perturbations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 491, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.03.035

Past greenhouse intervals of the Mesozoic were repeatedly punctuated by Ocean Anoxic Events (OAEs), major perturbations to the global carbon cycle and abrupt climate changes that may serve as relevant analogs for Earth’s greenhouse gas-forced climate... Read More about Changes in CO2 during ocean anoxic event 1d indicate similarities to other carbon cycle perturbations.

Effects of incubation time and filtration method on Kd of indigenous selenium and iodine in temperate soils (2017)
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Al Mahayni, T., Bailey, E. H., Crout, N. M., & Shaw, G. (2017). Effects of incubation time and filtration method on Kd of indigenous selenium and iodine in temperate soils. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 177, 84-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.06.004

In this study, the effects of incubation time and the method of soil solution extraction and filtration on the empirical distribution coefficient (Kd) obtained by de-sorbing indigenous selenium (Se) and iodine (I) from arable and woodland soils under... Read More about Effects of incubation time and filtration method on Kd of indigenous selenium and iodine in temperate soils.

Historical trends in iodine and selenium in soil and herbage at the Park Grass experiment, Rothamsted Research, UK (2017)
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Bowley, H. E., Mathers, A. W., Young, S. D., MacDonald, A. J., Ander, E. L., Watts, M. J., …Bailey, E. H. (2017). Historical trends in iodine and selenium in soil and herbage at the Park Grass experiment, Rothamsted Research, UK. Soil Use and Management, 33(2), 252-262. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12343

Long term trends in iodine and selenium retention in soil, and uptake by herbage, were investigated in archived samples from the Park Grass Experiment, initiated in 1856 at Rothamsted, UK. Soil (0-23 cm) and herbage samples from plots receiving vario... Read More about Historical trends in iodine and selenium in soil and herbage at the Park Grass experiment, Rothamsted Research, UK.

The response of soil microbial diversity and abundance to long-term application of biosolids (2017)
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Mossa, A., Dickinson, M. J., West, H. M., Young, S. D., & Crout, N. M. (2017). The response of soil microbial diversity and abundance to long-term application of biosolids. Environmental Pollution, 224, 16-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.02.056

The disposal of biosolids poses a major environmental and economic problem. Agricultural use is generally regarded as the best means of disposal. However, its impact on soil ecosystems remains uncertain. Biosolids can improve soil properties by suppl... Read More about The response of soil microbial diversity and abundance to long-term application of biosolids.

Derivation of irrigation requirements for radiological impact assessments (2016)
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Almahayni, T., & Crout, N. M. (2016). Derivation of irrigation requirements for radiological impact assessments. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 164, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.06.022

When assessing the radiological impacts of radioactive waste disposal, irrigation using groundwater contaminated with releases from the disposal system is a principal means of crop and soil contamination. In spite of their importance for radiological... Read More about Derivation of irrigation requirements for radiological impact assessments.

Iodine binding to humic acid (2016)
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Bowley, H. E., Young, S. D., Ander, E. L., Crout, N. J., Watts, M. J., & Bailey, E. H. (2016). Iodine binding to humic acid. Chemosphere, 157, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.05.028

The rate of reactions between humic acid (HA) and iodide (I-) and iodate (IO3-) have been investigated in suspensions spiked with 129I at concentrations of 22, 44 and 88 µg L-1 and stored at 10oC. Changes in the speciation of 129I-, 129IO3- and mixe... Read More about Iodine binding to humic acid.

Zinc solubility and fractionation in cultivated calcareous soils irrigated with wastewater (2015)
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Nazif, W., Marzouk, E. R., Perveen, S., Crout, N. M., & Young, S. D. (2015). Zinc solubility and fractionation in cultivated calcareous soils irrigated with wastewater. Science of the Total Environment, 518-519, 310-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.016

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. The solubility, lability and fractionation of zinc in a range of calcareous soils from Peshawar, Pakistan were studied (18 topsoils and 18 subsoils). The lability (E-value) of Zn was assessed as the fraction isotopically exchange... Read More about Zinc solubility and fractionation in cultivated calcareous soils irrigated with wastewater.

Assessing the influence of the rhizosphere on soil hydraulic properties using X-ray computed tomography and numerical modelling (2015)
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Daly, K. R., Mooney, S. J., Bennett, M. J., Crout, N. M., Roose, T., & Tracy, S. R. (2015). Assessing the influence of the rhizosphere on soil hydraulic properties using X-ray computed tomography and numerical modelling. Journal of Experimental Botany, 66(8), 2305-2314. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eru509

© 2015 © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology. Understanding the dynamics of water distribution in soil is crucial for enhancing our knowledge of managing soil and water resources. Th... Read More about Assessing the influence of the rhizosphere on soil hydraulic properties using X-ray computed tomography and numerical modelling.

Three-dimensional quantification of soil hydraulic properties using X-ray Computed Tomography and image-based modeling (2015)
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Tracy, S. R., Daly, K. R., Sturrock, C. J., Mooney, S. J., Crout, N. M., & Roose, T. (2015). Three-dimensional quantification of soil hydraulic properties using X-ray Computed Tomography and image-based modeling. Water Resources Research, 51(2), 1006-1022. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014WR016020

We demonstrate the application of a high-resolution X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) method to quantify water distribution in soil pores under successive reductive drying. We focus on the wet end of the water release characteristic (WRC) (0 to ?75 kPa)... Read More about Three-dimensional quantification of soil hydraulic properties using X-ray Computed Tomography and image-based modeling.

An objective approach to model reduction: Application to the Sirius wheat model (2014)
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Craigon, J., Cox, G., Crout, N., Jao, Y., Tarsitano, D., Wood, A., & Semenov, M. (2014). An objective approach to model reduction: Application to the Sirius wheat model. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 189-190(100), 211-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.01.010

An existing simulation model of wheat growth and development, Sirius, was evaluated through a systematic model reduction procedure. The model was automatically manipulated under software control to replace variables within the model structure with co... Read More about An objective approach to model reduction: Application to the Sirius wheat model.