Browsing by Author "Jones, Robert J. A."

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  • Climate change and land suitability for potato production in England and Wales: impacts and adaptation 
    Daccache, Andre; Keay, Caroline A.; Jones, Robert J. A.; Weatherhead, E. K.; Stalham, M. A.; Knox, Jerry W. (Cambridge University Press, 2012-04-01)
    The viability of commercial potato production is influenced by spatial and temporal variability in soils and agroclimate, and the availability of water resources where supplemental irrigation is required. Soil characteristics ...
  • The distribution of peatland in Europe. 
    Montanarella, Luca; Jones, Robert J. A.; Hiederer, Roland (Jointly by International Mire Conservation Group and International Peat Society, 2006)
    This paper derives the distribution of peatland in Europe as the extent of peat and peat-topped soils indicated by soil databases. The data sources were the 1:1,000,000 European Soil Database (v1.0) and a data set of organic ...
  • Estimating organic carbon in the soils of Europe for policy support. 
    Jones, Robert J. A.; Hiederer, Roland; Rusco, E.; Montanarella, Luca (Blackwell, 2005-10)
    The estimation of soil carbon content is of pressing concern for soil protection and in mitigation strategies for global warming. This paper describes the methodology developed and the results obtained in a study aimed at ...
  • The implications of a changing climate on agricultural land classification in England and Wales 
    Keay, C. A.; Jones, Robert J. A.; Hannam, Jacqueline A.; Barrie, I. A. (Cambridge University Press, 2012-10-30)
    The agricultural land classification (ALC) of England and Wales is a formal method of assessing the quality of agricultural land and guiding future land use. It assesses several soil, site and climate criteria and classifies ...
  • Modeling sediment yields in Italian catchments. 
    van Rompaey, Anton; Bazzoffi, Paolo; Jones, Robert J. A.; Montanarella, Luca (Elsevier, 2005-02-01)
    Sediment yield observations, derived from 40 long-term sedimentation records in Italian reservoirs, were used to calibrate and validate the spatially distributed sediment delivery model WaTEM/SEDEM using the best data ...
  • The PESERA coarse scale erosion model for Europe: I – Model rationale and implementation. 
    Kirkby, M. J.; Irvine, B.; Jones, Robert J. A.; Govers, G.; team, PESERA (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008-12)
    The principles and theoretical background are presented for a new process-based model (PESERA) that is designed to estimate long-term average erosion rates at 1 km resolution and has, to date, been applied to most of Europe. ...
  • Projected changes in mineral soil carbon of European forests, 1990–2100 
    Smith, Pete; Smith, Jo; Wattenbach, Martin; Meyer, Jeannette; Lindner, Marcus; Zaehle, Sönke; Hiederer, Roland; Jones, Robert J. A.; Montanarella, Luca; Rounsevell, Mark; Reginster, Isabelle; Kankaanpää, Susanna (Agricultural Institute of Canada, 2006)
    Forests are a major land use in Europe, and European forest soils contain about the same amount of carbon as is found in tree biomass. Changes in the size of the forest soil carbon pool could have significant impacts on ...
  • Soil Profile Analytical Database for Europe (SPADE): Reconstruction and Validation of the Measured Data (SPADE/M) 
    Hiederer, Roland; Jones, Robert J. A.; Daroussin, J. (Royal Danish Geographical Society, 2006)
    The Soil Profile Analytical Database of Europe of Measured profiles (SPADE/M) was created to provide a common structure for storing harmonized information on typical soil profile properties of European soils. The main ...
  • Subsoil Compaction: A hidden form of Soil Sealing in Europe 
    Jones, Robert J. A.; Montanarella, Luca (Joint Research Centre, 2001-06)
    There are two definitions of ‘soil sealing’: (I) ‘covering (sealing) the soil surface by impervious materials, e.g. concrete, metal, glass, tarmac and plastic’; and (II) ‘changing the nature of the soil such that it ...
  • Tolerable versus actual soil erosion rates in Europe 
    Verheijen, Frank G. A.; Jones, Robert J. A.; Rickson, R. Jane; Smith, C. J. (Elsevier, 2009-05)
    Erosion is a major threat to soil resources in Europe, and may impair their ability to deliver a range of ecosystem goods and services. This is reflected by the European Commission's Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection, ...
  • Towards a harmonisation of the soil map of Africa at the continental scale 
    Dewitte, Olivier; Jones, Arwyn; Spaargaren, Otto; Breuning-Madsen, Henrik; Brossard, Michel; Dampha, Almami; Deckers, Jozef; Gallali, Tahar; Hallett, Stephen H.; Jones, Robert J. A.; Kilasara, Method; LeRoux, Pieter; Michéli, Erika; Montanarella, Luca; Thiombiano, Lamourdia; van Ranst, Eric; Yemefack, Martin; Zougmore, Robert (Elsevier, 2013-12-31)
    In the context of major global environmental challenges such as food security, climate change, fresh water scarcity and biodiversity loss, the protection and the sustainable management of soil resources in Africa are of ...
  • Use of soil and climate data to assess the risk of agricultural drought for policy support in Europe. 
    Zdruli, Pandi; Jones, Robert J. A.; Montanarella, Luca (INRA / EDP Sciences, 2001-01)
    This paper describes the use of soil and climatic data for assessing the risk of drought in Europe. Soil moisture regimes are defined for soil classification purposes and these can be used to delineate areas with the same ...
  • Vulnerability of subsoils in Europe to compaction: a preliminary analysis. 
    Jones, Robert J. A.; Spoor, G.; Thomasson, A. J. (Elsevier, 2003-10)
    Identifying the vulnerability of subsoils to compaction damage is an increasingly important issue both in the planning and execution of farming operations and in planning environmental protection measures. Ideally, subsoil ...
  • Will European soil-monitoring networks be able to detect changes in topsoil organic carbon content? 
    Saby, N. P. A.; Bellamy, Patricia H.; Morvan, X.; Arrouays, D.; Jones, Robert J. A.; Verheijen, Frank G. A.; Kibblewhite, Mark G.; Verdoodt, A.; Üveges, J.; Freudenschuß, A.; Simota, C. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008-10-31)
    Within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, articles 3.3 and 3.4 stipulate that some voluntary activities leading to an additional carbon (C) sequestration in soils could be accounted as C sinks in ...