Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Papers
(The H4-Index of Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment is 48. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
Managing riparian buffer strips to optimise ecosystem services: A review135
Spread and impact of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith) in maize production areas of Kenya134
Agroforestry boosts soil health in the humid and sub-humid tropics: A meta-analysis113
Effect of biochar and compost on soil properties and organic matter in aggregate size fractions under field conditions112
Ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions from slurry storage - A review110
Carbon-nitrogen isotope coupling of soil organic matter in a karst region under land use change, Southwest China108
Agroforestry systems can mitigate the impacts of climate change on coffee production: A spatially explicit assessment in Brazil104
Residues of currently used pesticides in soils and earthworms: A silent threat?78
Accumulation of organic carbon in various soil aggregate sizes under different land use systems in a semi-arid environment78
Spatial scale effects of the variable relationships between landscape pattern and water quality: Example from an agricultural karst river basin, Southwestern China75
Worldwide importance of insect pollination in apple orchards: A review75
Microbial carbon use efficiency, biomass turnover, and necromass accumulation in paddy soil depending on fertilization75
Ecological network construction of the heterogeneous agro-pastoral areas in the upper Yellow River basin73
Contrasting effects of straw and straw-derived biochar applications on soil carbon accumulation and nitrogen use efficiency in double-rice cropping systems73
Biochar and vermicompost improve the soil properties and the yield and quality of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) grown in plastic shed soil continuously cropped for different years73
Traditional dry soil layer index method overestimates soil desiccation severity following conversion of cropland into forest and grassland on China’s Loess Plateau71
Global trends in the number and diversity of managed pollinator species69
Soil organic carbon is affected by organic amendments, conservation tillage, and cover cropping in organic farming systems: A meta-analysis68
Permanent grasslands in Europe: Land use change and intensification decrease their multifunctionality67
Rainfall driven nitrate transport in agricultural karst surface river system: Insight from high resolution hydrochemistry and nitrate isotopes67
The effects of biodegradable and plastic film mulching on nitrogen uptake, distribution, and leaching in a drip-irrigated sandy field64
Application of systematic strategy for agricultural non-point source pollution control in Yangtze River basin, China63
Water sources for root water uptake: Using stable isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen as a research tool in agricultural and agroforestry systems63
Global meta-analyses show that conservation tillage practices promote soil fungal and bacterial biomass62
Conservation agriculture as a promising trade-off between conventional and organic agriculture in bundling ecosystem services62
Rhizosphere effects promote soil aggregate stability and associated organic carbon sequestration in rocky areas of desertification61
Agricultural land use and management weaken the soil erosion induced by extreme rainstorms60
May conservation tillage enhance soil C and N accumulation without decreasing yield in intensive irrigated croplands? Results from an eight-year maize monoculture56
Biochar alters soil microbial communities and potential functions 3–4 years after amendment in a double rice cropping system56
Landscape crop diversity and semi-natural habitat affect crop pollinators, pollination benefit and yield56
Multiple long-term observations reveal a strategy for soil pH-dependent fertilization and fungal communities in support of agricultural production56
Biochar application increased methane emission, soil carbon storage and net ecosystem carbon budget in a 2-year vegetable–rice rotation55
Effect of N stabilizers on fertilizer-N fate in the soil-crop system: A meta-analysis55
No-tillage with mulching improves maize yield in dryland farming through regulating soil temperature, water and nitrate-N55
Effect of chemical fertilizer and straw-derived organic amendments on continuous maize yield, soil carbon sequestration and soil quality in a Chinese Mollisol55
Changes in ecosystem service values in karst areas of China55
Effects of agricultural alkaline substances on reducing the rainwater acidification: Insight from chemical compositions and calcium isotopes in a karst forests area54
Agricultural and urban delivered nitrate pollution input to Mediterranean temporary freshwaters52
Manure application increases microbiome complexity in soil aggregate fractions: Results of an 18-year field experiment52
A global meta-analysis of grazing effects on plant richness51
Effects of agricultural activities coupled with karst structures on riverine biogeochemical cycles and environmental quality in the karst region51
Effects of long-term no tillage and straw return on greenhouse gas emissions and crop yields from a rice-wheat system in central China50
Effect of grazing exclusion on nitrous oxide emissions during freeze-thaw cycles in a typical steppe of Inner Mongolia50
Impacts of agronomic measures on crop, soil, and environmental indicators: A review and synthesis of meta-analysis50
Reducing ammonia volatilization and increasing nitrogen use efficiency in machine-transplanted rice with side-deep fertilization in a double-cropping rice system in Southern China50
Comprehensive assessment of the effects of nitrification inhibitor application on reactive nitrogen loss in intensive vegetable production systems50
Rainfall intensification increases nitrate leaching from tilled but not no-till cropping systems in the U.S. Midwest49
Soil organic carbon sequestration in temperate agroforestry systems – A meta-analysis49
Karst ecosystem and environment: Characteristics, evolution processes, and sustainable development48
Soil carbon storage and mineralization rates are affected by carbon inputs rather than physical disturbance: Evidence from a 47-year tillage experiment48
Intercropping increases soil extracellular enzyme activity: A meta-analysis48
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