Saving our lowland peatlands
Lead Research Organisation:
Bangor University
Department Name: Sch of Environment and Natural Resources
Abstract
The studentship aims to understand the factors that will help promote soil retention and nitrogen use efficiency at Rosedene and Redmere. It will also support the NERC SEFLOS project. The specific aims are to (i) understand where the soil loss is happening in the soil profile so that mitigation measures can be targeted effectively, (ii) understand why soil loss rates appear to alter with crop type (i.e. which crops are worst and which are best), (iii) determine how plant residue management strategy influences the speed of peat loss, (iv) understand the role of the underlying clay in regulating peat loss in the degraded peats, (v) evaluate potential strategies to promote more efficient N cycling and retention (e.g. nitrification inhibitors), (vi) respond to requests from G's to investigate soil related issues or the trialling of new products.
People |
ORCID iD |
Davey Jones (Primary Supervisor) |
Publications
Wen Y
(2019)
Microbial utilization of low molecular weight organic carbon substrates in cultivated peats in response to warming and soil degradation
in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Wen Y
(2020)
Raising the groundwater table in the non-growing season can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and maintain crop productivity in cultivated fen peats
in Journal of Cleaner Production
Wen Y
(2021)
Livestock-induced N2O emissions may limit the benefits of converting cropland to grazed grassland as a greenhouse gas mitigation strategy for agricultural peatlands
in Resources, Conservation and Recycling
Freeman BWJ
(2022)
Responsible agriculture must adapt to the wetland character of mid-latitude peatlands.
in Global change biology
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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NE/R010218/1 | 30/09/2017 | 31/03/2024 | |||
1942893 | Studentship | NE/R010218/1 | 30/09/2017 | 30/05/2022 |