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Lancaster PA, Tang M, Presley D, Fick W, Doro L, Pendell D, Ahlers A, Ricketts A. 192 Outcomes of Simulated Combinations of Rangeland Management Scenarios on Soil and Nutrient Processes. J Anim Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/jas/skac247.170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The relationships among rangeland management practices and ecosystem on soil and nutrient processes are complex. Simulation models can provide valuable insight into this complexity to guide future research and management decisions for sustainable grazing systems. The objective of this analysis was to evaluate the combinations of grazing management (continuous vs. rotational), stocking rate (low, moderate, or high), and burning (none vs. annual spring burn) on soil erosion, nutrient losses, and carbon sequestration. Soil, weather, and forage species data were collected for 3 locations in the Central Great Plains (Konza Prairie Biological Station, Kansas; Agricultural Research Center-Hays, Kansas; Central Plains Experimental Range, Wyoming). These data were used to simulate combinations of rangeland management scenarios using the Agricultural Policy/Environmental eXtender (APEX) model. A stocker cattle operation was simulated at Hays, Kansas and Wyoming locations, and a cow-calf operation at Konza, Kansas location. Burning increased soil loss from water erosion regardless of stocking rate or grazing management. Rotational grazing increased soil loss at the Kansas locations, but decreased soil loss at Wyoming compared with continuous grazing. Stocking rate had little effect on nitrogen losses, but rotational grazing decreased nitrogen loss compared with continuous grazing. Greater stocking rates slightly decreased phosphorus losses with continuous grazing, but not rotational grazing. Burning decreased phosphorus losses with continuous grazing at Konza, but not the other locations. Greater stocking rates decreased the deposition of soil organic carbon especially with continuous grazing, and burning resulted in losses of soil organic carbon at Konza and Wyoming. In conclusion, rangeland management practices differentially affect nutrient processes among ecosystems such that a one-size-fits-all management scheme will not maximize retention of all nutrients in all ecosystems.
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Albanito F, McBey D, Harrison M, Smith P, Ehrhardt F, Bhatia A, Bellocchi G, Brilli L, Carozzi M, Christie K, Doltra J, Dorich C, Doro L, Grace P, Grant B, Léonard J, Liebig M, Ludemann C, Martin R, Meier E, Meyer R, De Antoni Migliorati M, Myrgiotis V, Recous S, Sándor R, Snow V, Soussana JF, Smith WN, Fitton N. How Modelers Model: the Overlooked Social and Human Dimensions in Model Intercomparison Studies. Environ Sci Technol 2022; 56:13485-13498. [PMID: 36052879 PMCID: PMC9494747 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c02023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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There is a growing realization that the complexity of model ensemble studies depends not only on the models used but also on the experience and approach used by modelers to calibrate and validate results, which remain a source of uncertainty. Here, we applied a multi-criteria decision-making method to investigate the rationale applied by modelers in a model ensemble study where 12 process-based different biogeochemical model types were compared across five successive calibration stages. The modelers shared a common level of agreement about the importance of the variables used to initialize their models for calibration. However, we found inconsistency among modelers when judging the importance of input variables across different calibration stages. The level of subjective weighting attributed by modelers to calibration data decreased sequentially as the extent and number of variables provided increased. In this context, the perceived importance attributed to variables such as the fertilization rate, irrigation regime, soil texture, pH, and initial levels of soil organic carbon and nitrogen stocks was statistically different when classified according to model types. The importance attributed to input variables such as experimental duration, gross primary production, and net ecosystem exchange varied significantly according to the length of the modeler's experience. We argue that the gradual access to input data across the five calibration stages negatively influenced the consistency of the interpretations made by the modelers, with cognitive bias in "trial-and-error" calibration routines. Our study highlights that overlooking human and social attributes is critical in the outcomes of modeling and model intercomparison studies. While complexity of the processes captured in the model algorithms and parameterization is important, we contend that (1) the modeler's assumptions on the extent to which parameters should be altered and (2) modeler perceptions of the importance of model parameters are just as critical in obtaining a quality model calibration as numerical or analytical details.
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- Fabrizio Albanito
- Institute
of Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Biological Science, University of Aberdeen, 23 Street Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, U.K.
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- Institute
of Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Biological Science, University of Aberdeen, 23 Street Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, U.K.
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- Tasmanian
Institute of Agriculture, University of
Tasmania, Newnham Drive, Launceston, Tasmania 7248, Australia
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- Institute
of Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Biological Science, University of Aberdeen, 23 Street Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, U.K.
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- INRAE,
CODIR, Paris 75007, France
- RITTMO
AgroEnvironnement, Colmar 68000, France
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- ICAR-Indian
Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Université
Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UREP, Clermont-Ferrand 63000, France
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- CNR-IBE,
National Research Council Institute for the BioEconomy, Via Caproni 8, Florence 50145, Italy
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- UMR
ECOSYS, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Thiverval-Grignon 78850, France
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- Tasmanian
Institute of Agriculture, University of
Tasmania, 16-20 Mooreville Road, Burnie, Tasmania 7320, Australia
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- Sustainable
Field Crops Programme, Institute of Agrifood
Research and Technology (IRTA) Mas Badia, La Tallada d’Empordà, Girona 17134, Spain
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- Natural
Resource Ecology Lab, Colorado
State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, United States
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- Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Blackland
Research and Extension Center, Temple, Texas 76502, United States
- Desertification Research Centre, University
of Sassari, Sassari 07100, Italy
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- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia
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- Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada
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- BioEcoAgro
Joint Research Unit, INRAE, Barenton-Bugny 02000, France
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- USDA-ARS Northern Great Plains Research
Laboratory, P.O. Box 459, Mandan, North Dakota 58554, United States
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- Université
Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UREP, Clermont-Ferrand 63000, France
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- CSIRO Agriculture
and Food, St
Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia
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- Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural
Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia
- Department of Environment and Science, Dutton Park, Queensland 4102, Australia
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- Université
de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, INRAE, FARE Laboratory, Reims 51100, France
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research,
ELKH, Martonvásár 2462, Hungary
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- AgResearch, P.O. Box 4749, Christchurch 8140, New
Zealand
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- Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Institute
of Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Biological Science, University of Aberdeen, 23 Street Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, U.K.
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Doro L, Bonvicini B, Beccegato E, Terranova C. Lying on the Road Before Being Run Over: Vehicular Manslaughter, Suicide, or Accident? Two Case Reports and Literature Review. J Forensic Sci 2020; 65:2170-2173. [PMID: 32602997 DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.14500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We present two apparent hit-and-run cases where two women were run over. The vehicles involved were subsequently traced and their owners charged with manslaughter. Autopsy evidence, scientific investigation of the scene and circumstances of the deaths, technical inspection of the vehicles, and DNA analysis strongly suggested that both victims were lying on the road before the accident. Case 1 was a suicide. In Case 2, the victim had fallen to the ground following acute alcohol intoxication. Victimological analysis was pivotal in reconstructing the dynamics of the events. We suggest that a hit-and-run fatality should not be regarded as a manslaughter case until each piece of evidence has been carefully considered. We also propose an interdisciplinary method of reconstructing run over occurrences based on the following three steps: (i) identify whether there was a primary impact when the victim was in an upright position; (ii) identify victim drug/alcohol intoxication and/or presence of acute or chronic disease or injury, which may have contributed to the impact; and (iii) consider suicide intent.
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- Luca Doro
- Legal Medicine and Toxicology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, via G. Falloppio n.50, Padova, 35121, Italy
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- Legal Medicine and Toxicology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, via G. Falloppio n.50, Padova, 35121, Italy
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- Legal Medicine and Toxicology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, via G. Falloppio n.50, Padova, 35121, Italy
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- Legal Medicine and Toxicology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, via G. Falloppio n.50, Padova, 35121, Italy
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Terranova C, Doro L, Zancaner S, Zampini T, Mazzarolo C, Bonvicini B, Viero A, Montisci M. Criminological and Medico-legal Aspects in Homicidal and Suicidal Sharp Force Fatalities. J Forensic Sci 2020; 65:1184-1190. [PMID: 32004388 DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.14285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2019] [Revised: 01/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The interpretation of sharp force fatality dynamics may be difficult in some cases, but a contribution to analysis of the phenomenon may be provided by case studies. Therefore, the purpose of our study is focused on identifying, in observed sharp force fatalities, reliable parameters that can differentiate a homicidal and suicidal manner of death, with particular reference to criminological parameters. Data derived from sharp force fatality cases in Padua and Venice from 1997 to 2019, anonymized and collected in Excel, included personal, circumstantial, clinical, and psychopathological-criminological data, as well as crime scene investigation, necroscopic, and toxicological data. Statistical analyses were performed using chi-square and Wilcoxon rank-sum tests. Possible predictors of homicide were analyzed by logistic regression. Six parameters (bloodstains distant from the body, clothing lacerations, hesitation/defense wounds, number of injuries, and potential motives) were significantly different in the two groups (p < 0.05). An independent statistical association between potential motives explaining the crime (p < 0.001; OR 27.533) and homicide on multiple logistic regression analysis was highlighted. The absence of clothing lacerations was inversely related to homicide (p = 0.002, OR 0.092). To the best of our knowledge, this is one of very few Italian studies concerning the differential diagnosis between homicidal and suicidal sharp force fatalities. The dynamics of the event is established in most cases by the integrated evaluation of data from crime scene investigation and the autopsy. Nevertheless, in an atypical scenario, a psychopathological-criminological analysis may provide essential elements, and particular attention should be given to the identification of potential explanatory motives.
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- Claudio Terranova
- Legal Medicine and Toxicology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Via G. Falloppio n.50, Padova, 35121, Italy
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- Legal Medicine and Toxicology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Via G. Falloppio n.50, Padova, 35121, Italy
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- Legal Medicine, ULSS 3 Serenissima, Venice Piazzale S. Lorenzo Giustiniani, 11/d, Mestre (Venice), 30174, Italy
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- Legal Medicine and Toxicology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Via G. Falloppio n.50, Padova, 35121, Italy
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- Legal Medicine, ULSS 3 Serenissima, Venice Piazzale S. Lorenzo Giustiniani, 11/d, Mestre (Venice), 30174, Italy
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- Legal Medicine and Toxicology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Via G. Falloppio n.50, Padova, 35121, Italy
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- Legal Medicine and Toxicology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Via G. Falloppio n.50, Padova, 35121, Italy
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- Legal Medicine and Toxicology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Via G. Falloppio n.50, Padova, 35121, Italy
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Ehrhardt F, Soussana JF, Bellocchi G, Grace P, McAuliffe R, Recous S, Sándor R, Smith P, Snow V, de Antoni Migliorati M, Basso B, Bhatia A, Brilli L, Doltra J, Dorich CD, Doro L, Fitton N, Giacomini SJ, Grant B, Harrison MT, Jones SK, Kirschbaum MUF, Klumpp K, Laville P, Léonard J, Liebig M, Lieffering M, Martin R, Massad RS, Meier E, Merbold L, Moore AD, Myrgiotis V, Newton P, Pattey E, Rolinski S, Sharp J, Smith WN, Wu L, Zhang Q. Assessing uncertainties in crop and pasture ensemble model simulations of productivity and N 2 O emissions. Glob Chang Biol 2018; 24:e603-e616. [PMID: 29080301 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Revised: 10/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Simulation models are extensively used to predict agricultural productivity and greenhouse gas emissions. However, the uncertainties of (reduced) model ensemble simulations have not been assessed systematically for variables affecting food security and climate change mitigation, within multi-species agricultural contexts. We report an international model comparison and benchmarking exercise, showing the potential of multi-model ensembles to predict productivity and nitrous oxide (N2 O) emissions for wheat, maize, rice and temperate grasslands. Using a multi-stage modelling protocol, from blind simulations (stage 1) to partial (stages 2-4) and full calibration (stage 5), 24 process-based biogeochemical models were assessed individually or as an ensemble against long-term experimental data from four temperate grassland and five arable crop rotation sites spanning four continents. Comparisons were performed by reference to the experimental uncertainties of observed yields and N2 O emissions. Results showed that across sites and crop/grassland types, 23%-40% of the uncalibrated individual models were within two standard deviations (SD) of observed yields, while 42 (rice) to 96% (grasslands) of the models were within 1 SD of observed N2 O emissions. At stage 1, ensembles formed by the three lowest prediction model errors predicted both yields and N2 O emissions within experimental uncertainties for 44% and 33% of the crop and grassland growth cycles, respectively. Partial model calibration (stages 2-4) markedly reduced prediction errors of the full model ensemble E-median for crop grain yields (from 36% at stage 1 down to 4% on average) and grassland productivity (from 44% to 27%) and to a lesser and more variable extent for N2 O emissions. Yield-scaled N2 O emissions (N2 O emissions divided by crop yields) were ranked accurately by three-model ensembles across crop species and field sites. The potential of using process-based model ensembles to predict jointly productivity and N2 O emissions at field scale is discussed.
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- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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- UMR Ecosystème Prairial, INRA, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- HAS, CAR, Agricultural Institute, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Lincoln Research Centre, AgResearch, Lincoln, New Zealand
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- Department of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Cantabrian Agricultural Research and Training Center (CIFA), Muriedas, Spain
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- Desertification Research Centre, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Soil Department, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Ottawa Research and Development Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- UMR Ecosystème Prairial, INRA, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- INRA, UMR ECOSYS, Université Paris-Saclay, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- USDA Agricultural Research Service, Mandan, ND, USA
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- AgResearch, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerton North, New Zealand
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- INRA, UMR ECOSYS, Université Paris-Saclay, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland
- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Mazingira Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Agriculture & Food, Black Mountain Science and Innovation Precinct, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- AgResearch, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerton North, New Zealand
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- Ottawa Research and Development Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam, Germany
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- New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Ottawa Research and Development Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Sustainable Soils and Grassland Systems, Rothamsted Research, Devon, UK
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- LAPC, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Brilli L, Bechini L, Bindi M, Carozzi M, Cavalli D, Conant R, Dorich CD, Doro L, Ehrhardt F, Farina R, Ferrise R, Fitton N, Francaviglia R, Grace P, Iocola I, Klumpp K, Léonard J, Martin R, Massad RS, Recous S, Seddaiu G, Sharp J, Smith P, Smith WN, Soussana JF, Bellocchi G. Review and analysis of strengths and weaknesses of agro-ecosystem models for simulating C and N fluxes. Sci Total Environ 2017; 598:445-470. [PMID: 28454025 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Revised: 03/21/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
Biogeochemical simulation models are important tools for describing and quantifying the contribution of agricultural systems to C sequestration and GHG source/sink status. The abundance of simulation tools developed over recent decades, however, creates a difficulty because predictions from different models show large variability. Discrepancies between the conclusions of different modelling studies are often ascribed to differences in the physical and biogeochemical processes incorporated in equations of C and N cycles and their interactions. Here we review the literature to determine the state-of-the-art in modelling agricultural (crop and grassland) systems. In order to carry out this study, we selected the range of biogeochemical models used by the CN-MIP consortium of FACCE-JPI (http://www.faccejpi.com): APSIM, CERES-EGC, DayCent, DNDC, DSSAT, EPIC, PaSim, RothC and STICS. In our analysis, these models were assessed for the quality and comprehensiveness of underlying processes related to pedo-climatic conditions and management practices, but also with respect to time and space of application, and for their accuracy in multiple contexts. Overall, it emerged that there is a possible impact of ill-defined pedo-climatic conditions in the unsatisfactory performance of the models (46.2%), followed by limitations in the algorithms simulating the effects of management practices (33.1%). The multiplicity of scales in both time and space is a fundamental feature, which explains the remaining weaknesses (i.e. 20.7%). Innovative aspects have been identified for future development of C and N models. They include the explicit representation of soil microbial biomass to drive soil organic matter turnover, the effect of N shortage on SOM decomposition, the improvements related to the production and consumption of gases and an adequate simulations of gas transport in soil. On these bases, the assessment of trends and gaps in the modelling approaches currently employed to represent biogeochemical cycles in crop and grassland systems appears an essential step for future research.
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- Lorenzo Brilli
- Università degli Studi di Firenze, Department of Agri-Food Production and Environmental Sciences, 50144 Florence, Italy; IBIMET-CNR, Via Caproni 8, 50145 Firenze, Italy.
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- Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Milan, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze, Department of Agri-Food Production and Environmental Sciences, 50144 Florence, Italy
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- INRA, AgroParisTech, UMR1402 EcoSys, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Milan, Italy
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- NREL, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Desertification Research Centre, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy; Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Blackland Research & Extension Center, Temple, (TX), USA
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- CREA-RPS, Research Centre for the Soil-Plant System, Via della Navicella 2-4, 00184 Roma, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze, Department of Agri-Food Production and Environmental Sciences, 50144 Florence, Italy
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, St Machar Drive, AB24 3UU Aberdeen, UK
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- CREA-RPS, Research Centre for the Soil-Plant System, Via della Navicella 2-4, 00184 Roma, Italy
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- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Desertification Research Centre, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- INRA, UR 1158 AgroImpact, site de Laon, F-02000 Barenton-Bugny, France
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- Desertification Research Centre, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, 7608 Lincoln, New Zealand
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, St Machar Drive, AB24 3UU Aberdeen, UK
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada
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Hoffmann H, Zhao G, Asseng S, Bindi M, Biernath C, Constantin J, Coucheney E, Dechow R, Doro L, Eckersten H, Gaiser T, Grosz B, Heinlein F, Kassie BT, Kersebaum KC, Klein C, Kuhnert M, Lewan E, Moriondo M, Nendel C, Priesack E, Raynal H, Roggero PP, Rötter RP, Siebert S, Specka X, Tao F, Teixeira E, Trombi G, Wallach D, Weihermüller L, Yeluripati J, Ewert F. Impact of Spatial Soil and Climate Input Data Aggregation on Regional Yield Simulations. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0151782. [PMID: 27055028 PMCID: PMC4824533 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
We show the error in water-limited yields simulated by crop models which is associated with spatially aggregated soil and climate input data. Crop simulations at large scales (regional, national, continental) frequently use input data of low resolution. Therefore, climate and soil data are often generated via averaging and sampling by area majority. This may bias simulated yields at large scales, varying largely across models. Thus, we evaluated the error associated with spatially aggregated soil and climate data for 14 crop models. Yields of winter wheat and silage maize were simulated under water-limited production conditions. We calculated this error from crop yields simulated at spatial resolutions from 1 to 100 km for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Most models showed yields biased by <15% when aggregating only soil data. The relative mean absolute error (rMAE) of most models using aggregated soil data was in the range or larger than the inter-annual or inter-model variability in yields. This error increased further when both climate and soil data were aggregated. Distinct error patterns indicate that the rMAE may be estimated from few soil variables. Illustrating the range of these aggregation effects across models, this study is a first step towards an ex-ante assessment of aggregation errors in large-scale simulations.
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- Holger Hoffmann
- Crop Science Group, INRES, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Crop Science Group, INRES, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Agricultural & Biological Engineering Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Agri-food Production and Environmental Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Thünen-Institute of Climate-Smart-Agriculture, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Desertification Research Group, Universitá degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Crop Science Group, INRES, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Thünen-Institute of Climate-Smart-Agriculture, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Agricultural & Biological Engineering Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Institute of Landscape Systems Analysis, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Müncheberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
| | - Elisabet Lewan
- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
| | | | - Claas Nendel
- Institute of Landscape Systems Analysis, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Müncheberg, Germany
| | - Eckart Priesack
- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
| | | | - Pier P. Roggero
- Desertification Research Group, Universitá degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
| | - Reimund P. Rötter
- Environmental Impacts Group, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Vantaa, Finland
| | - Stefan Siebert
- Crop Science Group, INRES, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - Xenia Specka
- Institute of Landscape Systems Analysis, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Müncheberg, Germany
| | - Fulu Tao
- Environmental Impacts Group, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Vantaa, Finland
| | - Edmar Teixeira
- Systems Modelling Team (Sustainable Production Group), The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Canterbury Agriculture & Science Centre, Lincoln, New Zealand
| | - Giacomo Trombi
- Department of Agri-food Production and Environmental Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
| | | | - Lutz Weihermüller
- Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
| | | | - Frank Ewert
- Crop Science Group, INRES, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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