Soil water retention and soil compaction assessment in a regional-scale strategy to improve climate change adaptation of agriculture in Navarre, Spain

Antón Sobejano, Rodrigo; Ruiz Sagaseta de Ilurdoz, Alberto; Orcaray Echeverría, Luis; Arricibita Videgain, Javier; Enrique Martín, Alberto; De Soto García, I. S.; Virto Quecedo, Íñigo

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Soil water retention and soil compaction assessment in a regional-scale strategy to improve climate change adaptation of agriculture in Navarre, Spain

dc.contributor.author	Antón Sobejano, Rodrigo
dc.contributor.author	Ruiz Sagaseta de Ilurdoz, Alberto
dc.contributor.author	Orcaray Echeverría, Luis
dc.contributor.author	Arricibita Videgain, Javier	es_ES
dc.contributor.author	Enrique Martín, Alberto
dc.contributor.author	De Soto García, I. S.
dc.contributor.author	Virto Quecedo, Íñigo
dc.contributor.department	Zientziak	eu
dc.contributor.department	Institute on Innovation and Sustainable Development in Food Chain - ISFOOD	en
dc.contributor.department	Ciencias	es_ES
dc.contributor.funder	Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa	es
dc.date.accessioned	2021-06-28T09:21:29Z
dc.date.available	2021-06-28T09:21:29Z
dc.date.issued	2021
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dc.description.abstract	The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the different agricultural management adaptive strategies considered in the framework of a regional climate change adaptation roadmap in Navarre (Spain), from the point of view of soil physical indicators associated to soil compaction and water retention. These indicators were chosen as representative of the potential of these strategies to improve the soil physical condition. That for, the effectiveness of conservation agriculture (CA), crop rotations (ROT), additions of organic matter (ExO), irrigation (IRR) and innovative grassland management (GSS) was assessed by monitoring soil bulk density (BD) and soil available water holding capacity (AWHC) in a network of 159 agricultural fields across homogeneous agro-climatic zones in the region. A sampling protocol designed to compare groups of plots with or without adaptive practices, and with equal soil characteristics within each zone, allowed to determine the effect size of each strategy (measured as response ratios, RR, calculated as the relative value of BD and AWHC in fields with adaptive management vs. without). Both parameters responded to soil and crop management, although the observed effect was highly variable. Only the ExO strategy showed an overall positive effect on BD. ROT, IRR and GSS displayed no effect and, in the case of CA, the effect was negative. In terms of AWHC, although the results within the zones were heterogeneous, the overall effect associated to the strategies ROT, ExO, IRR and GSS was neutral, and only CA resulted in an overall negative effect. The observed variability in terms of the effectiveness of the five strategies tested in this region highlights the need to understand the complexity of interrelationships between management and dynamic soil properties at the regional scale.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	This research was funded by the European Commission LIFE program (Project LIFE Nadapta, LIFE 16 IPC/ES/000001). Rodrigo Antón was awarded a pre-doctoral fellowship by Universidad Pública de Navarra.	en
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dc.identifier.doi	10.3390/agronomy11030607
dc.identifier.issn	2073-4395 (Electronic)
dc.identifier.uri	https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/40069
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.publisher	MDPI	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Agronomy 2021, 11, 607	en
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11030607
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dc.subject	CC adaptation	en
dc.subject	Soil compaction	en
dc.subject	Bulk density	en
dc.subject	Water retention	en
dc.subject	Available soil water holding capacity	en
dc.subject	Regional approach	en
dc.subject	Response ratio	en
dc.title	Soil water retention and soil compaction assessment in a regional-scale strategy to improve climate change adaptation of agriculture in Navarre, Spain	en
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