Have you ever converted soil texture into a one-dimension value?

Soil texture, determined by the measurement of particle size distribution, introduces three variables to create texture classes. However, if we forget about the three fractions (clay, silt and...

06 July 2019 8,987 11 View

How the boundaries between the soil mineral particles (i.e., sand, silt and clay) have been defined?

Particle size distribution (PSD) aka soil texture is a major feature to understand soils. Sand, silt and clay classes of mineral particles are so commonly used that they become part of the...

05 June 2019 8,873 12 View

Has someone ever developped a simple relationship between annual rainfall, annual average temperature and soil organic matter or carbon?

The mineralisation rates or soil organic matter are influenced by temperature and moisture. I am trying to classify climates, using associations between cumulated annual rainfall and annual...

05 June 2019 637 15 View

Could you recommend publicly available time series datasets on soils (large!)?

I am looking for large datasets including information on soils (texture, depths, carbon , etc.) and their location (GPS coordinates or climates data). Any suggestions? Any large studies which...

05 June 2019 7,697 9 View

Is there an acceptable way to convert soil carbon concentration values for a certain depth to another (for 0-20cm to 0-10cm)?

I am trying to compare soil carbon concentrations from different studies. The problem is that most of them use different sampling depths: 0-10cm 0-15cm 0-20cm 0-30cm ... Is there an acceptable...

04 May 2019 3,044 10 View

How much biomass is produced in average by the main crops?

I am looking for values comparing the yields (potential and or average), net primary production, amount of residues for the main crops over the world, ... anything related to the amount of...

03 April 2019 8,100 13 View

How fast can soil organic matter decompose under tropical climates?

I am interested in the range of mineralization rates of soil organic matter mineralization in tropical settings. How fast can SOM be depleted? Under temperate climates we are often talking about...

03 April 2019 6,801 5 View

What is the biochemical composition of cocoa leaves?

Dear colleagues, I am looking for information on the average biochemical profile of cocoa leaves: % of cellulose % of hemicellulose % of lignin % solubles % ash/mineral ... etc If you also...

31 December 2018 617 6 View

How to pack soil samples for soil microbial biomass analysis? How sensitive are soil biological parameters to transportation?

Hello, I am wondering about the sensitivity of soils during transportation. Imagine you want to measure soil microbial biomass using chloroform fumigation extraction, how consistent will be the...

10 November 2018 7,750 8 View

How to conserve and send soil samples for (biological) analysis on the other side of the world?

Hi, I would like to perform a range of soil analyses on samples collected in Indonesia. The analyses must be done in the UK... I was considering soil biological analyses such soil microbial...

08 September 2018 5,676 3 View

Could you recommend any books about Number Theory?

Beginner level books. High level books. Analytical Number Theory. Algebraic Number Theory. Combinatorical Number Theory. Books about partitions. Books about primes.

03 March 2021 7,174 5 View

What kind of intervention will be relevant to increase motivation among young sport trainees?

Any suggestion on what book to read is also welcome.

03 March 2021 1,646 4 View

How the parameters (such as Mw, Chemical bonds, polymer bland and so on) affect the mechanic property of polymer (such as storage, loss modulus) ?

Anyone can recommend any books on such topics? Thanks in advance.

02 March 2021 8,457 2 View

Research on Supply Chain Management in Indian context?

Hi, I am planning to apply for the PhD degree in the Supply Chain Mgt. with specific area of "Cold Storage warehouses" during Pandemics and wars. Where lock downs and shut downs are frequent....

02 March 2021 285 2 View

I am interested in medicinal chemistry field, which books are highly recommended to learn from?

I am at the beginner level in drug design and drug discovery, and I am interested to learn more about this field. Which books are highly recommended to start from and gives me all essential...

02 March 2021 8,437 2 View

Please suggest a good text book for "Research Methodology in Life Sciences". Which book would be good for PhD Scholars?

Please provide Book Title and author name

02 March 2021 9,059 3 View

Can you share me how teacher education is managed in your respective national educational system?

I feel that the practice in teacher education in my country is below the expected performance level due to very poor management system. Hope I will learn something from your experiences.

02 March 2021 1,516 4 View

Which is a lucid standard comprehensive book to guide on psychological scale construction and its standardization?

02 March 2021 7,082 3 View

What element is driving the different slop in the low frequency tail?

My study consists simple corrosion inhibitors in salty brine. Right now I just fit my circuit with randles with CPE. Just wondering how the slop can given more info of the experiment. Or any...

01 March 2021 6,474 3 View

How does one access the Cranet survey data on HRM practices?

Hello, The Cranet website does not provide any lead to the data obtained from their multinational survey on HRM practices. Any help on accessing the data would be most appreciated. Thank...

01 March 2021 9,536 3 View