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Overview

Jo Smith is a researcher affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom, specializing in environmental and agricultural sciences. Their body of work spans multiple interdisciplinary fields with a focus on soil science, ecology, and agronomy.

The main fields of study covered by Jo Smith include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, their subfields of specialization encompass:

  • Soil Science
  • Ecology
  • Plant Science
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Key research topics addressed in their publications are:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology

Jo Smith's recent scholarly publications reflect their areas of expertise and broader environmental concerns. Selected recent papers include:

  • Potential yield challenges to scale-up of zero budget natural farming (2020), published in Nature Sustainability
  • Agricultural methane emissions and the potential for mitigation (2021), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences

Other recent works where Jo Smith is not the primary author but are relevant to the field include:

  • Nitrogen Challenges and Opportunities for Agricultural and Environmental Science in India (2021), published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Soil-derived Nature's Contributions to People and their contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (2021), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Seasonal patterns of greenhouse gas emissions from a forest-to-bog restored site in northern Scotland: Influence of microtopography and vegetation on carbon dioxide and methane dynamics (2020), published in European Journal of Soil Science

Frequent collaborators in Jo Smith's research include:

  • Pete Smith
  • Dali Nayak
  • Paul D. Hallett
  • Wolde Mekuria
  • Jagadeesh Yeluripati

Jo Smith's publications are often featured in prominent scientific venues such as:

  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Soil and Tillage Research
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Biomass and Bioenergy
  • Current Research in Environmental Sustainability

Best Publications

  • Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture

    Pete Smith;Daniel Martino;Zucong Cai;Daniel Gwary

  • Ecosystem Service Supply and Vulnerability to Global Change in Europe

    Dagmar Schröter;Wolfgang Cramer;Rik Leemans;I. Colin Prentice

  • A comparison of the performance of nine soil organic matter models using datasets from seven long-term experiments

    P Smith;J U Smith;D S Powlson;W B McGill

  • Similar response of labile and resistant soil organic matter pools to changes in temperature

    Changming Fang;Pete Smith;J B Moncrieff;Joanne Ursula Smith

  • Communicating complexity: Integrated assessment of trade-offs concerning soil fertility management within African farming systems to support innovation and development

    K.E. Giller;P.A. Tittonell;M.C. Rufino;M.T. van Wijk

  • Development and Climate Change in Bangladesh. Focus on Coastal Flooding and the Sundarbans

    S Agrawala;Tomoko Ota;Ahsan Uddin Ahmed;M Van Aalst

  • Potential for carbon sequestration in European soils: preliminary estimates for five scenarios using results from long-term experiments

    Pete Smith;David S. Powlson;Margaret J. Glendining;Jo U. Smith

  • Meeting Europe's climate change commitments: quantitative estimates of the potential for carbon mitigation by agriculture

    Pete Smith;David S. Powlson;Jo U. Smith;Pete Falloon

  • Projected changes in mineral soil carbon of European croplands and grasslands, 1990–2080

    Jo Smith;Pete Smith;Martin Wattenbach;Sönke Zaehle

  • Current practice, accuracy, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the school entry hearing screen.

    J Bamford;H Fortnum;K Bristow;J Smith

  • Evaluation of Soil Organic Matter Models

    David S. Powlson;Pete Smith;Jo U. Smith

  • Preliminary estimates of the potential for carbon mitigation in European soils through no‐till farming

    Pete. Smith;David S. Powlson;Margaret J. Glendining;Jo. U. Smith

  • Evaluation of Soil Organic Matter Models using Existing, Long-Term Datasets

    D. S. Powlson;Pete Smith;Jo U. Smith

  • Integrating plant-soil interactions into global carbon cycle models

    Nicholas J. Ostle;Pete Smith;Rosie A Fisher;F Ian Woodward

  • Soil salinity decreases global soil organic carbon stocks.

    Raj Setia;Pia Gottschalk;Pete Smith;Petra Marschner

  • Agroforestry creates carbon sinks whilst enhancing the environment in agricultural landscapes in europe

    Sonja Kay;Carlo Rega;Gerardo Moreno;Michael den Herder

  • Enhancing the carbon sink in European agricultural soils: including trace gas fluxes in estimates of carbon mitigation potential

    Pete Smith;Keith W. Goulding;Keith A. Smith;David S. Powlson

  • Development and Climate Change in Nepal. Focus on Water Resources and Hydropower

    S Agrawala;Raksakulthai;M Van Aalst;P Larsen

  • Challenges in quantifying biosphere–atmosphere exchange of nitrogen species

    M.A. Sutton;E. Nemitz;J.W Erisman;C. Beier

  • SUNDIAL: A PC-Based System for Simulating Nitrogen Dynamics in Arable Land

    J. U. Smith;N. J. Bradbury;T. M. Addiscott

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
David S. Powlson
David S. Powlson Rothamsted Research
Kevin Coleman
Kevin Coleman Rothamsted Research
Pete Falloon
Pete Falloon Met Office
Martin Wattenbach
Martin Wattenbach University of Aberdeen
Paul D. Hallett
Paul D. Hallett University of Aberdeen
Louis V. Verchot
Louis V. Verchot Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Kristell Hergoualc'h
Kristell Hergoualc'h Center for International Forestry Research
Robin Matthews
Robin Matthews James Hutton Institute
Andrew P. Whitmore
Andrew P. Whitmore Rothamsted Research

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