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Nicholas Jarvis is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research spans key areas within environmental science, engineering, and agricultural and biological sciences, with a particular focus on soil and water-related processes.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broad categories, Jarvis has contributed significantly to subfields such as:

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Soil Science
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Ecology

Their work covers several main research topics, including:

  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Jarvis has published multiple papers, among them notable recent works that illustrate their research interests:

  • A review of non-equilibrium water flow and solute transport in soil macropores: principles, controlling factors and consequences for water quality (2020, European Journal of Soil Science)
  • A framework for modelling soil structure dynamics induced by biological activity (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Scale and REV analyses for porosity and pore connectivity measures in undisturbed soil (2020, Geoderma)
  • Relations between soil organic carbon content and the pore size distribution for an arable topsoil with large variations in soil properties (2022, European Journal of Soil Science)
  • Modelling dynamic interactions between soil structure and the storage and turnover of soil organic matter (2020, Biogeosciences)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Mats Larsbo
  • John Koestel
  • Elsa Coucheney
  • Katharina Meurer
  • Tobias Klöffel

Publication venues where Jarvis has appeared most frequently are:

  • European Journal of Soil Science
  • Geoderma
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • SOIL
  • Soil and Tillage Research

Best Publications

  • A review of non‐equilibrium water flow and solute transport in soil macropores: principles, controlling factors and consequences for water quality

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  • Review and comparison of models for describing non-equilibrium and preferential flow and transport in the vadose zone

    Jirka Šimůnek;Nick J. Jarvis;M.Th. van Genuchten;Annemieke Gärdenäs

  • Temporal variation in the hydraulic conductivity of a tilled clay soil as measured by tension infiltrometers

    I. Messing;N. J. Jarvis

  • Modelling water and solute transport in macroporous soil. I. Model description and sensitivity analysis

    N.J. Jarvis;P.E. Jansson;P.E. Dik;I. Messing

  • A simple empirical model of root water uptake

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  • Influence of soil, land use and climatic factors on the hydraulic conductivity of soil

    N. Jarvis;J. Koestel;I. Messing;J. Moeys

  • Near-Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity in Soils of Contrasting Texture Measured by Tension Infiltrometers

    N. J. Jarvis;I. Messing

  • Understanding Preferential Flow in the Vadose Zone: Recent Advances and Future Prospects

    Nicholas Jarvis;John Koestel;Mats Larsbo

  • An Improved Dual-Permeability Model of Water Flow and Solute Transport in the Vadose Zone

    Mats Larsbo;Stephanie Roulier;Fredrik Stenemo;Roy Kasteel

  • Evaluation of a dual-porosity model to predict field-scale solute transport in a macroporous soil

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  • A review of non‐equilibrium water flow and solute transport in soil macropores: principles, controlling factors and consequences for water quality

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  • Indirect estimation of near-saturated hydraulic conductivity from readily available soil information

    N.J. Jarvis;L. Zavattaro;K. Rajkai;W.D. Reynolds

  • Relations between macropore network characteristics and the degree of preferential solute transport

    M. Larsbo;J. Koestel;N. Jarvis

  • Connectivity and percolation of structural pore networks in a cultivated silt loam soil quantified by X-ray tomography

    Nicholas Jarvis;Mats Larsbo;John Koestel

  • Modelling particle mobilization and leaching in macroporous soil

    N. J. Jarvis;K. G. Villholth;B. Ulén

  • Simple physics-based models of compensatory plant water uptake: concepts and eco-hydrological consequences

    N. J. Jarvis

  • Relations between soil organic carbon content and the pore size distribution for an arable topsoil with large variations in soil properties

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  • Field Investigations and Modeling of Particle‐Facilitated Pesticide Transport in Macroporous Soil

    Karen G. Villholth;Nicholas J. Jarvis;Ole H. Jacobsen;Hubert de Jonge

  • Long-term effects of sewage sludge applications on soil properties, cadmium availability and distribution in arable soil

    Petra Bergkvist;Nicholas Jarvis;Dan Berggren;Käll Carlgren

  • A framework for modelling soil structure dynamics induced by biological activity

    Katharina Meurer;Jennie Barron;Claire Chenu;Elsa Coucheney

  • Two-dimensional modelling of preferential water flow and pesticide transport from a tile-drained field

    Annemieke I. Gärdenäs;Jirka Šimůnek;Nicholas Jarvis;M.Th. van Genuchten

  • Water repellency, near-saturated infiltration and preferential solute transport in a macroporous clay soil

    N. Jarvis;A. Etana;F. Stagnitti

  • Modelling water and solute transport in macroporous soil. II. Chloride breakthrough under non‐steady flow

    N. J. Jarvis;L. Bergström;P. E. Dik

  • Persistent subsoil compaction and its effects on preferential flow patterns in a loamy till soil

    A. Etana;M. Larsbo;T. Keller;J. Arvidsson

  • Seasonal variation in field-saturated hydraulic conductivity in two swelling clay soils in Sweden

    I. Messing;N. J. Jarvis

  • Herbicide sorption, degradation, and leaching in three Swedish soils under long-term conventional and reduced tillage

    Mats Larsbo;John Stenström;Ararso Etana;Elisabet Börjesson

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Trevisan
Marco Trevisan Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Thomas Keller
Thomas Keller Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Hayley J. Fowler
Hayley J. Fowler Newcastle University
Lars Bergström
Lars Bergström Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Colin D. Brown
Colin D. Brown University of York
Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen
Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen Technical University of Denmark
Thomas Kätterer
Thomas Kätterer Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Harry Vereecken
Harry Vereecken Forschungszentrum Jülich
Binayak P. Mohanty
Binayak P. Mohanty Texas A&M University

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