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Overview

Ward Smith is affiliated with Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada in Canada and has a research focus that spans multiple areas within agricultural and environmental sciences. Their work is prominently situated in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science.

The scientist's primary subfields of study include Soil Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change. These areas collectively support their extensive work in understanding soil and plant dynamics under varying environmental conditions.

Their research topics cover a range of important areas such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Plant Responses to Elevated CO2, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, and Soil and Unsaturated Flow.

Ward Smith has contributed to several frequent publication venues, which include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Field Crops Research
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Agricultural Systems

The scientist has coauthored numerous papers with colleagues such as Brian Grant, Budong Qian, Andrew VanderZaag, Qi Jing, and C. F. Drury. These collaborations have been significant in advancing research within their focus areas.

Recent papers authored by or involving Ward Smith highlight various aspects of agricultural and environmental sciences:

  • "Modelling climate change impacts on maize yields under low nitrogen input conditions in sub-Saharan Africa," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Global evaluation of inhibitor impacts on ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils: A meta-analysis," 2022, Global Change Biology
  • "Ensemble modelling, uncertainty and robust predictions of organic carbon in long-term bare-fallow soils," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Ensemble modelling of carbon fluxes in grasslands and croplands," 2020, Field Crops Research
  • "Are soybean models ready for climate change food impact assessments?", 2022, European Journal of Agronomy

Best Publications

  • Review and analysis of strengths and weaknesses of agro-ecosystem models for simulating C and N fluxes.

    Lorenzo Brilli;Luca Bechini;Marco Bindi;Marco Carozzi

  • Accounting for soil carbon changes in agricultural life cycle assessment (LCA): a review

    Pietro Goglio;Ward N. Smith;Brian B. Grant;Raymond L. Desjardins

  • Assessing the effects of climate change on crop production and GHG emissions in Canada

    W.N. Smith;B.B. Grant;R.L. Desjardins;R. Kroebel

  • ESTIMATED N2O AND CO2 EMISSIONS AS INFLUENCED BY AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES IN CANADA

    B. Grant;W. N. Smith;R. Desjardins;R. Lemke

  • The net flux of carbon from agricultural soils in Canada 1970–2010

    W. N. Smith;R. L. Desjardins;E. Pattey

  • Crop residue removal effects on soil carbon: Measured and inter-model comparisons

    W.N. Smith;B.B. Grant;C.A. Campbell;B.G. McConkey

  • Assessing uncertainties in crop and pasture ensemble model simulations of productivity and N2O emissions

    Fiona Ehrhardt;Jean François Soussana;Gianni Bellocchi;Peter Grace

  • Assessing the effects of agricultural management on nitrous oxide emissions using flux measurements and the DNDC model

    Kingsley Chinyere Uzoma;Ward Smith;Brian Grant;Raymond L. Desjardins

  • Modelling climate change impacts on maize yields under low nitrogen input conditions in sub-Saharan Africa.

    Gatien N. Falconnier;Marc Corbeels;Kenneth J. Boote;François Affholder

  • A comparison of methods to quantify greenhouse gas emissions of cropping systems in LCA

    Pietro Goglio;W. N. Smith;B. B. Grant;R. L. Desjardins

  • A tool to link agricultural activity data with the DNDC model to estimate GHG emission factors in Canada

    W.N. Smith;B.B. Grant;R.L. Desjardins;D. Worth

  • A proposed approach to estimate and reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from whole farms

    H H Janzen;D A Angers;M. Boehm;M. Bolinder

  • Long-term Trends in Corn Yields and Soil Carbon under Diversified Crop Rotations.

    Marek Jarecki;Brian Grant;Ward Smith;Bill Deen

  • Evaluation of two process-based models to estimate soil N2O emissions in Eastern Canada

    W N Smith;B B Grant;R L Desjardins;P. Rochette

  • Testing the DNDC model using N2O emissions at two experimental sites in Canada

    W N Smith;R L Desjardins;B. Grant;C. Li

  • Impact of management strategies on the global warming potential at the cropping system level.

    Pietro Goglio;Brian B. Grant;Ward N. Smith;Raymond L. Desjardins

  • Tools for quantifying N2O emissions from agroecosystems

    E. Pattey;G.C. Edwards;R.L. Desjardins;D.J. Pennock

  • Management Strategies to Sequester Carbon in Agricultural Soils and to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    R. L. Desjardins;W. Smith;B. Grant;C. Campbell

  • Estimates of the interannual variations of N2O emissions from agricultural soils in Canada

    W.N. Smith;B. Grant;R.L. Desjardins;R. Lemke

  • Estimating the impacts of climate change on crop yields and N2O emissions for conventional and no-tillage in Southwestern Ontario, Canada

    Wentian He;Wentian He;J.Y. Yang;C.F. Drury;W.N. Smith

  • Ensemble modelling, uncertainty and robust predictions of organic carbon in long‐term bare‐fallow soils

    Roberta Farina;Renata Sándor;Mohamed Abdalla;Jorge Álvaro‐Fuentes

  • Soil carbon change factors for the Canadian agriculture national greenhouse gas inventory

    A J VandenBygaart;B G McConkey;D A Angers;W. Smith

  • Ensemble modelling of carbon fluxes in grasslands and croplands

    Renáta Sándor;Fiona Ehrhardt;Peter Grace;Sylvie Recous

  • Predicting ammonia volatilization after field application of swine slurry: DNDC model development

    K.A. Congreves;B.B. Grant;B. Dutta;W.N. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond L. Desjardins
Raymond L. Desjardins Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Andrew VanderZaag
Andrew VanderZaag Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Elizabeth Pattey
Elizabeth Pattey Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Brian McConkey
Brian McConkey Viresco Solutions Inc.
Craig F. Drury
Craig F. Drury Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Budong Qian
Budong Qian Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Claudia Wagner-Riddle
Claudia Wagner-Riddle University of Guelph
C. A. Campbell
C. A. Campbell Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Reynald Lemke
Reynald Lemke Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Changsheng Li
Changsheng Li University of New Hampshire

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