SoilBioHedge: harnessing hedgerow soil biodiversity for restoration to arable soil quality and resilience to climatic extremes and land use change

Hodson, Mark Edward (Principal investigator)
Helgason, Thorunn (Co-investigator)

Project: Research project (funded) › Research

Status	Finished
Effective start/end date	7/04/15 → 31/12/18

Funding

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL: £354,368.00

4 Article

Arable fields as potential reservoirs of biodiversity: earthworm populations increase in new leys
Prendergast-Miller, M., Jones, D., Berdeni, D., Bird, S., Chapman, P. J., Firbank, L., Grayson, R., Helgason, T., Holden, J., Lappage, M., Leake, J. & Hodson, M. E., 1 Oct 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 789, 10 p., 147880.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Soil quality regeneration by grass-clover leys in arable rotations compared to permanent grassland: effects on wheat yield and resilience to drought and flooding
Berdeni, D., Turner, A., Grayson, R., Llanos, J., Holden, J., Firbank, L., Lappage, M., Hunt, S., Chapman, P. J., Hodson, M. E., Helgason, T., Watt, P. & Leake, J., 1 Aug 2021, In: Soil and Tillage Research. 212, 14 p., 105037.
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Effect of earthworms on soil physico-hydraulic and chemical properties, herbage production, and wheat growth on arable land converted to ley
Hallam, J., Berdeni, D., Grayson, R., Guest, E., Holden, J., Lappage, M., Prendergast-Miller, M., Robinson, D., Turner, A., Leake, J. & Hodson, M. E., 30 Jan 2020, In: Science of the Total Environment. 713, 14 p., 136491.
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3 Conference
2 Conference participation
1 Seminar/workshop/course
1 Invited talk
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- 1 Oral presentation

Do healthy earthworms = healthy soils?
Hodson, M. E. (Invited speaker)
10 Nov 2022
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
A faunal manipulation study to quantify the impact of earthworms on soil physical properties
Hodson, M. E. (Speaker), Hallam, J. (Speaker), Holden, J. (Speaker), Robinson, D. (Speaker), Leake, J. (Speaker), Prendergast-Miller, M. T. (Speaker), Berdeni, D. (Speaker), Lappage, M. (Speaker), Guest, E. (Speaker), Grayson, R. (Speaker) & Turner, A. (Speaker)
10 Apr 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
NERC Soil Security Programme Annual Meeting
Hodson, M. E. (Participant)
6 Sept 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Seminar/workshop/course

Soil moisture, temperature and bulk density and earthworm abundance and biomass along transects in arable fields and ley strips in farms in North Yorkshire, England
Prendergast-Miller, M. T. (Creator) & Hodson, M. E. (Creator), NERC EIDC, 31 Jul 2010
DOI: 10.5285/2c84ae3f-f785-4151-8efb-6a1598fd5a65
Dataset
Soil moisture, temperature and bulk density and earthworm abundance and biomass along transects from hedges into arable fields, pasture fields, ley strips established in arable fields and arable strips established in pasture fields at a farm in West Yorkshire.
Prendergast-Miller, M. T. (Creator) & Hodson, M. E. (Creator), NERC EIDC, 4 Oct 2019
DOI: 10.5285/8ac670c7-17d8-433f-847c-170eeeb3ee47
Dataset