Lloyd B. Owens

TL;DR: In this article, the role of aggregation in organic carbon (SOC) sequestration under conventional tillage (CT), no-till (NT), and forest treatments was evaluated. And the authors found that there is a greater protection of organic carbon by aggregates in the light fraction of minimally disturbed soils than that of disturbed soil, and the SOC loss following conversion from forest to agriculture is attributed to reduction in both heavy and light fractions.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effect of initial rainfall on chemical transport in no-till fields and found that the first storm after application can move solutes into the soil matrix, thereby reducing the potential for transport in macropores during subsequent rainfall.

TL;DR: In this article, a study was conducted to monitor total organic carbon (C) and mineralizable C (MinC) in eroded materials from watersheds under no till (NT), chisel till (CT), disk till low input (DT-LI), pasture and forest.

TL;DR: In this article, the importance of earthworm burrows, primarily those made by Lumbricus terrestris L., on the hydrology of no-till corn fields was reviewed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated factors affecting preferential water and chemical transport in burrows formed by the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris (L.) in the field using individual burrow samplers and in the laboratory using blocks of undisturbed soil subjected to simulated rainfall.