Macro and mesofauna soil food webs in two temperate grasslands: responses to forestation with .

We studied the effects of land use change from grassland to spp. plantation on macro and mesofauna soil food webs in two sites in the Rolling Pampas. We expected to find differences in the parameters that characterize the structure of soil food webs, as the implantation of implies changes in the characteristics of the resources and the microhabitat conditions.

Field-scale evaluation of water fluxes and manure solution leaching in feedlot pen soils.

Accumulation of beef cattle manure on feedlot pen surfaces generates large amounts of dissolved solutes that can be mobilized by water fluxes, affecting surface and groundwater quality. Our objective was to examine the long-term impacts of a beef cattle feeding operation on water fluxes and manure leaching in feedlot pens located on sandy loam soils of the subhumid Sandy Pampa region in Argentina. Bulk density, gravimetric moisture content, and chloride concentration were quantified.