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A protocol for rapid evidence synthesis into soil loosening as an intervention to ameliorate compaction caused by dairy farming and the impacts of this for productivity and sustainability

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1 School of Natural and Environmential Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom
2 Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.27180v1
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Subject Areas
Agricultural Science, Biodiversity, Ecology, Soil Science, Environmental Impacts
Keywords
Soil compaction, Mechanical soil loosening, Aeration, Cattle treading, Yield
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© 2018 Kendall et al.
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Kendall H, Taylor A, Reed M, Stewart G. 2018. A protocol for rapid evidence synthesis into soil loosening as an intervention to ameliorate compaction caused by dairy farming and the impacts of this for productivity and sustainability. PeerJ Preprints 6:e27180v1

Abstract

This is a protocol for a rapid review of the effectiveness of soil loosening to ameliorate compaction caused by cattle treading from dairy production on UK dairy farms. The review will synthesise relevant literature that explores the impacts that can be derived from mechanical soil loosening for improved soil quality, productivity (i.e. yield) and the environment. The protocol outlines the rationale, objectives, inclusion criteria, search strategy and screening processes for the meta-analysis, and the plans for data extraction, risk of bias and data synthesis approaches.

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Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Helen Kendall conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, approved the final draft.

Amy Taylor conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, approved the final draft.

Mark Reed analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, approved the final draft.

Gavin Stewart conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, approved the final draft.

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The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

Pre-print study protocol and no associated data at this stage.

Funding

This work is being funded by the BBSRC Global Food Security programme. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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