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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School of Natural and Environmential Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom
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Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Subject Areas
- Agricultural Science, Biodiversity, Ecology, Soil Science, Environmental Impacts
- Keywords
- Soil compaction, Mechanical soil loosening, Aeration, Cattle treading, Yield
- Copyright
- © 2018 Kendall et al.
- Licence
- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
- Cite this article
- 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 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27180v1
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.
Author Comment
This is a preprint submission to PeerJ Preprints.