Dissertations at the Department of Soil and Environment

2024

Tobias Klöffel
Soil structure and water management in a changing climate

2023

Olive Tuyishime
Drainage intensity in paddy rice fields : nitrogen flows, salinity, rice yield and greenhouse gas emissions

Elsa Arrazola Vasquez
Effects of soil compaction on burrowing and energy costs of different earthworm species

Katrin Rychel
Fertilizer placement for improved nitrogen use efficiency and mitigation of N2O emissions

2022

Marius Tuyishime
Phosphorus chemistry in managed forest soils : effects of weathering and wood ash fertilisation

Sandra Wolters
Towards synthesis for nitrogen fertilisation using a decision support system

Karl Adler
Digital soil mapping and portable X-ray fluorescence prediction of cadmium, copper and zinc concentrations as decision support for crop production

Fahri Hasby
Impacts of clear-cutting on soil fungal communities and their activities in boreal forests - A metatranscriptomic approach

Jumpei Fukumasu
Relations between soil organic carbon, soil structure and physical processes in an agricultural topsoil - The role of soil mineral constituents

2021

Benjamin Gossweiler
Impacts of land use change on river streamflow and water quality in a semi-arid catchment. Assessment of catchment under rapid and uncontrolled urbanization

Karolina Jörgensen
Comparing effects of endogenous and anthropogenic nitrogen supply on ectomycorrhizal fungi

Jens Blomquist
Effects of structure liming on clay soil

Hugo de Campos Pereira
Binding of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in soil - Effects of solution chemistry, soil properties, and PFAS structure​

Gizachew Tarekegn Getahun
Subsoil improvement for sustainable intensification: impact of loosening with straw incorporation or liming on subsoil properties, crop performance and water quality

2020

Sabina Braun
Long-term phosphorus supply in agricultural soils : size and dynamics of fast- and slow-desorbing phosphorus pools

Daniel Aviles Ribera
Soil Erosion and Mass Movement in Agricultural Drainage Ditches

2019

Frank Schmieder
Phosphorus speciation in Swedish arable soils with high leaching potential

Marguerite Mukangango
Potential of Acacia angustissima, Leucaena pallida and Mimosa scabrella in agroforestry systems on a Rwandan Ferralsol.

Linnea Hansson
Impacts of forestry operations on soil physical properties, water and temperature dynamics

2018

Julia Kyaschenko
Fungal communities as determinants of carbon dynamics in boreal forest soils

Åsa Löv
New insights into solubility control mechanisms and the role of particle- and colloid-facilitated transport of metals in contaminated soils

Matthew Riddle
Phosphorus leaching from Swedish arable organic soils - quantification and mitigation using biochar

2017

Mário Neves Gonçalo Chilundo
Effects of irrigation and fertiliser management on water and nitrogen use efficiency in maize on a semi-arid loamy sandy soil

Emilio Magaia
Technologies for improved water use efficiency in small-scale maize production in a semi-arid region

Lisbet Norberg
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cultivated Organic Soils - Effect of Cropping System, Soil Type and Drainage

Maria Sandin
Surface and subsurface transport pathways for pesticides to surface waters - Improving understanding of the effects of spatial and temporal variation in soil properties

2016

Helena Andersson
The Role of Subsoil Properties for Phosphorus Leaching in Agricultural Soils

Ann Kristin Eriksson Phosphorus speciation in Swedish agricultural clay soils. Influence of fertilization and mineralogy

Karin Hamnér Micronutrients in cereal crops - Impact of nutrient management and soil properties

Sabine Jordan
Greenhouse gas emissions from rewetted extracted peatlands in Sweden

Martin Rappe George Nitrogen in Soil Water of Coniferous Forests - Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances

Charlotta Tiberg Metal sorption to ferrihydrite - Phosphate effects, X-ray absorption spectroscopy and surface complexation modelling

2015

Workneh Bedada Compost and fertilizer - alternatives or complementary? management feasibility and long-term effects on soil fertility in an Ethiopian village

Kristina Mjöfors Effects of site preparation and stump harvest on carbon dynamics in forest soils

Masud Parvage Impact of Horse-keeping on Phosphorus (P) Concentrations in Soil and Water

Karin Steffens Modelling Climate Change Impacts on Pesticide Leaching - Uncertainty and Scenario Analysis at Field and Regional Scales

2014

Veera Kainiemi Tillage effects on soil respiration in Swedish arable soils

Pia Kynkäänniemi Small Wetlands Designed for Phosphorus Retention in Swedish Agricultural Areas

Maja Larsson Vanadium in soils - Chemistry and Ecotoxicitys

Lorenzo Menichetti Improving our understanding of carbon cycling in agroecosystems by studying δ¹³C signatures in soil carbon stocks and fluxe - results from a Swedish long-term field experiment

Åsa Myrbeck Soil tillage influences on soil mineral nitrogen and nitrate leaching in Swedish arable soils

Annika Svanbäck Mitigation of Phosphorus Leaching from Agricultural Soils - Improved Fertilization and Soil Structure

2013

Stefan Bengtsson Interception and storage of wet deposited radionuclides in crops - field experiments and modelling

Jian Liu Phosphorus leaching as influenced by animal manure and catch crops

Abdul Ghafoor Understanding the causes of spatial variation in pesticide sorption and degradation at the catchment scale

2012

Thord Karlsson Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in agricultural soils: Model applications at different scales in time and space

Carina Ortiz Sink or source? Uncertainties in large scale model predictions of forest soil organic carbon dynamics

2011

Örjan Berglund Greenhouse gas emissions from cultivated peat soils in Sweden

Kristin Boye Sulfur cycling in Swedish arable soils - a chemical perspective

2010

Lena Engström Nitrogen dynamics in crop sequences with winter oilseed rape and winter wheat

2009

Anna Lindahl Sources of pesticide losses to surface waters and groundwater at field and landscape scales

Osvaldo Salazar Modelling water discharge and nitrogen loads from drained agricultural land at field and watershed scale

Johanna Wetterlind Improved farm soil mapping using near infrared reflection spectroscopy

2008

Ylva Andrist Rangel Quantifying mineral sources of potassium in agricultural soils

Joris van Schaik Binding of metals to macromolecular organic acids in natural waters: does organic matter?

Lovisa Stjernman Forsberg Reclamation of copper mine tailings using sewage sludge

Mulugeta Zewdie Temporal changes of biomass production, soil properties and ground flora in Eucalyptus globulus plantations in the Central highlands of Ethiopia

Monica Östman Ageing landfills: development and processes