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Communications Earth & Environment.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03790-8Schillaci, C., Alves, G., Bayad, M., Bondi, G., Burn, C.R., …,
Xia, Y., …, and D.L. Evans. 2026. Soil Diversity and Climate: An Overview of Profile Data and Acquisition with the WoSIS Global Legacy Dataset.
European Journal of Soil Science.
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Xia, Y. 2026. Identifying key management and environmental drivers of organic fertilizer-induced soil N2O emissions across North America: A meta-analysis.
Environmental Research Communications.
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Xia, Y., …, and Y.P. Dang. 2026. Mid-Infrared spectroscopy for soil organic carbon estimation. Part I: Global review and meta-analysis.
Soil & Tillage Research. 262: e107236.
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Xia, Y., Nouriani, H.M., and Choi, S.M. 2026. Multi-source data and decision fusion for enhanced gully erosion susceptibility mapping using machine learning.
Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk.
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Xia, Y., …, and D.L. Evans. 2026. Soil Profiles: a window into soil genesis and degradation.
European Journal of Soil Science.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.70322Arteaga, J., Hartman, M.D., Parton, W.J.,
Xia, Y., Duan, J., Stephenson, M., Volesky, J., Chen, M., Sharp, D., Straube, J., and Gao, W. 2026. Detecting and modeling topography-induced differences in plant productivity across a grassland ecosystem gradient.
Ecosphere. 17: e70537.
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Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems.
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Report for National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
http://doi.org/10.1575/1912/71403Obour, P.,
Xia, Y., Ugarte, C., Grift, T., and Wander, M. 2024. Soil Physical Properties and Water Dynamics Under Contrasting Management regimes at the Morrow Plots.
Soil & Tillage Research.
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Geoderma. 448: e116952.
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Science of The Total Environment. 927: e171930.
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Xia, Y. 2024. Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems special section: Improving livability in urban areas: Examining Urban and Peri‐urban Soil and Plant Management.
Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems.
9: e20062.
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PeerJ. 10: e14275.
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Frontiers in Environmental Science. 9: e971261.
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Frontiers in Soil Science. 7: e890437.
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Soil Science Society of America Journal. 86: 1043-1057.
https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20416Xia, Y. and M. Wander. 2021. Evaluation of Indirect and Direct Scoring Methods to Relate Biochemical Soil Quality Indicators to Ecosystem Services.
Soil Science Society of America Journal. 86: 678-702.
https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20370Xia, Y. and M. Wander. 2021. Responses of β-Glucosidase, Permanganate Oxidizable Carbon, and Fluorescein Diacetate Hydrolysis to Conservation Practices.
Soil Science Society of America Journal. 85(5): 1649-1662.
https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20261Xia, Y., Kwon, H., and M. Wander. 2021. Developing County-level Data of Nitrogen Fertilizer and Manure Inputs for Corn Production in the United States.
Journal of Cleaner Production. 309: e126957.
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Agronomy Journal. 113: 1-18.
https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20525Xia, Y., Ugarte, C., Guan, K., Pentrak, M., and M. Wander. 2018. Developing Near- and Mid-infrared Spectroscopy Analysis Methods for Rapid Assessment of Soil Quality in Illinois.
Soil Science Society of America Journal. 82: 1415-1427.
https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2018.05.0175