Summary
ABSTRACT Soil compaction is an increasing environmental threat due to agricultural intensification. Compaction negatively affects both agricultural production and key soil environmental functions. In this study, we developed a novel soil‐compaction‐agroecosystem modelling framework to systematically assess the consequences of soil compaction on crop yield, soil organic carbon stocks, nitrous oxide emissions and nitrogen leaching in the long‐term. The modelling was done for different soil textures, different climatic conditions and different soil structure recovery rates, each of them tested comprising three cases. We compared simulations with data from field observations compiled from the literature. The modelling results reproduced most trends reported in the literature. Comparing compact
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