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Jian, J., X. Du, and R. D. Stewart. A database for global soil health assessment. Scientific Data (in press). (PDF)

Bierer, A., R. O. Maguire, M. S. Strickland, R. D. Stewart, and W. E. Thomason. Evaluating dairy manure application method on soil health and nitrate. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (in press). (PDF not yet available)

Gyawali, A. J., B. J. Lester, and R. D. Stewart. 2019. Talking SMAAC: A new tool to measure soil respiration and microbial activity. Frontiers in Earth Sciences. 7(138): 1-8. doi: 10.3389/feart.2019.00138. (PDF)

Gyawali, A. J. and R. D. Stewart. 2019. An improved method for quantifying soil aggregate stability. Soil Science Society of America Journal. doi: 10.2136/sssaj2018.06.0235. (PDF)

Stewart, R. D., J. Jian, A. J. Gyawali, W. E. Thomason, B. D. Badgley, M. S. Reiter, and M. S. Strickland. 2018. What We Talk about When We Talk about Soil Health. Agricultural & Environmental Letters. 3(1). doi: 10.2134/ael2018.06.0033. (PDF)

Stewart, R. D. and M. R. Abou Najm. 2018. A comprehensive model for single ring infiltration 2: Estimating field-saturated hydraulic conductivity. Soil Science Society of America Journal. doi: 10.2136/sssaj2017.09.0314. (PDF is currently unavailable)

McCourty, M. A., A. J. Gyawali., R. D. Stewart. 2018. Of macropores and tillage: influence of biomass incorporation on cover crop decomposition and soil respiration. Soil Use and Management. doi: 10.1111/sum.12403. (PDF is currently unavailable)

Stewart, R. D., Z. Liu, D. E. Rupp, C. W. Higgins and J. S. Selker. 2015. A new instrument to measure plot-scale runoff. Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems. 4: 57-64. doi:10.5194/gi-4-57-2015. (PDF)

Stewart, R. D., M. R. Abou Najm, D. E. Rupp, and J. S. Selker. 2012. An image-based method for determining bulk density and the soil shrinkage curve. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 76(4):1217-1221. doi: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0276n. (PDF)