Dr. Dan Reynolds

Research Scientist

Conducts research on soil hydraulic properties, soil physical quality and soil health.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
2585 County Road 20, Harrow, Ontario, Canada N0R 1G0

Current research and/or projects

Development of indicators and management practices that describe, maintain and improve the quality and health of agricultural soils in Canada.

Research and/or project statements

Identification of indicators of soil physical quality and health.

Determination of impacts of agricultural management practices on soil physical quality and health.

Development of methods for measuring and characterizing soil hydraulic properties.

Professional activities / interests

Member of Canadian Society of Soil Science

Member of Soil Science Society of America

Member of American Geophysical Union

Education and awards

B.Sc. (Hons.) Geology, University of Waterloo

M.Sc. Hydrogeology, University of Waterloo

Ph.D. Soil Physics, University of Guelph

Key publications

  1. Fox, C.A., Miller, J.J., Joschko, M., Drury, C.F., Reynolds, W.D. (2017). Earthworm population dynamics as a consequence of long-term and recently imposed tillage in a clay loam soil. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, [online] 97(4), 561-579. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2016-0092

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  2. Xueming Yang, Craig Drury, Dan Reynolds, Jingyi Yang, Mary-Anne Reeb. 2017. Winter-hardy legumes deliver significant amounts of N to organic corn on a sandy loam soil in southern Ontario. 2017 Guelph Organic Conference Guelph 2017/01/26 - 2017/01/29. http://guelphorganicconf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/GOC-Sat-Sun-brochure-schedule-2.pdf.

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  3. Reynolds, W.D. 2017. Use of bimodal hydraulic property relationships to characterize soil physical quality. Geoderma 294, 38-49

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  4. Xueming Yang, Craig F. Drury, Shabtai Bittman, Martin Chantigny, Jim Miller, Edward G Gregorich, W. Dan Reynolds and Jingyi Yang. 2016. Applications of Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy to the Determinations of Soil Amino Sugars, POM-C and N and Water Soluble Carbon in Some Canadian Agricultural Soils. American Society of Agronomy | Crop Science Society of America | Soil Science Society of America, 2016-11-09. Phoenix, AZ. https://scisoc.confex.com/crops/2016am/webprogram/Paper99629.html

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  5. Xueming Yang, Craig F. Drury, W. Dan Reynolds and Jingyi Yang. 2016. Winter-Hardy Legumes Provide Significant Amounts of N to the Corn in a Soy-Wheat-Corn System in Southern Ontario, Canada. American Society of Agronomy | Crop Science Society of America | Soil Science Society of America. Pheonix, AZ, 2016-11-08. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2016am/webprogram/Paper99624.html

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  6. Drury, C.F., Yang, X.M., Reynolds, W.D., Calder, W., Oloya, T., and A. Woodley. 2016. Impacts of nitrogen placement and inhibitors on ammonia volatilization, nitrous oxide emission and corn yields. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.

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  7. Drury, C.F., Yang, X.M., Reynolds, W.D., Calder, W., Oloya, T., and A. Woodley. 2016. Impacts of nitrogen placement and inhibitors on ammonia volatilization, nitrous oxide emission and corn yields. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.

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  8. Drury, C.F., Reynolds, W.D., Yang, X.M., Rehmann, L., and L. Phillips. 2016. The effect of corn stover removal rate under conventional and no-tillage on corn grain yields and GHG emissions. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.

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  9. Woodley, A., Drury, C.F., Calder, W.C., Oloya, T.O., Yang, X.M. and W.D. Reynolds. 2016. Effectiveness of urease and nitrification inhibitors, placement, and time of application on improving corn grain yields in a clay loam soil. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.

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  10. Woodley, A., Drury, C.F., Reynolds, W.D., Oloya, T.O., and C.S. Tan. 2016. Water and nitrate loss partitioning through surface runoff and tile drainage from a long-term (56 year) crop rotation study on a clay loam soil. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.

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  11. He, W., Yang, J.Y., Zhou, W., Drury, C.F., Yang, X.M., Reynolds, W.D., Wang, H., He, P., Li, Z.T. (2016). Sensitivity analysis of crop yields, soil water contents and nitrogen leaching to precipitation, management practices and soil hydraulic properties in semi-arid and humid regions of Canada using the DSSAT model. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, [online] 106(2), 201-215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10705-016-9800-3

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  12. Drury, Craig F. Girard, B., Woodley, A., Reynolds, W.D., Yang, X.M., Lalonde, C., Wellish, M., Rehman, L., and L. Phillips. 2016. Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada’s Bioeconomy Research Initiatives. Bioeconomy Research and Innovation Forum. Guelph, Ontario.

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  13. Second Global Soil Biodiversity Conference Nanjing 2017/10/15 - 2017/10/19

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  14. Xueming Yang, Craig Drury, Dan Reynolds, Jongyi Yang, Mary-Anne Reed. 2016. Winter-Hardy Legume Cover Crops Contribute a Significant Amount of Nitrogen to an Organic
    Managed Corn in Southern Ontario, Canada. 71st Soil and Water Conservation Society International Annual Conference Managing Great River Landscapes Louisville 2016/07/24 - 2016/07/27. http://www.swcs.org/documents/filelibrary/16ac/2016_Abstract_Book_613ED0F1ECD40.pdf

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  15. Xueming Yang, Craig Drury, Dan Reynolds, Jingyi Yang, Mary-Anne Reeb. 2016. Significance of legume cover crops as nitrogen source for corn in an organic managed cropping system. N 19th Workshop. Skara, Sweden June 27-29, 2016. http://akkonferens.slu.se/nitrogenworkshop/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2014/05/Nitrogen-Absracts-USB_ny.pdf

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  16. Effectiveness of nitrogen inhibitors and application methods on reducing ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions.

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  17. Xueming Yang, Craig Drury, Dan Reynodls, jingyi, Yang, Mary-Anne Reeb. 2016. Nitrogen management for organic crops using winter-hardy legumes in southern Ontario, Canada. Skara, Sweden June 27-29, 2016. http://akkonferens.slu.se/nitrogenworkshop/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2014/05/Nitrogen-Absracts-USB_ny.pdf

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  18. Yang, X.M., Drury, C.F., Reynolds, W.D., and Yang, J.Y. (2016). "How do changes in bulk soil organic carbon content affect carbon concentrations in individual soil particle fractions?", Scientific Reports, 6(Article number: 27173), pp. 1-7. doi : 10.1038/srep27173

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  19. Yang, X.M., Drury, C.F., Reynolds, W.D., Yang, J.Y. (2016). How do changes in bulk soil organic carbon content affect carbon concentrations in individual soil particle fractions?. Scientific Reports, [online] 6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep27173

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  20. Drury, C.F. Reynolds, W.D., Yang, X.M., Yang, J. De Jong, R., Reid, K., Bittman, S. and R. Desjardins. 2016. The unintended consequences of N management practices on reactive N species: A Canadian perspective. The nitrogen cascade and policy – towards integrated solutions. Joint Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)/United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) task force on reactive nitrogen (TFRN). Paris, France.

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Contact

Research facility

Harrow Research and Development Centre
2585 County Road 20
Harrow, ON N0R 1G0
Canada

Expertise

Agriculture›Soil science›Soil physical quality

Affiliations

Membre de la Société canadienne de la science du sol

Membre de la Soil Science Society of America

Membre de l’American Geophysical Union

Language

English