Paul Mudge

Portfolio Leader - Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation

Land Use & Ecosystems

Qualifications

Waikato
PhD Soil Science
2013

Waikato
MSc (Hons) Earth Sciences
2009

Waikato
BSc
2007

Massey
DipAg
2003

Publications

Lambie SM, Mason NWH, Mudge PL Early access Nov 2021. Priming of carbon decomposition in 27 dairy grazed soils after bovine urine additions. Soil Research. WOS:000714341700001 https://doi.org/10.1071/sr20313

Lambie SM, Mudge PL, Stevenson BA Early Access Nov 2021. Microbial community composition and activity in paired irrigated and non-irrigated pastures in New Zealand. Soil Research. WOS:000719346500001 https://doi.org/10.1071/sr21149

Wall AM, Laubach J, Campbell DI, Goodrich JP, Graham SL, Hunt JE, Mudge PL, Whitehead D, Schipper LA 2024. Effects of dairy farming management practices on carbon balances in New Zealand ' s grazed grasslands: Synthesis from 68 site-years. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 367. WOS:001221860000001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.108962

Fransen KE, Gard SM, Pinxterhuis I, Minnée EMK, Peterson ME, Mudge P, Woods RR, Al-Marashdeh O, Horne D, Beukes PC, Dodd M, Clague J 2024. Comment on 'An examination of the ability of plantain (<i>Plantain lanceolata</i> L.) to mitigate nitrogen leaching from pasture systems'. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research: 13. WOS:001308458500001 https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2024.2398149

Laubach J, Hunt JE, Graham SL, Buxton RP, Rogers GND, Mudge PL, Goodrich JP, Whitehead D 2023. Mitigation potential and trade-offs for nitrous oxide emissions and carbon balances of irrigated mixed-species and ryegrass-clover pastures. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 330. WOS:000921525300001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109310

Graham SL, Laubach J, Hunt JE, Mudge PL, Nunez J, Rogers GND, Buxton RP, Carrick S, Whitehead D 2022. Irrigation and grazing management affect leaching losses and soil nitrogen balance of lucerne. Agricultural Water Management 259. WOS:000711635400004 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2021.107233

Hu W, Thomas S, Muller K, Carrick S, Beare M, Langer S, Cummins M, Dando J, Fraser S, Stevenson B, Mudge P, Baird D 2022. Maize cropping degrades soil hydraulic properties relative to grazed pasture in two contrasting soils (vol 421, 115912, 2022). Geoderma 428. WOS:000919522500007 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116179

Orwin KH, Mason NWH, Berthet ET, Grelet G, Mudge P, Lavorel S 2022. Integrating design and ecological theory to achieve adaptive diverse pastures. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 37(10): 861-871. WOS:000861633300009 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.06.006

Whitehead D, McNeill SJE, Mudge PL 2021. Regional and national changes in soil carbon stocks with land-use change from 1990 to 2016 for New Zealand. Regional Environmental Change 21(4). WOS:000718091900001 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-021-01837-4

Mudge PL, Millar J, Pronger J, Roulston A, Penny V, Fraser S, Eger A, Caspari T, Robertson B, Mason NWH, Schipper LA 2021. Impacts of irrigation on soil C and N stocks in grazed grasslands depends on aridity and irrigation duration. Geoderma 399. WOS:000656902300009 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115109

Orwin KH, Mason NWH, Aalders L, Bell NL, Schon N, Mudge PL 2021. Relationships of plant traits and soil biota to soil functions change as nitrogen fertiliser rates increase in an intensively managed agricultural system. Journal of Applied Ecology 58(2): 392-405. WOS:000578908100001 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13771

Lilburne L, Eger A, Mudge P, Ausseil AG, Stevenson B, Herzig A, Beare M 2020. The Land Resource Circle: supporting land-use decision making with an ecosystem-service-based framework of soil functions. Geoderma 363. WOS:000515198500011 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.114134

Wall AM, Campbell DI, Mudge PL, Schipper LA 2020. Temperate grazed grassland carbon balances for two adjacent paddocks determined separately from one eddy covariance system. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 287. WOS:000531095900015 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.107942

Mason NWH, Orwin KH, Lambie S, Waugh D, Pronger J, Carmona CP, Mudge P 2020. Resource-use efficiency drives overyielding via enhanced complementarity. Oecologia 193(4): 995-1010. MEDLINE:32844244 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04732-7

Wall AM, Campbell DI, Morcom CP, Mudge PL, Schipper LA 2020. Quantifying carbon losses from periodic maize silage cropping of permanent temperate pastures. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 301. WOS:000553393400025 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.107048

Lambie SM, Ghani A, Mudge PL, Stevenson BA 2019. Decadal changes in soil organic matter due to microaggregate and hot water extractable pools. Soil Science Society of America Journal 83(1): 78-85. WOS:000459315800010 https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2018.04.0133

Laubach J, Hunt JE, Graham SL, Buxton RP, Rogers GND, Mudge PL, Carrick S, Whitehead D 2019. Irrigation of newly established lucerne enchances net ecosystem carbon losses. Proceedings: OzFlux Conference 2019, Brisbane, Australia, 1-3 July 2019.

Pronger J, Wyatt J, Brasington J, Mudge P, Schipper S 2019. Peat subsidence in the Waikato: using a new approach to understand an old problem. Proceedings: WaiBOP Soils Biennial Conference 2019, Hamilton, New Zealand, 29 November 2019. oyalsociety.org.nz/whats-happening/conferences/wai-bop-soils-biennial-conference-2019/

Mudge P 2019. A national soil carbon monitoring system for agricultural land in New Zealand. Soil Horizons. https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/publications/soil-horizons/soil-horizons-articles/national-soil-carbon-monitoring-system-for-agricultural-land/

Pronger J, Campbell DI, Clearwater MJ, Mudge PL, Rutledge S, Wall AM, Schipper LA 2019. Toward optimisation of water use efficiency in dryland pastures using carbon isotope discrimination as a tool to select plant species mixtures. Science of the Total Environment 665: 698-708. WOS:000460628600071 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.014

Wall AM, Campbell DI, Mudge PL, Rutledge S, Schipper LA 2019. Carbon budget of an intensively grazed temperate grassland with large quantities of imported supplemental feed. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 281: 1-15. WOS:000500208700001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2019.04.019

Laubach J, Hunt JE, Graham SL, Buxton RP, Rogers GND, Mudge PL, Carrick S, Whitehead D 2019. Irrigation increases forage production of newly established lucerne but enhances net ecosystem carbon losses. Science of the Total Environment 689: 921-936. WOS:000482379400089 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.407

Whitehead D, Schipper LA, Pronger J, Moinet GYK, Mudge PL, Pereira RC, Kirschbaum MUF, McNally SR, Beare MH, Camps-Arbestain M 2018. Management practices to reduce losses or increase soil carbon stocks in temperate grazed grasslands: New Zealand as a case study. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 265: 432-443. WOS:000443664900044 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2018.06.022

Laubach J, Hunt JE, graham SL, Buxton RP, Rogers GND, Mudge PL, Carrick S, Whitehead D 2018. Carbon and water budgets of irrigated and non-irrigated lucerne for three years from planting. Proceedings: OzFlux-Asia Flux Conference " Ecosystems Climate & Land-use Change Across Asia & Australasia", Darwin, Australia, 20-26 August 2018.

Orwin KH, Mason NWH, Jordan OM, Lambie SM, Stevenson BA, Mudge PL 2018. Season and dominant species effects on plant trait – ecosystem function relationships in intensively grazed grassland. Journal of Applied Ecology 55(1): 236–245. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12939

Orwin KH, Mason NWH, Jordan OM, Lambie SM, Stevenson BA, Mudge PL 2018. Season and dominant species effects on plant trait-ecosystem function relationships in intensively grazed grassland. Journal of Applied Ecology 55(1): 236-245. WOS:000417764600024 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12939

Hedley BC, McNeill S, Roudier P, Poggio M, Mudge P, Fraser S, Laubscher N, Grealilsh G, Eger A, Schipper L 2018. Balanced sampling to monitor changes in soil organic carbon. Proceedings: Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Inventory Research Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 21-22 March 2018.

Mason NWH, Palmer DJ, Romera A, Waugh D, Mudge PL 2017. Combining field experiments and predictive models to assess potential for increased plant diversity to climate-proof intensive agriculture. Ecology and Evolution 7(13): 4907-4918. WOS:000404645400036 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3028

Salmanzadeh M, Schipper LA, Balks MR, Hartland A, Mudge PL, Littler R 2017. The effect of irrigation on cadmium, uranium, and phosphorus contents in agricultural soils. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 247: 84-90. WOS:000408597800009 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.06.028

Salmanzadeh M, Schipper LA, Balks MR, Hartland A, Mudge PL, Littler R 2017. The effect of irrigation on cadmium, uranium, and phosphorus contents in agricultural soils. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 247: 84–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.06.028

Kirschbaum MUF, Schipper LA, Mudge PL, Rutledge S, Puche NJB, Campbell DI 2017. The trade-offs between milk production and soil organic carbon storage in dairy systems under different management and environmental factors. Science of the Total Environment 577: 61–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.055

Romera AJ, Doole GJ, Beukes PC, Mason N, Mudge PL 2017. The role and value of diverse sward mixtures in dairy farm systems of New Zealand: An exploratory assessment. Agricultural Systems 152: 18–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2016.12.004

Rutledge S, Wall AM, Mudge PL, Troughton B, Campbell DI, Pronger J, Joshi C, Schipper LA 2017. The carbon balance of temperate grasslands part II: the impact of pasture renewal via direct drilling. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 239: 132–142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.01.013

Rutledge S, Wall AM, Mudge PL, Troughton B, Campbell DI, Pronger J, Joshi C, Schipper LA 2017. The carbon balance of temperate grasslands part I: the impact of increased species diversity. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 239: 310–323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.01.039

Schipper LA, Mudge PL, Kirschbaum MUF, Hedley CB, Golubiewski NE, Smaill SJ, Kelliher FM 2017. A review of soil carbon change in New Zealand’s grazed grasslands. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 60(2): 93–118. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2017.1284134

Mudge PL, Kelliher FM, Knight TL, O'Connell D, Fraser S, Schipper LA 2017. Irrigating grazed pasture decreases soil carbon and nitrogen stocks. Global Change Biology 23(2): 945–954. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13448

Mason NWH, Mudge PL, Palmer D, McLeod M, Ausseil A-G, Dymond J 2016. Catchment-scale contribution of invasive nitrogen fixing shrubs to nitrate leaching: a scoping study. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 46(2): 85–102. https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2015.1127261

Mason NWH, Orwin K, Lambie S, Woodward SL, McCready T, Mudge P 2016. Leaf economics spectrum–productivity relationships in intensively grazed pastures depend on dominant species identity. Ecology and Evolution 6(10): 3079–3091. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1964

Rutledge S, Mudge PL, Campbell DI, Woodward SL, Goodrich JP, Wall AM, Kirschbaum MUF, Schipper LA 2015. Carbon balance of an intensively grazed temperate dairy pasture over four years. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 206: 10–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2015.03.011

Kirschbaum MUF, Rutledge S, Kuijper IA, Mudge PL, Puche N, Wall AM, Roach CG, Schipper LA, Campbell DI 2015. Modelling carbon and water exchange of a grazed pasture in New Zealand constrained by eddy covariance measurements. Science of the Total Environment 512–513: 273–286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.045

Sparling GP, Lewis R, Schipper LA, Mudge P, Balks M 2014. Changes in soil total C and N contents at three chronosequences after conversion from plantation pine forest to dairy pasture on a New Zealand Pumice soil. Soil Research 52(1): 38–45. https://doi.org/10.1071/SR13102

Mudge PL, Schipper LA, Baisden WT, Ghani A, Lewis RW 2014. Changes in soil C, N and δ15N along three forest–pasture chronosequences in New Zealand. Soil Research 52(1): 27–37. https://doi.org/10.1071/SR13183

Barnett AL, Schipper LA, Taylor A, Balks MR, Mudge PL 2014. Soil C and N contents in a paired survey of dairy and dry stock pastures in New Zealand. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 185: 34–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2013.12.008

Rutledge S, Mudge PL, Wallace DF, Campbell DI, Woodward SL, Wall AM, Schipper LA 2014. CO2 emissions following cultivation of a temperate permanent pasture. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 184: 21–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2013.11.005

Mudge PL, Schipper LA, Ghani A, Upsdell M, Baisden WT 2013. Changes in natural 15N abundance in pastoral soils receiving differing amounts of superphosphate fertilizer and irrigation for 50 years. Soil Science Society of America Journal 77(3): 830–841. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2012.0333