Analyzing soil food webs or any food web measured at equilibrium. The package
  calculates carbon and nitrogen fluxes and stability properties using methods
  described by Hunt et al. (1987) <doi:10.1007/BF00260580>, de Ruiter et al. 
  (1995) <doi:10.1126/science.269.5228.1257>, Holtkamp et al. (2011)
  <doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.10.004>, and Buchkowski and Lindo (2021) 
  <doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13706>. The package can also manipulate the structure 
  of the food web as well as simulate food webs away from equilibrium and run 
  decomposition experiments.

Generally, soil functionality is characterized by its capability to sustain microbial activity, nutritional element supply, structural stability and aid for crop production. Since soil functions can be linked to 80% of ecosystem services, conservation of degraded land should strive to restore not only the capacity of soil to sustain flora but also ecosystem provisions. The primary ecosystem services of soil are carbon sequestration, food or biomass production, provision of microbial habitat, nutrient recycling. However, the actual magnitude of soil functions provided by agricultural land uses has never been quantified. Nutrient supply capacity (NSC) is a measure of nutrient dynamics in restored land uses. Carbon accumulation proficiency (CAP) is a measure of ecosystem carbon sequestration. Biological activity index (BAI) is the average of responses of all enzyme activities in treated land over control/reference land. The CAP parameter investigates how land uses may affect carbon flows, retention, and sequestration. The CAP provides a signal for C cycles, flows, and the systems' relative operational supremacy.

Provides functions for (1) soil water retention (SWC) and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity (Ku) (van Genuchten-Mualem (vGM or vG) [1, 2], Peters-Durner-Iden (PDI) [3, 4, 5], Brooks and Corey (bc) [8]), (2) fitting of parameter for SWC  and/or Ku using Shuffled Complex Evolution (SCE) optimisation and (3) calculation of soil hydraulic properties (Ku and soil water contents) based on the simplified evaporation method (SEM) [6, 7].
    Main references:
    [1] van Genuchten (1980) <doi:10.2136/sssaj1980.03615995004400050002x>, 
    [2] Mualem (1976) <doi:10.1029/WR012i003p00513>, 
    [3] Peters (2013) <doi:10.1002/wrcr.20548>, 
    [4] Iden and Durner (2013) <doi:10.1002/2014WR015937>, 
    [5] Peters (2014) <doi:10.1002/2014WR015937>,
    [6] Wind G. P. (1966),
    [7] Peters and Durner (2008) <doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.04.016> and
    [8] Brooks and Corey (1964).