{"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [{"id": "10.1038/s41598-018-32229-0", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:19:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-09-07", "title": "Soil resources and element stocks in drylands to face global issues", "description": "Abstract<p>Drylands (hyperarid, arid, semiarid, and dry subhumid ecosystems) cover almost half of Earth\uffe2\uff80\uff99s land surface and are highly vulnerable to environmental pressures. Here we provide an inventory of soil properties including carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) stocks within the current boundaries of drylands, aimed at serving as a benchmark in the face of future challenges including increased population, food security, desertification, and climate change. Aridity limits plant production and results in poorly developed soils, with coarse texture, low C:N and C:P, scarce organic matter, and high vulnerability to erosion. Dryland soils store 646 Pg of organic C to 2\uffe2\uff80\uff89m, the equivalent of 32% of the global soil organic C pool. The magnitude of the historic loss of C from dryland soils due to human land use and cover change and their typically low C:N and C:P suggest high potential to build up soil organic matter, but coarse soil textures may limit protection and stabilization processes. Restoring, preserving, and increasing soil organic matter in drylands may help slow down rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide by sequestering C, and is strongly needed to enhance food security and reduce the risk of land degradation and desertification.</p", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "0303 health sciences", "Multidisciplinary", "Nitrogen", "Climate", "Climate Change", "Phosphorus", "15. Life on land", "Article", "Carbon", "Food Supply", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "element cycles", "13. Climate action", "carbon cycle", "Life Science", "Humans", "Desert Climate", "Ecosystem", "geochemistry"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.univr.it/bitstream/11562/1001390/1/Soil%20resources%20and%20element%20stocks%20in%20drylands%20to%20face%20global%20issues.pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-32229-0.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32229-0"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Scientific%20Reports", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1038/s41598-018-32229-0", "name": "item", "description": "10.1038/s41598-018-32229-0", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1038/s41598-018-32229-0"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-09-13T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1038/s41586-021-03629-6", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:19:27Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-07-14", "title": "Amazonia as a carbon source linked to deforestation and climate change", "description": "Amazonia hosts the Earth's largest tropical forests and has been shown to be an important carbon sink over recent decades1-3. This carbon sink seems to be in decline, however, as a result of factors such as deforestation and climate change1-3. Here we investigate Amazonia's carbon budget and the main drivers responsible for its change into a carbon source. We performed 590 aircraft vertical profiling measurements of lower-tropospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide at four sites in Amazonia from 2010 to 20184. We find that total carbon emissions are greater in eastern Amazonia than in the western part, mostly as a result of spatial differences in carbon-monoxide-derived fire emissions. Southeastern Amazonia, in particular, acts as a net carbon source (total carbon flux minus fire emissions) to the atmosphere. Over the past 40 years, eastern Amazonia has been subjected to more deforestation, warming and moisture stress than the western part, especially during the dry season, with the southeast experiencing the strongest trends5-9. We explore the effect of climate change and deforestation trends on carbon emissions at our study sites, and find that the intensification of the dry season and an increase in deforestation seem to promote ecosystem stress, increase in fire occurrence, and higher carbon emissions in the eastern Amazon. This is in line with recent studies that indicate an increase in tree mortality and a reduction in photosynthesis as a result of climatic changes across Amazonia1,10.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "Carbon Monoxide", "Carbon Sequestration", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Atmosphere", "Climate Change", "Rain", "Temperature", "Carbon Dioxide", "Forests", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon Cycle", "03 medical and health sciences", "13. Climate action", "11. 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However, unlike for plants and animals, a global assessment of hotspots for soil nature conservation is still lacking2. This hampers our ability to establish nature\u00a0conservation priorities for the multiple dimensions that support the soil system: from soil biodiversity to ecosystem services. Here, to identify global hotspots for soil nature conservation, we performed a global field survey that includes observations of biodiversity (archaea, bacteria, fungi, protists and invertebrates) and functions (critical for six ecosystem services) in 615 composite samples of topsoil from a standardized survey in all continents. We found that each of the different ecological dimensions of soils-that is, species richness (alpha diversity, measured as amplicon sequence variants), community dissimilarity and ecosystem services-peaked in contrasting regions of the planet, and were associated with different environmental factors. Temperate ecosystems showed the highest species richness, whereas community dissimilarity peaked in the tropics, and colder high-latitudinal ecosystems were identified as hotspots of ecosystem services. These findings highlight the complexities that are involved in simultaneously protecting multiple ecological dimensions of soil. We further show that most of these hotspots are not adequately covered by protected areas (more than 70%), and are vulnerable in the context of several scenarios of global change. Our global estimation of priorities for soil nature conservation highlights the importance of accounting for the multidimensionality of soil biodiversity and ecosystem services to conserve soils for future generations.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "0303 health sciences", "Geographic Mapping", "Biodiversity", "15. Life on land", "Invertebrates", "Archaea", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "13. 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Life underwater", "Soil Microbiology"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05292-x.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05292-x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Nature", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1038/s41586-022-05292-x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1038/s41586-022-05292-x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1038/s41586-022-05292-x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-10-12T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1038/srep10892", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:19:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-07-03", "title": "Improved Grazing Management May Increase Soil Carbon Sequestration In Temperate Steppe", "description": "Abstract<p>Different grazing strategies impact grassland plant production and may also regulate the soil carbon formation. For a site in semiarid temperate steppe, we studied the effect of combinations of rest, high and moderate grazing pressure over three stages of the growing season, on the process involved in soil carbon sequestration. Results show that constant moderate grazing (MMM) exhibited the highest root production and turnover accumulating the most soil carbon. While deferred grazing (RHM and RMH) sequestered less soil carbon compared to MMM, they showed higher standing root mass, maintained a more desirable pasture composition and had better ability to retain soil N. Constant high grazing pressure (HHH) caused diminished above- and belowground plant production, more soil N losses and an unfavorable microbial environment and had reduced carbon input. Reducing grazing pressure in the last grazing stage (HHM) still had a negative impact on soil carbon. Regression analyses show that adjusting stocking rate to ~5SE/ha with ~40% vegetation utilization rate can get the most carbon accrual. Overall, the soil carbon sequestration in the temperate grassland is affected by the grazing regime that is applied and grazing can be altered to improve soil carbon sequestration in the temperate steppe.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "China", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Carbon Compounds", " Inorganic", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "16. 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By synthesizing data from multiple studies on grazed NGP ecosystems, we quantified the response of 30 variables to C and N pools and fluxes to grazing using a comprehensive meta-analysis method. Results showed that grazing enhanced soil C (5.2\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff894.6% relative) and N (11.3\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff899.1%) pools in the top layer, stimulated litter decomposition (26.8\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff8918.4%) and soil N mineralization (22.3\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff8918.4%) and enhanced soil NH4+(51.5\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff8942.9%) and NO3\uffe2\uff88\uff92(47.5\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff8920.7%) concentrations. Our results indicate that the NGP grasslands have sequestered C and N in the past 70 to 80 years, recovering C and N lost during a period of widespread grassland deterioration that occurred in the first half of the 20thcentury. Sustainable grazing management employed after this deterioration has acted as a critical factor for C and N amelioration of degraded NGP grasslands and about 5.84\uffe2\uff80\uff89Mg C ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921CO2-equivalent of anthropogenic CO2emissions has been offset by these grassland soils.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Nitrogen Cycle", "15. Life on land", "Grassland", "01 natural sciences", "Article", "United States", "Carbon Cycle", "13. Climate action", "Animals", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Herbivory"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1038/srep33190"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Scientific%20Reports", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1038/srep33190", "name": "item", "description": "10.1038/srep33190", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1038/srep33190"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-09-12T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1073/pnas.0503198103", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-27T16:19:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-01-21", "title": "Plant Community Responses To Experimental Warming Across The Tundra Biome", "description": "<p>Recent observations of changes in some tundra ecosystems appear to be responses to a warming climate. Several experimental studies have shown that tundra plants and ecosystems can respond strongly to environmental change, including warming; however, most studies were limited to a single location and were of short duration and based on a variety of experimental designs. In addition, comparisons among studies are difficult because a variety of techniques have been used to achieve experimental warming and different measurements have been used to assess responses. We used metaanalysis on plant community measurements from standardized warming experiments at 11 locations across the tundra biome involved in the International Tundra Experiment. The passive warming treatment increased plant-level air temperature by 1-3\uffc2\uffb0C, which is in the range of predicted and observed warming for tundra regions. Responses were rapid and detected in whole plant communities after only two growing seasons. Overall, warming increased height and cover of deciduous shrubs and graminoids, decreased cover of mosses and lichens, and decreased species diversity and evenness. These results predict that warming will cause a decline in biodiversity across a wide variety of tundra, at least in the short term. They also provide rigorous experimental evidence that recently observed increases in shrub cover in many tundra regions are in response to climate warming. These changes have important implications for processes and interactions within tundra ecosystems and between tundra and the atmosphere.</p>", "keywords": ["Greenhouse Effect", "0106 biological sciences", "570", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Hot Temperature", "Climate", "Environment", "01 natural sciences", "333", "Climatic changes Environmental aspects", "Effects of global warming on", "Climate change", "Biomass", "Ecosystem", "Plant Physiological Phenomena", "Arctic and alpine ecosystems", "Arctic Regions", "Temperature", "500", "Genetic Variation", "Biodiversity", "Models", " Theoretical", "Plants", "15. Life on land", "0503 (four-digit-FOR)", "Tundra ecology", "13. Climate action", "Vegetation change", "Plants", " Effects of global warming on", "Software", "Environmental Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/884/1/ITEX_PNAS%20%282006%29%20hi%20res.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0503198103"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Proceedings%20of%20the%20National%20Academy%20of%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1073/pnas.0503198103", "name": "item", "description": "10.1073/pnas.0503198103", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1073/pnas.0503198103"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-01-20T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1073/pnas.1017277108", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:19:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-08-09", "title": "Carbon Debt Of Conservation Reserve Program (Crp) Grasslands Converted To Bioenergy Production", "description": "<p>             Over 13 million ha of former cropland are enrolled in the US Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), providing well-recognized biodiversity, water quality, and carbon (C) sequestration benefits that could be lost on conversion back to agricultural production. Here we provide measurements of the greenhouse gas consequences of converting CRP land to continuous corn, corn\uffe2\uff80\uff93soybean, or perennial grass for biofuel production. No-till soybeans preceded the annual crops and created an initial carbon debt of 10.6 Mg CO             2             equivalents (CO             2             e)\uffc2\uffb7ha             \uffe2\uff88\uff921             that included agronomic inputs, changes in C stocks, altered N             2             O and CH             4             fluxes, and foregone C sequestration less a fossil fuel offset credit. Total debt, which includes future debt created by additional changes in soil C stocks and the loss of substantial future soil C sequestration, can be constrained to 68 Mg CO             2             e\uffc2\uffb7ha             \uffe2\uff88\uff921             if subsequent crops are under permanent no-till management. If tilled, however, total debt triples to 222 Mg CO             2             e\uffc2\uffb7ha             \uffe2\uff88\uff921             on account of further soil C loss. Projected C debt repayment periods under no-till management range from 29 to 40 y for corn\uffe2\uff80\uff93soybean and continuous corn, respectively. Under conventional tillage repayment periods are three times longer, from 89 to 123 y, respectively. Alternatively, the direct use of existing CRP grasslands for cellulosic feedstock production would avoid C debt entirely and provide modest climate change mitigation immediately. Incentives for permanent no till and especially permission to harvest CRP biomass for cellulosic biofuel would help to blunt the climate impact of future CRP conversion.           </p>", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "Greenhouse Effect", "2. Zero hunger", "Renewable energy", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Nitrous oxide", "Land-use change", "Agriculture", "Carbon balance", "15. Life on land", "Animal Feed", "7. Clean energy", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon", "United States", "Government Programs", "13. Climate action", "Biofuels", "Cellulose", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1017277108"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Proceedings%20of%20the%20National%20Academy%20of%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1073/pnas.1017277108", "name": "item", "description": "10.1073/pnas.1017277108", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1073/pnas.1017277108"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-08-08T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1073/pnas.1016774108", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:19:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-03-29", "title": "Geographic bias of field observations of soil carbon stocks with tropical land-use changes precludes spatial extrapolation", "description": "<p>Accurately quantifying changes in soil carbon (C) stocks with land-use change is important for estimating the anthropogenic fluxes of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and for implementing policies such as REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) that provide financial incentives to reduce carbon dioxide fluxes from deforestation and land degradation. Despite hundreds of field studies and at least a dozen literature reviews, there is still considerable disagreement on the direction and magnitude of changes in soil C stocks with land-use change. We conducted a meta-analysis of studies that quantified changes in soil C stocks with land use in the tropics. Conversion from one land use to another caused significant increases or decreases in soil C stocks for 8 of the 14 transitions examined. For the three land-use transitions with sufficient observations, both the direction and magnitude of the change in soil C pools depended strongly on biophysical factors of mean annual precipitation and dominant soil clay mineralogy. When we compared the distribution of biophysical conditions of the field observations to the area-weighted distribution of those factors in the tropics as a whole or the tropical lands that have undergone conversion, we found that field observations are highly unrepresentative of most tropical landscapes. Because of this geographic bias we strongly caution against extrapolating average values of land-cover change effects on soil C stocks, such as those generated through meta-analysis and literature reviews, to regions that differ in biophysical conditions.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "Trees"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1016774108"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Proceedings%20of%20the%20National%20Academy%20of%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1073/pnas.1016774108", "name": "item", "description": "10.1073/pnas.1016774108", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1073/pnas.1016774108"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-03-28T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1073/pnas.1320585111", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:19:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-08-19", "title": "Effect Of Woody-Plant Encroachment On Livestock Production In North And South America", "description": "Significance           <p>Grasslands all over the world are undergoing a rapid shift from herbaceous to woody-plant dominance, a phenomenon known as woody-plant encroachment. The impact of this global phenomenon on livestock production (LP), the main ecosystem service provided by grasslands, remains largely unexplored. We quantified, for the first time, the impact of woody-plant encroachment on LP at a large scale, finding a reduction of between 0.6 and 1.6 reproductive cows per square kilometer for each 1% increase in tree cover. By comparing the largest rangelands of the Americas (United States and Argentina), we also showed how the impact of woody-plant encroachment is mediated by social\uffe2\uff80\uff93economic factors. Our paper represents a significant advance in our understanding of grasslands as complex social\uffe2\uff80\uff93ecological systems.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Livestock", "Climate", "Argentina", "15. Life on land", "Poaceae", "01 natural sciences", "333", "United States", "Trees", "13. Climate action", "Animals", "Cattle", "Ecosystem", "Environmental Monitoring", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1320585111"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Proceedings%20of%20the%20National%20Academy%20of%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1073/pnas.1320585111", "name": "item", "description": "10.1073/pnas.1320585111", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1073/pnas.1320585111"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-08-18T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1073/pnas.1807354116", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:19:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-03-09", "title": "Diversifying livestock promotes multidiversity and multifunctionality in managed grasslands", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Increasing plant diversity can increase ecosystem functioning, stability, and services in both natural and managed grasslands, but the effects of herbivore diversity, and especially of livestock diversity, remain underexplored. Given that managed grazing is the most extensive land use worldwide, and that land managers can readily change livestock diversity, we experimentally tested how livestock diversification (sheep, cattle, or both) influenced multidiversity (the diversity of plants, insects, soil microbes, and nematodes) and ecosystem multifunctionality (including plant biomass production, plant leaf N and P, above-ground insect abundance, nutrient cycling, soil C stocks, water regulation, and plant\u2013microbe symbiosis) in the world\u2019s largest remaining grassland. We also considered the potential dependence of ecosystem multifunctionality on multidiversity. We found that livestock diversification substantially increased ecosystem multifunctionality by increasing multidiversity. The link between multidiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality was always stronger than the link between single diversity components and functions. Our work provides insights into the importance of multitrophic diversity to maintain multifunctionality in managed ecosystems and suggests that diversifying livestock could promote both multidiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality in an increasingly managed world.</p></article>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Livestock", "Sheep", "Biodiversity", "Biological Sciences", "15. Life on land", "Grassland", "7. Clean energy", "01 natural sciences", "13. Climate action", "XXXXXX - Unknown", "Animals", "Cattle", "Animal Husbandry", "Ecosystem"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807354116"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Proceedings%20of%20the%20National%20Academy%20of%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1073/pnas.1807354116", "name": "item", "description": "10.1073/pnas.1807354116", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1073/pnas.1807354116"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-03-08T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1073/pnas.2120426119", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:19:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-05-25", "title": "Financing conservation by valuing carbon services produced by wild animals", "description": "Significance           <p>The involvement of financial markets is critical to deliver effective and long-lasting solutions to mitigate climate change and reverse biodiversity loss. However, financial markets have not invested in ecosystem services because these are often valued based on non-market prices, which deter investments. Based on existing carbon market prices, we value the carbon services produced by forest elephants and show that wild animals\uffe2\uff80\uff99 carbon services are valuable enough to attract investors. This framework would facilitate financing of conservation programs and local communities and broaden the portfolio of nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change.</p", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "0303 health sciences", "Climate Change", "Elephants", "1. No poverty", "Social Sciences", "Biodiversity", "Forests", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "03 medical and health sciences", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "Animals", "Population Growth"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.2120426119"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2120426119"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Proceedings%20of%20the%20National%20Academy%20of%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1073/pnas.2120426119", "name": "item", "description": "10.1073/pnas.2120426119", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1073/pnas.2120426119"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-05-25T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.14878", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-27T16:20:38Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-10-22", "title": "Which practices co\u2010deliver food security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and combat land degradation and desertification?", "description": "Abstract<p>There is a clear need for transformative change in the land management and food production sectors to address the global land challenges of climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, combatting land degradation and desertification, and delivering food security (referred to hereafter as \uffe2\uff80\uff9cland challenges\uffe2\uff80\uff9d). We assess the potential for 40 practices to address these land challenges and find that: Nine options deliver medium to large benefits for all four land challenges. A further two options have no global estimates for adaptation, but have medium to large benefits for all other land challenges. Five options have large mitigation potential (&gt;3\uffc2\uffa0Gt CO2eq/year) without adverse impacts on the other land challenges. Five options have moderate mitigation potential, with no adverse impacts on the other land challenges. Sixteen practices have large adaptation potential (&gt;25 million people benefit), without adverse side effects on other land challenges. Most practices can be applied without competing for available land. However, seven options could result in competition for land. A large number of practices do not require dedicated land, including several land management options, all value chain options, and all risk management options. Four options could greatly increase competition for land if applied at a large scale, though the impact is scale and context specific, highlighting the need for safeguards to ensure that expansion of land for mitigation does not impact natural systems and food security. A number of practices, such as increased food productivity, dietary change and reduced food loss and waste, can reduce demand for land conversion, thereby potentially freeing\uffe2\uff80\uff90up land and creating opportunities for enhanced implementation of other practices, making them important components of portfolios of practices to address the combined land challenges.</p", "keywords": ["773901", "Invited Primary Research Article", "550", "QH301 Biology", "Acclimatization", "demand management", "TROPICAL FORESTS", "adaptation; adverse side effects; co-benefits; demand management; desertification; food security; land degradation; land management; mitigation; practice; risk management", "ECOSYSTEM SERVICES", "adaptation", "01 natural sciences", "Food Supply", "NE/M021327/1", "PRACTICE", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5", "11. 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Climate action", "adverse side-effects", "Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)", "774124", "BB/N013484/1", "SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://air.unimi.it/bitstream/2434/962658/2/Global%20Change%20Biology%20-%202019%20-%20Smith%20-%20Which%20practices%20co%e2%80%90deliver%20food%20security%20%20climate%20change%20mitigation%20and%20adaptation%20.pdf"}, {"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gcb.14878"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14878"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/gcb.14878", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/gcb.14878", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/gcb.14878"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-12-14T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1093/ee/nvw139", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "unspecified", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:20:10Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-10-16", "title": "The Effect Of Conservation Tillage And Cover Crop Residue On Beneficial Arthropods And Weed Seed Predation In Acorn Squash", "description": "Conservation tillage combined with cover crops or mulching may enhance natural enemy activity in agroecosystems by reducing soil disturbance and increasing habitat structural complexity. In particular, weed seed predation can increase with vegetation cover and reduced tillage, indicating that mulches may improve the quality of the habitat for weed seed foraging. The purpose of this study was to quantify the effects of tillage and mulching for conservation biological control in cucurbit fields. The effects of mulch and reduced tillage on arthropods and rates of weed seed loss from arenas were examined in field trials on sandy soils in 2014 and 2015. Experimental factors included tillage and cover crop, each with two levels: strip-tillage or full-tillage, and cover crop mulch (rye residue) or no cover crop mulch (unmulched). Arthropod abundance on the crop foliage was not affected by tillage or cover crops. Contrary to expectations, epigeal natural enemies of insects and rates of weed seed removal either did not respond to treatments or were greater in full-tilled plots and plots without mulch. Our study demonstrates the potential importance of weed seed predators in reducing weed seedbanks in vegetable agroecosystems, and suggests that early-season tillage may not be detrimental to epigeal predator assemblages.", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Michigan", "Food Chain", "Plant Weeds", "Agriculture", "Biodiversity", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Cucurbita", "Seeds", "Animals", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Herbivory", "Arthropods", "Ecosystem"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Daniel C. Brainard, Zsofia Szendrei, Nicole F. Quinn, Nicole F. 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However, energy use continues to rise and food production requires fuel inputs, which have increased with intensification. Focussing on the question of food or fuel is thus not helpful. The bigger, more pertinent, challenge is how the increasing demands for food and energy can be met in the future, particularly when water and land availability will be limited. Energy crop production systems differ greatly in environmental impact. The use of high-input food crops for liquid transport fuels (first-generation biofuels) needs to be phased out and replaced by the use of crop residues and low-input perennial crops (second/advanced-generation biofuels) with multiple environmental benefits. More research effort is needed to improve yields of biomass crops grown on lower grade land, and maximum value should be extracted through the exploitation of co-products and integrated biorefinery systems. Policy must continually emphasize the changes needed and tie incentives to improved greenhous gas reduction and environmental performance of biofuels.", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Energy-Generating Resources", "Food Safety", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "13. Climate action", "Biofuels", "11. 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Yet the impact of grazing disturbance on crust properties and soil CO             2             efflux remain poorly studied, particularly in African ecosystems. The effects of burial under wind-blown sand, disaggregation and removal of BSCs on seasonal variations in soil CO             2             efflux, soil organic carbon, chlorophyll             a             and scytonemin were investigated at two sites in the Kalahari of southern Botswana. Field experiments were employed to isolate CO             2             efflux originating from BSCs in order to estimate the C exchange within the crust. Organic carbon was not evenly distributed through the soil profile but concentrated in the BSC. Soil CO             2             efflux was higher in Kalahari Sand than in calcrete soils, but rates varied significantly with seasonal changes in moisture and temperature. BSCs at both sites were a small net sink of C to the soil. Soil CO             2             efflux was significantly higher in sand soils where the BSC was removed, and on calcrete where the BSC was buried under sand. The BSC removal and burial under sand also significantly reduced chlorophyll             a             , organic carbon and scytonemin             .             Disaggregation of the soil crust, however, led to increases in chlorophyll             a             and organic carbon. The data confirm the importance of BSCs for C cycling in drylands and indicate intensive grazing, which destroys BSCs through trampling and burial, will adversely affect C sequestration and storage. Managed grazing, where soil surfaces are only lightly disturbed, would help maintain a positive carbon balance in African drylands.           </p>", "keywords": ["Chlorophyll", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Botswana", "Indoles", "Chlorophyll A", "Temperature", "Water", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Carbon Dioxide", "15. Life on land", "Poaceae", "Carbon", "Fires", "Carbon Cycle", "Soil", "Phenols", "13. Climate action", "Animals", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Herbivory", "Seasons", "Desert Climate", "Ecosystem", "Soil Microbiology"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Andrew D. Thomas", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0102"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Philosophical%20Transactions%20of%20the%20Royal%20Society%20B%3A%20Biological%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1098/rstb.2012.0102", "name": "item", "description": "10.1098/rstb.2012.0102", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1098/rstb.2012.0102"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-11-19T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1098/rstb.2020.0185", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-27T16:20:19Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-08-08", "title": "Soil-derived Nature's Contributions to People and their contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals", "description": "<p>This special issue provides an assessment of the contribution of soils to Nature's Contributions to People (NCP). Here, we combine this assessment and previously published relationships between NCP and delivery on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to infer contributions of soils to the SDGs. We show that in addition to contributing positively to the delivery of all NCP, soils also have a role in underpinning all SDGs. While highlighting the great potential of soils to contribute to sustainable development, it is recognized that poorly managed, degraded or polluted soils may contribute negatively to both NCP and SDGs. The positive contribution, however, cannot be taken for granted, and soils must be managed carefully to keep them healthy and capable of playing this vital role. A priority for soil management must include: (i) for healthy soils in natural ecosystems,protectthem from conversion and degradation; (ii) for managed soils,managein a way to protect and enhance soil biodiversity, health and sustainability and to prevent degradation; and (iii) for degraded soils, restore to full soil health. We have enough knowledge now to move forward with the implementation of best management practices to maintain and improve soil health. This analysis shows that this is not just desirable, it is essential if we are to meet the SDG targets by 2030 and achieve sustainable development more broadly in the decades to come.</p><p>This article is part of the theme issue \uffe2\uff80\uff98The role of soils in delivering Nature's Contributions to People\uffe2\uff80\uff99.</p", "keywords": ["570", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Biomedical and clinical sciences", "330", "United Nations", "Supplementary Data", "Life on Land", "QH301 Biology", "Sustainable Development Goals", "SDG", "910", "Medical and Health Sciences", "01 natural sciences", "soil", "12. Responsible consumption", "QH301", "Soil", "11. Sustainability", "774378", "Humans", "NE/P01982X/2", "European Commission", "SDG 3", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. 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Climate action", "NCP", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "nature\u2019s contributions to people", "GE Environmental Sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/160038/1/Smith_PTRSB_preprint.pdf"}, {"href": "https://escholarship.org/content/qt2p2235pf/qt2p2235pf.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0185"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Philosophical%20Transactions%20of%20the%20Royal%20Society%20B%3A%20Biological%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1098/rstb.2020.0185", "name": "item", "description": "10.1098/rstb.2020.0185", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1098/rstb.2020.0185"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-08-04T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1098/rstb.2020.0169", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-27T16:20:19Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-08-08", "title": "The role of soils in delivering Nature's Contributions to People", "description": "<p>             This theme issue provides an assessment of the contribution of soils to Nature's Contributions to People (NCP). The papers in this issue show that soils can contribute positively to the delivery of all NCP. These contributions can be maximized through careful soil management to provide healthy soils, but poorly managed, degraded or polluted soils may contribute negatively to the delivery of NCP. Soils are also shown to contribute positively to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Papers in the theme issue emphasize the need for careful soil management. Priorities for soil management must include: (i) for healthy soils in natural ecosystems,             protect             them from conversion and degradation, (ii) for managed soils,             manage             in a way to protect and enhance soil biodiversity, health, productivity and sustainability and to prevent degradation, and (iii) for degraded soils,             restore             to full soil health. Our knowledge of what constitutes sustainable soil management is mature enough to implement best management practices, in order to maintain and improve soil health. The papers in this issue show the vast potential of soils to contribute to NCP. This is not only desirable, but essential to sustain a healthy planet and if we are to deliver sustainable development in the decades to come.           </p>           <p>This article is part of the theme issue \uffe2\uff80\uff98The role of soils in delivering Nature\uffe2\uff80\uff99s Contributions to People\uffe2\uff80\uff99.</p", "keywords": ["Conservation of Natural Resources", "Biomedical and clinical sciences", "330", "Life on Land", "QH301 Biology", "General Biochemistry", "Genetics and Molecular Biology", "Medical and Health Sciences", "soil", "12. Responsible consumption", "QH301", "Soil", "11. Sustainability", "774378", "Humans", "European Commission", "Ecosystem", "2. Zero hunger", "Evolutionary Biology", "Biomedical and Clinical Sciences", "soil health", "Biodiversity", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Biological Sciences", "15. Life on land", "Biological sciences", "Nature's Contributions to People", "13. Climate action", "NCP", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "General Agricultural and Biological Sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://escholarship.org/content/qt2ht9h1mh/qt2ht9h1mh.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0169"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Philosophical%20Transactions%20of%20the%20Royal%20Society%20B%3A%20Biological%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1098/rstb.2020.0169", "name": "item", "description": "10.1098/rstb.2020.0169", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1098/rstb.2020.0169"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-08-04T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/cobi.13930", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-27T16:20:32Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-05-05", "title": "Challenges of and opportunities for protecting European soil biodiversity", "description": "Abstract<p>Soil biodiversity and related ecosystem functions are neglected in most biodiversity assessments and nature conservation actions. We examined how society, and particularly policy makers, have addressed these factors worldwide with a focus on Europe and explored the role of soils in nature conservation in Germany as an example. We reviewed past and current global and European policies, compared soil ecosystem functioning in\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and outside protected areas, and examined the role of soils in nature conservation management via text analyses. Protection and conservation of soil biodiversity and soil ecosystem functioning have been insufficient. Soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90related policies are unenforceable and lack soil biodiversity conservation goals, focusing instead on other environmental objectives. We found no evidence of positive effects of current nature conservation measures in multiple soil ecosystem functions in Europe. In German conservation management, soils are considered only from a limited perspective (e.g., as physicochemical part of the environment and as habitat for aboveground organisms). By exploring policy, evidence, and management as it relates to soil ecosystems, we suggest an integrative perspective to move nature conservation toward targeting soil ecosystems directly (e.g., by setting baselines, monitoring soil threats, and establishing a soil indicator system).</p>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "570", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "0303 health sciences", "nature conservation", "soil biodiversity", "Biodiversity", "belowground", "Europe", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "Biowissenschaften; Biologie", "Germany", "soil ecosystem functioning", "protected areas", "soil policy", "Ecosystem"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/cobi.13930"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13930"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Conservation%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/cobi.13930", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/cobi.13930", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/cobi.13930"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-07-19T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.12126", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:20:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-12-22", "title": "Winter Climate Change And Coastal Wetland Foundation Species: Salt Marshes Vs. Mangrove Forests In The Southeastern United States", "description": "Abstract<p>We live in an era of unprecedented ecological change in which ecologists and natural resource managers are increasingly challenged to anticipate and prepare for the ecological effects of future global change. In this study, we investigated the potential effect of winter climate change upon salt marsh and mangrove forest foundation species in the southeastern United States. Our research addresses the following three questions: (1) What is the relationship between winter climate and the presence and abundance of mangrove forests relative to salt marshes; (2) How vulnerable are salt marshes to winter climate change\uffe2\uff80\uff90induced mangrove forest range expansion; and (3) What is the potential future distribution and relative abundance of mangrove forests under alternative winter climate change scenarios? We developed simple winter climate\uffe2\uff80\uff90based models to predict mangrove forest distribution and relative abundance using observed winter temperature data (1970\uffe2\uff80\uff932000) and mangrove forest and salt marsh habitat data. Our results identify winter climate thresholds for salt marsh\uffe2\uff80\uff93mangrove forest interactions and highlight coastal areas in the southeastern United States (e.g., Texas, Louisiana, and parts of Florida) where relatively small changes in the intensity and frequency of extreme winter events could cause relatively dramatic landscape\uffe2\uff80\uff90scale ecosystem structural and functional change in the form of poleward mangrove forest migration and salt marsh displacement. The ecological implications of these marsh\uffe2\uff80\uff90to\uffe2\uff80\uff90mangrove forest conversions are poorly understood, but would likely include changes for associated fish and wildlife populations and for the supply of some ecosystem goods and services.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "13. Climate action", "Climate Change", "Wetlands", "Seasons", "14. Life underwater", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Southeastern United States"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12126"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/gcb.12126", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/gcb.12126", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/gcb.12126"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-02-11T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.12160", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:20:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-02-06", "title": "How Much Land-Based Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Can Be Achieved Without Compromising Food Security And Environmental Goals?", "description": "Abstract<p>Feeding 9\uffe2\uff80\uff9310\uffc2\uffa0billion people by 2050 and preventing dangerous climate change are two of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Both challenges must be met while reducing the impact of land management on ecosystem services that deliver vital goods and services, and support human health and well\uffe2\uff80\uff90being. Few studies to date have considered the interactions between these challenges. In this study we briefly outline the challenges, review the supply\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and demand\uffe2\uff80\uff90side climate mitigation potential available in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use AFOLU sector and options for delivering food security. We briefly outline some of the synergies and trade\uffe2\uff80\uff90offs afforded by mitigation practices, before presenting an assessment of the mitigation potential possible in theAFOLUsector under possible future scenarios in which demand\uffe2\uff80\uff90side measures codeliver to aid food security. We conclude that while supply\uffe2\uff80\uff90side mitigation measures, such as changes in land management, might either enhance or negatively impact food security, demand\uffe2\uff80\uff90side mitigation measures, such as reduced waste or demand for livestock products, should benefit both food security and greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation. Demand\uffe2\uff80\uff90side measures offer a greater potential (1.5\uffe2\uff80\uff9315.6\uffc2\uffa0GtCO2\uffe2\uff80\uff90eq. yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921) in meeting both challenges than do supply\uffe2\uff80\uff90side measures (1.5\uffe2\uff80\uff934.3\uffc2\uffa0GtCO2\uffe2\uff80\uff90eq. yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921at carbon prices between 20 and 100\uffc2\uffa0US$ tCO2\uffe2\uff80\uff90eq. yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921), but given the enormity of challenges, all options need to be considered. Supply\uffe2\uff80\uff90side measures should be implemented immediately, focussing on those that allow the production of more agricultural product per unit of input. For demand\uffe2\uff80\uff90side measures, given the difficulties in their implementation and lag in their effectiveness, policy should be introduced quickly, and should aim to codeliver to other policy agenda, such as improving environmental quality or improving dietary health. These problems facing humanity in the 21st Century are extremely challenging, and policy that addresses multiple objectives is required now more than ever.</p>", "keywords": ["Greenhouse Effect", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Mitigation", "330", "Climate", "Climate Change", "AFOLU", "710", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "630", "Food Supply", "12. Responsible consumption", "11. Sustainability", "Ecosystem services", "Humans", "Ecosystem", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Agriculture", "Forestry", "food security", "Food security", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "004", "13. Climate action", "GHG", "Gases", "environment"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12160"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/gcb.12160", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/gcb.12160", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/gcb.12160"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-05-29T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.12979", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:20:37Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-05-16", "title": "Quantifying Above- And Belowground Biomass Carbon Loss With Forest Conversion In Tropical Lowlands Of Sumatra (Indonesia)", "description": "Abstract<p>Natural forests in South\uffe2\uff80\uff90East Asia have been extensively converted into other land\uffe2\uff80\uff90use systems in the past decades and still show high deforestation rates. Historically, lowland forests have been converted into rubber forests, but more recently, the dominant conversion is into oil palm plantations. While it is expected that the large\uffe2\uff80\uff90scale conversion has strong effects on the carbon cycle, detailed studies quantifying carbon pools and total net primary production (NPPtotal) in above\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and belowground tree biomass in land\uffe2\uff80\uff90use systems replacing rainforest (incl. oil palm plantations) are rare so far. We measured above\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and belowground carbon pools in tree biomass together with NPPtotal in natural old\uffe2\uff80\uff90growth forests, \uffe2\uff80\uff98jungle rubber\uffe2\uff80\uff99 agroforests under natural tree cover, and rubber and oil palm monocultures in Sumatra. In total, 32 stands (eight plot replicates per land\uffe2\uff80\uff90use system) were studied in two different regions. Total tree biomass in the natural forest (mean: 384\uffc2\uffa0Mg\uffc2\uffa0ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921) was more than two times higher than in jungle rubber stands (147\uffc2\uffa0Mg\uffc2\uffa0ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921) and &gt;four times higher than in monoculture rubber and oil palm plantations (78 and 50\uffc2\uffa0Mg\uffc2\uffa0ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921). NPPtotal was higher in the natural forest (24\uffc2\uffa0Mg\uffc2\uffa0ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffc2\uffa0yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921) than in the rubber systems (20 and 15\uffc2\uffa0Mg\uffc2\uffa0ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffc2\uffa0yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921), but was highest in the oil palm system (33\uffc2\uffa0Mg\uffc2\uffa0ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffc2\uffa0yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921) due to very high fruit production (15\uffe2\uff80\uff9320\uffc2\uffa0Mg\uffc2\uffa0ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffc2\uffa0yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921). NPPtotal was dominated in all systems by aboveground production, but belowground productivity was significantly higher in the natural forest and jungle rubber than in plantations. We conclude that conversion of natural lowland forest into different agricultural systems leads to a strong reduction not only in the biomass carbon pool (up to 166\uffc2\uffa0Mg\uffc2\uffa0C\uffc2\uffa0ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921) but also in carbon sequestration as carbon residence time (i.e. biomass\uffe2\uff80\uff90C:NPP\uffe2\uff80\uff90C) was 3\uffe2\uff80\uff9310 times higher in the natural forest than in rubber and oil palm plantations.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Carbon Sequestration", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Rainforest", "Agriculture", "Arecaceae", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "sfb990_journalarticles", "Indonesia", "8. Economic growth", "Hevea", "Biomass"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12979"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/gcb.12979", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/gcb.12979", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/gcb.12979"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-08-13T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/mec.13620", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:21:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-03-19", "title": "The Impact Of Tropical Forest Logging And Oil Palm Agriculture On The Soil Microbiome", "description": "Abstract<p>Selective logging and forest conversion to oil palm agriculture are rapidly altering tropical forests. However, functional responses of the soil microbiome to these land\uffe2\uff80\uff90use changes are poorly understood. Using 16S rRNA gene and shotgun metagenomic sequencing, we compared composition and functional attributes of soil biota between unlogged, once\uffe2\uff80\uff90logged and twice\uffe2\uff80\uff90logged rainforest, and areas converted to oil palm plantations in Sabah, Borneo. Although there was no significant effect of logging history, we found a significant difference between the taxonomic and functional composition of both primary and logged forests and oil palm. Oil palm had greater abundances of genes associated with DNA, RNA, protein metabolism and other core metabolic functions, but conversely, lower abundance of genes associated with secondary metabolism and cell\uffe2\uff80\uff93cell interactions, indicating less importance of antagonism or mutualism in the more oligotrophic oil palm environment. Overall, these results show a striking difference in taxonomic composition and functional gene diversity of soil microorganisms between oil palm and forest, but no significant difference between primary forest and forest areas with differing logging history. This reinforces the view that logged forest retains most features and functions of the original soil community. However, networks based on strong correlations between taxonomy and functions showed that network complexity is unexpectedly increased due to both logging and oil palm agriculture, which suggests a pervasive effect of both land\uffe2\uff80\uff90use changes on the interaction of soil microbes.</p>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "0303 health sciences", "Bacteria", "Microbiota", "Agriculture", "Forestry", "Biodiversity", "Arecaceae", "Forests", "15. Life on land", "03 medical and health sciences", "Borneo", "international", "RNA", " Ribosomal", " 16S", "Metagenome", "Soil Microbiology"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13620"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Molecular%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/mec.13620", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/mec.13620", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/mec.13620"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-04-20T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1126/science.aal4108", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-27T16:21:13Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-07-12", "title": "A Human-Driven Decline In Global Burned Area", "description": "Burn less, baby, burn less           <p>             Humans have, and always have had, a major impact on wildfire activity, which is expected to increase in our warming world. Andela             et al.             use satellite data to show that, unexpectedly, global burned area declined by \uffe2\uff88\uffbc25% over the past 18 years, despite the influence of climate. The decrease has been largest in savannas and grasslands because of agricultural expansion and intensification. The decline of burned area has consequences for predictions of future changes to the atmosphere, vegetation, and the terrestrial carbon sink.           </p>           <p>             Science             , this issue p.             1356           </p>", "keywords": ["[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "Satellite Imagery", "Carbon Sequestration", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "550", "General Science & Technology", "Climate", "Veterinary and Food Sciences", "Fires", "Theoretical", "Models", "11. Sustainability", "Human Activities", "SDG 2 - Zero Hunger", "Ecosystem", "Agricultural", "info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550", "ddc:550", "Forestry Sciences", "Agriculture", "Models", " Theoretical", "15. Life on land", "Earth sciences", "13. Climate action", "Ecological Applications", "[SDE]Environmental Sciences", "Environmental Sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://escholarship.org/content/qt6v95t473/qt6v95t473.pdf"}, {"href": "https://escholarship.org/content/qt6b42q71s/qt6b42q71s.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal4108"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1126/science.aal4108", "name": "item", "description": "10.1126/science.aal4108", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1126/science.aal4108"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-06-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1128/aem.69.3.1800-1809.2003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-27T16:21:14Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2003-03-06", "title": "Soil Type Is The Primary Determinant Of The Composition Of The Total And Active Bacterial Communities In Arable Soils", "description": "ABSTRACT           <p>Degradation of agricultural land and the resulting loss of soil biodiversity and productivity are of great concern. Land-use management practices can be used to ameliorate such degradation. The soil bacterial communities at three separate arable farms in eastern England, with different farm management practices, were investigated by using a polyphasic approach combining traditional soil analyses, physiological analysis, and nucleic acid profiling. Organic farming did not necessarily result in elevated organic matter levels; instead, a strong association with increased nitrate availability was apparent. Ordination of the physiological (BIOLOG) data separated the soil bacterial communities into two clusters, determined by soil type. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses of 16S ribosomal DNA identified three bacterial communities largely on the basis of soil type but with discrimination for pea cropping. Five fields from geographically distinct soils, with different cropping regimens, produced highly similar profiles. The active communities (16S rRNA) were further discriminated by farm location and, to some degree, by land-use practices. The results of this investigation indicated that soil type was the key factor determining bacterial community composition in these arable soils. Leguminous crops on particular soil types had a positive effect upon organic matter levels and resulted in small changes in the active bacterial population. The active population was therefore more indicative of short-term management changes.</p>", "keywords": ["Polymerase Chain Reaction", "geography", "630", "1000 Technology", "Soil", "soil type", "RNA", " Ribosomal", " 16S", "C500 - Microbiology", "genetic polymorphism", "soil analysis", "Bacteria (microorganisms)", "Soil Microbiology", "2. Zero hunger", "article", "Agriculture", "Fabaceae", "Biodiversity", "legume", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Bacterial Typing Techniques", "microbial community", "Polymorphism", " Restriction Fragment Length", "0605 Microbiology", "Electrophoresis", "16S", "570", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "productivity", "RNA 16S", "soil microorganism", "0600 Biological Sciences", "DNA", " Ribosomal", "0700 Agricultural And Veterinary Sciences", "controlled study", "community composition", "Polymorphism", "Pisum sativum", "Ecosystem", "Ribosomal", "nonhuman", "Bacteria", "bacterial flora", "land use", "DNA", "15. Life on land", "bacterial disease", "Restriction Fragment Length", "C180 - Ecology", "physiology", "RNA", "Soils", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "bioavailability"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.69.3.1800-1809.2003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20and%20Environmental%20Microbiology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1128/aem.69.3.1800-1809.2003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1128/aem.69.3.1800-1809.2003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1128/aem.69.3.1800-1809.2003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2003-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0033217", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:21:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-03-30", "title": "Light And Heavy Fractions Of Soil Organic Matter In Response To Climate Warming And Increased Precipitation In A Temperate Steppe", "description": "Soil is one of the most important carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) pools and plays a crucial role in ecosystem C and N cycling. Climate change profoundly affects soil C and N storage via changing C and N inputs and outputs. However, the influences of climate warming and changing precipitation regime on labile and recalcitrant fractions of soil organic C and N remain unclear. Here, we investigated soil labile and recalcitrant C and N under 6 years' treatments of experimental warming and increased precipitation in a temperate steppe in Northern China. We measured soil light fraction C (LFC) and N (LFN), microbial biomass C (MBC) and N (MBN), dissolved organic C (DOC) and heavy fraction C (HFC) and N (HFN). The results showed that increased precipitation significantly stimulated soil LFC and LFN by 16.1% and 18.5%, respectively, and increased LFC:HFC ratio and LFN:HFN ratio, suggesting that increased precipitation transferred more soil organic carbon into the quick-decayed carbon pool. Experimental warming reduced soil labile C (LFC, MBC, and DOC). In contrast, soil heavy fraction C and N, and total C and N were not significantly impacted by increased precipitation or warming. Soil labile C significantly correlated with gross ecosystem productivity, ecosystem respiration and soil respiration, but not with soil moisture and temperature, suggesting that biotic processes rather than abiotic factors determine variations in soil labile C. Our results indicate that certain soil carbon fraction is sensitive to climate change in the temperate steppe, which may in turn impact ecosystem carbon fluxes in response and feedback to climate change.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "China", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Nitrogen", "Science", "Climate Change", "Rain", "Q", "R", "Temperature", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Nitrogen Cycle", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "Carbon Cycle", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "Medicine", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Biomass", "Desert Climate", "Ecosystem", "Soil Microbiology", "Research Article"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0033217"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PLoS%20ONE", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0033217", "name": "item", "description": "10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0033217", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0033217"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-03-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0168000", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:21:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-12-19", "title": "Long-Term Effects Of Xerophytic Shrub Haloxylon Ammodendron Plantations On Soil Properties And Vegetation Dynamics In Northwest China", "description": "The xerophytic desert shrub Haloxylon ammodendron (C. A. Mey.) Bunge. is distributed naturally in Asian and African deserts, and is widely used for vegetation restoration in the desert regions of Northern China. However, there are limited long-term chrono-sequence studies on the impact of changed soil properties and vegetation dynamics following establishment of this shrub on mobile sand dunes. In Minqin County, Gansu Province, we investigated soil properties and herbaceous vegetation development of 10, 20, 30, 40, 50-year-old H. ammodendron plantations on mobile sand dunes. Soil sampling at two depths (0-5 and 5-20 cm) under the shrubs determined SOC, nutrition and soil physical characteristics. The results showed that: establishment of H. ammodendron had improved soil physio-chemical properties, increased thickness of soil crusts and coverage of biological soil crusts (BSCs), and promoted development of topsoil over an extended period of 5 decades. Soil texture and soil nutrition improved along the chrono-sequence according to three distinct phases: i) an initial fast development from 0 to 10 years, ii) a stabilizing phase from 10 to 30 years followed by iii) a relatively marked restoration development in 40 and 50-year-old plantations. Meanwhile, herbaceous community coverage also markedly increased in 30-year-old plantations. However, both soil and vegetation restoration were very slow due to low annual precipitation in Minqin county compared to other Northern China sand afforestation sites. Canonical Correspondence Analysis results demonstrated that herbaceous plant development was closely associated with changes in soil texture (increased clay and silt percentage) and availability of soil nutrients. Thus our results indicated that selection of the long-lived shrub H. ammodendron is an essential and effective tool in arid desert re-vegetation.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "China", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Amaranthaceae", "Time Factors", "Science", "Q", "R", "Plant Development", "Water", "Agriculture", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Plant Leaves", "Soil", "Medicine", "Desert Climate", "Ecosystem", "Research Article", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Aiping Zhang, Baoli Fan, Changming Zhao, Quanlin Ma, Yi Yang, Xuemin Li,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0168000"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PLOS%20ONE", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0168000", "name": "item", "description": "10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0168000", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0168000"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-12-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1371/journal.pone.0033217", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:21:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-03-30", "title": "Light And Heavy Fractions Of Soil Organic Matter In Response To Climate Warming And Increased Precipitation In A Temperate Steppe", "description": "Soil is one of the most important carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) pools and plays a crucial role in ecosystem C and N cycling. Climate change profoundly affects soil C and N storage via changing C and N inputs and outputs. However, the influences of climate warming and changing precipitation regime on labile and recalcitrant fractions of soil organic C and N remain unclear. Here, we investigated soil labile and recalcitrant C and N under 6 years' treatments of experimental warming and increased precipitation in a temperate steppe in Northern China. We measured soil light fraction C (LFC) and N (LFN), microbial biomass C (MBC) and N (MBN), dissolved organic C (DOC) and heavy fraction C (HFC) and N (HFN). The results showed that increased precipitation significantly stimulated soil LFC and LFN by 16.1% and 18.5%, respectively, and increased LFC:HFC ratio and LFN:HFN ratio, suggesting that increased precipitation transferred more soil organic carbon into the quick-decayed carbon pool. Experimental warming reduced soil labile C (LFC, MBC, and DOC). In contrast, soil heavy fraction C and N, and total C and N were not significantly impacted by increased precipitation or warming. Soil labile C significantly correlated with gross ecosystem productivity, ecosystem respiration and soil respiration, but not with soil moisture and temperature, suggesting that biotic processes rather than abiotic factors determine variations in soil labile C. Our results indicate that certain soil carbon fraction is sensitive to climate change in the temperate steppe, which may in turn impact ecosystem carbon fluxes in response and feedback to climate change.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "China", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Nitrogen", "Science", "Climate Change", "Rain", "Q", "R", "Temperature", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Nitrogen Cycle", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "Carbon Cycle", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "Medicine", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Biomass", "Desert Climate", "Ecosystem", "Soil Microbiology", "Research Article"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033217"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PLoS%20ONE", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1371/journal.pone.0033217", "name": "item", "description": "10.1371/journal.pone.0033217", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1371/journal.pone.0033217"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-03-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1371/journal.pone.0055433", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:21:37Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-01-30", "title": "Ecosystem Carbon And Nitrogen Accumulation After Grazing Exclusion In Semiarid Grassland", "description": "The grazing exclusion in degraded grassland has been extensively used to prevent the loss of grassland resources and to improve grassland services. The effects of grazing exclusion on C and N balance, however, have not been well addressed but are essential for assessing grassland C sinks, the sustainable use of grassland resources and the support of grassland services. To understand the response of ecosystem C and N to grazing exclusion in semiarid grassland, we determined the C and N in litter, aboveground biomass, roots and soils from ungrazed grassland fenced at different times in northwest China. Our results showed that the aboveground biomass, root biomass and plant litter were 70-92%, 56-151% and 59-141% higher, respectively, in grazer excluded grassland than in grazed grassland. Grazing exclusion significantly increased C and N stored in plant biomass and litter and increased the concentrations and stocks of C and N in soils. Grazing exclusion thus significantly increased the C and N stored in grassland ecosystems. The increase in C and N stored in soil contributed to more than 95% and 97% of the increases in ecosystem C and N storage. The highest C and N stocks in ecosystems were observed in 17-year grazer excluded grassland. The results from this study indicate that grazing exclusion has the potential to increase C and N storage in degraded semiarid grassland and that the recovery of ecosystem C and N was mainly due to the accumulation of C and N in soils.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Carbon Sequestration", "China", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Nitrogen", "Science", "Q", "R", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Plant Components", " Aerial", "15. Life on land", "Poaceae", "Plant Roots", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "Medicine", "Animals", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Herbivory", "Ecosystem", "Research Article"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Xingchang Zhang, Xiaorong Wei, Jimin Cheng, Liping Qiu,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055433"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PLoS%20ONE", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1371/journal.pone.0055433", "name": "item", "description": "10.1371/journal.pone.0055433", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1371/journal.pone.0055433"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-01-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1371/journal.pone.0084988", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:21:38Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-01-20", "title": "Soil Aggregates And Associated Organic Matter Under Conventional Tillage, No-Tillage, And Forest Succession After Three Decades", "description": "Impacts of land use on soil organic C (SOC) are of interest relative to SOC sequestration and soil sustainability. The role of aggregate stability in SOC storage under contrasting land uses has been of particular interest relative to conventional tillage (CT) and no-till (NT) agriculture. This study compares soil structure and SOC fractions at the 30-yr-old Horseshoe Bend Agroecosystem Experiment (HSB). This research is unique in comparing NT and CT with adjacent land concurrently undergoing forest succession (FS) and in sampling to depths (15-28 cm) previously not studied at HSB. A soil moving experiment (SME) was also undertaken to monitor 1-yr changes in SOC and aggregation. After 30 years, enhanced aggregate stability under NT compared to CT was limited to a depth of 5 cm, while enhanced aggregate stability under FS compared to CT occurred to a depth of 28 cm and FS exceeded NT from 5-28 cm. Increases in SOC concentrations generally followed the increases in stability, except that no differences in SOC concentration were observed from 15-28 cm despite greater aggregate stability. Land use differences in SOC were explained equally by differences in particulate organic carbon (POC) and in silt-clay associated fine C. Enhanced structural stability of the SME soil was observed under FS and was linked to an increase of 1 Mg SOC ha(-1) in 0-5 cm, of which 90% could be attributed to a POC increase. The crushing of macroaggregates in the SME soil also induced a 10% reduction in SOC over 1 yr that occurred under all three land uses from 5-15 cm. The majority of this loss was in the fine C fraction. NT and FS ecosystems had greater aggregation and carbon storage at the soil surface but only FS increased aggregation below the surface, although in the absence of increased carbon storage.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Soil", "Science", "Q", "R", "Medicine", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "Research Article", "Environmental Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084988"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PLoS%20ONE", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1371/journal.pone.0084988", "name": "item", "description": "10.1371/journal.pone.0084988", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1371/journal.pone.0084988"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-01-20T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1371/journal.pone.0303745", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:21:41Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-05-23", "title": "Navigating agricultural nonpoint source pollution governance: A social network analysis of best management practices in central Pennsylvania", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>The Chesapeake Bay watershed is representative of governance challenges relating to agricultural nonpoint source pollution and, more generally, of sustainable resources governance in complex multi-actor settings. We assess information flows around Best Management Practices (BMPs) undertaken by dairy farmers in central Pennsylvania, a subregion of the watershed. We apply a mixed-method approach, combining Social Network Analysis, the analysis of BMP-messaging (i.e. information source, flow, and their influences), and qualitative content analysis of stakeholders\u2019 interviews. Key strategic actors were identified through network centrality measures such as degree of node, betweenness centrality, and clustering coefficient. The perceived influence/credibility (by farmers) of BMP-messages and their source, allowed for the identification of strategic entry points for BMP-messages diffusion. Finally, the inductive coding process of stakeholders\u2019 interviews revealed major hindrances and opportunities for BMPs adoption. We demonstrate how improved targeting of policy interventions for BMPs uptake may be achieved, by better distributing entry-points across stakeholders. Our results reveal governance gaps and opportunities, on which we draw to provide insights for better tailored policy interventions. We propose strategies to optimize the coverage of policy mixes and the dissemination of BMP-messages by building on network diversity and actors\u2019 complementarities, and by targeting intervention towards specific BMPs and actors. We suggest that (i) conservation incentives could target supply chain actors as conservation intermediaries; (ii) compliance-control of manure management planning could be conducted by accredited private certifiers; (iii) policy should focus on incentivizing inter-farmers interaction (e.g. farmers\u2019 mobility, training, knowledge-exchange, and engagement in multi-stakeholders collaboration) via financial or non-pecuniary compensation; (iv) collective incentives could help better coordinate conservation efforts at the landscape or (sub-)watershed scale; (v) all relevant stakeholders (including farmers) should be concerted and included in the discussion, proposition, co-design and decision process of policy, in order to take their respective interests and responsibilities into account.</p></article>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Farmers", "Science", "Q", "Water Pollution", "R", "Agriculture", "Pennsylvania", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "Life Science", "Medicine", "Humans", "Social Network Analysis", "Research Article"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303745"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PLOS%20ONE", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1371/journal.pone.0303745", "name": "item", "description": "10.1371/journal.pone.0303745", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1371/journal.pone.0303745"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-05-23T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1371/journal.pone.0109063", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:21:39Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-10-14", "title": "Managing Semi-Arid Rangelands For Carbon Storage: Grazing And Woody Encroachment Effects On Soil Carbon And Nitrogen", "description": "Open AccessHigh grazing intensity and wide-spread woody encroachment may strongly alter soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) pools. However, the direction and quantity of these changes have rarely been quantified in East African savanna ecosystem. As shifts in soil C and N pools might further potentially influence climate change mitigation, we quantified and compared soil organic carbon (SOC) and total soil nitrogen (TSN) content in enclosures and communal grazing lands across varying woody cover i.e. woody encroachment levels. Estimated mean SOC and TSN stocks at 0-40 cm depth varied across grazing regimes and among woody encroachment levels. The open grazing land at the heavily encroached site on sandy loam soil contained the least SOC (30 \u00b1 2.1 Mg ha-1) and TSN (5 \u00b1 0.57 Mg ha-1) while the enclosure at the least encroached site on sandy clay soil had the greatest mean SOC (81.0 \u00b1 10.6 Mg ha-1) and TSN (9.2 \u00b1 1.48 Mg ha-1). Soil OC and TSN did not differ with grazing exclusion at heavily encroached sites, but were twice as high inside enclosure compared to open grazing soils at low encroached sites. Mean SOC and TSN in soils of 0-20 cm depth were up to 120% higher than that of the 21-40 cm soil layer. Soil OC was positively related to TSN, cation exchange capacity (CEC), but negatively related to sand content. Our results show that soil OC and TSN stocks are affected by grazing, but the magnitude is largely influenced by woody encroachment and soil texture. We suggest that improving the herbaceous layer cover through a reduction in grazing and woody encroachment restriction are the key strategies for reducing SOC and TSN losses and, hence, for climate change mitigation in semi-arid rangelands.", "keywords": ["Cation-exchange capacity", "01 natural sciences", "nitrogen", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Soil", "Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management", "Soil water", "Rangeland Degradation and Pastoral Livelihoods", "2. Zero hunger", "Ecology", "Q", "R", "Life Sciences", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Wood", "Soil carbon", "Droughts", "Grazing", "climate change", "Physical Sciences", "Medicine", "Rangeland", "Research Article", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Nitrogen", "Science", "Plant Development", "Soil Science", "Management", " Monitoring", " Policy and Law", "Environmental science", "soil", "savannas", "Animals", "grazing", "Agroforestry", "Woody plant", "Soil Carbon Sequestration", "Biology", "Ecosystem", "Nature and Landscape Conservation", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "ecosystem", "Soil science", "Soil Fertility", "carbon", "Research Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES", "Feeding Behavior", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "Loam", "Agronomy", "13. Climate action", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Environmental Science", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109063"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PLOS%20ONE", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1371/journal.pone.0109063", "name": "item", "description": "10.1371/journal.pone.0109063", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1371/journal.pone.0109063"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-10-13T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1371/journal.pone.0156146", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:21:40Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-05-25", "title": "Changes In Biomass And Quality Of Alpine Steppe In Response To N & P Fertilization In The Tibetan Plateau", "description": "In the alpine steppe zone on the Central Tibetan Plateau, a large amount of area has been degraded due to natural and artificial factors. N & P fertilization is widely accepted to recover degraded pastures in other regions all over the world. However, it is not clear how alpine steppe communities respond to N & P fertilization, and what is the optimal application rate, in the perspective of forage production. To attempt to explore these questions, in July 2013, two fencing sites were designed in Baingoin County with 12 treatments of different levels of nitrogen (N0: 0; N1: 7.5 g m(-2) yr(-1); N2: 15 g m(-2) yr(-1)) & phosphate (P0: 0; P1: 7.5 gP2O5 m(-2) yr(-1); P2: 15 gP2O5 m(-2) yr(-1); P3: 30 gP2O5 m(-2) yr(-1)). The results indicated N&P addition was capable to ameliorate the quality of the two sites in the Tibetan Plateau steppe. Increasing N application level resulted in significant increment in Gramineae and total biomass in the two sites. P addition significantly improved the quantity of Compositae, total biomass and the biomasss of other species in site II, while it only significantly improved the total biomass in site I. Gramineae was much more sensitive to N-induced changes than P-induced changes, and this indicated N addition was better to ameliorate the quality of plateau steppe than P-induced changes. No strong evidence was found for critical threshold within 15 g N m(-2) yr(-1), and there was decreasing tendency when P addition rate was above 15 g m(-2) yr(-1). N&P has the potential to accelerate soil acidification, which improved the content of available K, likely as a result of nonsignificant correlation between biomass and soil moisture. This work highlights the the tradeoffs that exist in N and P addition in recovering degraded steppe.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Nitrogen", "Science", "Altitude", "Q", "R", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Poaceae", "Tibet", "Grassland", "01 natural sciences", "Phosphates", "3. Good health", "Soil", "Medicine", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Biomass", "Research Article", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156146"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PLOS%20ONE", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1371/journal.pone.0156146", "name": "item", "description": "10.1371/journal.pone.0156146", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1371/journal.pone.0156146"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-05-25T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1371/journal.pone.0198955", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:21:41Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-06-21", "title": "Mapping Portuguese Natura 2000 sites in risk of biodiversity change caused by atmospheric nitrogen pollution", "description": "In this paper, we assess and map the risk that atmospheric nitrogen (atN) pollution poses to biodiversity in Natura 2000 sites in mainland Portugal. We first review the ecological impacts of atN pollution on terrestrial ecosystems, focusing on the biodiversity of Natura 2000 sites. These nature protection sites, especially those located within the Mediterranean Basin, are under-characterized regarding the risk posed by atN pollution. We focus on ammonia (NH3) because this N form is mostly associated with agriculture, which co-occurs at or in the immediate vicinity of most areas of conservation interest in Portugal. We produce a risk map integrating NH3 emissions and the susceptibility of Natura 2000 sites to atN pollution, ranking habitat sensitivity to atN pollution using expert knowledge from a panel of Portuguese ecological and habitat experts. Peats, mires, bogs, and similar acidic and oligotrophic habitats within Natura 2000 sites (most located in the northern mountains) were assessed to have the highest relative risk of biodiversity change due to atN pollution, whereas Natura 2000 sites in the Atlantic and Mediterranean climate zone (coastal, tidal, and scrubland habitats) were deemed the least sensitive. Overall, results allowed us to rank all Natura 2000 sites in mainland Portugal in order of evaluated risk posed by atN pollution. The approach is of great relevance for stakeholders in different countries to help prioritize site protection and to define research priorities. This is especially relevant in countries with a lack of expertise to assess the impacts of nitrogen on biodiversity and can represent an important step up from current knowledge in such countries.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Nitrogen", "Science", "air pollution", "01 natural sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "atmospheric nitrogen pollution", "habitats", "Air Pollution", "11. Sustainability", "pollution", "Natura 2000", "14. Life underwater", "conservation science", "biodiversity", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "forests", "water pollution", "Portugal", "Atmosphere", "Q", "R", "Biodiversity", "15. Life on land", "biodiversity change", "13. Climate action", "Medicine", "ecosystems", "Research Article"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198955"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PLOS%20ONE", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1371/journal.pone.0198955", "name": "item", "description": "10.1371/journal.pone.0198955", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1371/journal.pone.0198955"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-06-21T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1371/journal.pone.0315399", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:21:41Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2025-04-02", "title": "High resolution descriptors for UAV mapping in biodiversity conservation \u2013 A case study of sandy steppe habitat renewal", "description": "<p>Due to the large-scale disappearance of grasslands there is an urgent need for revitalization. It calls for consistent and accessible monitoring and mapping plans, and an integrated management approach. However, revitalization efforts often focus solely on the vegetation component, and skip the link to other animal species that perform vital functions as ecosystem engineers and umbrella species. In this study, we combine an in-situ standard phytocoenological survey with an UAV-based technology in the effort to improve the monitoring and mapping of the sandy steppe habitat of the European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus; EGS), undergoing revitalization in the northern Serbia. It is a model organism of an animal species that enables identifying habitat quality and quantity indicators to understand the broader implications of the ecosystem revitalization efforts on the wildlife populations. The proposed approach tested whether the commercially available RGB sensor and a relatively high flight height of the UAV have discriminative capacity to aid site managers by mapping identified steppe development stages (specific plant assemblages, reflecting different habitat types). Thus, a novel set of high-resolution image descriptors that are capable of discriminating plant mixtures corresponding to Fallow land, Forest steppe and shrubs, Young steppe I and II, was proposed. Despite high resolution imaging, the method solves a challenging problem of UAV vegetation mapping in the case of limited spectral and spatial information in the image (by using only RGB camera and multitemporal approach). Although the lack of visual information that would allow identification of individual plant parts and shapes prevented the use of usual object-based image analysis, proposed pixel-based descriptors and feature selection were able to provide the extent of the targeted areas and their compositional carriers. Presented holistic approach enables implementation of effective management strategies that support the entire ecological community.</p", "keywords": ["Conservation of Natural Resources", "Unmanned Aerial Devices", "Science", "Q", "Remote Sensing Technology", "R", "Medicine", "Animals", "Sciuridae", "Biodiversity", "Grassland", "Ecosystem", "Research Article"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Arok, Maja, Brklja\u010d, Branko, Lugonja, Predrag, Ivo\u0161evi\u0107, Bojana, Vukoti\u0107, Milan, Nikolic Lugonja, Tijana,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315399"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PLOS%20ONE", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1371/journal.pone.0315399", "name": "item", "description": "10.1371/journal.pone.0315399", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1371/journal.pone.0315399"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-03-13T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1631/jzus.b1200013", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:22:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-10-03", "title": "Abundance And Composition Of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria And Archaea In Different Types Of Soil In The Yangtze River Estuary", "description": "Tidal flats are soil resources of great significance. Nitrification plays a central role in the nitrogen cycle and is often a critical first step in nitrogen removal from estuarine and coastal environments. We determined the abundance as well as composition of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) in different soils during land reclamation process. The abundance of AOA was higher than that of AOB in farm land and wild land while AOA was not detected in tidal flats using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The different abundances of AOB and AOA were negatively correlated with the salinity. The diversities of AOB and AOA were also investigated using clone libraries by amplification of amoA gene. Among AOB, nearly all sequences belonged to the Nitrosomonas lineage in the initial land reclamation process, i.e., tidal flats, while both Nitrosomonas and Nitrosospira lineages were detected in later and transition phases of land reclamation process, farm land and wild land. The ratio of the numbers of sequences of Nitrosomonas and Nitrosospira lineages was positively correlated with the salinity and the net nitrification rate. As for AOA, there was no obvious correlation with the changes in the physicochemical properties of the soil. This study suggests that AOB may be more import than AOA with respect to influencing the different land reclamation process stages.", "keywords": ["DNA", " Bacterial", "0301 basic medicine", "China", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Archaeal Proteins", "Molecular Sequence Data", "Genes", " Archaeal", "03 medical and health sciences", "Bacterial Proteins", "Rivers", "Ammonia", "14. Life underwater", "Phylogeny", "0303 health sciences", "Bacteria", "Biodiversity", "Nitrogen Cycle", "15. Life on land", "Archaea", "Nitrification", "6. Clean water", "DNA", " Archaeal", "Genes", " Bacterial", "13. Climate action", "Estuaries", "Oxidoreductases", "Oxidation-Reduction"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.b1200013"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Zhejiang%20University%20SCIENCE%20B", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1631/jzus.b1200013", "name": "item", "description": "10.1631/jzus.b1200013", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1631/jzus.b1200013"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1890/06-2113.1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:22:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-12-12", "title": "Effects Of Restoration And Reflooding On Soil Denitrification In A Leveed Midwestern Floodplain", "description": "<p>River floodplains have the potential to remove nitrate from water through denitrification, the anaerobic microbial conversion of nitrate to nitrogen gas. An important factor in this process is the interaction of river water with floodplain soil; however, many rivers have been disconnected from their historic floodplains by levees. To test the effect of reflooding a degraded floodplain on nitrate removal, we studied changes in soil denitrification rates on the Baraboo River floodplain in Wisconsin, USA, as it underwent restoration. Prior to this study, the site had been leveed, drained, and farmed for more than 50 years. In late fall 2002, the field drainage system was removed, and a gate structure was installed to allow controlled flooding of this site with river water. Soil moisture was extremely variable among zones and months and reflected local weather. Soil organic matter was stable over the study period with differences occurring along the elevation gradient. High soil nitrate concentrations occurred in dry, relatively organic\uffe2\uff80\uff90poor soil samples and, conversely, all samples with high moisture soils characterized by low nitrate. We measured denitrification in static cores and potential denitrification in bulk samples amended with carbon and nitrogen, one year before and two years following the manipulation. Denitrification rates showed high temporal and spatial variability. Static core rates of individual sites ranged widely (from 0.00 to 16.7 \uffce\uffbcg N2O\uffe2\uff80\uff90N\uffc2\uffb7[kg soil]\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffc2\uffb7h\uffe2\uff88\uff921, mean \uffc2\uffb1 SD = 1.10 \uffc2\uffb1 3.02), and denitrification enzyme activity (DEA) rates were similar with a slightly higher mean (from 0.00 to 15.0 \uffce\uffbcg N2O\uffe2\uff80\uff90N\uffc2\uffb7[kg soil]\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffc2\uffb7h\uffe2\uff88\uff921, 1.41 \uffc2\uffb1 1.98). Denitrification was not well\uffe2\uff80\uff90correlated with soil nitrate, organic matter content, or moisture levels, the three parameters typically thought to control denitrification. Static core denitrification rates were not significantly different across years, and DEA rates decreased slightly the second year after restoration. These results demonstrate that restored agricultural soil has the potential for denitrification, but that floodplain restoration did not immediately improve this potential. Future floodplain restorations should be designed to test alternative methods of increasing denitrification.</p>", "keywords": ["floodplain", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Time Factors", "Nitrogen", "riparian", "Water", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "nitrogen", "wetland", "6. Clean water", "Midwestern United States", "Disasters", "Soil", "soil denitrification", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "river restoration", "Environmental Sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1890/06-2113.1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Applications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1890/06-2113.1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1890/06-2113.1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1890/06-2113.1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1890/05-2074", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:22:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-06-04", "title": "Regulation Of Benthic Algal And Animal Communities By Salt Marsh Plants: Impact Of Shading", "description": "Plant cover is a fundamental feature of many coastal marine and terrestrial systems and controls the structure of associated animal communities. Both natural and human-mediated changes in plant cover influence abiotic sediment properties and thus have cascading impacts on the biotic community. Using clipping (structural) and light (shading) manipulations in two salt marsh vegetation zones (one dominated by Spartina foliosa and one by Salicornia virginica), we tested whether these plant species exert influence on abiotic environmental factors and examined the mechanisms by which these changes regulate the biotic community. In an unshaded (plant and shade removal) treatment, marsh soils exhibited harsher physical properties, a microalgal community composition shift toward increased diatom dominance, and altered macrofaunal community composition with lower species richness, a larger proportion of insect larvae, and a smaller proportion of annelids, crustaceans, and oligochaetes compared to shaded (plant removal, shade mimic) and control treatment plots. Overall, the shaded treatment plots were similar to the controls. Plant cover removal also resulted in parallel shifts in microalgal and macrofaunal isotopic signatures of the most dynamic species. This suggests that animal responses are seen mainly among microalgae grazers and may be mediated by plant modification of microalgae. Results of these experiments demonstrate how light reduction by the vascular plant canopy can control salt marsh sediment communities in an arid climate. This research facilitates understanding of sequential consequences of changing salt marsh plant cover associated with climate or sea level change, habitat degradation, marsh restoration, or plant invasion.", "keywords": ["macrobenthos", "0106 biological sciences", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Geologic Sediments", "abiotic properties", "Population Dynamics", "Chenopodiaceae", "Environment", "01 natural sciences", "Spartina foliosa", "stable isotope", "Animals", "Biomass", "14. Life underwater", "plant cover", "Ecosystem", "Plant Physiological Phenomena", "biodiversity", "pickleweed", "microalgae", "Eukaryota", "Biodiversity", "15. Life on land", "13. Climate action", "cordgrass", "Sunlight", "Salicornia virginica", "light"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://escholarship.org/content/qt09d6c3jf/qt09d6c3jf.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1890/05-2074"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1890/05-2074", "name": "item", "description": "10.1890/05-2074", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1890/05-2074"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1890/07-1609.1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:22:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-08-13", "title": "Temporal Changes In C And N Stocks Of Restored Prairie: Implications For C Sequestration Strategies", "description": "<p>The recovery of ecosystem C and N dynamics after disturbance can be a slow process. Chronosequence approaches offer unique opportunities to use space\uffe2\uff80\uff90for\uffe2\uff80\uff90time substitution to quantify the recovery of ecosystem C and N stocks and estimate the potential of restoration practices for C sequestration. We studied the distribution of C and N stocks in two chronosequences that included long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term cultivated lands, 3\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 26\uffe2\uff80\uff90year\uffe2\uff80\uff90old prairie restorations, and remnant prairie on two related soil series. Results from the two chronosequences did not vary significantly and were combined. Based on modeling predictions, the recovery rates of different ecosystem components varied greatly. Overall, C stocks recovered faster than N stocks, but both C and N stocks recovered more rapidly for aboveground vegetation than for any other ecosystem component. Aboveground C and N reached 95% of remnant levels in only 13 years and 21 years, respectively, after planting to native vegetation. Belowground plant C and N recovered several decades later, while microbial biomass C, soil organic C (SOC), and total soil N recovered on a century timescale. In the cultivated fields, SOC concentrations were depleted within the surface 25 cm, coinciding with the depth of plowing, but cultivation apparently led to redistribution of soil C, increasing SOC stocks deeper in the soil profile. The restoration of prairie vegetation was effective at rebuilding soil organic matter (SOM) in the surface soil. Accrual rates were maintained at 43 g C\uffc2\uffb7m\uffe2\uff88\uff922\uffc2\uffb7yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921and 3 g N\uffc2\uffb7m\uffe2\uff88\uff922\uffc2\uffb7yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921in the surface 0.16 Mg/m2soil mass during the first 26 years of restoration and were predicted to reach 50% of their storage potential (3500 g C/m2) in the first 100 years. We conclude that restoration of tallgrass prairie vegetation can restore SOM lost through cultivation and has the potential to sequester relatively large amounts of SOC over a sustained period of time. Whether restored prairies can retain the C apparently transferred to the subsoil by cultivation practices remains to be seen.</p>", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Soil", "Time Factors", "Nitrogen", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Illinois", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Poaceae", "Carbon", "Ecosystem"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1890/07-1609.1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Applications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1890/07-1609.1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1890/07-1609.1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1890/07-1609.1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1890/07-1767.1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:22:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-02-25", "title": "Impacts Of Fire And Fire Surrogate Treatments On Forest Soil Properties: A Meta-Analytical Approach", "description": "<p>The soils underlying the 12 Fire and Fire Surrogates Network include six soil orders and &gt;50 named soil series. Across the network, pretreatment soils varied from 3.7 to 7.1 in pH, and exhibited ranges of twofold in bulk density, fourfold in soil organic C (SOC) content, 10\uffe2\uff80\uff90fold in total inorganic N (TIN), and 200\uffe2\uff80\uff931000\uffe2\uff80\uff90fold in extractable Ca and K. Nonmetric multidimensional (NMS) ordination of pretreatment soil conditions arrayed the FFS sites along gradients of pH/base cation status, net N transformation rates, bulk density, and SOC. At the network scale, mineral soil exposure was significantly greater in fire\uffe2\uff80\uff90only (mean of 9.2%) and mechanical + fire (5.0%) treatments than in the controls (1.5%) during the first posttreatment year, and this persisted through the later sampling year (second through fourth year, depending on site) in the fire\uffe2\uff80\uff90only treatment (fire 4.1%, control 1.1%). Bulk density was not affected significantly at the network scale. TIN concentrations during the first posttreatment year increased after all three manipulative treatments, but this effect did not persist to the later sampling year. Neither SOC content nor soil C:N ratio was affected by any of the treatments at the network scale. At the individual site scale, the combined mechanical + fire treatment produced more significant site \uffc3\uff97 treatment \uffc3\uff97 year effects than did the fire\uffe2\uff80\uff90only or mechanical\uffe2\uff80\uff90only treatments, though in most cases even the statistically significant differences produced by the manipulative treatments were modest in magnitude. Ordination of first\uffe2\uff80\uff90year standardized effect sizes produced no discernable separation of the three manipulative treatments but did separate the three sites with the greatest fire severity (based on proportional fuel consumption) from the majority of the network sites, with changes in pH, TIN, SOC content, and soil C:N ratio correlating most strongly with this separation. Ordination of the effect sizes from the later sampling year produced somewhat clearer separation of treatments than did the first\uffe2\uff80\uff90year ordination, though fewer sites were represented in this second ordination. Overall, the network\uffe2\uff80\uff90wide effects of the FFS treatments on soil properties appear to have been modest and transient.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Forestry", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Hydrogen-Ion Concentration", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon", "Fires", "6. Clean water", "Trees", "Soil", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Seasons"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Jianjun Huang, Ralph E. J. Boerner, Stephen C. Hart,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1890/07-1767.1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Applications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1890/07-1767.1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1890/07-1767.1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1890/07-1767.1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1890/08-0069.1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:22:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-11-18", "title": "Prairie Restoration And Carbon Sequestration: Difficulties Quantifying C Sources And Sinks Using A Biometric Approach", "description": "<p>We investigated carbon cycling and ecosystem characteristics among two prairie restoration treatments established in 1987 and adjacent cropland, all part of the Conservation Reserve Program in southwestern Wisconsin, USA. We hypothesized that different plant functional groups (cool\uffe2\uff80\uff90season C3vs. warm\uffe2\uff80\uff90season C4grasses) between the two prairie restoration treatments would lead to differences in soil and vegetation characteristics and amount of sequestered carbon, compared to the crop system.</p><p>We found significant (P&lt; 0.05) differences between the two prairie restoration treatments in soil CO2respiration and above\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and belowground productivity, but no significant differences in long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term (~16\uffe2\uff80\uff90year) carbon sequestration. We used a biometric approach aggregating short\uffe2\uff80\uff90term observations of above\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and belowground productivity and CO2respiration to estimate total net primary production (NPP) and net ecosystem production (NEP) using varied methods suggested in the literature. Net ecosystem production is important because it represents the ecosystem carbon sequestration, which is of interest to land managers and policymakers seeking or regulating credits for ecosystem carbon storage. Such a biometric approach would be attractive because it might offer the ability to rapidly assess the carbon source/sink status of an ecosystem.</p><p>We concluded that large uncertainties in (1) estimating aboveground NPP, (2) determining belowground NPP, and (3) partitioning soil respiration into microbial and plant components strongly affect the magnitude, and even the sign, of NEP estimates made from aggregating its components. A comparison of these estimates across treatments could not distinguish differences in NEP, nor the absolute sign of the overall carbon balance. Longer\uffe2\uff80\uff90term quantification of carbon stocks in the soil, periodically linked to measurements of individual processes, may offer a more reliable measure of the carbon balance in grassland systems, suitable for assigning credits.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Biometry", "Time Factors", "Glycine max", "Nitrogen", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Poaceae", "Carbon", "Soil", "Oxygen Consumption", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Ecosystem"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1890/08-0069.1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Applications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1890/08-0069.1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1890/08-0069.1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1890/08-0069.1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1890/09-0501.1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:22:13Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-06-10", "title": "Interactions Among Bioenergy Feedstock Choices, Landscape Dynamics, And Land Use", "description": "Landscape implications of bioenergy feedstock choices are significant and depend on land-use practices and their environmental impacts. Although land-use changes and carbon emissions associated with bioenergy feedstock production are dynamic and complicated, lignocellulosic feedstocks may offer opportunities that enhance sustainability when compared to other transportation fuel alternatives. For bioenergy sustainability, major drivers and concerns revolve around energy security, food production, land productivity, soil carbon and erosion, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity, air quality, and water quantity and quality. The many implications of bioenergy feedstock choices require several indicators at multiple scales to provide a more complete accounting of effects. Ultimately, the long-term sustainability of bioenergy feedstock resources (as well as food supplies) throughout the world depends on land-use practices and landscape dynamics. Land-management decisions often invoke trade-offs among potential environmental effects and social and economic factors as well as future opportunities for resource use. The hypothesis being addressed in this paper is that sustainability of bioenergy feedstock production can be achieved via appropriately designed crop residue and perennial lignocellulosic systems. We find that decision makers need scientific advancements and adequate data that both provide quantitative and qualitative measures of the effects of bioenergy feedstock choices at different spatial and temporal scales and allow fair comparisons among available options for renewable liquid fuels.", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "Carbon", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "Socioeconomic Factors", "13. Climate action", "Biofuels", "11. Sustainability", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "Human Activities", "Biomass", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1890/09-0501.1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Applications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1890/09-0501.1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1890/09-0501.1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1890/09-0501.1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1890/12-0711.1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-27T16:22:14Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-06-27", "title": "Biofuels On The Landscape: Is \"Land Sharing\" Preferable To \"Land Sparing\"?", "description": "<p>Widespread land use changes, and ensuing effects on ecosystem services, are expected from expanding bioenergy production. Although most U.S. production of ethanol is from corn, it is envisaged that future ethanol production will also draw from cellulosic sources such as perennial grasses. In selecting optimal bioenergy crops, there is debate as to whether it is preferable from an environmental standpoint to cultivate bioenergy crops with high ecosystem services (a \uffe2\uff80\uff9cland\uffe2\uff80\uff90sharing\uffe2\uff80\uff9d strategy) or to grow crops with lower ecosystem services but higher yield, thereby requiring less land to meet bioenergy demand (a \uffe2\uff80\uff9cland\uffe2\uff80\uff90sparing\uffe2\uff80\uff9d strategy). Here, we develop a simple model to address this question. Assuming that bioenergy crops are competing with uncultivated land, our model calculates land requirements to meet a given bioenergy demand intensity based upon the yields of bioenergy crops. The model combines fractional land cover of each ecosystem type with its associated ecosystem services to determine whether land\uffe2\uff80\uff90sharing or land\uffe2\uff80\uff90sparing strategies maximize ecosystem services at the landscape level. We apply this model to a case in which climate protection through GHG regulation\uffe2\uff80\uff94an ecosystem's greenhouse gas value (GHGV)\uffe2\uff80\uff94is the ecosystem service of interest. Our results show that the relative advantages of land sparing and land sharing depend upon the type of ecosystem displaced by the bioenergy crop; as the GHGV of the unfarmed land increases, the preferable strategy shifts from land sharing to land sparing. Although it may be preferable to replace ecologically degraded land with high\uffe2\uff80\uff90GHGV, lower yielding bioenergy crops, average landscape GHGV will most often be maximized through high\uffe2\uff80\uff90yielding bioenergy crops that leave more land for uncultivated, high\uffe2\uff80\uff90GHGV ecosystems. Although our case study focuses on GHGV, the same principles will be applicable to any ecosystem service whose value does not depend upon the spatial configuration of the landscape. Whenever bioenergy crops have substantially lower ecosystem services than the ecosystems with which they are competing for land, the most effective strategy for meeting bioenergy demand while maximizing ecosystem services on a landscape level is one of land sparing: focusing simultaneously on maximizing the yield of bioenergy crops while preserving or restoring natural ecosystems.</p>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Climate Change", "Models", " Theoretical", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "03 medical and health sciences", "13. Climate action", "Biofuels", "Biomass", "Ecosystem", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1890/12-0711.1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Applications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1890/12-0711.1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1890/12-0711.1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1890/12-0711.1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1890/13-0640.1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:22:14Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-09-09", "title": "Carbon Stocks Of Intact Mangroves And Carbon Emissions Arising From Their Conversion In The Dominican Republic", "description": "<p>Mangroves are recognized to possess a variety of ecosystem services including high rates of carbon sequestration and storage. Deforestation and conversion of these ecosystems continue to be high and have been predicted to result in significant carbon emissions to the atmosphere. Yet few studies have quantified the carbon stocks or losses associated with conversion of these ecosystems. In this study we quantified the ecosystem carbon stocks of three common mangrove types of the Caribbean as well as those of abandoned shrimp ponds in areas formerly occupied by mangrove\uffe2\uff80\uff94a common land\uffe2\uff80\uff90use conversion of mangroves throughout the world. In the mangroves of the Montecristi Province in Northwest Dominican Republic we found C stocks ranged from 706 to 1131 Mg/ha. The medium\uffe2\uff80\uff90statured mangroves (3\uffe2\uff80\uff9310 m in height) had the highest C stocks while the tall (&gt;10 m) mangroves had the lowest ecosystem carbon storage. Carbon stocks of the low mangrove (shrub) type (&lt;3 m) were relatively high due to the presence of carbon\uffe2\uff80\uff90rich soils as deep as 2 m. Carbon stocks of abandoned shrimp ponds were 95 Mg/ha or \uffe2\uff88\uffbc11% that of the mangroves. Using a stock\uffe2\uff80\uff90change approach, the potential emissions from the conversion of mangroves to shrimp ponds ranged from 2244 to 3799 Mg CO2e/ha (CO2 equivalents). This is among the largest measured C emissions from land use in the tropics. The 6260 ha of mangroves and converted mangroves in the Montecristi Province are estimated to contain 3\uffe2\uff80\uff8a841\uffe2\uff80\uff8a490 Mg of C. Mangroves represented 76% of this area but currently store 97% of the carbon in this coastal wetland (3\uffe2\uff80\uff8a696\uffe2\uff80\uff8a722 Mg C). Converted lands store only 4% of the total ecosystem C (144\uffe2\uff80\uff8a778 Mg C) while they comprised 24% of the area. By these metrics the replacement of mangroves with shrimp and salt ponds has resulted in estimated emissions from this region totaling 3.8 million Mg CO2e or \uffe2\uff88\uffbc21% of the total C prior to conversion. Given the high C stocks of mangroves, the high emissions from their conversion, and the other important functions and services they provide, their inclusion in climate\uffe2\uff80\uff90change mitigation strategies is warranted.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "carbon", "mangroves", "Climate Change", "Dominican Republic", "land use", "Water", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon", "mitigation", "Soil", "climate change", "13. Climate action", "Wetlands", "emission", "Rhizophoraceae", "Avicennia", "Environmental Monitoring", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Kauffman, J.B., Heider, C., Norfolk, J., Payton, F.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1890/13-0640.1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Applications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1890/13-0640.1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1890/13-0640.1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1890/13-0640.1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1890/15-2143", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:22:14Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-06-08", "title": "Impacts Of Land Use On Indian Mangrove Forest Carbon Stocks: Implications For Conservation And Management", "description": "Abstract<p>Globally, mangrove forests represents only 0.7% of world's tropical forested area but are highly threatened due to susceptibility to climate change, sea level rise, and increasing pressures from human population growth in coastal regions. Our study was carried out in the Bhitarkanika Conservation Area (BCA), the second\uffe2\uff80\uff90largest mangrove area in eastern India. We assessed total ecosystem carbon (C) stocks at four land use types representing varying degree of disturbances. Ranked in order of increasing impacts, these sites included dense mangrove forests, scrub mangroves, restored/planted mangroves, and abandoned aquaculture ponds. These impacts include both natural and/or anthropogenic disturbances causing stress, degradation, and destruction of mangroves. Mean vegetation C stocks (including both above\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and belowground pools; mean\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa0standard error) in aquaculture, planted, scrub, and dense mangroves were 0, 7\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa04, 65\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa011 and 100\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa011 Mg C/ha, respectively. Average soil C pools for aquaculture, planted, scrub, and dense mangroves were 61\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa08, 92\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa020, 177\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa014, and 134\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa017 Mg C/ha, respectively. Mangrove soils constituted largest fraction of total ecosystem C stocks at all sampled sites (aquaculture [100%], planted [90%], scrub [72%], and dense mangrove [57%]). Within BCA, the four studied land use types covered an area of ~167\uffc2\uffa0km2 and the total ecosystem C stocks were 0.07\uffc2\uffa0Tg C for aquaculture (~12\uffc2\uffa0km2), 0.25\uffc2\uffa0Tg C for planted/ restored mangrove (~24\uffc2\uffa0km2), 2.29\uffc2\uffa0teragrams (Tg) Tg C for scrub (~93\uffc2\uffa0km2), and 0.89\uffc2\uffa0Tg C for dense mangroves (~38\uffc2\uffa0km2). Although BCA is protected under Indian wildlife protection and conservation laws, ~150 000 people inhabit this area and are directly or indirectly dependent on mangrove resources for sustenance. Estimates of C stocks of Bhitarkanika mangroves and recognition of their role as a C repository could provide an additional reason to support conservation and restoration of Bhitarkanika mangroves. Harvesting or destructive exploitation of mangroves by local communities for economic gains can potentially be minimized by enabling these communities to avail themselves of carbon offset/conservation payments under approved climate change mitigation strategies and actions.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "carbon", "mangroves", "Climate Change", "India", "Agriculture", "15. Life on land", "coastal areas", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon", "mitigation", "Soil", "climate change", "13. Climate action", "Wetlands", "Humans", "Human Activities", "14. Life underwater", "ecology", "ecosystems", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1890/15-2143"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Applications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1890/15-2143", "name": "item", "description": "10.1890/15-2143", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1890/15-2143"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/ijerph13020165", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:23:34Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-01-28", "title": "Environmental Change in the Agro-Pastoral Transitional Zone, Northern China: Patterns, Drivers, and Implications", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Chengde city is located in the agro\u2013pastoral transitional zone in northern China near the capital city of Beijing, which has experienced large-scale ecological construction in the past three decades. This study quantitatively assessed the environmental changes in Chengde through observation records of water resources, water environment, atmospheric environment, and vegetation activity and investigated the possible causes. From the late 1950s to 2002, the streamflow presented a downward trend induced by climate variability and human activities, with contribution ratios of 33.2% and 66.8%, respectively. During 2001\u20132012, the days of levels I and II air quality presented clear upward trends. Moreover, the air pollutant concentration was relatively low compared with that in the adjacent areas, which means the air quality has improved more than that in the neighboring areas. The water quality, which deteriorated during 1993\u20132000, began to improve in 2002. The air and water quality changes were closely related to pollutant emissions induced by anthropogenic activities. During 1982\u20132012, the vegetation in the southeastern and central regions presented restoration trends, whereas that in the northwestern area showed degradation trends. The pixels with obvious degradation trends correlated significantly with annual mean temperature and annual precipitation. Ecological engineering also played a positive role in vegetation restoration. This analysis can be beneficial to environment managers in the active response and adaptation to the possible effects of future climate change, population growth, and industrial development and can be used to ensure sustainable development and environmental safety.</p></article>", "keywords": ["China", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Climate", "Climate Change", "0207 environmental engineering", "Agriculture", "Environmental Exposure", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Article", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "Soil", "agro\u2013pastoral transitional zone; water resource; water environment; atmospheric environment; vegetation activity", "13. Climate action", "Air Pollution", "11. Sustainability", "Water Resources", "Humans", "Policy Making", "Public Health Administration", "Ecosystem", "Environmental Monitoring", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Fei Wang, Fei Wang, Chong Jiang, Chong Jiang, Chong Jiang,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/2/165/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13020165"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/International%20Journal%20of%20Environmental%20Research%20and%20Public%20Health", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/ijerph13020165", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/ijerph13020165", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/ijerph13020165"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-01-28T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/ijerph20010198", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:23:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-12-23", "title": "The Impact of Residences and Roads on Wind Erosion in a Temperate Grassland Ecosystem: A Spatially Oriented Perspective", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>The existence of residences and roads is an important way in which human activity affects wind erosion in arid and semiarid environments. Studies assessing the impact of these elements on wind erosion have only focused on limited plots, and their threat of erosion to the surrounding environment has been ignored by many studies. This study was based on spatially overlayed analysis of independent wind erosion distribution simulated by the revised wind erosion equation (RWEQ) and remote-sensing-image-derived residence and road distribution data. Wind erosion at different distances from residences and roads was quantified at the landscape scale of a typical temperate grassland ecosystem, explicitly demonstrating the crucial impacts of both elements on wind erosion. The results showed that wind erosion weakened as the distance from residences and roads increased due to the priority pathways of human activities, and the wind erosion around the residence was more severe than around the road. Human activities in the buffer zones 0\u2013200 m from the residences most frequently caused severe wind erosion, with a wind soil loss of 25 t ha\u22121 yr\u22121 and a wind soil loss of approximately 5.25 t ha\u22121 yr\u22121 for 0\u201360 m from the roads. The characteristics of wind erosion variation in the buffer zones were also affected by residence size and the environments in which the residences were located. The variation in wind erosion was closely related to the road levels. Human activities intensified wind erosion mainly by affecting the soil and vegetation around residences and roads. Ecological management should not be limited to residences and roads but should also protect the surrounding environments. The findings of this study are aimed towards a spatial perspective that can help implement rational and effective environmental management measures for the sustainability of wind-eroded ecosystems.</p></article>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Residence", "Temperate grassland", "Wind", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Grassland", "Article", "wind erosion; residence; road; temperate grassland; ecosystem management", "Road", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "Wind erosion", "11. Sustainability", "Humans", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Ecosystem management", "Ecosystem", "Environmental Monitoring"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Zhuoli Zhou, Zhuodong Zhang, Wenbo Zhang, Jianyong Luo, Keli Zhang, Zihao Cao, Zhiqiang Wang,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/1/198/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/1/198/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010198"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/International%20Journal%20of%20Environmental%20Research%20and%20Public%20Health", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/ijerph20010198", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/ijerph20010198", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/ijerph20010198"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-12-23T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2134/jeq2003.2300", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:22:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-08-02", "description": "ABSTRACT<p>Understanding how carbon, nitrogen, and key soil attributes affect gas emissions from soil is crucial for alleviating their undesirable residual effects that can linger for years after termination of manure and compost applications. This study was conducted to evaluate the emission of soil CO2, N2O, and CH4 and soil C and N indicators four years after manure and compost application had stopped. Experimental plots were treated with annual synthetic N fertilizer (FRT), annual and biennial manure (MN1 and MN2, respectively), and compost (CP1 and CP2, respectively) from 1992 to 1995 based on removal of 151 kg N ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921 by continuous corn (Zea mays L.). The control (CTL) plots received no input. After 1995, only the FRT plots received N fertilizer in the spring of 1999. In 1999, the emissions of CO2 were similar between control and other treatments. The average annual carbon input in the CTL and FRT plots were similar to soil CO2\uffe2\uff80\uff93C emission (4.4 and 5.1 Mg C ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921, respectively). Manure and compost resulted in positive C and N balances in the soil four years after application. Fluxes of CH4\uffe2\uff80\uff93C and N2O\uffe2\uff80\uff90N were nearly zero, which indicated that the residual effects of manure and compost four years after application had no negative influence on soil C and N storage and global warming. Residual effects of compost and manure resulted in 20 to 40% higher soil microbial biomass C, 42 to 74% higher potentially mineralizable N, and 0.5 unit higher pH compared with the FRT treatment. Residual effects of manure and compost on CO2, N2O, and CH4 emissions were minimal and their benefits on soil C and N indicators were more favorable than that of N fertilizer.</p>", "keywords": ["Greenhouse Effect", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Time Factors", "Nitrogen", "Nitrous Oxide", "Plant Biology", "Horticulture", "Zea mays", "630", "333", "Agronomy and Crop Sciences", "Biomass", "Agricultural Science", "Fertilizers", "Plant Sciences", "Botany", "Life Sciences", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Carbon Dioxide", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "Refuse Disposal", "Manure", "13. Climate action", "Other Plant Sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Methane", "Environmental Monitoring"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Ginting, Daniel, Kessavalou, Anabayan, Eghball, Bahman, Doran, John W.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2003.2300"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Environmental%20Quality", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2134/jeq2003.2300", "name": "item", "description": "10.2134/jeq2003.2300", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2134/jeq2003.2300"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2003-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2134/jeq2005.0131", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:22:32Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-07-07", "description": "ABSTRACT<p>Long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term use of conventional tillage and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)\uffe2\uff80\uff93fallow systems in the northern Great Plains have resulted in low soil organic carbon (SOC) levels. We examined the effects of two tillage practices [conventional till (CT) and no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till (NT)], five crop rotations [continuous spring wheat (CW), spring wheat\uffe2\uff80\uff93fallow (W\uffe2\uff80\uff93F), spring wheat\uffe2\uff80\uff93lentil (Lens culinaris Medic.) (W\uffe2\uff80\uff93L), spring wheat\uffe2\uff80\uff93spring wheat\uffe2\uff80\uff93fallow (W\uffe2\uff80\uff93W\uffe2\uff80\uff93F), and spring wheat\uffe2\uff80\uff93pea (Pisum sativum L.)\uffe2\uff80\uff93fallow (W\uffe2\uff80\uff93P\uffe2\uff80\uff93F)], and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) planting on plant C input, SOC, and particulate organic carbon (POC). A field experiment was conducted in a mixture of Scobey clay loam (fine\uffe2\uff80\uff90loamy, mixed, Aridic Argiborolls) and Kevin clay loam (fine, montmorillonitic, Aridic Argiborolls) from 1998 to 2003 in Havre, MT. Total plant biomass returned to the soil from 1998 to 2003 was greater in CW (15.5 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921) than in other rotations. Residue cover, amount, and C content in 2004 were 33 to 86% greater in NT than in CT and greater in CRP than in crop rotations. Residue amount (2.47 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921) and C content (0.96 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921) were greater in NT with CW than in other treatments, except in CT with CRP and W\uffe2\uff80\uff93F and in NT with CRP and W\uffe2\uff80\uff93W\uffe2\uff80\uff93F. The SOC at the 0\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 5\uffe2\uff80\uff90cm depth was 23% greater in NT (6.4 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921) than in CT. The POC was not influenced by tillage and crop rotation, but POC to SOC ratio at the 0\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 20\uffe2\uff80\uff90cm depth was greater in NT with W\uffe2\uff80\uff93L (369 g kg\uffe2\uff88\uff921 SOC) than in CT with CW, W\uffe2\uff80\uff93F, and W\uffe2\uff80\uff93L. From 1998 to 2003, SOC at the 0\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 20\uffe2\uff80\uff90cm depth decreased by 4% in CT but increased by 3% in NT. Carbon can be sequestered in dryland soils and plant residue in areas previously under CRP using reduced tillage and increased cropping intensity, such as NT with CW, compared with traditional practice, such as CT with W\uffe2\uff80\uff93F system, and the content can be similar to that in CRP planting.</p>", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Time Factors", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Seasons", "Organic Chemicals", "Environmental Monitoring"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Thecan Caesar-Thonthat, Andrew W. Lenssen, Upendra M. Sainju, Jed Waddell,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2005.0131"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Environmental%20Quality", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2134/jeq2005.0131", "name": "item", "description": "10.2134/jeq2005.0131", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2134/jeq2005.0131"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2134/jeq2005.0156", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-06-27T16:22:32Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-07-07", "title": "Soil Organic Carbon And Nitrogen Accumulation In Plots Of Rhizoma Perennial Peanut And Bahiagrass Grown In Elevated Carbon Dioxide And Temperature", "description": "ABSTRACT<p>Carbon sequestration in soils might mitigate the increase of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. Two contrasting subtropical perennial forage species, bahiagrass (BG; Paspalum notatum Fl\uffc3\uffbcgge; C4), and rhizoma perennial peanut (PP; Arachis glabrata Benth.; C3 legume), were grown at Gainesville, Florida, in field soil plots in four temperature zones of four temperature\uffe2\uff80\uff90gradient greenhouses, two each at CO2 concentrations of 360 and 700 \uffce\uffbcmol mol\uffe2\uff88\uff921 The site had been cultivated with annual crops for more than 20 yr. Herbage was harvested three to four times each year. Soil samples from the top 20 cm were collected in February 1995, before plant establishment, and in December 2000 at the end of the project. Overall mean soil organic carbon (SOC) gains across 6 yr were 1.396 and 0.746 g kg\uffe2\uff88\uff921 in BG and PP, respectively, indicating that BG plots accumulated more SOC than PP. Mean SOC gains in BG plots at 700 and 360 \uffce\uffbcmol mol\uffe2\uff88\uff921 CO2 were 1.450 and 1.343 g kg\uffe2\uff88\uff921, respectively (not statistically different). Mean SOC gains in PP plots at 700 and 360 \uffce\uffbcmol mol\uffe2\uff88\uff921 CO2 were 0.949 and 0.544 g kg\uffe2\uff88\uff921, respectively, an increase caused by elevated CO2 Relative SON accumulations were similar to SOC increases. Overall mean annual SOC accumulation, pooled for forages and CO2 treatments, was 540 kg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921 Eliminating elevated CO2 effects, overall mean SOC accumulation was 475 kg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921 Conversion from cropland to forages was a greater factor in SOC accumulation than the CO2 fertilization effect.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Time Factors", "Arachis", "Atmosphere", "Nitrogen", "Temperature", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Carbon Dioxide", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "6. 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Cropping systems that maintain and/or improve levels of SOC may lead to sustainable crop production. This study evaluated the effects of long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term cropping systems on C sequestration. Soil samples were taken at 0\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 10\uffe2\uff80\uff90, 10\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 20\uffe2\uff80\uff90, 20\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 30\uffe2\uff80\uff90, and 30\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 40\uffe2\uff80\uff90cm soil depth profiles from grass pasture (GP), conventional tillage (CT) winter wheat (Triticum aestivumL.)\uffe2\uff80\uff93fallow (CTWF), and fertilized and unfertilized plots of continuous winter wheat (WW), spring wheat (SW), and spring barley (Hordeum vulgareL.) (SB) monocultures under CT and no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till (NT). The samples were analyzed for soil organic matter (SOM) and SOC was derived. Ages of experiments ranged from 6 to 73 yr. 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