Elevated global temperatures and increased concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere associated with climate change will exert profound effects on rice cropping systems, particularly on their greenhouse gas emitting potential. Incorporating biochar into paddy soil has been shown previously to reduce methane (CH4) emission from paddy rice under ambient temperature and CO2. We examined the ability of rice straw-derived biochar to reduce CH4 emission from paddy soil under elevated temperature and CO2 concentrations expected in the future. Adding biochar to paddy soil reduced CH4 emission under ambient conditions and significantly reduced emissions by 39.5% (ranging from 185.4\uffe2\uff80\uff89mg kg\uffe2\uff88\uff921 dry weight soil, dws season\uffe2\uff88\uff921 to 112.2\uffe2\uff80\uff89mg kg\uffe2\uff88\uff921 dws season\uffe2\uff88\uff921) under simultaneously elevated temperature and CO2. Reduced CH4 release was mainly attributable to the decreased activity of methanogens along with the increased CH4 oxidation activity and pmoA gene abundance of methanotrophs. Our findings highlight the valuable services of biochar amendment for CH4 control from paddy soil in a future that will be shaped by climate change.
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Many studies have explored the factors that affect the direction and extent of changes in soil C after different harvest residue management practices. However, the effect of soil properties, especially soil texture, on the difference in mineral soil C storage between harvest residue retention and removal treatment are still not fully understood. Using a meta-analysis approach, we investigated the factors that influence the change in mineral soil C stocks following stem-only harvest (SOH), when compared to whole-tree harvest (WTH). We found that the retention of harvest residues associated with the SOH treatment led to 8.2% greater soil C storage in 0\u201320\u202fcm mineral soils, compared to the WTH treatment. Soil properties (soil clay content and C concentrations) were the most important factors mediating soil C response to residue retention. Relative to the WTH treatment, the SOH treatment showed smaller mineral soil C pools in some high clay content soils, possibly by increasing the mineralization of existing soil organic matter stocks via a priming mechanism. Climate was a poor predictor of differences in treatment effects, with no significant difference between temperate and tropical forests. There were no significant relationships between the treatment effect on mineral soil C and mean annual temperature or precipitation. Both coniferous and broadleaf forests exhibited a significantly higher mineral soil C storage in the 0\u201320\u202fcm soil layer with the SOH relative to the WTH treatment. Compared to WTH treatment, the higher soil C contents in upper mineral soils after the SOH treatment appeared to last about one decade after harvesting. The findings of this analysis suggest that soil texture and C concentrations in mineral soils should be considered when assessing the impact of forest harvest residue management on soil C pools.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Agricultural", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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Restoration often involves mechanical thinning to promote development of complex habitats in moist, productive forests and mechanical thinning with prescribed fire to reduce fuels and restore natural disturbance regimes in dry, fire prone forests. This systematic review quantified the impact of restoration treatments on forest ecosystem carbon (C) stocks and identified factors that moderate treatment effects across spatial and temporal scales. Our review process identified 73 studies to be included for analysis, from which we calculated 482 estimates of treatment effect size. We found that restoration treatments significantly reduce C. Prescribed fire had larger impacts on belowground than aboveground carbon pools, while thinning and combined treatments had larger impacts on aboveground pools. The available literature is highly skewed toward shorter timescales ( 75\u202fyears after treatment) while empirical studies mostly looked at short term (", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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Empirical growth and yield modelling methods derived from terrestrial forestry, which are often robust with respect to forestry forecasting and management, have not often been assessed in mangrove forests yet they are important for underpinning sustainable forest management. We surveyed 89 Rhizophora apiculata mangrove plantations with age ranges from 4 to 26\u202fyear old in Vietnam, destructively harvesting 25 trees for biomass measurements and 70 for stem analyses, to assess increments in biomass and standing timber. Systems of equations were developed to model site index, mean diameter, dominant height, stocking, biomass and timber volume. We found that conventional forest growth modelling methods fitted the observed data well. Similar to terrestrial forests, stand height is a good indicator of site productivity. Mean errors for stand volume and biomass estimated from yield tables were both less than 5.3%. The root mean square error (RMSE) of the biomass model was 12 and RMSE of the volume model was 10.8, suggesting that these methods are applicable to evenly aged monoculture mangrove plantations in Vietnam. Our research also indicated high variation in mean annual increment of biomass (MAI) in the surveyed plantations due to a wide range of age and site conditions. Some R. apiculata plantations in Vietnam can reach a peak aboveground biomass MAI of 22.7\u202fMg\u202fha\u22121 year\u22121, which is among the highest of published values from plantations of the same species worldwide. Further studies addressing the application of terrestrial forest growth methods to mangrove systems are suggested in order to develop reliable and useful tools for sustainable management of this important ecosystem.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Monitoring", "Policy and Law", "Rhizophora apiculata plantation", "1107 Forestry", "Growth and yield modelling", "15. 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Chronic nitrogen (N) amendments frequently cause the accumulation of soil organic matter within soils, suggesting that elevated N disrupts decomposition by altering fungal communities. To link previously observed increases in soil organic matter with potential changes in the fungal community, we assessed the effects of soil N amendment on fungal community structure at a long-term N addition experiment at Harvard Forest (Petersham, MA, USA). A decline in the relative abundance of ectomycorrhizal fungi following long-term N addition was offset by an increase in the relative abundance of saprotrophs. Species richness and diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi declined, while ascomycetes and saprotrophs responded positively to N enrichment. However, nitrophilic species included ectomycorrhizal as well as saprotrophic fungi, especially the ectomycorrhizal Russula vinacea, whose relative abundance increased from 10 to 37% of the entire community across N treatments. Two decades of soil N enrichment appears to have fundamentally altered the soil fungal community of this temperate forest.", "keywords": ["Basidiomycetes", "0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Diversity", "Community", "Soil fungi", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Biogeochemistry", "15. 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Recent studies indicate a microbial and phytophages origin of OM in the throughfall of temperate forest ecosystems and reported inputs of dissolved (<0.45 \u03bcm) organic carbon (DOC) with throughfall range between 40 and 160 kg C ha -1 year -1 . Data on particulate organic matter (0.45 \u03bcmNordic and Canadian forests store substantial amounts of carbon (C) and are largely managed in a silvicultural system with clear-cut harvest. Previous meta-analyses of harvesting effects on soil C have shown short- to long-term declines after harvest, but effects of clear-cutting on boreal and northern temperate forest soil C stocks remain unresolved. We harmonized National Forest Soil Inventory (NFSI) data from Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Canada to examine soil C stocks up to 53 years following clear-cut harvest using a space-for-time approach. We analyzed forest floor and mineral soil C stocks in coniferous and deciduous/mixed forests. Coniferous forest floor C stocks decreased for \u223c30 years after clear-cutting: when at its lowest stock level, Picea and Pinus forest floor C stocks had decreased by 23 % and 14 % relative to initial stock levels, respectively. Picea forest floor C stocks then remained close to its lowest levels until 53 years after clear-cutting, while for Pinus-dominated forests they increased again and recovered to the pre-harvest level 48 years after clear-cutting. No C stock changes were detected in the 0\u201310 cm or 10\u201320 cm mineral soil layers, while a small increase in 55\u201365 cm mineral soil was detected in Podzol soils. Data was too limited to detect statistical signals of clear-cutting for deciduous/mixed forests. Our results shows that clear-cut harvest has substantial and long-lasting effects on northern temperate and boreal forest soil C storage, and that combining data from several NFSIs can help elucidate forest management effects on soil C storage.
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The analysis integrated available data on on-site and off-site effects of the conservation measure. Major benefit and cost items related to this specific measure were identified, quantified, and valued. Direct market prices and variants of indirect environmental valuation techniques (cost based and productivity change methods) were employed in valuing the benefit and cost items included in the analysis. Our results indicate that establishing exclosures in degrading marginal lands generate a large positive net present value (NPV) of ETB 5620\u00a0ha \u22121 . However, putting productive agricultural land under exclosures yields a negative NPV even under some hypothetical scenarios of 50% rise in prices of forest products and a social discount rate halved from the base rate of 8%. Sensitivity analyses indicate that the net present value is quite volatile to changes in biomass production and the social discount rate. Thus, appropriate forest management schemes have to be adopted in order to maximize sustainable biomass production. Furthermore, factors such as credit constraints that affect local people's time preference should be addressed to induce local people to discount the future at lower rate.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Net present value", "Tigray", "Cost-benefit analysis", "SEDIMENT DEPOSITION", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "FOREST", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "6. 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La legislaci\u00f3n brasile\u00f1a exige que todas las fincas del pa\u00eds mantengan y protejan las \u00e1reas forestales conocidas como Reservas Legales. Dado que las Reservas Legales tienen importantes implicaciones para la protecci\u00f3n de los bosques y la producci\u00f3n agr\u00edcola, es clave que entendamos las percepciones de los propietarios de tierras hacia las Reservas Legales. Aplicamos la metodolog\u00eda Q para identificar diferentes perspectivas de los propietarios medianos y grandes sobre las Reservas Legales y su relaci\u00f3n con la intensificaci\u00f3n agr\u00edcola en el municipio de Paragominas, en la Amazon\u00eda oriental. Realizamos 31 entrevistas en las que los propietarios ordenaron 36 declaraciones en una matriz de distribuci\u00f3n casi normal. Se identificaron tres grupos de propietarios de tierras: 1) los entusiastas de la planificaci\u00f3n del uso de la tierra (n = 16) estaban interesados en iniciativas de zonificaci\u00f3n para explorar dise\u00f1os de paisajes alternativos y legislaci\u00f3n que puedan ofrecer mejores resultados de conservaci\u00f3n y producci\u00f3n; 2) los partidarios de la agricultura basada en agroqu\u00edmicos (n = 7) ten\u00edan los puntos de vista m\u00e1s cr\u00edticos contra las Reservas Legales y percib\u00edan sus costos como m\u00e1s altos que los posibles beneficios ambientales y de calidad de vida; 3) los respondedores del mercado complacientes con las pol\u00edticas (n = 4) no mostraron inter\u00e9s en las reformas de las Reservas Legales y fueron el grupo m\u00e1s impulsado por el mercado. Si bien Paragominas ha logrado \u00e9xitos notables en detener la deforestaci\u00f3n a gran escala a trav\u00e9s de un pacto social de 'Municipio Verde', abordar la persistente degradaci\u00f3n y fragmentaci\u00f3n de los bosques en la regi\u00f3n sigue siendo una prioridad clave. Las iniciativas de gobernanza local que tienen en cuenta las percepciones de m\u00faltiples partes interesadas sobre la protecci\u00f3n de los bosques pueden fomentar el di\u00e1logo y el entendimiento mutuo para conservar y restaurar eficazmente las Reservas Legales. Los conocimientos sobre las percepciones de los grandes terratenientes sobre las Reservas Legales pueden informar dichos procesos de gobernanza para conciliar la protecci\u00f3n forestal y la intensificaci\u00f3n agr\u00edcola sostenible en Paragominas.", "keywords": ["Amazonas (Brasil)", "Economics", "FOS: Political science", "SAO-FELIX", "Social Sciences", "NEEDS", "01 natural sciences", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Reservas Forestales", "Natural resource economics", "conservation des for\u00eats", "FRONTIER", "Stakeholder", "11. Sustainability", "Business", "Environmental resource management", "intensification", "Political science", "Legal Reserve", "Environmental planning", "2. 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This study demonstrated that afforestation altered fungal community structure and that changes were correlated to pools of soil C. Pasture at three locations on the same soil type was afforested with Eucalyptus globulus or Pinus pinaster. The structure of fungal communities under the three land uses was measured after 13y using automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (ARISA). Afforestation significantly altered the structure of fungal communities. The effect of location on the structure of fungal communities was limited to pasture soils; although these contained the same plant species, the relative composition of each species varied between locations. Differences in the structure of fungal communities between pasture, E. globulus and P. pinaster were significantly correlated with changes in the amount of total organic C and microbial biomass-C in soil. Afforestation of patches of agricultural land may contribute to conserving soil fungi in agricultural landscapes by supporting fungal communities with different composition to agricultural soils.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Soil", "Fungi", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Agriculture", "Biodiversity", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil Microbiology", "Trees"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2010.04.008"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Fungal%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.funbio.2010.04.008", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.funbio.2010.04.008", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.funbio.2010.04.008"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.forpol.2013.06.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-07-11", "title": "Investing In Energy Forestry Under Uncertainty", "description": "Abstract Farmer's decisions to invest in renewable energy sources can contribute to lower greenhouse gas and mitigate climate change. However, it remains unclear how associated high sunk establishment costs, long-term commitment, highly uncertain net returns, and policy induced incentives could drive farmer's decision to afforest agricultural land. A real option model is used to theoretically frame the decision to switch from agriculture to energy forestry. Optimal investment timing is modeled and the functioning of government subsidies offered to speed up the switch to energy forestry is analyzed. The empirical analysis examines the establishment of new short-rotation coppice willow stands in Central East Sweden. It is shown that in the presence of volatile agricultural profits and high establishment costs, subsidies are needed to accelerate investment. We then examine the case of the municipality of Enkoping and show that the combination of governmental subsidies for energy forestry with compensation for sewage sludge treatment provides an effective stimulus to investment in new willow stands which also has environmental benefits.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Economics and Econometric", "Monitoring", "Policy and Law", "Sociology and Political Science", "05 social sciences", "Forestry", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "Short-rotation willow coppice", "Management", "12. Responsible consumption", "Bioenergy policy", "13. 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However, in some long-term experiments, a lack of response to soil C input levels has been observed as a consequence of saturation phenomena and/or interactions between C input and fertilisation. This paper analyses the outcomes of a long-term experiment in north-eastern Italy that started in 1966 and is still ongoing, where residue incorporation is compared with residue removal, over a range of mineral N fertilisations. A general decrease of SOC content was observed in the first 10\u00a0years of the experiment, followed by an approach to a steady state. However, SOC content differed markedly according to residue management and, in plots with residue incorporation, to N fertilisation. Considering 20\u00a0years as a compromise period for reaching a new equilibrium after a land-use change, the sequestration rate of residue incorporation in comparison with removal resulted as 0.17 t ha \u2212\u00a01 of C per year. The measured data were then simulated with Century, a model based on first-order decomposition kinetic, to evaluate if the data could be interpreted by this kind of decomposition process. Model performances were good in most cases, but overestimated SOC decomposition in the more limiting situations for C and N inputs. A possible explanation is given for this behaviour, involving a feed-back effect of the microbial community.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil organic carbon; Residue incorporation; Nitrogen fertilisation; Century model; Feed-back effect"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.01.012"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.01.012", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.01.012", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.01.012"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.gecco.2016.03.009", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-04-08", "title": "High Quality Residues From Cover Crops Favor Changes In Microbial Community And Enhance C And N Sequestration", "description": "The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of a change in management on the soil microbial community and C sequestration. We conducted a 3-year field study in La Pampa (Argentina) with rotation of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) in zero tillage alternating with rye (Secale cereale) and vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. dasycarpa). Soil was sampled once a year at two depths. Soil organic matter fractions, dissolved organic matter, microbial biomass (MBC) and community composition (DNA extraction, qPCR, and phospholipid FAME profiles) were determined. Litter, aerial- and root biomass were collected and all material was analyzed for C and N. Results showed a rapid response of microbial biomass to a bacterial dominance independent of residue quality. Vetch had the highest diversity index, while the fertilized treatment had the lowest one. Vetch\u2013sorghum rotation with high N mineralization rates and diverse microbial community sequestered more C and N in stable soil organic matter fractions than no-till sorghum alone or with rye, which had lower N turnover rates. These results reaffirm the importance of enhanced soil biodiversity for maintaining soil ecosystem functioning and services. The supply of high amounts of N-rich residues as provided by grass\u2013legume cover crops could fulfill this objective.", "keywords": ["Cultivos de Cobertura", "2. Zero hunger", "Microbial diversity", "Ecology", "Plantas de Cobertura", "Nitr\u00f3geno", "Ecolog\u00eda Microbiana", "Nitrogen", "Microbial biomass C and N", "Carb\u00f3n", "Coil", "No-till", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "Microbial Ecology", "Fungal/bacteria ratio", "11. Sustainability", "Particulate C and N", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Mineral associated C and N", "QH540-549.5", "Cover Plants"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2016.03.009"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Ecology%20and%20Conservation", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.gecco.2016.03.009", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.gecco.2016.03.009", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.gecco.2016.03.009"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.funeco.2017.02.004", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-04-12", "title": "Nitrogen Addition Alters Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Communities And Soil Enzyme Activities In A Tropical Montane Forest", "description": "Abstract Long-term increases in nitrogen (N) availability resulting from anthropogenic N deposition can strongly influence ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungal communities with potential consequences for nutrient cycling, forest composition and carbon storage. In a tropical montane forest in Panama, we used Illumina amplicon sequencing to examine how 9\u00a0y of experimental N addition has affected EM communities associated with Oreomunnea mexicana, and fluorescence assays to measure changes in enzyme activity in the soil. Nitrogen addition significantly reduced EM colonization of Oreomunnea roots and altered EM composition. The abundance of Laccaria and Lactarius increased with N addition, while Cortinarius declined. In addition, we found a reduction in soil phosphatase, N -acetyl-glucosaminidase, and \u03b2-xylanase activity with N addition. We conclude that a reduction in EM fungal taxa specialized in organic N and phosphorus absorption along with a decrease in EM colonization of host plants could decrease soil enzyme activity and therefore have feedback effects on soil nutrient cycling.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2017.02.004"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Fungal%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.funeco.2017.02.004", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.funeco.2017.02.004", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.funeco.2017.02.004"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.12.006", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:17:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-01-18", "title": "Long-Term Impact Of Fertilizers On Soil Organic Carbon Pools And Sequestration Rates In Maize-Wheat.-Cowpea Cropping System", "description": "Abstract We assessed the impact of long-term manuring and fertilization on changes in different SOC fractions over ten\u00a0years period (1994\u20132003) in a Typic Haplustept under intensive cropping with maize ( Zea mays L.) \u2014 wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) \u2014 cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata ) in semi-arid, sub-tropical India. The application of graded doses of NPK from 50% (130\u00a0kg N, 35\u00a0kg P and 41.5\u00a0kg K ha \u2212\u00a01 ) to 150% (390\u00a0kg N, 105\u00a0kg P and 124\u00a0kg K ha \u2212\u00a01 ) in the cropping system significantly enhanced SOC, particulate organic C (POC) and KMnO 4 oxidizable C (KMnO 4 \u2013C) fractions in soil. The increase in these C fractions was greater when farmyard manure (FYM) was applied conjointly with 100% NPK (260\u00a0kg N, 70\u00a0kg P and 83\u00a0kg K ha \u2212\u00a01 ). This treatment showed highest amount of SOC (58.3\u00a0Mg C ha \u2212\u00a01 in 1994 and 72.1\u00a0Mg C ha \u2212\u00a01 in 2003), POC (5.30\u00a0Mg C ha \u2212\u00a01 in 1994 and 6.33\u00a0Mg C ha \u2212\u00a01 in 2003) and KMnO 4 -C (10.05\u00a0Mg C ha \u2212\u00a01 in 1994 and 11.2\u00a0Mg C ha \u2212\u00a01 in 2003) in 0\u201345\u00a0cm soil depth. The C sequestration rate in SOC calculated over ten\u00a0year period (1994\u20132003) was highest with 100% NPK\u00a0+\u00a0FYM (997\u00a0kg C ha \u2212\u00a01 \u00a0yr \u2212\u00a01 ) followed by the 150% NPK (553\u00a0kg C ha \u2212\u00a01 \u00a0yr \u2212\u00a01 ). It was estimated that 17.1 to 34.0% of the gross C input over ten\u00a0year period contributed towards the increase in SOC content, while C sequestration efficiency (CSE) in POC (varied between 1.28 and 2.58%) was lower than KMnO 4 -C (varied between 1.42 and 3.72%). The CSE was highest in 150% NPK treatment, while 100% NPK\u00a0+\u00a0FYM showed the lowest CSE. By applying the values of humification constant ( h ) and decay constant ( k ) in Jenkinson's equation, it is possible to predict SOC level in the year 2003 and the C inputs required to maintain the SOC level in the year 1994 ( A E ) were calculated from Jenkinson's equation. The low k value in native SOC was responsible for lower requirements of C input required to maintain SOC in equilibrium. Thus increase in SOC concentration under long-term maize\u2013wheat\u2013cowpea cropping was due to the fact that annual C input by the system was higher than A E . In semi-arid sub-tropical India, continuous adoption of 100% NPK\u00a0+\u00a0FYM treatment in maize\u2013wheat\u2013cowpea cropping system might sequester 1.83\u00a0Tg C yr \u2212\u00a01 which corresponds to about 1% of the fossil fuel emissions by India.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "L. Rudrappa, S. Bhadraray, D. K. Singh, Anand Swarup, T.J. Purakayastha,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.12.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.12.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.12.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.12.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.gca.2017.04.040", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-05-08", "title": "Tracing metal\u2013silicate segregation and late veneer in the Earth and the ureilite parent body with palladium stable isotopes", "description": "Abstract Stable isotope studies of highly siderophile elements (HSE) have the potential to yield valuable insights into a range of geological processes. In particular, the strong partitioning of these elements into metal over silicates may lead to stable isotope fractionation during metal\u2013silicate segregation, making them sensitive tracers of planetary differentiation processes. We present the first techniques for the precise determination of palladium stable isotopes by MC-ICPMS using a 106Pd\u2013110Pd double-spike to correct for instrumental mass fractionation. Results are expressed as the per mil (\u2030) difference in the 106Pd/105Pd ratio (\u03b4106Pd) relative to an in-house solution standard (Pd_IPGP) in the absence of a certified Pd isotopic standard. Repeated analyses of the Pd isotopic composition of the chondrite Allende demonstrate the external reproducibility of the technique of \u00b10.032\u2030 on \u03b4106Pd. Using these techniques, we have analysed Pd stable isotopes from a range of terrestrial and extraterrestrial samples. We find that chondrites define a mean \u03b4106Pdchondrite\u00a0=\u00a0\u22120.19\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.05\u2030. Ureilites reveal a weak trend towards heavier \u03b4106Pd with decreasing Pd content, similar to recent findings based on Pt stable isotopes (Creech et al., 2017), although fractionation of Pd isotopes is significantly less than for Pt, possibly related to its weaker metal\u2013silicate partitioning behaviour and the limited field shift effect. Terrestrial mantle samples have a mean \u03b4106Pdmantle\u00a0=\u00a0\u22120.182\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.130\u2030, which is consistent with a late-veneer of chondritic material after core formation.", "keywords": ["[SDU] Sciences of the Universe [physics]", "Terrestrial planet accretion", "13. 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The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of climate on litter decomposition along an altitudinal gradient in a temperate Alpine region, and to characterize the decompositional stages of the litter material with Fourier-transform mid-infrared spectroscopy (FT-MIR). Foliar litter of European beech ( Fagus sylvatica ) and Black pine ( Pinus nigra ) was incubated in litterbags during two years in the Hochschwab massif of the Northern Limestone Alps of Austria. Six incubation sites were selected following an altitudinal/climatic transect from 1900 to 900\u00a0meters above sea level (m\u00a0asl), with soil properties (carbon:nitrogen\u2014C:N ratios and pH) being strongly influenced by vegetation. The results indicated that the climatic gradient played only a secondary role for decomposition rates. First year mass loss of both litter types was positively related to soil C:N ratio, which was the major explanatory variable in multiple regression analysis. For second year mass loss, soil pH appeared to be a determinant factor, while altitude was the least related parameter. The FT-MIR spectra of the remaining litter did not follow typical patterns of decomposing organic matter (OM) in forest litter horizons. A strong increase of most band areas\u2014particularly those at 1515, 1420, 1270, and 1230\u00a0cm \u2212\u00a01 \u2014suggested the accumulation of lignin in the remaining litter. We conclude that the effect of climate on litter mass loss can be offset by differences in soil parameters, possibly through related soil microbial populations.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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This information may be help in successful forest reestablishment. The objectives of this study were to assess the cumulative impact deforestation, grazed and abandoned pasture on selected soil physico-chemical properties from (i) an abandoned pastureland and (ii) a recently planted rainforest (PRF), planted in the abandoned pastureland. The experimental site is a field in the Northeast Queensland (NEQ) wet tropical region of Australia. This site was deforested approximately 70 years ago and brought under unfertilized grazed pasture for 30 years. Subsequently the grazed pastureland was abandoned and remains un-grazed for 40 years. A section of the abandoned pastureland was planted, 10 years ago, with native forest species, involving different combinations in five treatments in a completely randomised block design. A nearby undisturbed rainforest is used as the background against which assessment was carried out. Soil samples from 0- to 15-cm depth were collected in July 2000 and analyzed for nitrate-N, ammonium-N, total N, total soil organic C (SOC) and labile-C, pH (in water and CaCl 2 ), electrical conductivity (EC), exchangeable Ca, Mg, Na, K, and Al, and bulk density. Compared to the rainforest, the N and C concentrations of different forms under abandoned pasture and PRF were significantly less, exclusive of the total N under abandoned pasture. More specifically, the SOC under the abandoned pasture was 37,600 mg/kg compared with 74,800 mg/kg under rainforest and 27,000 mg/kg in the PRF. The exchangeable Al under rainforest was 8.5 c mol c /kg compared with 42.4 to 80.2 c mol c /kg under abandoned pasture and PRF. In general exchangeable cations (sum of Ca, Mg, K, and Na) under the rainforest were higher than the abandoned pasture. Soil under the abandoned pasture and PRF are more acidic by 0.5 to 1 units than the rainforest. Higher bulk densities under abandoned pasture and PRF led to 0.03% to 0.07% reductions in total porosities. Though we did not anticipate the soil under the abandoned pasture to recover 100% in 30\u201340 years, the results indicate that 40 years under abandoned pasture or 30 years of abandoned pasture plus 10 years under PRF was not sufficient to bring about substantial improvement in soil properties comparable to the rainforest. This implies the resiliency of tropical soils, in general, to recover from deforestation and cultivation induced degradation is poor.", "keywords": ["0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2003.08.008"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2003.08.008", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2003.08.008", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.geoderma.2003.08.008"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2004-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2003.11.016", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2004-01-23", "title": "Inorganic And Organic N Pools In Soils Burned Or Heated: Immediate Alterations And Evolution After Forest Wildfires", "description": "Open AccessPeer reviewed", "keywords": ["Nitrogen", "Forest fires", "Residual N", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Hydrolysable N", "15. 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Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Recalcitrant and labile N", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2003.11.016"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2003.11.016", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2003.11.016", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.geoderma.2003.11.016"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2004-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.07.005", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:17:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-11-17", "title": "Effects Of Tillage On Contents Of Organic Carbon, Nitrogen, Water-Stable Aggregates And Light Fraction For Four Different Long-Term Trials", "description": "Abstract Soil management may affect C and N dynamics in soils, but the underlying processes are not well understood. Our objective was to quantify the impact of different tillage treatments on the amount and distribution of free and occluded light fractions (fLF and oLF, respectively), on the water-stable macro-aggregate (>\u00a0250\u00a0\u03bcm) contents, and on organic carbon (Corg) storage. Four long-term tillage trials were carried out on loess soils in Germany with sugar beet followed by two years of winter wheat as crop rotations. The different tillage treatments trialled were regular conventional tillage (CT, to 30\u00a0cm), mulch tillage (MT, to 10\u00a0cm) and no-tillage (NT). Soils were sampled in 0\u20135\u00a0cm, 5\u201325\u00a0cm and 25\u201340\u00a0cm depth after 18\u201325\u00a0years of the different tillage treatments. These four long-term tillage trials on plots differing in soil texture and climatic conditions revealed consistent results between them. Average crop yields of sugar beet and winter wheat from 2004 to 2010 were higher under CT and MT than under NT. The NT and MT treatments produced significantly higher Corg contents than the CT treatment in 0\u20135\u00a0cm soil depth. The Corg stocks in the sampled profile, based on the equivalent soil mass approach (CT: 0\u201340, MT: 0\u201338, NT: 0\u201336\u00a0cm), were significantly higher for the MT treatment than for the CT and NT treatments. The fLF, oLF, and macro-aggregate contents were significantly higher for the NT and MT treatments than for the CT treatment in the top 5\u00a0cm, whereas in 5\u201325\u00a0cm depth, the oLF contents were significantly higher for the CT and MT treatments. The correlation of the macro-aggregate content against the fLF and oLF contents suggested that the macro-aggregate content is not directly influenced by the different tillage treatments but by the contents of available biomass, presumably due to the higher biomass input via higher crop yields under CT and MT and the vertical distribution of the residue input by mulching and plowing. Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis suggested that the Corg content was the most important factor influencing the macro-aggregate content in the soils of the four long-term trials, whereas the contents of fLF and silt were negatively related to the macro-aggregate content.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.07.005"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.07.005", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.07.005", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.07.005"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2004.02.004", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2004-03-17", "title": "Soil Carbon Stocks And Turnovers In Various Vegetation Types And Arable Lands Along An Elevation Gradient In Southern Ethiopia", "description": "Abstract Soil carbon (C) and total N stocks and turnovers were investigated in five vegetation types and following deforestation and conversion of each vegetation types into arable lands along a 37-km elevation transect in southern highlands of Ethiopia. The elevation transect spanned five different eco-climatic zones from semiarid to cool sub-Afroalpine range, each with different vegetation type. Soil C and total N stocks in the upper 0.60 m mineral soil under the natural vegetations varied from 40.3 Mg C ha\u22121 and 5.3 Mg N ha\u22121 at the semiarid Acacia woodland (AWL) eco-climatic zone to 234.6 Mg C ha\u22121 and 20.2 Mg N ha\u22121 at the humid Podocarpus falcatus forest (PFF) eco-climatic zone, respectively. This trend was directly proportional to the mean annual precipitation and inversely proportional to the mean annual temperature prevailing along the elevation gradient. The soils of the farmlands had significantly lower soil C and total N stocks than the soils under the natural vegetations. Losses of soil C and total N from the upper 0\u201310 cm soil depth following conversion of the natural vegetations to farmlands were highest at the humid PFF eco-climatic zone and lowest at the semiarid AWL eco-climatic zone. The average rates of soil C losses ranged between 2.0% and 3.0% per annum in the sub-humid to humid eco-climatic zones and 0.5\u20131.0% per annum in the semiarid lowland or the cool sub-Afroalpine eco-climatic zones. The results revealed the existence of considerable differences, as large as 191.7 Mg C ha\u22121, in soil C stocks along the elevation gradient, and wide range of differences in the rate and amount of soil C and total N losses following conversion of natural vegetations into arable lands.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Fisseha Itanna, Mulugeta Lemenih,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2004.02.004"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2004.02.004", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2004.02.004", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.geoderma.2004.02.004"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2004-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.gecco.2015.12.004", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-01-13", "title": "Global patterns of the effects of land-use changes on soil carbon stocks", "description": "AbstractDespite hundreds of field studies and at least a dozen literature reviews, there is still considerable disagreement about the direction and magnitude of changes in soil C stocks with land use change. This paper reviews the literature on the effects of land use conversions on soil C stocks, based on a synthesis of 103 recent publications, including 160 sites in 29 countries, with the aims of determining the factors responsible for soil C sequestration and quantifying changes in soil C stocks from seven land use conversions. The results show that as an overall average across all land use change examined, land use conversions have significantly reduced soil C stocks (0.39 Mg ha\u22121 yr\u22121). Soil C stocks significantly increased after conversions from farmland to grassland (0.30 Mg ha\u22121 yr\u22121) and forest to grassland (0.68 Mg ha\u22121 yr\u22121), but significantly declined after conversion from grassland to farmland (0.89 Mg ha\u22121 yr\u22121), forest to farmland (1.74 Mg ha\u22121 yr\u22121), and forest to forest (0.63 Mg ha\u22121 yr\u22121). And after conversion from farmland to forest and grassland to forest, soil C stocks did not change significantly. Globally, soil C sequestration showed a significant negative correlation with initial soil C stocks (P<0.05), and the effects of climatic factors (mean annual temperature and mean annual precipitation) on soil C sequestration varied between the land use conversion types. Also, the relationships between soil C sequestration and age since land use conversion varied in different land use change types. Generally, where the land use changes decreased soil C, the reverse process usually increased soil C stocks and vice versa. Soil C sequestration dynamics were not determined by age since land use conversion at the global level when all land use change types were combined.", "keywords": ["Farmland", "2. Zero hunger", "Land-use changes", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Forest", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Carbon sequestration rate", "Grassland", "Soil carbon"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2015.12.004"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Ecology%20and%20Conservation", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.gecco.2015.12.004", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.gecco.2015.12.004", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.gecco.2015.12.004"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00774", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-09-05", "title": "Meta-analysis of the effects of grassland degradation on plant and soil properties in the alpine meadows of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau", "description": "Alpine meadows on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau (QTP) are particularly important for both ecosystem functioning and pastoral livelihoods, but they have been severely degraded in the last several decades. There have been numerous studies on the responses of plants and soils to alpine meadow degradation across the region, but they are mostly focused on single sites and are incapable of determining a general response pattern of plants and soils to degradation on the QTP. A meta-analysis including 61 individual published studies was conducted to examine the biotic and abiotic characteristics in slightly (LDAM), moderately (MDAM), severely (SDAM), and very severely degraded alpine meadows (VDAM). The results showed that the aboveground biomass (AGB) significantly decreased (P\u202f<\u202f0.01) by 23.17%, 31.85%, 47.24%, and 66.66% in the LDAM, MDAM, SDAM, and VDAM compared with that in nondegraded alpine meadows (NDAM), respectively. The belowground biomass (BGB) did not change in the LDAM but began to decrease with the MDAM. The AGBs of graminoids significantly decreased in all degraded-level meadows, and sedges significantly decreased from MDAM to VDAM, whereas the AGBs of forbs significantly increased except in the VDAM. The Shannon-wiener index did not change until the VDAM. Soil organic matter (SOM) declined starting with the LDAM, and the magnitude of the decrease increased with degradation severity. The change in total nitrogen (TN) was similar to the change in the SOM. Significant available nitrogen (AN) decrease began with the MDAM and significant (P\u202f<\u202f0.05) available potassium (AK) decrease only occurred at depth of 0.0\u20130.1\u202fm in the SDAM and the VDAM. Soil moisture (SM) showed a significant decrease, whereas soil bulk density (BD) increased in the degraded alpine meadow. The response of AGB was significantly correlated with the changes in SOM and TN only in the SDAM and VDAM, whereas the response of BGB was significantly correlated with the changes in SOM and TN for all degraded stages. In the LDAM and MDAM, SOM and TN mainly came from the dense rooting of the turf layer, and the changes of SOM and TN thus had no correlation with AGB. However, in the SDAM and VDAM, SOM and TN mainly came from AGB and BGB, and the changes of SOM and TN were thus significantly correlated with AGB and BGB. Our results indicate that biological and biochemical processes regulate the plant and soil changes in LDAM and MDAM and that physical processes such as water and wind erosion might be responsible for the changes in plants and soils in SDAM and VDAM. Therefore, restoration strategies should be based on the processes and stages of alpine meadow degradation. Keywords: Alpine meadow degradation, Community structure, Ecological and physical processes, Meta-analysis, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Ecology", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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