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Native Perennial Vegetation Buffer Strips Improve Structural Indicators of Riparian Protection in Mediterranean Agroecosystems

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Riparian zones in Mediterranean agroecosystems are highly vulnerable to degradation because cultivation often reaches stream edges and annual vegetation senesces during the late‐summer dry period, leaving soils exposed when the first erosive autumn rains occur.
Marcelo Sternberg, Shir Greenberg, Felicia Orah Rein, Roey Egozi, Ofer Cohen   +4 more
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Estimation Accuracy Obviously Increased of Soil Organic Carbon Content Based on Habitat Patches Scale Using Interpretable Machine Learning in Southwest China

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although machine learning models have been successfully applied to estimate soil organic carbon (SOC), the lack of interpretability research has resulted in the absence of mechanistic explanations for these models. Therefore, in this study, we adopted the following workflow: first, we divided the whole study area into several subregions using ...
Wei Zhou, Jieyun Xiao, Haotian Liu, Lu Xu, Keming Wang   +4 more
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Plant litter chemistry and associated changes in microbial decomposition under drought

mBio
Drought has consequences for microbial decomposition rates, including indirect effects through changes in plant litter chemistry. Here, we studied the impact of a decade-long drought on plant litter chemistry and microbial decomposition traits in a semi ...
Brian Chung, Shi Wang, Zhao Hao, Steven D. Allison, Ashish A. Malik   +4 more
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Effects of Fertilization and Wheat Straw Management on Rice Yield and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Paddy Fields

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental pollution caused by excessive nitrogen fertilization has become increasingly serious, making optimized fertilization and straw management critical for improving agricultural sustainability. This study involved a two‐year field trial with three fertilization strategies: conventional fertilization (CF), 23.50% nitrogen reduction ...
Jiahao Xiao, Liuyun Diao, Zhicheng Xia, Pinglei Gao, Yinglong Chen, Huanhe Wei, Qigen Dai   +6 more
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Coupling of Physical Protection and Molecular Composition Drives Carbon Sequestration Divergence in Soils Planted With Different Tea Varieties

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tea plantations represent significant carbon (C) sinks in agricultural landscapes, yet how variety‐specific organic inputs are associated with the molecular composition and stability of soil organic carbon (SOC) within aggregate hierarchies remains unclear.
Jingchao Zhou, Lei Du, Tingxuan Li, Yongdong Wang, Huagang Huang, Haiying Yu, Yu Tang, Keji Wang, Xizhou Zhang, Tao Liu   +9 more
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Carbon–Phosphorus Limitation Is Associated With Shifts in Microbial Life‐History Strategies Across Vegetation Restoration Modes in Alpine Sandy Land on the Tibetan Plateau

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Alpine sandy land on the Tibetan Plateau is fragile, with poorly developed soils, low nutrient availability, and weak biological resilience. Vegetation restoration is widely used to improve soil functioning, yet how microbial nutrient limitation and life‐history strategies vary among restoration modes remains unclear.
Linna Jiang, Zhiyong Zhang, Tao Yang, Gesangquzhen, Jibin Nan, Yuting Wang, Qiongyu Guo, Zhixin Liu, Ruixin Ma, Jinxing Zhou   +9 more
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Alpine wetland litter decomposition under wet and dry conditions: A comparative study of native vs. standardized litter

Ecological Indicators
Alpine wetlands, critical ecosystems in high-altitude mountain areas, play essential roles in water conservation, biodiversity protection, and carbon (C) sequestration.
Hao Tang, Qian Li, Qian Bao, Biao Tang, Kun Li, Yang Ding, Xiaojuan Luo, Qiushu Zeng, Size Liu, Xiangyang Shu, Weijia Liu, Lei Du   +11 more
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Topographic and Climatic Determinants of Soil Organic Carbon Across Landscapes: A Meta‐Analysis

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The soil is the greatest natural store of organic carbon, holding between 1500 to 1550 Pg C of organic carbon at the top 100 cm of the soil globally—roughly twice the carbon pool in the atmosphere. The spatial distribution of this stock is controlled by a complex chain of controls: topographic position regulates the hydrological redistribution,
Vishal Sharma, Syed Hujjat ul Baligah, Tajamul Islam Shah, Shahid Shuja Shafai, Owais Bashir, Syed Sheraz Madhi, S. Naresh Kumar, Ayyandar Arunachalam, Shabir Ahmed Bangroo   +8 more
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Higher NO3−‐N Levels Under Mulberry (Morus alba L.) Planting Enhanced CAZyme Abundance, Increasing Soil Carbon Stability

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Afforestation is widely advocated for boosting carbon (C) sequestration. However, the stability of soil C pools in economically and culturally significant mulberry plantations remains poorly understood. The soil organic C (SOC) contents in different aggregates and the oxidizable OC fractions were measured.
Zi Yang, Weiguo Zhao, Jinjin Yang, Zhenjiang Wang, Weijun Zhu, Changyu Qiu, Qiang Lin, Meina Zhu, Mengdi Zhao   +8 more
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Synergistic Regulation of Soil Function and Wind Erosion Resistance by Sand Barriers, Vegetation, and Artificial Biological Crust in the Tengger Desert

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aeolian desertification poses a critical threat to ecosystem stability in arid regions worldwide. Although the combination of sand barriers and vegetation has been widely applied for sand fixation, its long‐term effectiveness is constrained by barrier degradation, slow natural development of biological soil crusts (BSCs), and the resulting ...
Bin Pan, Chen Meng
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