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Accelerated soil carbon turnover under tree plantations limits soil carbon storage [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2016
AbstractThe replacement of native forests by tree plantations is increasingly common globally, especially in tropical and subtropical areas. Improving our understanding of the long-term effects of this replacement on soil organic carbon (SOC) remains paramount for effectively managing ecosystems to mitigate anthropogenic carbon emissions. Meta-analyses
Guangshui Chen, Yusheng Yang, Zhijie Yang, Jinsheng Xie, Jianfen Guo, Ren Gao, Yunfeng Yin, David Robinson   +7 more
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Structural changes in lignocellulosic biomass during activation with ionic liquids comprising 3-methylimidazolium cations and carboxylate anions

Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2018
Background Lignocellulosic biomass requires either pretreatment and/or fractionation to recover its individual components for further use as intermediate building blocks for producing fuels, chemicals, and products. Numerous ionic liquids (ILs) have been
Preenaa Moyer, Keonhee Kim, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Stephen C. Chmely, Brian K. Long, Danielle Julie Carrier, Nicole Labbé   +6 more
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Biodiversity and ecosystem function in soil [PDF]

, 2005
1. Soils are one of the last great frontiers for biodiversity research and are home to an extraordinary range of microbial and animal groups. Biological activities in soils drive many of the key ecosystem processes that govern the global system ...
Finlay B.J., Finlay B.J., Groombridge B., Kowalchuk G.A., Liu W.T., Manefield M., Meselson M., Morton J.B., Torsvik V., Wall D.   +9 more
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Comparing Four Indexing Approaches to Define Soil Quality in an Intensively Cropped Region of Northern India

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
The usefulness of the soil quality index (SQI) as a tool to evaluate management options has mostly been studied within the boundaries of a crop or experimental field, calling for the need to enhance its utility in regional-scale soil health assessment ...
Narendra Kumar Lenka, Bharat Prakash Meena, Rattan Lal, Abhishek Khandagle, Sangeeta Lenka, Abhay Omprakash Shirale   +5 more
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Agricultural carbon sequestration, poverty, and sustainability [PDF]

, 2008
This paper explores the potential impacts of payments for agricultural soil carbon sequestration on poverty of farm households and on the sustainability of agricultural systems, using economic theory combined with evidence from three case studies in ...
Antle, J.M., Stoorvogel, J.J.
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Microbiological Indicators for Assessing the Effects of Agricultural Practices on Soil Health: A Review

Agronomy
Agricultural practices significantly impact soil properties and ecological functions, highlighting the importance of comprehensive soil health assessments.
Mikhail V. Semenov, Alena D. Zhelezova, Natalya A. Ksenofontova, Ekaterina A. Ivanova, Dmitry A. Nikitin, Vyacheslav M. Semenov   +5 more
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Adsorption of Pb(Ⅱ) by cuttlebone-derived materials and its stability [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
This work mainly studied the Pb(Ⅱ) adsorption properties of cuttlebone-derived materials and the effects of adsorption time, initial solution concentration, and material aging. Cuttlebone is a fishery waste, which is mainly composed of calcium carbonate,
Xiong Yanqing, Qin Peirui, Sun Xiao, Yin Mengnan, He Zhaohui   +4 more
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Relationships between stable isotope natural abundances (δ13C and δ15N) and water use efficiency in rice under alternate wetting and drying irrigation in soils with high clay contents

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Natural abundance of the stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) in plants is widely used to indicate water use efficiency (WUE). However, soil water and texture properties may affect this relationship, which remains largely elusive.
Zhenchang Wang, Zhenchang Wang, Jinjing Liu, Jinjing Liu, Yaosheng Wang, Evgenios Agathokleous, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Rangjian Qiu, Cheng Hong, Cheng Hong, Minghao Tian, Minghao Tian, Hiba Shaghaleh, Xiangping Guo, Xiangping Guo   +15 more
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Large errors in soil carbon measurements attributed to inconsistent sample processing [PDF]

SOIL
To build confidence in the efficacy of soil carbon (C) crediting programs, precise quantification of soil organic carbon (SOC) is critical. Detecting a true change in SOC after a management shift has occurred, specifically in agricultural lands, is ...
R. J. Even, M. B. Machmuller, M. B. Machmuller, J. M. Lavallee, J. M. Lavallee, T. J. Zelikova, T. J. Zelikova, M. F. Cotrufo, M. F. Cotrufo   +8 more
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Ecosystem carbon budgeting and soil carbon sequestration in reclaimed mine soil

Environment International, 2006
Global warming risks from emissions of green house gases (GHGs) by anthropogenic activities, and possible mitigation strategies of terrestrial carbon (C) sequestration have increased the need for the identification of ecosystems with high C sink capacity.
Raj K, Shrestha, Rattan, Lal
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