Soils under natural, tropical forests provide essential ecosystem services that have been
shaped by long-term soil–vegetation feedbacks. However, deforestation of tropical forest …

As a sensitive region, identifying land cover change in drylands is critical to understanding
global environmental change. However, the current findings related to land cover change in …

Context Regional ecological networks play an important role in biodiversity conservation
and should be constructed and optimized for continued ecosystem functioning. Objectives …

Intensive agriculture and urbanization have led to the excessive and repeated input of
nitrogen (N) into soil and further increased the amount of nitrate (NO 3−) leaching into …

In recent years, the Cerrado deforestation has increased considerably, reaching rates higher
than in the Amazonian realm. Although the effects of deforestation are well known, the …

Soil inorganic carbon (SIC) is the largest pool (≈ 950 Pg of soil carbonate+ 1404 Pg of
bicarbonate in groundwater; ie, 1 Pg= 10 15 g= 1 gigaton) of the global carbon cycle at a …

Land use change has a significant effect on soil nutrient cycling. However, data on soil
phosphorus (P) fractions following land use change are scarce, especially in the subalpine …

Shifting cultivation is a globally important form of agriculture covering over 280 million
hectares in the tropics, but it has often been blamed for deforestation and forest degradation …

The anthropogenic release of atmospheric CO 2 affects soil nutrient cycling through varied
biogeochemical processes. Cation depletion from exchange sites, carbonate mineral …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) are key ecological indicators of soil quality
in a given landscape. Their status, especially in drought-prone landscapes, is associated …