The effects of land use change on soil carbon stocks are of concern in the context of
international policy agendas on greenhouse gas emissions mitigation. This paper reviews …

In this review, we highlight the main biotic and abiotic factors that influence the patterns of
Neotropical secondary forest successions, referred as the woody vegetation that regrows …

Agricultural soils, having been depleted of much of their native carbon stocks, have a
significant CO2 sink capacity. Global estimates of this sink capacity are in the order of 20‐30 …

摘要土地利用(覆盖变化是学术界最为关注的环境变化问题之一, 它能够影响陆地生态系统的
生物多样性, 水, 碳和养分循环, 能量平衡, 引起温室气体释放增加等其它环境问题 …

The literature on soil C change with forest harvesting, cultivation, site preparation, burning,
fertilization, N fixation, and species change is reviewed. No general trend toward lower soil …

Agriculture currently contributes significantly to the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere,
primarily through the conversion of native ecosystems to agricultural uses in the tropics. Yet …

Forests in seasonally dry areas of eastern Amazonia near Paragominas, Pará, Brazil,
maintain an evergreen forest canopy through an extended dry season by taking up soil …

Soils in Brazilian Amazonia may contain up to 136 Gt of carbon to a depth of 8 m, of which
47 Gt are in the top meter. The current rapid conversion of Amazonian forest to cattle pasture …

Carbon and Nitrogen in the Terrestrial Environment is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary
description of C and N fluxes between the atmosphere and the terrestrial biosphere; issues …

Over the past several decades, the conversion of native forest to agricultural land uses has
accelerated across the Amazon Basin. Despite a growing body of research on nutrient …