Background Plants alter their environment in a number of ways. With correct management,
plant communities can positively impact soil degradation processes such as surface erosion …

The carbon budget of the tropics has been perturbed as a result of human influences. Here,
we attempt to construct a 'bottom‐up'analysis of the biological components of the budget as …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a key indicator of ecosystem health, with a great potential to
affect climate change. This study aimed to develop, evaluate, and compare the performance …

Soils are under threat globally, with declining soil productivity and soil health in many
places. As a key indicator of soil functioning, soil organic carbon (SOC) is crucial for …

Estimation of soil organic carbon (SOC) is very useful for accurate monitoring of carbon
sequestration. However, there are still significant gaps in the knowledge of SOC reserves in …

Afforestation has been proposed as an effective method of carbon (C) sequestration;
however, the magnitude and direction of soil C and nitrogen (N) dynamics following …

Intensive forest management practices such as organic mulching and heavy fertilization can
affect soil microbial composition and function, and soil organic carbon (SOC) forms …

Cattle ranching is the main land use after deforestation in Amazon region of Colombia.
Those poor-managed pasture system typically induces soil compaction, acidification …

Assuming a steady state between carbon (C) gains and losses, greenhouse gases (GHG)
inventories that follow a widely used simplified procedure (IPCC Tier 1) tend to …

Afforestation is known as an available mitigation activity to climate change because it
causes sequestration of CO2 from the atmosphere and stores it as the living biomass and …