Mediterranean mountains are sensitive agroecosystems that have suffered intense land use
and land cover changes (LULCC) during the last century. From the middle of the twentieth …

Subsoils contain half of the total soil organic carbon (SOC) that is supposed to be relatively
more persistent than that present in the topsoil. Improving SOC and total nitrogen (TN) …

Abandoned cropland and impervious surface expansion are generally considered to have
positive and negative impacts on net ecosystem productivity (NEP), respectively. However …

Abstract Soil carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) are significantly altered by
vegetation succession under execution of ecological restoration projects in China. However …

Land use and land cover (hereafter, LULC) change has occurred throughout history and will
continue in the future. Soil properties are dependent on many factors such as LULC and …

In order to solve the water shortage, uncoordinated runoff-sediment relationship, and
prevent carbon loss in the Yellow River Basin, there is an urgent need to explore the rational …

In China, urban sprawl and developed land expansion challenge the country's “carbon
peak” and “carbon neutrality” goals. Counties as the basic governance units are crucial for …

Abandoned cropland is a global threat to land degradation, particularly in the eastern
Himalayas, where the conversion of forests into cropland is widespread, resulting in …

The family Solanaceae lists about 1,400 species worldwide, of which 143 are considered
weeds (Sheppard et al. 2006). The genus Solanum is the most numerous of the family …

Chemometric analysis is often used as an effective indicator of the supply capacity of
nutrients in soil–plant systems and their biogeochemical cycles. Understanding ecological …