Land‐use changes are the second largest source of human‐induced greenhouse gas
emission, mainly due to deforestation in the tropics and subtropics. CO2 emissions result …

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 …

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 …

The Amazon rainforest is the Earth's largest reservoir of plant and animal diversity, and it has
been subjected to especially high rates of land use change, primarily to cattle pasture. This …

The long-term stabilization of soil organic matter (SOM) in tropical and temperate regions is
mediated by soil biota (eg fungi, bacteria, roots and earthworms), soil structure (eg …

Soil carbon is a large component of the global carbon cycle and its management can
significantly affect the atmospheric CO2 concentration. An important management issue is …

Abstract Historically, soils have lost 40–90 Pg carbon (C) globally through cultivation and
disturbance with current rates of C loss due to land use change of about 1.6±0.8 Pg C y− 1 …

Integrated Systems (IS) have been identified as an efficient land-management strategy for
restoring degraded areas worldwide, increasing crops and beef yields and providing …

There are a number of methods that can be used to help assess carbon budgets at the site
to continental scales. Eddy covariance (EC) networks have been developed over the last …

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 …