Advances and perspectives of research on soil moisture response to afforestation: a review

W Kong, F Gao, S Sun, Y Lei, J Gu… - Hydrological Sciences …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The soil moisture (SM) balance is affected by afforestation. In this study, the CiteSpace
software was used to review the literature on the impact of afforestation on SM, and we …

The impact of severe pollution from smelter emissions on carbon and metal accumulation in peatlands in Ontario, Canada

JE Newman, PA Levasseur, P Beckett… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Peatlands are unique habitats that function as a carbon (C) sink and an archive of
atmospheric metal deposition. Sphagnum mosses are key components of peatlands but can …

Soil carbon pools and fluxes following the regreening of a mining and smelting degraded landscape

PA Levasseur, J Aherne, N Basiliko… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing forest cover by regreening mining and smelting degraded landscapes provides
an opportunity for global carbon (C) sequestration, however, the reported effects of …

Liming legacy effects associated with the world's largest soil liming and regreening program in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

EJ Kellaway, MC Eimers, SA Watmough - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Limestone is a common amendment used to counteract soil acidity and metal pollution.
Understanding the legacy effects of a one-time soil limestone application and subsequent …

Metal accumulation and biomass production in young afforestations established on soil contaminated by heavy metals

MS Günthardt-Goerg, P Vollenweider, R Schulin - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The restoration of forest ecosystems on metal-contaminated sites can be achieved whilst
producing valuable plant biomass. Here, we investigated the metal accumulation and …

Soil amendment improves carbon sequestration by trees on severely damaged acid and metal impacted landscape, but total storage remains low

RHM Rumney, MD Preston, T Jones, N Basiliko… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Landscape carbon storage is a key component of climate change mitigation. Tree planting
on degraded land has been identified as an effective carbon capture strategy, but it is …

Effect of fast-growing trees on soil properties and carbon storage in an afforested coal mine land (India)

J Ahirwal, A Kumar, SK Maiti - Minerals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Surface coal mining activities have numerous consequences on terrestrial ecosystems. Loss
of soil and biomass carbon pool due to mining activities is a serious concern in the rapidly …

One of the world's largest regreening programs promotes healthy tree growth and nutrient accumulation up to 40-years post restoration

PA Levasseur, J Galarza, SA Watmough - Forest Ecology and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Mining and smelting degraded landscapes are characterised by heavily eroded, acidic soils
that are contaminated with toxic metals and depleted of essential nutrients. Increasing forest …

The Carbon Storage of Reforestation Plantings on Degraded Lands of the Red Soil Region, Jiangxi Province, China

P Li, X Liu, C Wang, Y Lu, L Luo, L Tao, T **ao, Y Liu - Forests, 2024 - mdpi.com
To assess the effects of reforestation on ecosystem carbon storage, a long-term Forest
Restoration Experimental Project (FREP) was established in 1991 on southern degraded …

Organic matter, carbon, and nitrogen relationships of regreened forest soils in an industrially impacted landscape

PA Levasseur, J Aherne, N Basiliko… - Soil …, 2024 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Soil organic matter (SOM) is largely composed of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), the
proportions of which often change with soil depth. The relationships between SOM, C, and N …