[HTML][HTML] Tamm Review: Influence of forest management activities on soil organic carbon stocks: A knowledge synthesis

M Mayer, CE Prescott, WEA Abaker, L Augusto… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Almost half of the total organic carbon (C) in terrestrial ecosystems is stored in forest soils.
By altering rates of input or release of C from soils, forest management activities can …

[HTML][HTML] Balancing the environmental benefits of reforestation in agricultural regions

SC Cunningham, R Mac Nally, PJ Baker… - Perspectives in Plant …, 2015 - Elsevier
Reforestation is an important tool for reducing or reversing biodiversity loss and mitigating
climate change. However, there are many potential compromises between the structural …

Savanna woody encroachment is widespread across three continents

N Stevens, CER Lehmann, BP Murphy… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical savannas are a globally extensive biome prone to rapid vegetation change in
response to changing environmental conditions. Via a meta‐analysis, we quantified …

Where tree planting and forest expansion are bad for biodiversity and ecosystem services

JW Veldman, GE Overbeck, D Negreiros, G Mahy… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Misperceptions about the world's grassy biomes contribute to their alarming rates of loss due
to conversion for agriculture and tree plantations, as well as to forest encroachment. To …

Beyond just sea‐level rise: Considering macroclimatic drivers within coastal wetland vulnerability assessments to climate change

MJ Osland, NM Enwright, RH Day… - Global change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Due to their position at the land‐sea interface, coastal wetlands are vulnerable to many
aspects of climate change. However, climate change vulnerability assessments for coastal …

Afforestation drives soil carbon and nitrogen changes in China

L Deng, Z Shangguan - Land Degradation & Development, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Grassland degradation and restoration: a conceptual framework of stages and thresholds illustrated by southern Brazilian grasslands

BO Andrade, C Koch, II Boldrini, E Vélez-Martin… - Natureza & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Land degradation is a complex concept that integrates different aspects, including changes
in soil conditions, biodiversity, productivity and socio-economic implications, compared to a …

A systematic analysis and review of the impacts of afforestation on soil quality indicators as modified by climate zone, forest type and age

Y Guo, M Abdalla, M Espenberg, A Hastings… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
This global systematic analysis and review investigate the impacts of previous land use
system, climate zone, forest type and forest age on soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen …

Deep soil water extraction by apple sequesters organic carbon via root biomass rather than altering soil organic carbon content

H Li, B Si, X Ma, P Wu - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil water and carbon stocks have always been research hotspots. However, the interaction
between soil water and carbon in deep soil (> 1 m below surface) remains poorly …

Salt marsh‐mangrove ecotones: using structural gradients to investigate the effects of woody plant encroachment on plant–soil interactions and ecosystem carbon …

ES Yando, MJ Osland, JM Willis, RH Day… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Changing winter climate extremes are expected to result in the poleward migration of
mangrove forests at the expense of salt marshes. Although mangroves and marshes are …