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Carbon market incentives to conserve, restore and enhance soil carbon.

Published online: 19 Dec 2018

Authors: Unger, M. von & Emmer, I.

Content type: Miscellaneous

This report focuses on carbon finance opportunities for enhancing soil organic carbon stocks across the globe and moving towards low-carbon, sustainab...

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Urban cultivation in allotments maintains soil qualities adversely affected by conventional agriculture.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Edmondson, J. L. & Davies, Z. G. & Gaston, K. J. & Leake, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modern agriculture, in seeking to maximize yields to meet growing global food demand, has caused loss of soil organic carbon (SOC) and compaction, imp...

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Towards effectively restoring agricultural landscapes in East African drylands: linking plant functional traits with soil hydrology.

Published online: 06 Jul 2023

Authors: Mens, L. P. & Bargués-Tobella, A. & Sterck, F. & Vågen, T. G. & Winowiecki, L. A. & Lohbeck, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land degradation is a major threat to food security in Sub Saharan Africa. Low infiltration rates in degraded soils increase the risk of surface runof...

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Reclaiming contaminated land through biodiversity.

Published online: 16 Sep 2020

Authors: Cadotte, M.

Content type: Blog

This paper focuses on the negative effects of land degradation on the sustainability, biodiversity and global ecosystem functioning and in reducing th...

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Model-based assessment of soil organic carbon dynamics and potentials for carbon sequestration under integrated soil fertility management and conservation agriculture in Western Kenya.

Published online: 10 Oct 2018

Authors: Sommer, R.

Content type: Miscellaneous

A key message of the 2015 International Year of Soils was that 'soils help to combat and adapt to climate change by playing a key role in the carbon c...

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The characterization of a lignin-derived organic matter fraction in soils developed under different vegetation types.

Published online: 27 Aug 1997

Authors: Sanger, L. J. & Cox, P. & Splatt, P. & Whelan, M. J. & Anderson, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil profiles developed under beech (Fagus sylvatica) woodland, spruce (Picea abies) woodland, pasture, and arable cropping in the UK were analysed fo...

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Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Eldridge, D. J. & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. & Quero, J. L. & Ochoa, V. & Gozalo, B. & Gozalo, B. & Escolar, C. & García-Gómez, M. & Prina, A. & Bowker, M. A. & Bran, D. E. & Castro, I. & Cea, A. & Derak, M. & Espinosa, C. I. & Florentino, A. & Gaitán, J. J. & Gatica, G. & Gómez-González, S. & Ghiloufi, W. & Gutierrez, J. R. & Gusmán-Montalván, E. & Hernández, R. M. & Hughes, F. M. & Muiño, W. & Monerris, J. & Ospina, A. & Ramírez, D. A. & Ribas-Fernández, Y. A. & Romão, R. L. & Torres-Díaz, C. & Koen, T. B. & Maestre, F. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Multiple ecosystem functions need to be considered simultaneously to manage and protect the several ecosystem services that are essential to people an...

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Biocrust morphogroups provide an effective and rapid assessment tool for drylands.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Read, C. F. & Duncan, D. H. & Vesk, P. A. & Elith, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) occur across most of the world's drylands and are sensitive indicators of dryland degradation. Accounting for shift...

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Activity of the microbial decomposer community in metal-contaminated roadside soils.

Published online: 01 Mar 1997

Authors: Post, R. D. & Beeby, A. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rates of decomposition were measured in roadside soils of high and low metal concentration in SW London, UK, to determine whether metal contamination ...

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Land parcellation reduced spatial redundancy resulting in grassland degradation.

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: Jiao JianXin & Li ShanShan & Wang WenYin & Qi LingYan & Degen, A. A. & Bai YanFu & Jiao Ting & Shang ZhanHuan

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Degradation is the most immediate threat to biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods of global pastoral grasslands. However, we are still uncertain wh...

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