Determining afforestation areas by using social, economic and ecological scales
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DOI: 10.1007/s10661-021-08936-z
Abstract: Global anthropogenic damage is caused when humans aim to improve their welfare by social and economic activities. From this vantage, this paper seeks to determine priority locations for afforestation areas and carbon sinks by using… read more here.
Keywords: social economic; economic ecological; afforestation areas; afforestation ... See more keywords
Large-scale historical afforestation failure with Pinus cembra in the Swiss Prealps
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DOI: 10.1007/s11056-021-09871-0
Abstract: Between the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, large-scale afforestation projects were undertaken in the Swiss Prealps. The Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra L.), an emblematic alpine tree with important economic potential, conservation value and ecological… read more here.
Keywords: large scale; cembra; swiss prealps; afforestation ... See more keywords
Afforestation of cropland fundamentally alters the soil fungal community
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DOI: 10.1007/s11104-020-04739-2
Abstract: The objective of this study was to analyze the responses of the soil fungal community to the afforestation of cropland with single and mixed tree species. We investigated changes in soil fungal community composition, diversity,… read more here.
Keywords: fungal community; cropland; afforestation; soil fungal ... See more keywords
Comments on “Large-scale afforestation significantly increases permanent surface water in China's vegetation restoration regions” by Zeng, Y., Yang, X., Fang, N., & Shi, Z. (2020). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 290, 108001
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108213
Abstract: Abstract The paper “Large-scale afforestation significantly increases permanent surface water in China's vegetation restoration regions, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Volume 290, 15 August 2020, 108001” by Zeng et al. (2020) finds that northern China is greening… read more here.
Keywords: surface water; large scale; meteorology; water ... See more keywords
Understanding soil carbon sequestration following the afforestation of former arable land by physical fractionation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.11.027
Abstract: Abstract To determine soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration and storage mechanisms following the afforestation of arable land, soil samples were collected from a depth of 0–100 cm from cropland as well as six hippophae (Hippophae rhamnoides)… read more here.
Keywords: sequestration; carbon; arable land; afforestation ... See more keywords
Afforestation of loess soils: Old and new organic carbon in aggregates and density fractions
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DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2019.02.002
Abstract: Abstract Afforestation is an important strategy to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks and stabilize soils against degradation and erosion. While the area under afforestation has increased globally during the last 20 years, the dynamics of… read more here.
Keywords: soc; density fractions; soc accumulation; afforestation ... See more keywords
Modeling the influence of forest cover on streamflows by different approaches
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DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2019.03.006
Abstract: Abstract There are many controversies about the effect of forest cover on basin streamflows. The objective of this paper was to use the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to provide hydrological modeling of streamflows… read more here.
Keywords: modeling influence; forest cover; afforestation; cover ... See more keywords
Is afforestation a driver of change in italian rivers within the Anthropocene era?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2020.105031
Abstract: Abstract For eight rivers situated from northern to southern Italy, the evolutionary trajectories since the middle 19th century and the key controlling factors of channel adjustments were reconstructed using a combined diachronous-synchronous approach, integrating data… read more here.
Keywords: driver; floodplain; afforestation; italian rivers ... See more keywords
Changes in soil organic carbon and nitrogen mineralization and their temperature sensitivity in response to afforestation across China’s Loess Plateau
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DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2021.105226
Abstract: Abstract Afforestation on abandoned cropland has great potential to increase soil organic carbon (OC) and nitrogen (N). Identifying the effect of afforestation on mineralization of OC and N as well as their temperature sensitivity at… read more here.
Keywords: soil; mineralization; temperature sensitivity; afforestation ... See more keywords
Long-term afforestation accelerated soil organic carbon accumulation but decreased its mineralization loss and temperature sensitivity in the bulk soils and aggregates
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DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2021.105405
Abstract: Abstract The conversion of land use from agricultural land to forests is considered an effective measure of mitigating atmospheric CO2, but the impacts of long-term afforestation on soil organic carbon mineralization (Cm) and its temperature… read more here.
Keywords: afforestation; soil; long term; bulk soils ... See more keywords
Trade-offs between plant species richness and carbon storage in the context of afforestation – Examples from afforestation scenarios in the Mulde Basin, Germany
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.09.035
Abstract: The German Federal State of Saxony aims to increase forest cover, supported by the implementation of afforestation programs. To analyze consequences of an increase in forest cover, this study investigates possible trade-offs between carbon storage… read more here.
Keywords: plant; plant species; species richness; carbon storage ... See more keywords