Soil organic carbon storage as a key function of soils-A review of drivers and indicators at various scales

M Wiesmeier, L Urbanski, E Hobley, B Lang… - Geoderma, 2019 - Elsevier
The capacity of soils to store organic carbon represents a key function of soils that is not only
decisive for climate regulation but also affects other soil functions. Recent efforts to assess …

Soil organic carbon dynamics: Impact of land use changes and management practices: A review

T Ramesh, NS Bolan, MB Kirkham, H Wijesekara… - Advances in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Global climate change has resulted in changes to the earth's geological, ecological, and
biological ecosystems, which pose a severe threat to the existence of human civilization and …

Predicting and mapping of soil organic carbon using machine learning algorithms in Northern Iran

M Emadi, R Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi, A Cherati… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Estimation of the soil organic carbon (SOC) content is of utmost importance in understanding
the chemical, physical, and biological functions of the soil. This study proposes machine …

Responses of soil carbon sequestration to climate‐smart agriculture practices: A meta‐analysis

X Bai, Y Huang, W Ren, M Coyne… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate‐smart agriculture (CSA) management practices (eg, conservation tillage, cover
crops, and biochar applications) have been widely adopted to enhance soil organic carbon …

Increasing soil carbon storage: mechanisms, effects of agricultural practices and proxies. A review

MF Dignac, D Derrien, P Barré, S Barot… - Agronomy for …, 2017 - Springer
The international 4 per 1000 initiative aims at supporting states and non-governmental
stakeholders in their efforts towards a better management of soil carbon (C) stocks. These …

A comparative assessment of support vector regression, artificial neural networks, and random forests for predicting and mapping soil organic carbon stocks across an …

K Were, DT Bui, ØB Dick, BR Singh - Ecological Indicators, 2015 - Elsevier
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a key indicator of ecosystem health, with a great potential to
affect climate change. This study aimed to develop, evaluate, and compare the performance …

Prediction of soil organic carbon and the C: N ratio on a national scale using machine learning and satellite data: A comparison between Sentinel-2, Sentinel-3 and …

T Zhou, Y Geng, C Ji, X Xu, H Wang, J Pan… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil carbon-to-nitrogen ratio (C: N) are the main indicators of
soil quality and health and play an important role in maintaining soil quality. Together with …

Digital mapping of soil carbon fractions with machine learning

H Keskin, S Grunwald, WG Harris - Geoderma, 2019 - Elsevier
Our understanding of the spatial distribution of soil carbon (C) pools across diverse land
uses, soils, and climatic gradients at regional scale is still limited. Research in digital soil …

Comparison of boosted regression tree and random forest models for mapping topsoil organic carbon concentration in an alpine ecosystem

RM Yang, GL Zhang, F Liu, YY Lu, F Yang, F Yang… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Soil organic carbon (SOC) plays an important role in soil fertility and carbon sequestration,
and a better understanding of the spatial patterns of SOC is essential for soil resource …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of random forest and multiple linear regression models for estimation of soil extracellular enzyme activities in agricultural reclaimed coastal saline …

X Xie, T Wu, M Zhu, G Jiang, Y Xu, X Wang, L Pu - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
The alternations in soil physicochemical properties caused by the reclamation of coastal
tidal land can strongly affect the activities of soil extracellular enzymes. Soil extracellular …