[HTML][HTML] A review of coupled hydrologic and crop growth models

SM Siad, V Iacobellis, P Zdruli, A Gioia, I Stavi… - Agricultural Water …, 2019 - Elsevier
Coupling hydrologic and crop models is becoming an increasingly important approach in
the development of agro-hydrologic theme. Scientists and decision makers working to …

Soil indicators to assess the effectiveness of restoration strategies in dryland ecosystems

EAC Costantini, C Branquinho, A Nunes, G Schwilch… - Solid Earth, 2016 - se.copernicus.org
Soil indicators may be used for assessing both land suitability for restoration and the
effectiveness of restoration strategies in restoring ecosystem functioning and services. In this …

Hidden costs of passive restoration

RA Zahawi, JL Reid, KD Holl - Restoration Ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The first few years of tropical forest restoration can be expensive, especially when applied to
expansive areas. In light of this, passive restoration has been recommended as a …

Legumes functional group promotes soil organic carbon and nitrogen storage by increasing plant diversity

GL Wu, Y Liu, FP Tian, ZH Shi - Land Degradation & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Community composition strongly affected the soil C and N storages. However, the influences
of community composition on native grassland remain poorly understood. The purpose of …

Ecosystem responses to land abandonment in Western Mediterranean Mountains

A Romero-Díaz, JD Ruiz-Sinoga… - Catena, 2017 - Elsevier
Agricultural expansion in the Mediterranean resulted in plant and soil degradation due to the
intensive use, climate conditions, and rugged terrain. After abandonment, the recovery of …

Carbon stocks and tree diversity in scattered tree silvopastoral systems in Chiapas, Mexico

DR Aryal, RR Gómez-González… - Agroforestry …, 2019 - Springer
Carbon sequestration in livestock systems through silvopastoral practices can help reduce
the net greenhouse gas emissions. In this study, we evaluated the above and belowground …

Global change effects on humid tropical forests: Evidence for biogeochemical and biodiversity shifts at an ecosystem scale

DF Cusack, J Karpman, D Ashdown… - Reviews of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Government and international agencies have highlighted the need to focus global change
research efforts on tropical ecosystems. However, no recent comprehensive review exists …

Possibilities and limitations of passive restoration of heavily disturbed sites

K Prach, L Šebelíková, K Řehounková… - Landscape …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Passive restoration, which relies exclusively on natural processes and technical
reclamation, which intervenes strongly into the restoration process, represent the extremes …

Tillage and cropping sequence effect on physico-chemical and biological properties of soil in Eastern Himalayas, India

A Das, D Lyngdoh, PK Ghosh, R Lal, J Layek… - Soil and Tillage …, 2018 - Elsevier
Poor soil quality and low fertility are major limitations to agricultural intensification and
increasing crop productivity under rainfed hill ecosystems of North Eastern Region (NER) of …

Short-term grazing exclusion has no impact on soil properties and nutrients of degraded alpine grassland in Tibet, China

X Lu, Y Yan, J Sun, X Zhang, Y Chen, X Wang… - Solid Earth, 2015 - se.copernicus.org
Since the 1980s, alpine grasslands have been seriously degraded on the Tibetan Plateau.
Grazing exclusion by fencing has been widely adopted to restore degraded grasslands. To …