Forests,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(9), P. 1645 - 1645
Published: Sept. 18, 2024
Our
research
assesses
the
effects
of
four
forest
species,
namely,
Swietenia
macrophylla
King,
mahagoni
(L.)
Jack.,
Pinus
occidentalis
Swartz,
and
caribaea
Morelet
var.
Caribaea,
on
soil
litter
organic
carbon
(C)
stocks,
C
dioxide
equivalent
balance
(BCO2
Eq.)
diurnal,
periodic
dynamics
beneath
these
species.
Reforestation
projects
in
study
region
cover
1200,
543,
770,
1152
hectares,
respectively,
with
species
being
most
relevant
reforestation
within
country.
To
determine
BCO2
Eq.
per
unit
area,
we
compared
greenhouse
gas
(GHG)
fluxes
(CO2),
methane
(CH4),
nitrous
oxide
(N2O)
expressed
as
CO2
units
stocks
found
mineral
to
a
depth
30
cm
litter.
In
measurement
periods
over
18
months,
conducted
field
measurements
sixteen
stands,
results
indicate
that
S.
emitted
lowest
Eq.,
while
released
highest
amount
into
atmosphere.
At
end
from
soils
was
299.70
metric
tons
ha−1
year−1,
for
P.
occidentalis,
caribaea,
mahagoni,
corresponding
quantities
were
103.64,
146.41,
72.34,
respectively.
All
showed
general
upward
pattern
respiration
September
2020
March
2022.
The
average
flux
rates
atmosphere
approximately
65.4,
51.1,
75.9
percent
higher
respective
mahagoni.
Water Resources Research,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
59(7)
Published: June 20, 2023
Abstract
As
a
sensitive
climate
change
indicator,
global
multi‐depth
soil
moisture
(SM)
has
undergone
great
variation
due
to
warming
trends
during
the
past
decades.
Here,
we
investigate
evolutionary
pattern
of
SM
and
then
carry
out
an
attribution
analysis
from
human
perspectives.
The
results
reveal
unbalanced
surface
rootzone
trend
1980–2020.
had
approximately
equal
proportions
drying
wetting.
Nonetheless,
percentage
wetting
region
is
significantly
higher
than
that
for
soil.
mainly
distributed
in
habitable
areas,
while
remarkably
usually
located
harsh
tropical
humid
zones.
According
using
Feature
Importance
Index
Random
Forest
model,
Pearson
correlation
coefficient,
Maximum
information
Spearman
rank
Granger
causality
with
99%
statistical
significance,
both
climatic
factors
presented
significant
impacts
on
SM.
Specifically,
air
temperature
evaporation
are
thought
be
primary
affecting
seasonal
long‐term
variability
SM,
respectively.
Irrigation
water
withdrawal
regarded
as
dominant
driving
force
among
six
withdrawals,
domestic
electricity
withdrawals
play
indispensable
roles
fluctuation.
Additionally,
also
provides
profound
feedbacks
withdrawals.
spatial‐temporal
along
temperatures
could
seriously
risk
food
security
sustainable
development,
which
needs
addressed.
Frontiers in Plant Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14
Published: Jan. 11, 2024
Plantations
in
dry
and
semi-arid
areas
significantly
affect
the
soil's
ability
to
store
carbon
maintain
a
stable
water
balance.
It
is
yet
unclear,
though,
how
planted
trees
these
regions
might
impact
levels.
As
forest
ages,
it
unknown
soil
interact
with
one
another.
In
order
conduct
this
study,
four
Saxaul
plantations
Alxa
Plateau
were
chosen,
neighboring
mobile
sandy
(MS)
ground
serving
as
control.
The
ages
of
ranged
from
5
46
years.
major
topics
study
included
relationship
between
carbon,
changes
0-300
cm
layer's
content
(SWC),
organic
(SOC),
inorganic
(SIC)
following
afforestation.
findings
demonstrated
that,
comparison
MS,
afforestation
considerably
increased
SOC
SIC
stocks.
grew
by
4.02
kg
m
Forests,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16(4), P. 657 - 657
Published: April 9, 2025
The
conversion
of
degraded
ecosystems
to
perennial
vegetation
in
water-limited
regions
creates
conflicting
demands
for
soil
water
maintenance
and
carbon
sequestration.
However,
current
understanding
these
competing
is
limited.
In
this
study,
quantify
the
trade-off
resulting
from
land-use
(converting
cropland
into
forest,
shrub,
grassland)
Loess
Plateau,
2775
observations
organic
(SOC)
stocks
(to
a
depth
100
cm)
2654
storage
(SWS)
500
peer-reviewed
papers
measured
data
were
synthesized.
results
showed
that
(1)
greatly
influenced
trade-off,
general,
converting
natural
grassland
evergreen
trees
performed
relatively
better
sequestration
maintenance;
(2)
rainfall
zones
less
than
550
mm,
exhibited
higher
advantages
increasing
SOC
stock
but
maintained
lower
SWS
depletion,
while
forest
was
choice
greater
mm;
(3)
with
restoration
age,
depletion
both
increased
significantly;
nevertheless,
appeared
be
sustainable
stable
achieve
win–win
result.
Moreover,
an
accumulation
0.7
Mg
ha−1
upper
cm
associated
approximately
5.14
mm
decrease
0–500
layers.
Overall,
study
provides
practical
insights
land
managers
on
how
soil-
water-related
ecosystem
services
during
ecological
regions.
