Large herbivore functional guilds and soil carbon storage in a semi-arid southern African landscape DOI Creative Commons
Urmila Mallick, Kaggie Orrick, Gaseitsiwe Masunga

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Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 20, 2025

Abstract Soils store approximately 75% of the global terrestrial carbon pool and can sequester varying levels organic depending on wildlife, livestock, human activity landscape. Large-bodied herbivores (LH) are hypothesized to influence soil dynamics through a variety biogeochemical processes that vary in direction magnitude their effects storage. Because these across ecosystems remain unacknowledged, estimates ecosystem budgets may be inaccurate. Here, we explored how functional traits multi-species domesticated wild LH assemblages storage, semi-arid landscape north-central Botswana. We examined spatial occurrence patterns with an existing livestock-wildlife gradient ranges from national park adjacent community rangelands. Weselected dominant ecological, behavioral, morphological, physiological characterize diversity. Our results identify key groups influencing measures landscape, different contexts biophysical conditions. Livestock wildlife generally have positive carbon, but effect varies context exact species occupying location.

Language: Английский

Unveiling the crucial role of soil microorganisms in carbon cycling: A review DOI
Haowei Wu, Huiling Cui,

Chen-Xi Fu

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The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 909, P. 168627 - 168627

Published: Nov. 17, 2023

Language: Английский

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194
The role of large wild animals in climate change mitigation and adaptation DOI Creative Commons
Yadvinder Malhi, Tonya A. Lander, Elizabeth le Roux

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Current Biology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 32(4), P. R181 - R196

Published: Feb. 1, 2022

Language: Английский

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123
Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions DOI
Oswald J. Schmitz, Magnus Sylvén, Trisha B. Atwood

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Nature Climate Change, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(4), P. 324 - 333

Published: March 27, 2023

Language: Английский

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107
Climate warming restructures food webs and carbon flow in high-latitude ecosystems DOI
Philip J. Manlick, Nolan L. Perryman, Amanda M. Koltz

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Nature Climate Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(2), P. 184 - 189

Published: Jan. 3, 2024

Language: Английский

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From biochar to battery electrodes: A pathway to green lithium and sodium-ion battery systems DOI

Junaid Aslam,

Muhammad Waseem,

Xiaomeng Lü

et al.

Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 159556 - 159556

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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3
Can large herbivores enhance ecosystem carbon persistence? DOI Creative Commons
J. A. Kristensen, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Katerina Georgiou

et al.

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 37(2), P. 117 - 128

Published: Nov. 17, 2021

Language: Английский

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103
Carbon–biodiversity relationships in a highly diverse subtropical forest DOI Creative Commons
Andreas Schuldt, Xiaojuan Liu, François Buscot

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Global Change Biology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 29(18), P. 5321 - 5333

Published: March 27, 2023

Carbon-focused climate mitigation strategies are becoming increasingly important in forests. However, with ongoing biodiversity declines we require better knowledge of how much such account for biodiversity. We particularly lack information across multiple trophic levels and on established forests, where the interplay between carbon stocks, stand age, tree diversity might influence carbon-biodiversity relationships. Using a large dataset (>4600 heterotrophic species 23 taxonomic groups) from secondary, subtropical tested multitrophic within groups relate to aboveground, belowground, total stocks at different richness age. Our study revealed that aboveground carbon, key component climate-based management, was largely unrelated diversity. By contrast, stocks-that is, including belowground carbon-emerged as significant predictor Relationships were nonlinear strongest lower levels, but nonsignificant higher level Tree age moderated these relationships, suggesting long-term regeneration forests may be effective reconciling targets. findings highlight benefits climate-oriented management need evaluated carefully, only maximizing fail conservation requirements.

Language: Английский

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27
Meta-analysis reveals that vertebrates enhance plant litter decomposition at the global scale DOI
Bin Tuo, Pablo García‐Palacios, Chao Guo

et al.

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8(3), P. 411 - 422

Published: Jan. 9, 2024

Language: Английский

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13
Landscapes shaped from the top down: predicting cascading predator effects on spatial biogeochemistry DOI
Julia D. Monk, Oswald J. Schmitz

Oikos, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 2022(5)

Published: Oct. 12, 2021

Spatial heterogeneity in ecological systems can result from animal‐driven top–down processes, but despite some theoretical attention, the emergence of spatial feedbacks caused by animals is not well understood empirically. Interactions between predators and prey influence animal movement associated nutrient transport release, generating that cascades throughout systems. Here, we synthesize existing literature to evaluate mechanisms which terrestrial generate biogeochemical processes through consumptive non‐consumptive effects. Overall, propose increase ecosystems whenever predation intense spatially variable, whereas predator–prey interactions homogenize weak or diffuse space. This leads several testable hypotheses: 1) carcass deposition at high‐predation risk sites stimulate positive availability; 2) hotspots when they concentrate activity safe habitats, instead subsidies migrate daily risky habitats; 3) herbivore body size mediates effects, such megaherbivores are more likely predator loss general will tend ecosystems. Testing these hypotheses advance our understanding whether amplify landscape

Language: Английский

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42
Loss of grazing by large mammalian herbivores can destabilize the soil carbon pool DOI Creative Commons
Dilip G. T. Naidu, Shamik Roy, Sumanta Bagchi

et al.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 119(43)

Published: Oct. 17, 2022

Grazing by mammalian herbivores can be a climate mitigation strategy as it influences the size and stability of large soil carbon (soil-C) pool (more than 500 Pg C in world’s grasslands, steppes, savannas). With continuing declines numbers herbivores, resultant loss grazer functions consequential for this soil-C ultimately global cycle. While herbivore effects on conditions under which they lead to gain or are becoming increasingly clear, their effect equally important aspect remains unknown. We used replicated long-term field experiment Trans-Himalayan grazing ecosystem evaluate consequences exclusion interannual fluctuations (2006 2021). Interannual soil-N were 30 40% higher after grazing. Structural equation modeling suggested that appears mediate stabilizing versus destabilizing nitrogen (N) soil-C. This may explain why N addition stimulates absence around world. Herbivore loss, consequent decline functions, therefore undermine Soil-C is not inert but very dynamic pool. It provide nature-based solutions conserving restoring functional role extends stoichiometric coupling between soil-N.

Language: Английский

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