Soil organic carbon stock as an indicator for monitoring land and soil degradation in relation to United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals

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Novel Proximal Sensing for Monitoring Soil Organic C Stocks and Condition

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Limited effect of organic matter on soil available water capacity

(2017) B. Minasny et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

The changing faces of soil organic matter research

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To What Extent Did We Change Our Soils? A Global Comparison of Natural and Current Conditions

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(2017) Guido Schmidt-Traub et al.   Nature Geoscience

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Classification and valuation of soil ecosystem services

(2016) Jón Örvar G. Jónsson et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Soil indicators for sustainable development: A transdisciplinary approach for indicator development using expert stakeholders

(2016) Jón Örvar G. Jónsson et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

The ecological economics of land degradation: Impacts on ecosystem service values

(2016) Paul C. Sutton et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

A review of methods, data, and models to assess changes in the value of ecosystem services from land degradation and restoration

(2016) Katrine Grace Turner et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

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(2016) Benjamin P. Louis et al.   Environmental Chemistry Letters

Farm-scale soil carbon auditing

(2016) J.J. de Gruijter et al.   GEODERMA

Linking soils to ecosystem services — A global review

(2016) Kabindra Adhikari et al.   GEODERMA

Harmonized soil property values for broad-scale modelling (WISE30sec) with estimates of global soil carbon stocks

(2016) N.H. Batjes   GEODERMA

Beyond COP 21: Potential and challenges of the "4 per Thousand" initiative

(2016) R. Lal   JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION

Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming

(2016) T. W. Crowther et al.   NATURE

Effects of enhancing soil organic carbon sequestration in the topsoil by fertilization on crop productivity and stability: Evidence from long-term experiments with wheat-maize cropping systems in China

(2016) Xubo Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A standardized soil quality index for diverse field conditions

(2016) Vincent de Paul Obade et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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(2016) M. G. Kibblewhite et al.   SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT

The multiple roles of sustainability indicators in informational governance: between intended use and unanticipated influence

(2016) Markku Lehtonen et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Further Modification of Pressure-Calcimeter Method for Soil Inorganic Carbon Analysis

(2015) Sarah J. Stetson et al.   COMMUNICATIONS IN SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT ANALYSIS

The total costs of soil degradation in England and Wales

(2015) A.R. Graves et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Do soil organic carbon levels affect potential yields and nitrogen use efficiency? An analysis of winter wheat and spring barley field trials

(2015) Myles Oelofse et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

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(2015) Emily E Oldfield et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

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(2015) Sharon M. O'Rourke et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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(2015) Pete Smith et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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(2015) Daniel S. Karp et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

A review of the impacts of degradation threats on soil properties in the UK

(2015) A. S. Gregory et al.   SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT

The IPBES Conceptual Framework — connecting nature and people

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Measuring soil organic carbon: which technique and where to from here?

(2015) Timothy J. Johns et al.   Soil Research

Soil Degradation: Will Humankind Ever Learn?

(2015) Douglas Karlen et al.   Sustainability

Global soil organic carbon assessment

(2015) Uta Stockmann et al.   Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Experimental Consideration, Treatments, and Methods in Determining Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Rates

(2014) Kenneth R. Olson et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

The Importance of Rock Fragment Density for the Calculation of Soil Bulk Density and Soil Organic Carbon Stocks

(2014) Knut Mehler et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

Global pattern of soil carbon losses due to the conversion of forests to agricultural land

(2014) Xiaorong Wei et al.   Scientific Reports

Amount, distribution and driving factors of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in cropland and grassland soils of southeast Germany (Bavaria)

(2013) Martin Wiesmeier et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

How much land-based greenhouse gas mitigation can be achieved without compromising food security and environmental goals?

(2013) Pete Smith et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Current status, uncertainty and future needs in soil organic carbon monitoring

(2013) Robert Jandl et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A review of climate change impacts on urban soil functions with examples and policy insights from England, UK

(2013) B. G. Rawlins et al.   SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT

Food security in a changing climate

(2013) Rattan Lal   ECOHYDROLOGY & HYDROBIOLOGY

The knowns, known unknowns and unknowns of sequestration of soil organic carbon

(2012) Uta Stockmann et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Nutrient acquisition from arable subsoils in temperate climates: A review

(2012) Timo Kautz et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Clay Dispersibility and Soil Friability—Testing the Soil Clay-to-Carbon Saturation Concept

(2012) P. Schjønning et al.   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Natural Capital, Ecosystem Services, and Soil Change: Why Soil Science Must Embrace an Ecosystems Approach

(2012) D.A. Robinson et al.   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Effect of mineral and organic fertilization on crop yield, nitrogen uptake, carbon and nitrogen balances, as well as soil organic carbon content and dynamics: results from 20 European long-term field experiments of the twenty-first century

(2012) Martin Körschens et al.   Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR LAND DEGRADATION MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY THINKING

(2011) M. S. Reed et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Managing Soils and Ecosystems for Mitigating Anthropogenic Carbon Emissions and Advancing Global Food Security

(2010) Rattan Lal   BIOSCIENCE

A framework for classifying and quantifying the natural capital and ecosystem services of soils

(2010) Estelle Dominati et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Beyond Copenhagen: mitigating climate change and achieving food security through soil carbon sequestration

(2010) Rattan Lal   Food Security

Will we allow soil carbon to feed our needs?

(2010) Alan J Franzluebbers   Carbon Management

Der organische Kohlenstoff im Boden (Corg) – Bedeutung, Bestimmung, Bewertung Soil organic carbon (Corg) – importance, determination, evaluation

(2010) Martin Körschens   Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Crop Yield Gaps: Their Importance, Magnitudes, and Causes

(2009) David B. Lobell et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Changes in organic carbon distribution with depth in agricultural soils in northern Belgium, 1960–2006

(2009) J. MEERSMANS et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization: Theory and models across scales

(2009) Stefano Manzoni et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The role of soil organic matter in maintaining the productivity and yield stability of cereals in China

(2008) Genxing Pan et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Proxy global assessment of land degradation

(2008) Z. G. Bai et al.   SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT