Grassland-to-cropland conversion increased soil, nutrient, and carbon losses in the US Midwest between 2008 and 2016

Grassland-to-cropland conversion increased soil, nutrient, and carbon losses in the US Midwest between 2008 and 2016

After decades of declining cropland area, the United States (US) experienced a reversal in land use/land cover change in recent years, with substantial grassland conversion to cropland in the US Midwest. Although previous studies estimated soil carbon (C) loss due to cropland expansion, other import...

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Main Authors: Xuesong Zhang, Tyler J Lark, Christopher M Clark, Yongping Yuan, Stephen D LeDuc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2021-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
agriculture
biofuel
land use
environmental impacts
erosion
nitrogen
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abecbe

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abecbe

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