Effects of land cover on ecosystem services in Tanzania: A spatial assessment of soil organic carbon

• Published in: Geoderma Vol. 263; pp. 274 - 283
• Main Authors: Winowiecki, Leigh, Vågen, Tor-Gunnar, Huising, Jeroen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.02.2016
• Subjects: carbon sequestration; carbon sinks; climate change; cropland; data collection; ecosystem services; Erosion prevalence; forests; grasslands; hydrologic cycle; laboratory techniques; land cover; land degradation; land use; model validation; moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer; monitoring; prediction; reflectance; Remote sensing; shrublands; SOC stocks; soil organic carbon; soil properties; soil sampling; Spatial scales; Spectroscopy; Tanzania; topsoil; vegetation structure; woodlands; Tanzania; Erosion prevalence; Spatial scales; Spectroscopy; SOC stocks; Remote sensing

The multiple ecosystem services provided by healthy soil are well known and include soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change, a medium for plant and agricultural production and regulating the hydrologic cycle. Despite the wide recognition of the importance of these services, drivers of s...