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Important Research (>5 years) on Crops, Pastureland, Carbon Flux, Yield & Land Use, Nitrogen, Soil Microbial Communities, and more.

Zomer, R.J., Bossio, D.A., Sommer, R. et al. Global Sequestration Potential of Increased Organic Carbon in Cropland Soils. Sci Rep 7, 15554 (2017).
Lal, Rattan. (2004). Soil Carbon Sequestration Impacts on Global Climate Change and Food Security. Science (New York, N.Y.). 304. 1623-7. 10.1126/science.1097396.
W.R. Teague, S.L. Dowhower, S.A. Baker, N. Haile, P.B. DeLaune, D.M. Conover, Grazing management impacts on vegetation, soil biota and soil chemical, physical and hydrological properties in tall grass prairie, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 141, Issues 3–4, (2011).
Paustian, Keith & Lehmann, Johannes & Ogle, Stephen & Reay, Dave & Robertson, G Philip & Smith, Pete. (2016). Climate-smart soils. Nature. 532. 49-57. 10.1038/nature17174.
Cotrufo, M. Francesca & Soong, Jennifer & Horton, Andrew & Campbell, Eleanor & Haddix, Michelle & Wall, Diana & Parton, William. (2015). Formation of soil organic matter via biochemical and physical pathways of litter mass loss. Nature Geoscience. 8. 10.1038/NGEO2520.
Lehman, R. & Cambardella, Cynthia & Stott, Diane & Acosta-Martinez, Veronica & Manter, Daniel & Buyer, Jeffrey & Maul, Jude & Smith, Jeffrey & Collins, Harold & Halvorson, Jonathan & Kremer, Robert & Lundgren, Jonathan & Ducey, Tom & Jin, Virginia. (2015). Understanding and Enhancing Soil Biological Health: The Solution for Reversing Soil Degradation. Sustainability. 7. 988-1027.
Van der Heijden, Marcel & Bardgett, R.D. & van Straalen, Nico M.. (2008). The unseen majority: Soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems (Ecology Letters (2008) 11, 3 (296-310)). Ecology lett. 11. 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01199.x.
Jacoby, Richard & Peukert, Manuela & Succurro, Antonella & Koprivova, Anna & Kopriva, Stanislav. (2017). The Role of Soil Microorganisms in Plant Mineral Nutrition—Current Knowledge and Future Directions. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 1617. 10.3389/fpls.2017.01617.
Barel, Janna & Kuyper, Thom & de Boer, Wietse & Douma, Jacob & Deyn, G.B.. (2017). Legacy effects of diversity in space and time driven by winter cover crop biomass and nirogen concentration. Journal of Applied Ecology. 55. 10.1111/1365-2664.12929.

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