We predicted a substantial impact of forest conversion on soil micro- and mesofaunal α-diversity, and the results of this study suggest that indeed the conversion of the tropical forest of southern Yunnan to rubber plantation has resulted in a consistent decrease in α-diversity for soil micro- and mesofaunal community, except for nematodes, when these are considered separately.
2011's European champions, from Imperial College London, designed a system for preventing soil erosion and the conversion of land into desert.
The increasing trend of conversion of land use into agriculture areas significantly increases the introduction of eroded soil into water bodies (Haron et al. 2014).
Denitrifying bacteria, microorganisms whose action results in the conversion of nitrates in soil to free atmospheric nitrogen, thus depleting soil fertility and reducing agricultural productivity.
Conversion of natural land resources into croplands, which is triggered by the rapid population growth, causes serious soil degradation.
This suggests that further conversion of grassland, with high soil organic matter content, to maize could increase nitrogen losses from land to water even on a regional scale [45].
Conversely, the conversion of CT to NT has less influence on SOC stocks for soils having lower baseline SOC levels, but would lead to higher potentials to mitigate the C release from soils having higher baseline SOC content.
Murty, D., Kirschbaum, M. U. F., McMurtrie, R. E. & McGilvray, A. Does conversion of forest to agricultural land change soil carbon and nitrogen?
Similarly, conversion of marginal arable land to forestry or grassland can rapidly increase soil carbon sequestration.
This design allowed to evaluate the effects of soil type and conversion independently.
