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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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