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SUBMITTER: Mbaabu PR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7686326 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mbaabu Purity Rima PR Olago Daniel D Gichaba Maina M Eckert Sandra S Eschen René R Oriaso Silas S Choge Simon Kosgei SK Linders Theo Edmund Werner TEW Schaffner Urs U
Scientific reports 20201124 1
Grassland degradation and the concomitant loss of soil organic carbon is widespread in tropical arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Afforestation of degraded grassland, sometimes by using invasive alien trees, has been put forward as a legitimate climate change mitigation strategy. However, even in cases where tree encroachment of degraded grasslands leads to increased soil organic carbon, it may come at a high cost since the restoration of grassland-characteristic biodiversity and ecosyste ...[more]