Shrub influence on soil carbon and nitrogen in a semi-arid grassland is mediated by precipitation and largely insensitive to livestock grazing

Agriculture & Biology

• arid grasslands 100%
• soil carbon 78%
• soil organic carbon 74%
• shrubs 56%
• grazing 53%
• livestock 53%
• nitrogen 37%
• total nitrogen 37%
• grazing intensity 36%
• arid lands 30%
• carbon sequestration 10%
• vegetation cover 10%
• herbaceous plants 10%
• livestock production 10%
• grasslands 8%
• climate change 7%
• water 7%
• climate 7%
• ecosystems 7%
• vegetation 6%
• grasses 6%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• soil nitrogen 75%
• soil carbon 66%
• livestock 61%
• shrub 59%
• grazing 57%
• grassland 53%
• organic carbon 50%
• soil 27%
• nitrogen 22%
• livestock farming 11%
• carbon storage 9%
• vegetation cover 8%
• litter 8%
• grass 7%
• stabilization 7%
• effect 6%
• water 5%
• vegetation 5%
• ecosystem 5%
• climate change 5%
• climate 5%