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ArticleGlobal change biology2025

Natural and Human Disturbances Have Non-Linear Effects on Whole-Ecosystem Carbon Storage in an African Savanna.

Liana Kindermann, Alexandra Sandhage-Hofmann, Wulf Amelung, Jan Börner, Magnus Dobler, Ezequiel Fabiano, Maximilian Meyer, Anja Linstädter

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Article in Global change biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Liana KindermannBiodiversity Research/Systematic Botany, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8126-2576
Alexandra Sandhage-HofmannInstitute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, Soil Science and Soil Ecology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1766-8002
Wulf AmelungInstitute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, Soil Science and Soil Ecology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Jan BörnerInstitute for Food and Resource Economics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Magnus DoblerBiodiversity Research/Systematic Botany, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
Ezequiel FabianoUniversity of Namibia, Katima Mulilo, Namibia.
Maximilian MeyerInstitute for Food and Resource Economics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Anja LinstädterBiodiversity Research/Systematic Botany, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0038-9557

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung 01LC2321ABundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung 01LC2321FDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft TRR 228/1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft TRR 228/2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Uncertainties in carbon storage estimates for disturbance-prone dryland ecosystems hinder accurate assessments of their contribution to the global carbon budget. This study examines the effects of land-use change on carbon storage in an African savanna landscape, focusing on two major land-use change pathways: agricultural intensification and wildlife conservation, both of which alter disturbance regimes. By adapting tree inventory and soil sampling methods for dryland conditions, we quantified aboveground and belowground carbon in woody vegetation (AGC and BGC) and soil organic carbon (SOC) across these pathways in two vegetation types (scrub savanna and woodland savanna). We used Generalized Additive Mixed Models to assess the effects of multiple environmental drivers on AGC and whole-ecosystem carbon storage (C

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CarbonCarbon SequestrationConservation of Natural ResourcesEcosystemGrasslandAgricultureSoilCarbonSoilAfrican savannasagricultural intensificationcarbon storagedisturbance agentsdryland ecosystemselephantsland‐use changesoil organic carbonwildlife conservationwoody vegetation

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PMID40231392
PMCPMC11997740

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