Global vulnerability of soil ecosystems to erosion.

Carlos A GuerraIsabel M D RosaEmiliana ValentiniFlorian WolfFederico FilipponiDirk N KargerAlessandra Nguyen XuanJerome MathieuPatrick LavelleNico Eisenhauer

Published in: Landscape ecology (2020)

Our results indicate that an increasing proportion of soils are degraded globally, affecting not only livelihoods but also potentially degrading local and regional landscapes. Similarly, many degraded regions coincide with and may have impacted high levels of soil biodiversity.

Keyphrases

climate change
heavy metals
plant growth