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Influences on plant species distributions and soil organic carbon in playa catchments of the High Plains
(2012-05)
Scope and Method of Study: Depressional wetlands are threatened globally by conversion to agriculture, altering wetland processes and degrading societal services. We elucidated effects of land management and conservation ...
Should We Pay Farmers Not to Farm? a Case of the Conservation Reserve Program
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-07-01)
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is the United States largest conservation initiative. The program retires over 30 million acres of "marginal" cropland. The programs objectives are to reduce sedimentation, improve ...
Estimating potential carbon sequestration in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) tracts in the Central High Plains of the United States
(2012-05)
Scope and Method of Study: The main goal of this research is to examine long term trends in carbon sequestration in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) tracts in the Central High Plains (CHP) region of the U. S. The second ...
Using Microbial Indicators to Assess Soil Ecosystem Restoration
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-05-01)
Soil microbial communities play a crucial role in maintaining ecosystem health and sustainable integrity. The objective of this study was to determine the progress of ecosystem recovery in soils under a federal conservation ...