Effect of vegetation restoration on soil erosion control and soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics: A meta-analysis

Ruizhe Yang^{a b}, Shilong Yang^{a b}, Lanlan Chen^{c d}, Ze Yang^{a b}, Lingying Xu^e, Xianglei Zhang^{a b}, Guanheng Liu^a, Xianglei Zhang^{a b}, Chuanji Jiao^a, Ruihua Bai^a, Xuecheng Zhang^{a b}, Bingnian Zhai^{a b}, Zhaohui Wang^{a b}, Wei Zheng^{a b}✉, Ziyan Li^{a b}✉, Kazem Zamanian^{d f}

1. ^aCollege of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
2. ^bKey Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
3. ^cCollege of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University/Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Arid-land Crop Science, Lanzhou 730070, China
4. ^dSchool of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
5. ^eState Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
6. ^fDepartment of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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