Abstract:<p>Understanding the complex interactions between climate, vegetation and soils is important for the sustainable management of soil ecosystems in the context of climate and land use change. Few benchmark data exist on soil-landscape and vegetation interactions, as most soil ecosystems have a legacy of past land use and management.</p>
<p>By working in the Galapagos Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, we have the opportunity to better constrain the coevolution of soi… Show more
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