The processes by which disturbance regimes mediate the trade‐offs between species preservation

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Sourced from the future-work section and abstract and inline gaps and stated research gap of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 4 journals. Those papers have been cited 31 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps

• Biophysical drivers of tropical tree diversity and carbon stocks across an urban gradient in Mexico (2026) · Environmental Management · doi

  Investigate the effects of urbanization on carbon stocks in other cities and regions, - Examine the role of native and non-native species in shaping carbon stocks, - Develop integrative indicators that account for tropical environmental quality, - Study the impact of climate change on urban ecosystems and carbon stocks

  generalfuture-work section
  Keywords: investigate effects urbanization carbon stocks other cities regions
• Soil nitrogen regulates root carbon secretion in the context of global change: A global meta‐analysis (2024) · Functional Ecology · cited 21× · doi

  It is also significantly affected by global change factors (GCFs), yet the general patterns of these changes have not been fully explored, which greatly limits the accurate establishment of carbon cycling models under the background of global change.

  generalabstract
  Keywords: global change affected factors gcfs general patterns changes fully explored greatly limits accurate establishment carbon
• Long‐term protection in grasslands enhances soil carbon storage through reduced disturbance and community trait diversity–environment adaptations (2026) · Functional Ecology · cited 1× · doi

  However, the processes by which disturbance regimes mediate the trade‐offs between species preservation and soil carbon storage are difficult to predict due to their complexity and remain debated, particularly in comparison to protected systems.

  generalabstract
  Keywords: processes disturbance regimes mediate trade offs species preservation soil carbon storage difficult predict complexity remain
• Spatiotemporal Evolution and Prediction of Land Use and Carbon Stock in Shanghai (2024) · Land · cited 8× · doi

  Future research should focus on better characterizing LUCC patterns, obtaining accurate data on terrestrial carbon sinks, and quantifying the gradient of carbon stock changes in terrestrial ecosystems. The impact of LUCC on carbon storage due to current urbanization has not been clarified, and studies on carbon storage prediction in conjunction with future LUCC are lacking.

  generalinline gapsevidence 5/5
  Keywords: carbon lucc future terrestrial storage focus better characterizing patterns obtaining accurate sinks quantifying gradient stock
• Impacts of land-use change on biospheric carbon: an oriented benchmark using the ORCHIDEE land surface model (2024) · Geoscientific model development · cited 1× · doi

  a lack of critical evaluations of model performance concerning land-use change impacts on biospheric carbon stocks. a need to investigate the implications of land-use change for biospheric carbon pools and fluxes. a gap in understanding the factors contributing to discrepancies between simulations and observations of land-use change effects on biospheric carbon stocks.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: lack critical evaluations model performance concerning land-use change

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