Baseline soil carbon, time since conversion and climate, not system characteristics, shape soil carbon responses in Neotropical agroforestry. A meta-analysis
Damien Beillouin, Cloé Verstraete, Rémi Cardinael, Ulysse Chabroux, Jean-Baptiste Laurent, Pierre‐André Waite, Julien Demenois
This paper shows that soil carbon gains in Neotropical agroforestry depend on initial soil carbon and climate, not system characteristics.
bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2026 · PreprintEcology