Fig. 2. Soil organic carbon and nitrate leaching effects of different tillage practices: no-till (NT), intermediate tillage (IT), and high-intensity tillage (HT).
a Spatial distribution of field studies included in the meta-analysis; b Effects of tillage practices on SOC at a depth of 0–30 cm; c effects of tillage practices on nitrate leaching; d Effect size of tillage impacts on SOC; e Effect size of tillage impacts on nitrate leaching (NO3- - N). NT-IT and NT-HT refer to the difference between NT and IT, and NT and HT, respectively. Colored dots represent the mean difference, with error bars representing the 95% confidence interval. The numbers below the dots refer to the number of paired observations.