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. 2020 Feb 17;15:2. doi: 10.1186/s13021-020-0137-5

Table 1.

Classification standard of each influencing factor in the collected results of the meta-analysis and its corresponding keyword classification in the bibliometric analysis

Groups Influencing factor Standard of classification Corresponding keyword classification
Land use change (LUC) Degradation Ecosystem degradation, including diversity loss and loss of other ecological function Degradation
Restoration The restoration of degraded or cultivated ecosystems, including vegetation recovery Restoration
Cultivation Agricultural cultivation on other ecosystems Cultivation
Forestation Forestation of other ecosystems, including plantation and agroforestry Afforestation
Agricultural abandonment Changes from farmland to other ecosystems except forest, as farmland to forest was included in forestation LUC
Deforestation Changes from forest to other ecosystems except farmland, as forest to farmland was included in cultivation LUC
Management N addition Including N fertilization, N addition and N deposition N management
Chemical fertilizer Other chemical fertilizer including N or without N Chemical fertilizer
Organic fertilizer Organic fertilizer, organic manure, organic amendments and so on Organic fertilizer
Integrated fertilizer Fertilization including both chemical fertilizer and organic fertilizer Human activities
Litter input Including straw return, litter input and other organic matter inputs Litter or straw
No fertilizer No fertilizer or organic matter input Other factors
Cover crop Cover crop Litter or straw
Rotation Cropping system including different crops or intercropping Rotation
No tillage Including reduced tillage and zero tillage Tillage
Tillage Including plow tillage, rotation tillage, deep tillage and others Tillage
Soil amendment Soil amending with amendment inputs, including biochar, gypsum, lime, and others Biochar, soil amendment
Combined agricultural management Management with at least 2 different agricultural measures, including organic farming and conservational farming Agricultural management
Reduced grazing Including grazing exclusion and reduction Grazing
Grazing Including different intensities and frequencies of grazing Grazing
Forest harvesting Including whole tree harvest, stem harvesting, partial harvesting and different intensive harvesting Forest management
Other management Film mulching, new rice varieties, inhibitors and so on Agricultural management, pesticides
Environmental and climatic change Warming Including temperature increases, experimental warming and others Warming
Elevated CO2 Elevated CO2 Elevated CO2
Rainfall increase Rainfall increase Rainfall
Rainfall reduction Rainfall reduction Rainfall
Wetting Rewetting of drainage ecosystems or irrigation Drainage or wetting
Drying Including the drainage of flooded areas and drought in uplands Drainage or wetting
Biotic disturbance Soil disturbance by soil fauna, such as earthworms and so on Biotic disturbance
Plant invasion Exotic plants invade the original ecosystem Invasions
Fire Including wildfire and fire management Fire
Pollution Including metal pollution, waste pollution, organic contamination, acid rain, and so on Pollution
Other environmental and climatic changes Including increased snowpack, elevated UV-B, attenuated UV-B, elevated O3, freeze–thaw and so on Climate change, environmental gradient

The categorization of keywords in the bibliometric analysis (29 influencing factors) and the influencing factors in the collected results of the meta-analysis (33 influencing factors) were not exactly the same because the information obtained via the two methods was different