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Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-451-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-451-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
Original research article
 | 
22 Apr 2026
Original research article |  | 22 Apr 2026

Soil degradation assessment across tropical grassland of Western Kenya

John N. Quinton, Gabriel Yesuf, German Baldi, Mengyi Gong, Kelvin Kinuthia, Ellen L. Fry, Yuda Odongo, Barthelemew Nyakundi, Joseph Hitimana, Patricia de Britto Costa, Alice A. Onyango, Sonja M. Leitner, Richard D. Bardgett, and Mariana C. Rufino

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We studied soil degradation in smallholder grazing areas in Western Kenya, comparing remote sensing (RS) classifications with soil data from 90 sites. Carbon and nutrient measures aligned somewhat with RS, but fast-changing variables did not. Results suggest combining RS with microbial biomass C, soil P, % C, % N, and pH can improve detection of degraded soils and guide restoration efforts
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