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Acknowledgements

conservation. Nevertheless, soil activity
with the accumulation of SOM in the top-
soil would not be a linear response to the
content of SOM but an interaction of SOM
with the soil attributes. Finally, soil crop
productivity and ecosystem functioning can
be harmonized to ensure sustainability.

This work was partly funded with a project
of the Natural Science Foundation of China
under grant 40830528 and a project of the
Priority Academic Program Development of
Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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