Conversion of Conservation Reserve Program land back to cropland: Changes in soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics during the first five years

Chenhui Li is a research scientist at the School of Natural Resources at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Jennifer M. Moore (corresponding author) is a research soil scientist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Forage Seed and Cereal Research Unit in Corvallis, Oregon. Veronica Acosta-Martinez is a research soil scientist (microbiologist and biochemist) with the USDA ARS Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Unit, Lubbock, Texas. Lisa M. Fultz is an associate professor at the School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences at Louisiana State University AgCenter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mamatha Kakarla is a postdoctoral researcher at NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, Illinois.