Original ResearchPublished 8 September 2026Agricultural machinery socialized services as a buffer? Enhancing rural livelihood resilience amid afforestation-driven cropland loss in the Wuling Mountain Area, ChinaShiyu Zheng · Qunhua Zeng · Siqi Tang · Ming LiFrontiers in Forests and Global Changedoi 10.3389/ffgc.2026.1938411