Soil organic carbon dynamics: Impact of land use changes and management practices: A review

T Ramesh, NS Bolan, MB Kirkham, H Wijesekara… - Advances in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Global climate change has resulted in changes to the earth's geological, ecological, and
biological ecosystems, which pose a severe threat to the existence of human civilization and …

Increasing soil carbon storage: mechanisms, effects of agricultural practices and proxies. A review

MF Dignac, D Derrien, P Barré, S Barot… - Agronomy for …, 2017 - Springer
The international 4 per 1000 initiative aims at supporting states and non-governmental
stakeholders in their efforts towards a better management of soil carbon (C) stocks. These …

Increasing organic stocks in agricultural soils: Knowledge gaps and potential innovations

C Chenu, DA Angers, P Barré, D Derrien… - Soil and Tillage …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent initiatives, such as the United Nations declaring 2015 as the International Year of
Soils and the French «4 per 1000» initiative call attention on soils and on the importance of …

Soil organic carbon models need independent time-series validation for reliable prediction

J Le Noë, S Manzoni, R Abramoff, T Bölscher… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Numerical models are crucial to understand and/or predict past and future soil organic
carbon dynamics. For those models aiming at prediction, validation is a critical step to gain …

Changes in organic carbon to clay ratios in different soils and land uses in England and Wales over time

JM Prout, KD Shepherd, SP McGrath, GJD Kirk… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Realistic targets for soil organic carbon (SOC) concentrations are needed, accounting for
differences between soils and land uses. We assess the use of SOC/clay ratio for this …

Reassessing the role of grazing lands in carbon-balance estimations: Meta-analysis and review

EF Viglizzo, MF Ricard, MA Taboada… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Assuming a steady state between carbon (C) gains and losses, greenhouse gases (GHG)
inventories that follow a widely used simplified procedure (IPCC Tier 1) tend to …

Feasibility of the 4 per 1000 aspirational target for soil carbon: A case study for France

MP Martin, B Dimassi, M Román Dobarco… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks is a promising way to mitigate the increase in
atmospheric CO2 concentration. Based on a simple ratio between CO2 anthropogenic …

Forest management and carbon sequestration in the Mediterranean region: A review

R Ruiz-Peinado, JAB Oviedo, EL Senespleda… - Forest …, 2017 - dialnet.unirioja.es
Aim of the study: To review and acknowledge the value of carbon sequestration by forest
management in the Mediterranean area. Material and methods: We review the main effects …

Relative importance of climate, soil and plant functional traits during the early decomposition stage of standardized litter

N Fanin, S Bezaud, JM Sarneel, S Cecchini, M Nicolas… - Ecosystems, 2020 - Springer
Climatic factors have long been considered predominant in controlling decomposition rates
at large spatial scales. However, recent research suggests that edaphic factors and plant …

Differences in Soil Physicochemical Properties in Different-Aged Pinus massoniana Plantations in Southwest China

X Yin, L Zhao, Q Fang, G Ding - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
With increasing age, plants will cause changes in soil physicochemical properties. The
objective of this study was to investigate differences in the soil physicochemical properties in …