European grassland‐based livestock production systems face the challenge of producing
more meat and milk to meet increasing world demands and to achieve this using fewer …

Humans are currently confronted by many global challenges. These include achieving food
security for a rapidly expanding population, lowering the risk of climate change by reducing …

Brazil has extensive forests and savannas on deep weathered soils and plays a key role in
the discussions about carbon sequestration, but the distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC) …

The soil is important in sequestering atmospheric CO2 and in emitting trace gases (eg CO2,
CH4 and N2O) that are radiatively active and enhance the 'greenhouse'effect. Land use …

Agroforestry systems are land use management systems in which trees are grown in
combination with crops or pasture in the same field. In silvoarable systems, trees are …

Estimation of carbon contents and stocks are important for carbon sequestration,
greenhouse gas emissions and national carbon balance inventories. For Denmark, we …

Soil organic matter (SOM) is a complex mixture, which influences a number of soil properties
and nutrient cycling, and is itself influenced in kind and amount by land-use, soil type …

When studying carbon (C) sequestration in soil, it is necessary to recognize the maximal
storage potential and the main influencing factors, including the climate, land use, and soil …

Temperate grasslands account for c. 20% of the land area in Europe. Carbon accumulation
in grassland ecosystems occurs mostly below ground and changes in soil organic carbon …

Soil scientists have developed the concept of soil quality (SQ) to describe the fitness of soils
to perform particular ecosystem functions (Karlen et al., 2001). SQ is usually defined as the …