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 …

Carbon myopia: The urgent need for integrated social, economic and environmental action in the livestock sector

MT Harrison, BR Cullen, DE Mayberry… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Livestock have long been integral to food production systems, often not by choice but by
need. While our knowledge of livestock greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigation has …

Effects of grazing on grassland soil carbon: a global review

ME McSherry, ME Ritchie - Global change biology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Soils of grasslands represent a large potential reservoir for storing CO 2, but this potential
likely depends on how grasslands are managed for large mammal grazing. Previous studies …

Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture

P Smith, D Martino, Z Cai, D Gwary… - … transactions of the …, 2008 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Agricultural lands occupy 37% of the earth's land surface. Agriculture accounts for 52 and
84% of global anthropogenic methane and nitrous oxide emissions. Agricultural soils may …

Grazing enhances belowground carbon allocation, microbial biomass, and soil carbon in a subtropical grassland

CH Wilson, MS Strickland, JA Hutchings… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the large contribution of rangeland and pasture to global soil organic carbon (SOC)
stocks, there is considerable uncertainty about the impact of large herbivore grazing on …

[HTML][HTML] Grazing management for soil carbon in Australia: a review

SE McDonald, W Badgery, S Clarendon, S Orgill… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The livestock industry accounts for a considerable proportion of agricultural greenhouse gas
emissions, and in response, the Australian red meat industry has committed to an …

Effects of grazing exclusion on carbon sequestration and plant diversity in grasslands of China—A meta-analysis

D **ong, P Shi, X Zhang, CB Zou - Ecological Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Widespread land degradation has strengthened the urgent need to restore overgrazing
grasslands. China has implemented the program 'Returning Grazing Land to …

Pathways of grazing effects on soil organic carbon and nitrogen

G Piñeiro, JM Paruelo, M Oesterheld… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2010 - Elsevier
Grazing modifies the structure and function of ecosystems, affecting soil organic carbon
(SOC) storage. Although grazing effects on some ecosystem attributes have been …

Overgrazing decreases soil organic carbon stocks the most under dry climates and low soil pH: A meta-analysis shows

P Dlamini, P Chivenge, V Chaplot - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Grasslands occupy about 40% of the world's land surface and store approximately 10% of
the global soil organic carbon (SOC) stock. This SOC pool, in which a larger proportion is …

Reconsidering integrated crop–livestock systems in North America

MP Russelle, MH Entz, AJ Franzluebbers - Agronomy journal, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Although integrated crop–livestock systems have been employed globally for millennia, in
the past century, farmers in North America have tended toward increased specialization …