A review of soil carbon change in New Zealand's grazed grasslands

LA Schipper, PL Mudge, MUF Kirschbaum… - New Zealand Journal …, 2017‏ - Taylor & Francis
Soil organic matter is a potential sink of atmospheric carbon (C) and critical for maintaining
soil quality. We reviewed New Zealand studies of soil C changes after conversion from …

Long‐term irrigation effects on soil organic matter under temperate grazed pasture

LM Condron, DW Hopkins… - European Journal of …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Irrigation of grazed pasture significantly increases plant and animal production, which may
in turn increase soil organic carbon (SOC), depending on the balance between primary …

Effects of temperature and grazing on soil organic carbon storage in grasslands along the Eurasian steppe eastern transect

Y Zhao, Y Ding, X Hou, FY Li, W Han, X Yun - PLoS One, 2017‏ - journals.plos.org
Soil represents the largest terrestrial organic carbon pool. To address global climate
change, it is essential to explore the soil organic carbon storage patterns and their …

Increased uncertainty in soil carbon stock measurement with spatial scale and sampling profile depth in world grasslands: A systematic analysis

É Maillard, BG McConkey, DA Angers - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
There is an important need to better understand how the soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks
affect the global atmospheric C balance. Grasslands represent 40% of the earth's land …

[PDF][PDF] Climate regulation in New Zealand: Contribution of natural and managed ecosystems

AGE Ausseil, MUF Kirschbaum, RM Andrew… - Ecosystem services in …, 2013‏ - Citeseer
This chapter reviews all stocks and fluxes of carbon in New Zealand, and reviews
biophysical regulation through surface albedo. The terrestrial environment provides a …

Mechanism and evolution of soil organic carbon coupling with rocky desertification in south China karst

X Wang, X Huang, K **ong, J Hu, Z Zhang, J Zhang - Forests, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
To study the spatial distribution characteristics of soil organic carbon (SOC) coupled with
rocky desertification, 1212 soil samples from 152 soil profiles were sampled from different …

Variation in matric potential at field capacity in stony soils of fluvial and alluvial fans

BB Robertson, PC Almond, ST Carrick, V Penny… - Geoderma, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Field capacity of soil is fundamental for many agronomic management decisions, as well as
for hydrological and environmental models. Around the world, field capacity is assumed to …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of rock fragments on field capacity water content in stony soils from hard sandstone alluvium

BB Robertson, PC Almond, ST Carrick, V Penny… - Geoderma, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Worldwide, rock fragments (RFs) are generally considered inert with respect to bulk soil
hydraulic properties, such that all soil water retention properties predicted by national …

Development and calibration of a soil carbon inventory model for New Zealand

SJE McNeill, N Golubiewski, J Barringer - Soil Research, 2014‏ - CSIRO Publishing
A soil organic carbon (SOC) and SOC change model for New Zealand is developed for use
in national SOC inventory reporting. The foundation for the model is a generalised least …

Impacts of irrigation on soil C and N stocks in grazed grasslands depends on aridity and irrigation duration

PL Mudge, J Millar, J Pronger, A Roulston, V Penny… - Geoderma, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Irrigation has been used for millennia to increase the quantity and reliability of food and fibre
production in areas where lack of precipitation limits plant growth. Despite the importance of …