Changes in soil organic carbon and climate change – Application of the RothC model in agro-silvo-pastoral Mediterranean systems

Rosa Francaviglia, Kevin Coleman, Andrew P. Whitmore, Luca Doro, Giulia Urracci, Mariateresa Rubino and Luigi Ledda

Agricultural Systems, 2012, vol. 112, issue C, 48-54

Abstract: Due to the complexity of soil organic carbon (SOC), models have proved very useful in helping to improve our understanding of the soil–plant–atmosphere system. In this study we used the Rothamsted carbon model (RothC), which considers the effect of climate (temperature, rainfall and evaporation), soil texture (clay content) and crop management on the decomposition processes, to predict changes in SOC under different land uses and the different climate that may occur in the future.

Keywords: C sequestration; CO2 emissions; Climate change; Emission scenarios; Land use; RothC (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.07.001

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