Land use and climate change impacts on soil organic carbon stocks in semi-arid Spain

Albaladejo, J.; Ortíz, R.; García-Franco, Noelia; Ruíz-Navarro, Antonio; Almagro, María; Pintado, Javier Garcia; Martínez-Mena, María

doi:10.1007/s11368-012-0617-7

Cited by 160 publications

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“…The reduction in the significance of climate, particularly temperature, with depth and an increase in the significance of parent material parallels results reported by Jobbágy and Jackson (2000), Albaladejo et al (2013), Wang et al (2014), andHobley et al (2015). Similarly, Wilson and Lonergan (2013) reported the declining influence of land use with depth.…”

Section: Influence Of Individual Factors Driving Soil Organic Carbon supporting

confidence: 79%

Factors Controlling Soil Organic Carbon Stocks with Depth in Eastern Australia

Gray

Bishop

Wilson

2015

Soil Science Society of America Journal

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PedologyUnderstanding the potential of soil to store soil organic carbon (SOC) is important for potential climate change mitigation strategies and assessing soil health issues. We examined the factors controlling SOC storage in eastern Australian soils and how these vary with depth. Models were developed using a set of readily interpreted covariates to represent key soil forming factors together with multiple linear regression (

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Section: Influence Of Individual Factors Driving Soil Organic Carbon supporting

confidence: 79%

Factors Controlling Soil Organic Carbon Stocks with Depth in Eastern Australia

Gray

Bishop

Wilson

2015

Soil Science Society of America Journal

121

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“…This time span may not be sufficient in arid or semi-arid areas in the Mediterranean region due to the poor soil conditions and slow soil dynamics under this climate. Hence, soil organic carbon stocks in a semi-arid area under a different land use may not differ significantly (Albaladejo et al, 2013).…”

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

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Aim of study: TTo review and acknowledge the value of carbon sequestration by forest management in the Mediterranean area. Material and methods:We review the main effects of forest management by comparing the effects of silvicultural systems (even-aged vs. uneven-aged stands, coppice systems, agroforestry systems), silvicultural options (thinning, rotation period, species composition), afforestation, harvesting, fire impact or effects of shrub layer on carbon sequestration in the Mediterranean area.Main results: We illustrate as forest management can clearly improve forest carbon sequestration amounts. We conclude that forest management is an effective way to maintain and enhance high carbon sequestration rates in order to cope with climate change and provision of ecosystem services. We also think that although much effort has been put into this topic research, there are still certain gaps that must be dealt with to increase our scientific knowledge and in turn transfer this knowledge to forest practitioners in order to achieve sustainable management aimed at mitigating climate change.Research highlights: It is important to underline the importance of forests in the carbon cycle as this role can be enhanced by forest managers through sustainable forest management. The effects of different management options or disturbances can be critical as regards mitigating climate change. Understanding the effects of forest management is even more important in the Mediterranean area, given that the current high climatic variability together with historical human exploitation and disturbance events make this area more vulnerable to the effects of climate change.Additional keywords: global carbon cycle; forest sink; forest mitigation strategies; carbon sequestration potential; climate change mitigation; Mediterranean forests.

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“…Conversion of croplands to grasslands has been elucidated as a successful approach for C sequestration (Chen et al, 2009). Albaladejo et al (2013) studied the effect of climate with regards to land use in southeastern Spain. These authors concluded that C sequestration in cropland through appropriate land management can be suitable when forestland is limited by bedrock surfaces.…”

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Identification of sensitive indicators to assess the interrelationship between soil quality, management practices and human health

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Bastida

et al. 2015

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Abstract. Soil quality (SQ) assessment has long been a challenging issue, since soils present high variability in properties and functions. This paper aims to increase the understanding of SQ through the review of SQ assessments in different scenarios providing evidence about the interrelationship between SQ, land use and human health. There is a general consensus that there is a need to develop methods to assess and monitor SQ for assuring sustainable land use with no prejudicial effects on human health. This review points out the importance of adopting indicators of different nature (physical, chemical and biological) to achieve a holistic image of SQ. Most authors use single indicators to assess SQ and its relationship with land uses -soil organic carbon and pH being the most used indicators. The use of nitrogen and nutrient content has resulted sensitive for agricultural and forest systems, together with physical properties such as texture, bulk density, available water and aggregate stability. These physical indicators have also been widely used to assess SQ after land use changes. The use of biological indicators is less generalized, with microbial biomass and enzyme activities being the most selected indicators. Although most authors assess SQ using independent indicators, it is preferable to combine some of them into models to create a soil quality index (SQI), since it provides integrated information about soil processes and functioning. The majority of revised articles used the same methodology to establish an SQI, based on scoring and weighting of different soil indicators, selected by means of multivariate analyses. The use of multiple linear regressions has been successfully used for forest land use. Urban soil quality has been poorly assessed, with a lack of adoption of SQIs. In addition, SQ assessments where human health indicators or exposure pathways are incorporated are practically inexistent. Thus, further efforts should be carried out to establish new methodologies to assess soil quality not only in terms of sustainability, productivity and ecosystem quality but also human health. Additionally, new challenges arise with the use and integration of stable isotopic, genomic, proteomic and spectroscopic data into SQIs.

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Land use and climate change impacts on soil organic carbon stocks in semi-arid Spain

Cited by 160 publications

References 49 publications

Factors Controlling Soil Organic Carbon Stocks with Depth in Eastern Australia

Factors Controlling Soil Organic Carbon Stocks with Depth in Eastern Australia

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

Identification of sensitive indicators to assess the interrelationship between soil quality, management practices and human health

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