Anna Edlinger, Gina Garland, Samiran Banerjee, Florine Degrune, Pablo García-Palacios, Chantal Herzog, David Sánchez Pescador, Sana Romdhane, Masahiro Ryo, Aurélien Saghaï, Sara Hallin, Fernando T Maestre, Laurent Philippot, Matthias C Rillig, Marcel G A van der Heijden
Organic carbon and aggregate stability are key features of soil quality and important to consider when evaluating the potential of agricultural soils as carbon sinks. However, we lack a comprehensive understanding of how soil organic carbon (SOC) and aggregate stability respond to agricultural management across wide environmental gradients. Here we assessed the impact of climatic factors, soil properties and agricultural management (including land use, crop cover, crop diversity, organic fertilization and management intensity) on SOC and the mean weight diameter of soil aggregates, commonly used as indicator for soil aggregate stability, across a 3,000 km European gradient...
March 10, 2023: Global Change Biology