Potential impacts of climate change on the productivity and soil carbon stocks of managed grasslands.

ABSTRACT: Rain-fed pastoral systems are tightly connected to meteorological conditions. It is, therefore, likely that climate change, including changing atmospheric CO2 concentration, temperature, precipitation and patterns of climate extremes, will greatly affect pastoral systems. However, exact impacts on the productivity and carbon dynamics of these systems are still poorly understood, particularly over longtime scales. The present study assesses the potential effects of future climatic conditions on productivity and soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks of mowed and rotationally grazed grasslands in France. We used the CenW ecosystem model to simulate carbon, water, and nitrogen cycles in response to changes in environmental drivers and management practices. We first evaluated model responses to indi

SUBMITTER: Puche NJB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10085015 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature