Simulation-based assessment of the soil organic carbon sequestration in grasslands in relation to management and climate change scenarios.

ABSTRACT: Soil organic carbon (SOC) is crucial for the quality and productivity of terrestrial ecosystems and its sequestration plays an important role in mitigating climate change. Understanding the effects of agricultural management under future climate on the SOC balance helps decision making in environmental policies. Thereby, grasslands will play a key role, since future climate change may prolong the vegetation period. We used 24 representative grassland sites in Germany to assess the SOC balance obtained from the CANDY model in relation to ten management regimes, 18 future climate change scenarios and different soil types. Simulations were conducted over a period of 110 years. For most of the selected grassland sites an increase in both air temperature and precipitation was observed in the fu

SUBMITTER: Filipiak M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10333473 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature