Site-Specific Drivers of Land-Use Change Effects on Organic Carbon in German Agriculture and Forest Soils.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the extent to which land-use changes (LUC) impact soil organic carbon (SOC) is essential for accurate carbon accounting and global efforts aimed at reducing the negative impact of LUC on climate change. Recognizing that most of the SOC change due to LUC occurs in the topsoil, current efforts to quantify SOC change often overlook subsoils beyond 30 cm depth. We used data from Germany's national agricultural and forest soil inventories to address this sparsity by modeling depth-dependent, LUC-induced, SOC stock change down to 90 cm using data-driven reciprocal modeling. This modeling was carried out using an ensemble approach for prediction and area of applicability assessments to avoid extrapolation. Landscape, climate, and pedological properties were used to predict the equil

SUBMITTER: Emde D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12559880 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature