Francaviglia, R. and Coleman, K. and Whitmore, A. P. and et al, . (2012) Changes in soil organic carbon and climate change – Application of the RothC model in agro-silvo-pastoral Mediterranean systems. Agricultural Systems, 112. pp. 48-54.
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Due to the complexity of soil organic carbon (SOC), models have proved very useful in helping to improve our understanding of the soil–plant–atmosphere system. In this study we used the Rothamsted carbon model (RothC), which considers the effect of climate (temperature, rainfall and evaporation), soil texture (clay content) and crop management on the decomposition processes, to predict changes in SOC under different land uses and the different climate that may occur in the future. SOC turnover was evaluated in land uses under different levels of agricultural intensification. The agriculture of the study-area is mainly extensive and markedly agro-silvo-pastoral, and is typical of northeastern Sardinia (Italy) and similar areas of the Mediterranean basin. The following land uses were considered: vineyards, hay crops, pastures, semi-natural systems (formerly vineyards) and cork oak forests. Since the study-area is characterized by the same soil type (Haplic Endoleptic Cambisols, Dystric) derived from granitic rocks and potential native vegetation (Quercus suber L.), this was considered as the model baseline to study soil organic carbon dynamics. Climate change scenarios for 90 yr were generated from the baseline climate with two Global Climate Models: GISS (Goddard Institute of Space Studies, USA), and HadCM3 (Met Office, Hadley Centre, UK), for two of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emission scenarios (SRES A2 and B2).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | The research is part of the Italian research project ‘‘SOILSINK’’, Climate change and agro-forestry systems: impacts on soil carbon sink and microbial diversity, funded by the Integrated Special Fund for Research (FISR) of the Italian Ministry of University and Research. It used facilities funded by the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | C sequestration, CO2 emissions, Climate change, Emission scenarios, Land use, RothC. |
| Author Affiliation: | CRA, Centro di Ricerca per lo Studio delle Relazioni tra Pianta e Suolo, Via della Navicella 2-4, 00184 Rome, Italy |
| Subjects: | Soil Science and Microbiology > Soil Sciences |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Mr Siva Shankar |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Aug 2012 06:03 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2012 06:03 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2012.07.001 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/7129 |
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