Ruminating on soil carbon: Applying current understanding to inform grazing management

PL Stanley, C Wilson, E Patterson… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Among options for atmospheric CO2 removal, sequestering soil organic carbon (SOC) via
improved grazing management is a rare opportunity because it is scalable across millions of …

The effect of grazing management and legumes on soil organic carbon stocks in pastoral systems relevant to the Australian Carbon Credit Unit Scheme: a critical …

A Debney, LL de Bruyn - Soil Research, 2024 - CSIRO Publishing
Soil carbon dynamics and the potential of management to influence its sequestration and
storage is receiving global recognition. The Australian federal government's emissions …

[HTML][HTML] Tensions between private and public benefit associated with carbon farming

M Pham-Kieu, S Ives, W Badgery… - Sustainable Production …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Theory posits that land use sustainability could be improved through
implementation of management regimes that balance land manager aspirations on the one …

Compositional and functional analysis of the bacterial community of Mediterranean Leptosols under livestock grazing

M Sánchez-Marañón, R Ortega… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The composition and functioning of soil bacterial communities, as well as their responses to
multiple perturbations, are not well understood in the terrestrial ecosystems. Our study …

Seasonal Grazing Does Not Significantly Alter the Particle Structure and Pore Characteristics of Grassland Soil

J Yang, R Zhang, R Cao, S Dong, T Baoyin, T Zhao - Land, 2024 - mdpi.com
Seasonal grazing is a recognized and sustainable approach to livestock management, but
there is still a lack of comprehensive research on its impact on soil structure. This study …

A systematic approach to soil carbon inventory on rangelands

SW Salley, JR Brown - The Rangeland Journal, 2024 - CSIRO Publishing
Significant and lasting soil carbon change in rangeland ecosystems requires ecological
state change. Although within-ecological state, soil carbon dynamics can occur, they are …

Application of Soil Multiparametric Indices to Assess Impacts of Grazing in Mediterranean Forests

PCM Isabel, GS Francisco, WB Consolación… - Land, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this study, the effects of different stocking rates were quantified in three study areas in a
Mediterranean forest (Cuenca, Spain) by applying a multiparametric soil quality index (SQI) …

Accumulation of organic carbon was limited to the surface of a duplex soil in the mixed farming zone of south-eastern Australia

MK Conyers, GD Li, GJ Poile, A Oates… - Crop and Pasture …, 2024 - CSIRO Publishing
Context The goal of increasing sequestration of carbon (C) in soil assumes that
management factors can be as influential as intrinsic factors such as climate and parent …

Application of a Soil Quality Index (SQI) to Assess Impacts on Stocking Rate Variations in Mediterranean Forests

MI Picazo-Córdoba, F García-Saucedo… - 2024 - preprints.org
Quantifying different stocking rates effects in three study areas placed at Mediterranean
forest (Cuenca, Spain) was conducted by applying a multiparametric soil quality index, SQI …

Soil Carbon, Conservation Practices, and Modeled Greenhouse Gas Emissions on an Oregon Sheep and Beef Ranch

SW Valliere - 2024 - ir.library.oregonstate.edu
A soil carbon monitoring program was designed for a livestock ranch with 13,080 hectares
(32,323 acres) of crop and grazing lands in eastern Oregon. Soil carbon, nitrogen, and …