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Considering the influence of sequestration duration and carbon saturation on estimates of soil carbon capacity
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“However, eventually a new equilibrium will be reached (West and Six 2007), which will be affected by the initial organic matter content of the soil as well as the management change (Jensen et al. 2022b).”
From Cover crops and optimal N management reduce nitrate leaching to background levels in grass-clover–barley rotations on sandy soil (2026) · cites this paper as West and Six 2007
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“Further, results presented by Cotrufo et al. (2019) and others (West and Six, 2007;Jagadamma et al., 2014;Nicoloso et al., 2018) lead us to question the certainty of soil C saturation in grassland soils.”
From Ecosystem Impacts and Productive Capacity of a Multi-Species Pastured Livestock System (2020) · cites this paper as West and Six, 2007
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“soil C loss (typically 0.5 to >2 Mg C ha -1 yr -1 ) following land conversion to cropland has been extensively documented 13,14”
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“accordingly, native ecosystems usually support significantly higher soil C stocks than their agricultural counterparts”
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Metadata
- Authors
- West, T. O., & Six, J.
- Affiliations
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Corresponding author
- West, Tristram O.
- Venue
- Climatic Change
- Published
- 2006-12-21
- Volume
- 80
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 25-41
- ISSN
- 0165-0009 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-1480
- OpenAlex
- W2013721288
- Cited by
- 360
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2026: 22 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 27 · 2012: 17
- FWCI
- 12.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Climatic Change (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Office of Science
- National Energy Technology Laboratory
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Management and Crop Yield
- Keywords
- soil carbon sequestration, soil carbon saturation, no-tillage, grassland management, cropland management, land management change, carbon sequestration rate
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