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Managing soil carbon for climate change mitigation and adaptation in Mediterranean cropping systems: A meta-analysis

Aguilera, Eduardo, Lassaletta, Luis, Gattinger, Andreas, Gimeno, Benjamín S.·2013·Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

Abstract

Mediterranean croplands are seasonally dry agroecosystems with low soil organic carbon (SOC) content and high risk of land degradation and desertification. The increase in SOC is of special interest in these systems, as it can help to build resilience for climate change adaptation while contributing to mitigate global warming through the sequestration of atmospheric carbon (C). We compared SOC change and C sequestration under a number of recommended management practices (RMPs) with neighboring conventional plots under Mediterranean climate (174 data sets from 79 references). The highest response in C sequestration was achieved by those practices applying largest amounts of C inputs (land treatment and organic amendments). Conservation tillage practices (no-tillage and reduced tillage) induced lower effect sizes but significantly promoted C sequestration, whereas no effect and negative net sequestration rates were observed for slurry applications and unfertilized treatments, respectively. Practices combining external organic amendments with cover crops or conservation tillage (combined management practices and organic management) showed very good performance in C sequestration. We studied separately the changes in SOC under organic management, with 80 data sets from 30 references. The results also suggest that the degree of intensification in C input rate is the main driver behind the relative C accumulation in organic treatments. Thus, highest net C sequestration rates were observed in most eco-intensive groups, such as “irrigated”, “horticulture” and controlled experiments (“plot scale”).

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  • More key information such as soil depth and management is not always reported in studies.

    “The available data are not only largely heterogeneous; in the light of our results, it becomes clear that more key information such as soil depth and management, which unfortunately are not always reported in studies (Aguilera et al., 2013).”

    From Changes in soil organic carbon under perennial crops (2020) · cites this paper as Aguilera et al., 2013

  • Large variability among studies dealing with perennials has been observed in previous studies.

    “Large variability among studies dealing with perennials has also been observed in previous studies (Aguilera et al., 2013;Vicente-Vicente et al., 2016).”

    From Changes in soil organic carbon under perennial crops (2020) · cites this paper as Aguilera et al., 2013

  • Soil of some woody cropping systems is kept permanently bare, and if so, it reduces SOC even in no-till treatments.

    “However, the soil of some woody cropping systems is kept permanently bare, and if this is the case, it reduces SOC even in no-till treatments (Aguilera et al., 2013).”

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Authors
Aguilera, E., Lassaletta, L., Gattinger, A., & Gimeno, B. S.
Affiliations
  • Universidad Pablo de Olavide (ES)
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
  • Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau (CH)
  • Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (ES)
Corresponding author
Aguilera, Eduardo
Venue
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-03
Volume
168
Pages
25-36
ISSN
0167-8809 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2000804079
Cited by
482
References
94
Citations by year
2026: 28 · 2025: 41 · 2024: 42 · 2023: 49 · 2022: 63 · 2021: 54 · 2020: 43 · 2019: 45 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 24 · 2016: 36 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 3
FWCI
3.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment (publishedVersion)
  • Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture) (acceptedVersion)
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 organic carbon, soil carbon sequestration, Mediterranean cropping systems, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, conservation tillage, no-tillage, reduced tillage, organic amendments, cover crops, land treatment, slurry application, land degradation, desertification

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