Adopting soil organic carbon management practices in soils of varying quality: Implications and perspectives in Europe

摘要: Soil organic carbon (SOC) content can greatly affect soil quality by determining and maintaining important physical conditions, properties functions. Management practices that maintain or enhance SOC may favour the capacity of soils to sequester further carbon. Nevertheless, effectiveness these measures depends upon both characteristics current content. This study defines an indicator potential stability (n-potential) allowing most effective in terms store be selected. By relating clay content, n-potential indicates “potential” presence non-complexed (NCC) soils, enabling its (C) inferred. In this work, we classify European regions based on five categories (i.e. >20; 15–20; 10–15; 5–10; <5). information provided specific texture analysed priority actions protecting existing promoting aggregate formation) should adopted are identified. Our findings show selection appropriate management contribute improving carbon. The contributes understanding consequences arising from implementation practices. This guide development policies application such practices, help farmers select increasing stability.