Synergistic interplay of management practices and environmental factors in shaping grassland soil carbon stocks: Insights into the effects of fertilization, mowing, burning, and grazing

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/25:10500191 RIV/00216208:11690/25:10500191

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479725012125?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479725012125?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125236" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125236</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Synergistic interplay of management practices and environmental factors in shaping grassland soil carbon stocks: Insights into the effects of fertilization, mowing, burning, and grazing

Original language description

Grasslands, which account for over 40 % of the Earth's terrestrial area, play a vital role in mitigating global change and biodiversity loss. These ecosystems serve as critical carbon sinks, regulating the global carbon cycle and supporting diverse flora and fauna. However, their ability to sustain these functions is threatened by land use change and climate disruption. Current challenges revolve around understanding how key management practices such as grazing, mowing, burning, and fertilization, interact with environmental factors to influence grassland soil carbon stocks. This study presents a meta-analysis of the effects of these management practices and environmental factors, such as soil type, depth, texture, temperature, precipitation, and their synergistic interplay. It evaluates how management intensity, duration, and frequency interact with these environmental variables to influence soil carbon storage, providing valuable insights into optimizing grassland management for enhanced soil carbon stock and broader ecosystem stability. The findings reveal that grazing, particularly at high intensity, tends to reduce soil carbon stocks (-0.412, p < 0.001), with the most pronounced effects observed in shallow soils and temperate climates. Mowing also negatively affected carbon stock (-0.416, p = 0.013), especially when carried out frequently and over long durations. On the other hand, burning had mixed results with an overall positive effect (0.340, p = 0.078). Short-term burns promoted carbon accumulation, while frequent burning led to carbon loss. Fertilization, especially with nitrogen and phosphorus, proved beneficial for increasing soil carbon stocks (0.712, p < 0.001), particularly in nutrient-poor soils and semi-arid climates. This study introduces a systems-based approach to grassland management, providing a framework for optimizing carbon-focused strategies. By integrating the role of management practices, particularly their frequency, intensity, and duration, along with soil characteristics and climate, these findings provide actionable insights for policymakers, land managers, and researchers. They guide the development of sustainable management strategies that not only enhance soil carbon stocks but also support ecosystem health and resilience.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Environmental Management

ISSN

0301-4797

e-ISSN

1095-8630

Volume of the periodical

382

Issue of the periodical within the volume

May

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

25

Pages from-to

125236

UT code for WoS article

001473685800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105002578293