Drivers and spatial modelling of soil organic carbon in Argentinian subtropical forests: path towards sustainable management and climate mitigation
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests (TSMF) can constitute important carbon stocks essential for nature-based solutions (NBS) that contribute not only to global warming mitigation efforts but also to multiple human well-being objectives and biodiversity benefits. However, the carbon stoc...
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| author | Manrique, Silvana M. Gaitan, Juan José Balducci, Ezequiel Diego Speranza, Flavio Cesar Blundo, Cecilia Gasparri, Ignacio Zavala, Miguel A. Peri, Pablo Luis |
| author_browse | Balducci, Ezequiel Diego Blundo, Cecilia Gaitan, Juan José Gasparri, Ignacio Manrique, Silvana M. Peri, Pablo Luis Speranza, Flavio Cesar Zavala, Miguel A. |
| author_facet | Manrique, Silvana M. Gaitan, Juan José Balducci, Ezequiel Diego Speranza, Flavio Cesar Blundo, Cecilia Gasparri, Ignacio Zavala, Miguel A. Peri, Pablo Luis |
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| description | Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests (TSMF) can constitute important carbon stocks essential for nature-based solutions (NBS) that contribute not only to global warming mitigation efforts but also to multiple human well-being objectives and biodiversity benefits. However, the carbon stock potential of forest soils has not yet been sufficiently studied and valued, although at least a quarter of the world’s soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks have already been lost. The objectives of this work were: 1) to quantify the SOC stock in the existing TSMF in northwestern Argentina (called Yungas ecoregion); 2) to explore and identify the main drivers defining the SOC stock: 3) to model and map the SOC stock in the ecoregion. Subtropical rainforest soils in Argentina store about 298,090 Gg of SOC for an area of 35,409 km2. Converting forested areas to agriculture can reduce the SOC by up to 60 %. This reserve could be increased through active carbon sequestration mechanisms. Stand density, sand content and elevation are the main drivers of SOC in the ecoregion. Understanding how these factors influence the distribution of SOC can help assist to design more sustainable land-use practices, with the aim of promoting and preserving its SOC storage. The generated information and spatial models thus constitute a scientific basis for mitigation policies, where NBS could be fundamental implementation strategies with multiple co-benefits. |
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| spelling | INTA237452025-09-10T10:10:46Z Drivers and spatial modelling of soil organic carbon in Argentinian subtropical forests: path towards sustainable management and climate mitigation Manrique, Silvana M. Gaitan, Juan José Balducci, Ezequiel Diego Speranza, Flavio Cesar Blundo, Cecilia Gasparri, Ignacio Zavala, Miguel A. Peri, Pablo Luis Primary Forests Carbon Mitigation Biodiversity Deforestation Nature-based Solutions Soil Organic Carbon Bosques Primarios Carbono Mitigación Biodiversidad Deforestación Soluciones basadas en la Naturaleza Carbono Orgánico del Suelo Digital Model Native Forests Yungas Ecoregion Modelo Digital Bosque Nativo Ecoregión Yungas Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests (TSMF) can constitute important carbon stocks essential for nature-based solutions (NBS) that contribute not only to global warming mitigation efforts but also to multiple human well-being objectives and biodiversity benefits. However, the carbon stock potential of forest soils has not yet been sufficiently studied and valued, although at least a quarter of the world’s soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks have already been lost. The objectives of this work were: 1) to quantify the SOC stock in the existing TSMF in northwestern Argentina (called Yungas ecoregion); 2) to explore and identify the main drivers defining the SOC stock: 3) to model and map the SOC stock in the ecoregion. Subtropical rainforest soils in Argentina store about 298,090 Gg of SOC for an area of 35,409 km2. Converting forested areas to agriculture can reduce the SOC by up to 60 %. This reserve could be increased through active carbon sequestration mechanisms. Stand density, sand content and elevation are the main drivers of SOC in the ecoregion. Understanding how these factors influence the distribution of SOC can help assist to design more sustainable land-use practices, with the aim of promoting and preserving its SOC storage. The generated information and spatial models thus constitute a scientific basis for mitigation policies, where NBS could be fundamental implementation strategies with multiple co-benefits. EEA Yuto Fil: Manrique, Silvana M. Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de Geología, Geografía y Medio Ambiente; España Fil: Gaitan, Juan José. Universidad Nacional de Luján; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Balducci, Ezequiel Diego. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Yuto; Argentina. Fil: Speranza, Flavio Cesar. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Yuto; Argentina. Fil: Blundo, Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Fil: Blundo, Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Fil: Gasparri, Ignacio. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Fil: Gasparri, Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Fil: Zavala, Miguel A. Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida. Grupo de Restauración y Ecología Forestal (FORECO); España. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. 2025-09-10T09:57:05Z 2025-09-10T09:57:05Z 2025-12-01 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23745 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S037811272500636X Manrique S.M.; Gaitán J.; Balducci E.; Speranza F.; Blundo C.; Gasparri I.; Zavala M.A.; Peri P.L. (2025) Drivers and spatial modelling of soil organic carbon in Argentinian subtropical forests: path towards sustainable management and climate mitigation. Forest Ecology and Management 597: 123128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123128 0378-1127 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123128 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Forest Ecology and Management 597 : 123128. (December 2025) |
| spellingShingle | Primary Forests Carbon Mitigation Biodiversity Deforestation Nature-based Solutions Soil Organic Carbon Bosques Primarios Carbono Mitigación Biodiversidad Deforestación Soluciones basadas en la Naturaleza Carbono Orgánico del Suelo Digital Model Native Forests Yungas Ecoregion Modelo Digital Bosque Nativo Ecoregión Yungas Manrique, Silvana M. Gaitan, Juan José Balducci, Ezequiel Diego Speranza, Flavio Cesar Blundo, Cecilia Gasparri, Ignacio Zavala, Miguel A. Peri, Pablo Luis Drivers and spatial modelling of soil organic carbon in Argentinian subtropical forests: path towards sustainable management and climate mitigation |
| title | Drivers and spatial modelling of soil organic carbon in Argentinian subtropical forests: path towards sustainable management and climate mitigation |
| title_full | Drivers and spatial modelling of soil organic carbon in Argentinian subtropical forests: path towards sustainable management and climate mitigation |
| title_fullStr | Drivers and spatial modelling of soil organic carbon in Argentinian subtropical forests: path towards sustainable management and climate mitigation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Drivers and spatial modelling of soil organic carbon in Argentinian subtropical forests: path towards sustainable management and climate mitigation |
| title_short | Drivers and spatial modelling of soil organic carbon in Argentinian subtropical forests: path towards sustainable management and climate mitigation |
| title_sort | drivers and spatial modelling of soil organic carbon in argentinian subtropical forests path towards sustainable management and climate mitigation |
| topic | Primary Forests Carbon Mitigation Biodiversity Deforestation Nature-based Solutions Soil Organic Carbon Bosques Primarios Carbono Mitigación Biodiversidad Deforestación Soluciones basadas en la Naturaleza Carbono Orgánico del Suelo Digital Model Native Forests Yungas Ecoregion Modelo Digital Bosque Nativo Ecoregión Yungas |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23745 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S037811272500636X https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123128 |
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