Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Topsoil Organic Carbon Concentration in Drylands Have Similar Effects at Regional and Global Scales

Drylands contain 25% of the world’s soil organic carbon (SOC), which is controlled by many factors, both abiotic and biotic. Thus, understanding how these factors control SOC concentration can help to design more sustainable land-use practices in drylands aiming to foster and preserve SOC storage,...

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Autores principales: Gaitan, Juan Jose, Maestre, Fernando Tomás, Bran, Donaldo Eduardo, Buono, Gustavo Gabriel, Dougill, Andrew J., Garcia Martinez, Guillermo Carlos, Ferrante, Daniela, Guuroh, Reginald Tang, Linstadter, Anja, Massara Paletto, Virginia, Thomas, Andrew David, Oliva, Gabriel Esteban
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/6523
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-019-00348-y
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00348-y
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author Gaitan, Juan Jose
Maestre, Fernando Tomás
Bran, Donaldo Eduardo
Buono, Gustavo Gabriel
Dougill, Andrew J.
Garcia Martinez, Guillermo Carlos
Ferrante, Daniela
Guuroh, Reginald Tang
Linstadter, Anja
Massara Paletto, Virginia
Thomas, Andrew David
Oliva, Gabriel Esteban
author_browse Bran, Donaldo Eduardo
Buono, Gustavo Gabriel
Dougill, Andrew J.
Ferrante, Daniela
Gaitan, Juan Jose
Garcia Martinez, Guillermo Carlos
Guuroh, Reginald Tang
Linstadter, Anja
Maestre, Fernando Tomás
Massara Paletto, Virginia
Oliva, Gabriel Esteban
Thomas, Andrew David
author_facet Gaitan, Juan Jose
Maestre, Fernando Tomás
Bran, Donaldo Eduardo
Buono, Gustavo Gabriel
Dougill, Andrew J.
Garcia Martinez, Guillermo Carlos
Ferrante, Daniela
Guuroh, Reginald Tang
Linstadter, Anja
Massara Paletto, Virginia
Thomas, Andrew David
Oliva, Gabriel Esteban
author_sort Gaitan, Juan Jose
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description Drylands contain 25% of the world’s soil organic carbon (SOC), which is controlled by many factors, both abiotic and biotic. Thus, understanding how these factors control SOC concentration can help to design more sustainable land-use practices in drylands aiming to foster and preserve SOC storage, something particularly important to fight ongoing global warming. We use two independent, largescale databases with contrasting geographic coverage (236 sites in global drylands and 185 sites in Patagonia, Argentina) to evaluate the relative importance of abiotic (precipitation, temperature and soil texture) and biotic (primary productivity) factors as drivers of SOC concentration in drylands at global and regional scales. We found that biotic and abiotic factors had similar effects on SOC concentration across regional and global scales: Maximum temperature and sand content had negative effects, while precipitation and plant productivity exerted positive effects. Our findings provide empirical evidence that increases in temperature and reductions in rainfall, as forecasted by climatic models in many drylands worldwide, promote declines in SOC both directly and indirectly via the reduction in plant productivity. This has important implications for the conservation of drylands under climate change; land management should seek to enhance plant productivity as a tool to offset the negative impact of climate change on SOC storage and on associated ecosystem services.
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spelling INTA65232019-12-16T16:59:43Z Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Topsoil Organic Carbon Concentration in Drylands Have Similar Effects at Regional and Global Scales Gaitan, Juan Jose Maestre, Fernando Tomás Bran, Donaldo Eduardo Buono, Gustavo Gabriel Dougill, Andrew J. Garcia Martinez, Guillermo Carlos Ferrante, Daniela Guuroh, Reginald Tang Linstadter, Anja Massara Paletto, Virginia Thomas, Andrew David Oliva, Gabriel Esteban Suelo Desertificación Cambio Climático Suelo Semiárido Carbono Orgánico del Suelo Soil Desertification Climate Change Semiarid Soils Soil Organic Carbon Región Patagónica Estepa SOC Drylands contain 25% of the world’s soil organic carbon (SOC), which is controlled by many factors, both abiotic and biotic. Thus, understanding how these factors control SOC concentration can help to design more sustainable land-use practices in drylands aiming to foster and preserve SOC storage, something particularly important to fight ongoing global warming. We use two independent, largescale databases with contrasting geographic coverage (236 sites in global drylands and 185 sites in Patagonia, Argentina) to evaluate the relative importance of abiotic (precipitation, temperature and soil texture) and biotic (primary productivity) factors as drivers of SOC concentration in drylands at global and regional scales. We found that biotic and abiotic factors had similar effects on SOC concentration across regional and global scales: Maximum temperature and sand content had negative effects, while precipitation and plant productivity exerted positive effects. Our findings provide empirical evidence that increases in temperature and reductions in rainfall, as forecasted by climatic models in many drylands worldwide, promote declines in SOC both directly and indirectly via the reduction in plant productivity. This has important implications for the conservation of drylands under climate change; land management should seek to enhance plant productivity as a tool to offset the negative impact of climate change on SOC storage and on associated ecosystem services. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche Fil: Gaitan, Juan Jose. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Suelos; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Luján. Departamento de Tecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Maestre, Fernando T. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología. Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica; España Fil: Bran, Donaldo Eduardo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Buono, Gustavo Gabriel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Chubut; Argentina Fil: Dougill, Andrew J. University of Leeds. School of Earth and Environment; Reino Unido Fil: Garcia Martinez, Guillermo Carlos. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Esquel; Argentina Fil: Ferrante, Daniela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina Fil: Guuroh, Reginald Tang. CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana; Ghana Fil: Linstadter, Anja. University of Cologne. Botanical Institute; Alemania Fil: Massara Paletto, Virginia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Chubut; Argentina Fil: Thomas, Andrew David. Aberystwyth University. Department of Geography and Earth Sciences; Reino Unido Fil: Oliva, Gabriel Esteban. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina 2019-12-16T16:46:02Z 2019-12-16T16:46:02Z 2019-11 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/6523 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-019-00348-y 1432-9840 1435-0629 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00348-y eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Springer Ecosystems 22 (7) : 1445-1456 (Noviembre 2019)
spellingShingle Suelo
Desertificación
Cambio Climático
Suelo Semiárido
Carbono Orgánico del Suelo
Soil
Desertification
Climate Change
Semiarid Soils
Soil Organic Carbon
Región Patagónica
Estepa
SOC
Gaitan, Juan Jose
Maestre, Fernando Tomás
Bran, Donaldo Eduardo
Buono, Gustavo Gabriel
Dougill, Andrew J.
Garcia Martinez, Guillermo Carlos
Ferrante, Daniela
Guuroh, Reginald Tang
Linstadter, Anja
Massara Paletto, Virginia
Thomas, Andrew David
Oliva, Gabriel Esteban
Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Topsoil Organic Carbon Concentration in Drylands Have Similar Effects at Regional and Global Scales
title Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Topsoil Organic Carbon Concentration in Drylands Have Similar Effects at Regional and Global Scales
title_full Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Topsoil Organic Carbon Concentration in Drylands Have Similar Effects at Regional and Global Scales
title_fullStr Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Topsoil Organic Carbon Concentration in Drylands Have Similar Effects at Regional and Global Scales
title_full_unstemmed Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Topsoil Organic Carbon Concentration in Drylands Have Similar Effects at Regional and Global Scales
title_short Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Topsoil Organic Carbon Concentration in Drylands Have Similar Effects at Regional and Global Scales
title_sort biotic and abiotic drivers of topsoil organic carbon concentration in drylands have similar effects at regional and global scales
topic Suelo
Desertificación
Cambio Climático
Suelo Semiárido
Carbono Orgánico del Suelo
Soil
Desertification
Climate Change
Semiarid Soils
Soil Organic Carbon
Región Patagónica
Estepa
SOC
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/6523
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-019-00348-y
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00348-y
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