Articles | Volume 5, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-367-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-367-2019
Original research article
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17 Dec 2019
Original research article |  | 17 Dec 2019

Evaluating the effects of soil erosion and productivity decline on soil carbon dynamics using a model-based approach

Samuel Bouchoms, Zhengang Wang, Veerle Vanacker, and Kristof Van Oost

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Soil erosion has detrimental effects on soil fertility which can reduce carbon inputs coming from crops to soils. Our study integrated this effect into a model linking soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics to erosion and crop productivity. When compared to observations, the inclusion of productivity improved SOC loss predictions. Over centuries, ignoring crop productivity evolution in models could result in underestimating SOC loss and overestimating C exchanged with the atmosphere.
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