Articles | Volume 9, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-89-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-89-2023
Original research article
 | Highlight paper
 | 
10 Feb 2023
Original research article | Highlight paper |  | 10 Feb 2023

Semantics about soil organic carbon storage: DATA4C+, a comprehensive thesaurus and classification of management practices in agriculture and forestry

Kenji Fujisaki, Tiphaine Chevallier, Antonio Bispo, Jean-Baptiste Laurent, François Thevenin, Lydie Chapuis-Lardy, Rémi Cardinael, Christine Le Bas, Vincent Freycon, Fabrice Bénédet, Vincent Blanfort, Michel Brossard, Marie Tella, and Julien Demenois

Related authors

Short-range-order minerals as powerful factors explaining deep soil organic carbon stock distribution: the case of a coffee agroforestry plantation on Andosols in Costa Rica
Tiphaine Chevallier, Kenji Fujisaki, Olivier Roupsard, Florian Guidat, Rintaro Kinoshita, Elias de Melo Viginio Filho, Peter Lehner, and Alain Albrecht
SOIL, 5, 315–332, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-315-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-315-2019, 2019
Short summary

Related subject area

Soils and biogeochemical cycling
An ensemble estimate of Australian soil organic carbon using machine learning and process-based modelling
Lingfei Wang, Gab Abramowitz, Ying-Ping Wang, Andy Pitman, and Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel
SOIL, 10, 619–636, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-619-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-619-2024, 2024
Short summary
What is the stability of additional organic carbon stored thanks to alternative cropping systems and organic waste product application? A multi-method evaluation
Tchodjowiè P. I. Kpemoua, Pierre Barré, Sabine Houot, François Baudin, Cédric Plessis, and Claire Chenu
SOIL, 10, 533–549, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-533-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-533-2024, 2024
Short summary
Improving measurements of microbial growth, death, and turnover by accounting for extracellular DNA in soils
Jörg Schnecker, Theresa Böckle, Julia Horak, Victoria Martin, Taru Sandén, and Heide Spiegel
SOIL, 10, 521–531, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-521-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-521-2024, 2024
Short summary
The influence of land use and management on the behaviour and persistence of soil organic carbon in a subtropical Ferralsol
Laura Hondroudakis, Peter M. Kopittke, Ram C. Dalal, Meghan Barnard, and Zhe H. Weng
SOIL, 10, 451–465, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-451-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-451-2024, 2024
Short summary
Dissolved carbon flow to particulate organic carbon enhances soil carbon sequestration
Qintana Si, Kangli Chen, Bin Wei, Yaowen Zhang, Xun Sun, and Junyi Liang
SOIL, 10, 441–450, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-441-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-441-2024, 2024
Short summary

Cited articles

Abdalla, M., Hastings, A., Chadwick, D. R., Jones, D. L., Evans, C. D., Jones, M. B., Rees, R. M., and Smith, P.: Critical review of the impacts of grazing intensity on soil organic carbon storage and other soil quality indicators in extensively managed grasslands, Agr. Ecosyst. Environ., 253, 62–81, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.10.023, 2018. 
Bai, X., Huang, Y., Ren, W., Coyne, M., Jacinthe, P.-A., Tao, B., Hui, D., Yang, J., and Matocha, C.: Responses of soil carbon sequestration to climate-smart agriculture practices: A meta-analysis, Glob. Change Biol., 25, 2591–2606, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14658, 2019. 
Batjes, N. H.: Technologically achievable soil organic carbon sequestration in world croplands and grasslands, Land Degrad. Dev., 30, 25–32, https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3209, 2019. 
Beillouin, D., Cardinael, R., Berre, D., Boyer, A., Corbeels, M., Fallot, A., Feder, F., and Demenois, J.: A global overview of studies about land management, land-use change, and climate change effects on soil organic carbon, Glob. Change Biol., 28, 1690-1702, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15998, 2022. 
Bernoux, M., Branca, G., Carro, A., Lipper, L., Smith, G., and Bockel, L.: Ex-ante greenhouse gas balance of agriculture and forestry development programs, Sci. Agr., 67, 31–40, https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-90162010000100005, 2010. 
Download
Executive editor
This paper describes the development of a thesaurus for land use/ management terms as they relate to soil organic carbon. The output of the work is an openly available database, DATA4C+, which can be accessed online and downloaded. Imprecise terminology does hinder the development of this field, this paper aims to improve consistency in the terms used to describe land management interventions.
Short summary
This paper presents a first comprehensive thesaurus for management practices driving soil organic carbon (SOC) storage. So far, a comprehensive thesaurus of management practices in agriculture and forestry has been lacking. It will help to merge datasets, a promising way to evaluate the impacts of management practices in agriculture and forestry on SOC. Identifying the drivers of SOC stock changes is of utmost importance to contribute to global challenges (climate change, food security).