Soil carbon stock in olive groves agroforestry systems under different management and soil characteristics

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dc.contributor.authorBateni, Camilla
dc.contributor.authorVentura, Maurizio
dc.contributor.authorTonon, Giustino
dc.contributor.authorPisanelli, Andrea
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-31T23:22:41Z
dc.date.available2023-01-31T23:22:41Z
dc.date.issued2021-06
dc.description© The Author(s) 2019. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . The Version of Scholarly Record of this Article is published in Agroforestry Systems, 2021, available online at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10457-019-00367-7 . Keywords: czarbon storage; silvopastoral; olive pomace; Mediterranean; Italy.
dc.description.abstractThe atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased to unprecedented levels during last decades, raising concerns about their effect on climate change. Agriculture and land use change play an important role in atmospheric CO2 emission and fixation, especially by affecting the soil carbon (C) storage. In this context, agroforestry systems (AFSs) could play an important role contributing to climate change mitigation. Given the importance of olive cultivation in the Mediterranean region, it is important to investigate soil C stock in olive groves, and to assess which agronomic practices could improve the soil C stock in these systems. For this reason, a study was conducted in different olive groves, including conventional and organic management, and a typical silvopastoral AFS. Furthermore, an abandoned olive grove and nearby forest were examined as a comparison. Soil samples were collected in each farm and analysed for C content and physico-chemical characteristics. This study indicates that, irrespective of the management, olive groves in the Umbria region of Italy are characterised by a high level of soil C stock if compared to those growing in other areas and to forest ecosystems, indicating that the practices adopted in the area are not negatively affecting soil C storage. A slightly lower soil C stock was measured in the silvopastoral AFS in comparison to the other farms, while high soil C stock was associated with the use of pomace, suggesting that this practice can be used to further increase soil C stock in olive orchards.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was conducted as part of the SustainFARM Project. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, Grant Agreement No. 652615, under the frame of FACCE SURPLUS (Sustainable and Resilient agriculture for food and non-food systems). Furthermore, this work has been supported by the Open Access Publishing Fund of the Free University of Bolzano. We thank the farmers for all the information provided about the management practices used in their farms; Pierluigi Paris, Marco Lauteri and the other CNR collaborators, as well as the interns of Unibz Joel de Happy Towoua and Lorenzo Panizzon for the help provided during soil samples collection, management and preparation and Prof. Michael Bahn from Univeristy of Innsbruck for the advice provided during the paper preparation.
dc.identifier.citationBateni, C., Ventura, M., Tonon, G., & Pisanelli, A. (2021). Soil carbon stock in olive groves agroforestry systems under different management and soil characteristics. Agroforestry Systems, 95, 951–961. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-019-00367-7
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-019-00367-7
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14096/229
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.titleSoil carbon stock in olive groves agroforestry systems under different management and soil characteristics
dc.typeArticle

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