Positive trends in organic carbon storage in Swedish agricultural soils due to unexpected socio-economic drivers

Poeplau, C.; Bolinder, M. A.; Eriksson, J.; Lundblad, M.; Kätterer, T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3241-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3241-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3241-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

Research article

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03 Jun 2015

Research article |

| 03 Jun 2015

Positive trends in organic carbon storage in Swedish agricultural soils due to unexpected socio-economic drivers

C. Poeplau, M. A. Bolinder, J. Eriksson, M. Lundblad, and T. Kätterer

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RC C568: 'manuscript', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Mar 2015
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RC C1928: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #3, 07 May 2015
- AC C2012: 'Response to Referee 3', Christopher Poeplau, 08 May 2015

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AR by Christopher Poeplau on behalf of the Authors (11 May 2015)

Short summary

Soil carbon dynamics of the past 2 decades in Swedish agricultural soils were assessed using three consecutive soil inventories. We found a significant increase in country-wide soil carbon concentrations, which is in contrast to trends reported in neighbouring countries. We explained this by a significant rise of the proportion of leys in Swedish agriculture, which was found to be strongly related to the increase in horse population. Human lifestyle can affect soil carbon.