The effects of land use on soil carbon stocks in the UK

Levy, Peter; Bentley, Laura; Danks, Peter; Emmett, Bridget; Garbutt, Angus; Heming, Stephen; Henrys, Peter; Keith, Aidan; Lebron, Inma; McNamara, Niall; Pywell, Richard; Redhead, John; Robinson, David; Wickenden, Alexander

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4301-2024

Articles | Volume 21, issue 19

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4301-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4301-2024

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The effects of land use on soil carbon stocks in the UK

Peter Levy, Laura Bentley, Peter Danks, Bridget Emmett, Angus Garbutt, Stephen Heming, Peter Henrys, Aidan Keith, Inma Lebron, Niall McNamara, Richard Pywell, John Redhead, David Robinson, and Alexander Wickenden

Data sets

Topsoil carbon concentration estimates from the Countryside Survey of Great Britain, 2007 using a generalized additive model A. R. C. Thomas et al. https://doi.org/10.5285/3aaa52d3-918a-4f95-b065-32f33e45d4f6

Topsoil Physico-Chemical Properties from the UKCEH Countryside Survey D. Robinson et al. https://doi.org/10.5285/aaada12b-0af0-44ba-8ffc-5e07f410f435

Topsoil Physico-Chemical Properties from the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme D. Robinson et al. https://doi.org/10.5285/0fa51dc6-1537-4ad6-9d06-e476c137ed09

Co-editor-in-chief

This study proposes revising the effect sizes of land use on SOC stock across the UK using a large dataset and a more robust analysis. It may serve as the basis for new reports of the nationwide land use emissions following the guidelines of the UNFCCC agreement. In addition, the study demonstrates the limitation of the space-for-time substitution assumption for estimating these effects.