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Articles | Volume 23, issue 20
Articles | Volume 23, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-7345-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-7345-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 23, issue 20
Research article
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21 Oct 2026
Research article |  | 21 Oct 2026

Eddy covariance diverges from inventory and model-based estimates of soil organic carbon stock change across five crop rotations in Belgian cropland

Quentin Beauclaire, Bernard Longdoz, Laura Delhez, Bruna Winck, Benjamin Loubet, Yue Zhou, Marmar Sabetizade, Neo Arquin, Nicolas Saby, and Bernard Heinesch

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We studied how soil organic carbon stocks changed over 21 years in a Belgian cropland by combining soil sampling, a soil carbon model, and measurements from a flux tower. The soil appeared mostly stable overall, but the flux-tower approach suggested much larger carbon losses than the other methods. Our results show that using several approaches together is important to better understand soil organic carbon changes and to identify farming practices that either build up or reduce soil carbon.
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