Modelling the impacts of different carbon sources on the soil organic carbon stock and CO 2  emissions in the Foggia province (Southern Italy)

Bleuler, Mira; Farina, Roberta; Francaviglia, Rosa; di Bene, Claudia; Napoli, Rosario; Marchetti, Alessandro

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2017.07.017

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Modelling the impacts of different carbon sources on the soil organic carbon stock and CO 2 emissions in the Foggia province (Southern Italy)
Authors:	Bleuler, Mira Farina, Roberta Francaviglia, Rosa di Bene, Claudia Napoli, Rosario Marchetti, Alessandro
DOI:	10.1016/j.agsy.2017.07.017
Published in:	Agricultural Systems
Volume(Issue):	157
Page(s):	258
Pages to:	268
Issue Date:	2017
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0308-521X
Language:	English
Subjects:	Soil organic carbon; Modelling; Regression krigging; Spatialization; Land management; Agriculture
Subject (DDC):	540: Chemistry 630: Agriculture
Abstract:	The effects of systematic compost addition or cover cropping throughout the agricultural land of the Foggia province (Southern Italy) on the soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks and the CO2-C emissions were predicted over a period of 20 years (1994-2013). Therefore, the bio-physical model RothC10N was used in combination with spatially explicit input data including soil types, soil textures, land use and climate. Actual crop successions and crop types on a grid with a resolution of 30-arc sec (1 km at the equator) were included in the input data. Compost application and cover cropping were not adopted as a general input to all soils and land use classes, but according to applicability in the particular cropping systems, therefore representing a realistic input scenario under given soil use practices in the area. The results of the modelling process were spatialized with regression kriging, using soil maps, land use maps and satellite images as co-variates. While the control scenario led to a SOC depletion of 0.81 Tg and a total CO2-C emission of 21.1 Tg over 20 years in the Foggia province, systematic compost addition could reduce the loss of SOC to 0.56 Tg C while slightly increasing CO2-C emissions to 21.6 of Tg C. Cover cropping led to an overall SOC accumulation of 0.61 Tg and cumulated CO2-C emissions of 24.6 of Tg. Cover cropping therefore represents the most promising tool for carbon sequestration in the Foggia province.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/1940
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License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)
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Bleuler, M., Farina, R., Francaviglia, R., di Bene, C., Napoli, R., & Marchetti, A. (2017). Modelling the impacts of different carbon sources on the soil organic carbon stock and CO 2 emissions in the Foggia province (Southern Italy). Agricultural Systems, 157, 258–268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2017.07.017

Bleuler, M. et al. (2017) ‘Modelling the impacts of different carbon sources on the soil organic carbon stock and CO 2 emissions in the Foggia province (Southern Italy)’, Agricultural Systems, 157, pp. 258–268. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2017.07.017.

M. Bleuler, R. Farina, R. Francaviglia, C. di Bene, R. Napoli, and A. Marchetti, “Modelling the impacts of different carbon sources on the soil organic carbon stock and CO 2 emissions in the Foggia province (Southern Italy),” Agricultural Systems, vol. 157, pp. 258–268, 2017, doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2017.07.017.

BLEULER, Mira, Roberta FARINA, Rosa FRANCAVIGLIA, Claudia DI BENE, Rosario NAPOLI und Alessandro MARCHETTI, 2017. Modelling the impacts of different carbon sources on the soil organic carbon stock and CO 2 emissions in the Foggia province (Southern Italy). Agricultural Systems. 2017. Bd. 157, S. 258–268. DOI 10.1016/j.agsy.2017.07.017

Bleuler, Mira, Roberta Farina, Rosa Francaviglia, Claudia di Bene, Rosario Napoli, and Alessandro Marchetti. 2017. “Modelling the Impacts of Different Carbon Sources on the Soil Organic Carbon Stock and CO 2 Emissions in the Foggia Province (Southern Italy).” Agricultural Systems 157: 258–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2017.07.017.

Bleuler, Mira, et al. “Modelling the Impacts of Different Carbon Sources on the Soil Organic Carbon Stock and CO 2 Emissions in the Foggia Province (Southern Italy).” Agricultural Systems, vol. 157, 2017, pp. 258–68, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2017.07.017.