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Lettens S, VAN Orshoven J, VAN Wesemael B, et al. Soil organic carbon changes in landscape units of Belgium between 1960 and 2000 with reference to 1990. Glob Chang Biol. 2005;11(12):2128-2140doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.001074.x.
Lettens, S., VAN Orshoven, J., VAN Wesemael, B., Muys, B., & Perrin, D. (2005). Soil organic carbon changes in landscape units of Belgium between 1960 and 2000 with reference to 1990. Global change biology, 11(12), 2128-2140. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.001074.x
Lettens, Suzanna, et al. "Soil organic carbon changes in landscape units of Belgium between 1960 and 2000 with reference to 1990." Global change biology vol. 11,12 (2005): 2128-2140. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.001074.x
Lettens S, VAN Orshoven J, VAN Wesemael B, Muys B, Perrin D. Soil organic carbon changes in landscape units of Belgium between 1960 and 2000 with reference to 1990. Glob Chang Biol. 2005 Dec;11(12):2128-2140. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.001074.x. PMID: 34991277.
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Glob Chang Biol. 2005 Dec;11(12):2128-2140. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.001074.x.

Soil organic carbon changes in landscape units of Belgium between 1960 and 2000 with reference to 1990.

Global change biology

Suzanna Lettens, Jos VAN Orshoven, Bas VAN Wesemael, Bart Muys, Dominique Perrin

Affiliations

  1. Department of Land Management, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Vital Decosterstraat 102, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
  2. Department of Geography, Université Catholique de Louvain, Place Louis Pasteur 3, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
  3. Plant Biology Unit, Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques, Passage des Déportés 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium.

PMID: 34991277 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.001074.x

Abstract

The present study quantifies changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in Belgium between 1960, 1990 and 2000 for 289 spatially explicit land units with unique soil association and land-use type, termed landscape units (LSU). The SOC stocks are derived from multiple nonstandardized sets of field measurements up to a depth of 30 cm. Approximately half of the LSU show an increase in SOC between 1960 and 2000. The significant increases occur mainly in soils of grassland LSU in northern Belgium. Significant decreases are observed on loamy cropland soils. Although the largest SOC gains are observed for LSU under forest (22 t C ha

Keywords: Belgium; change; inventory; land use; soil organic carbon; stocks

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