Callesen, I. et al. Soil carbon stores in Nordic well-drained forest soils-relationships with climate and texture class.
The sites were comparable in terms of climate, soil texture and land-use history, but differed in the duration of agricultural abandonment, covering 1, 7, 12, 17 and 42 years of self-restoration.
Here, we examined climate and soil texture controls of rainfed agriculture suitability in temperate drylands.
However it has been difficult to interpret different land-use contributions to carbon pools owing to confounding factors related to climate, topography, soil texture and other original soil properties.
For the chronosequential approach of this study, sites different in self-restoration time but comparable in soil texture, climate, and land-use history were selected.
Sparse vegetation of arid climate causes finer textures than those developed on similar rocks in a humid climate.
Large land areas are required, however, and the feasibility of this kind of treatment may be limited further by soil texture and climate.
The model takes into account the spatial and temporal variability of the driving variables, which include vegetation type, total soil organic carbon, soil texture, and climate paramters.
Recreational uses of unsurfaced trails inevitably result in their degradation, with the type and extent of resource impact influenced by factors such as soil texture, topography, climate, trail design and maintenance, and type and amount of use.
Organisms in shrub-steppe habitats respond to a variety of factors including soil texture and climate variability.
