Soil organic carbon

URI: https://soilwise-he.github.io/soil-health#SoilOrganicCarbon

Broaders

• soil organic matter

• soil properties

Exact match

• http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_389fe908

affects

air quality

affects

healthy soils

affects

water security

affects

biodiversity

affects

food security

affects

water quality

benefitsFrom

structural stability of soils

follows

land management changes

follows

SOC response to climatic changes

hasAbbreviation

SOC

includes

stabilisation

includes

mineralisation

includes

labile fraction of SOC

isAffectedBy

crop yield response

isAffectedBy

storage within soil aggregates

isAffectedBy

binding with soil minerals

isAffectedBy

chemical composition of SOC

isBeneficialFor

food security

isMeasuredBy

SOC content

isMeasuredBy

SOCIncrease

isProcessFor

soil and environmental conditions

measures

climate

measures

soil

measures

vegetation

source

Feller2012

source

LovelandWebb2003

source

Korschens2005

source

Stolte2016

related

soil nutrient status

related

SOC content

related

biochemical processes

scopeNote

A measurable proxy for Soil Organic Matter (SOM) due to the difficulty of measuring SOM directly.