Reading list

This page gives a selection of articles and book chapters which are relevant to the topics covered by this project.

Century modelling at the site scale:

Paustian, K., Parton, W.J. and Persson, J. (1992). Modelling soil organic matter in organic-amended and nitrogen-fertilized long term plots. Soil Science Society of America Journal, vol 56, no 2, pp 476-488. Soil Science Society of America.

Paustian, K., Collins, H.P. and Paul, E.A. (1997). Management controls on soil carbon. In Soil Organic Matter in Temperate Agroecosystems: Long term experiments in North America, chapter 2, pp 15-49. (Eds, Paustian, K., Elliot, E.T., Paul, E.A. and Cole, C.V.). CRC Press.

Vitousek, P.M., Turner, D.R., Parton, W.J., and Sanford, R.L. (1994). Litter decomposition on the Mauna Loa environmental matrix, Hawai’i: Patterns, mechanisms and models. Ecology 75 (2), pp 418-429. Ecological society of America.

Century modelling at the regional scale:

Parton, W.J., Scurlock, J.M.O., Ojima, D.S., Gilmanov, T.G., Scholes, R.J., Schimel, D.S., Kirchner, T., Menaut, J-C., Seastedt, T., Garcia Moya, E., Apinan Kamnalrut, and Kinyamario, J.I. (1993). Observations and modelling of biomass and soil organic matter dynamics for the grassland biome worldwide. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, vol 7, no 4, pp 785-809. American Geophysical Union.

Paustian, K., Elliot, E.T., and Killian, K. (1997). Modelling soil carbon in relation to management and climate change in some agroecosystems in central North America. In Soil processes and the carbon cycle, chapter 31, pp 459-471. (Eds. Lal, R., Kimble, J.M., Follett, R.F. and Stewart, B.A.)CRC Press.

RothC modelling at the site scale:

DS Jenkinson, NJ Bradbury & K Coleman 1994 *How the Rothamsted classical experiments have been used to develop and test models for the turnover of carbon and nitrogen in soil. In Long-term experiments in agricultural and ecological sciences 1994, eds RA Leigh & AE Johnston, 117-138

COLEMAN, K., BRADBURY, N.J. and JENKINSON, D.S. (1994) Calculating the input of inorganic matter to soil in three wooded sites. In: 7th International CIEC Symposium 'Agroforestry and Land Use Change in Industrialised Nations' proceedings, pp. 491-499. (Eds E. Welle, I. Szabolcs and R.F. Hettle) ISCF, Budapest.

Falloon P, Smith P, Coleman K, and Marshall S (1998) Estimating the size of the inert organic matter pool for use in the Rothamsted carbon model. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 30: 1207-1211.

Romanyá, J., Cortina, J., Falloon, P., Coleman, K. & Smith, P (2000) Modelling soil organic matter changes after planting fast growing Pinus radiata D. Don on Mediterranean agricultural soils. European Journal of Soil Science 51, 627-641.

Falloon P and Smith P (2002) Simulating SOC dynamics in long-term experiments with RothC and CENTURY: model evaluation for a regional scale application. Soil Use and Management 18, 101-111.

*Smith P, Falloon P, Coleman K, Smith JU, Piccolo M, Cerri CC, (1999). Modelling soil carbon dynamics in tropical ecosystems. In: Global Climate Change and Tropical Soils. (ed R. Lal, J.M. Kimble, R.F. Follett, & B.A. Stewart) Advances in Soil Science: 341-364.

COLEMAN, K. and JENKINSON, D.S. (1996) RothC-26.3- A Model for the turnover of carbon in soil. In: Evaluation of Soil Organic Matter Models Using Existing, Long-Term Datasets, pp. 237-246 (Eds. D.S. Powlson, P. Smith and J.U. Smith) NATO ASI Series I, Vol.38. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.

COLEMAN, K., JENKINSON, D.S., CROCKER, G.J., GRACE, P.R., KLIR, J., KÖRSCHENS, M., POULTON, P.R. and RICHTER, D.D. (1997) Simulating trends in soil organic carbon in long-term experiments using RothC-26.3. Geoderma, 81, 29-44.

JENKINSON D.S., MEREDITH J., KINYAMARIO J.I., WARREN G.P., WONG M.T.H., HARKNESS, D.D., BOL, R., and COLEMAN K. (1999a) Estimating net primary production from measurements made on soil organic matter. Ecology, 80, 2762-2733.

JENKINSON, D.S. (1990) The turnover of organic carbon and nitrogen in soil. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London B, 329, 361-368.

JENKINSON, D.S. and COLEMAN, K.C. (1994) Calculating the annual input of organic matter to soil from measurements of total organic carbon and radiocarbon. European Journal of Soil Science, 45, 167-174.

JENKINSON, D.S. and RAYNER, J.H. (1977) The turnover of soil organic matter in some of the Rothamsted classical experiments. Soil Science, 123, 298-305.

JENKINSON, D.S., HARKNESS, D.D., VANCE, E.D., ADAMS, D.E. and HARRISON, A.F. (1992) Calculating net primary production and annual input of organic matter to soil from the amount and radiocarbon content of soil organic matter. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 24, 295-308.

JENKINSON, D.S., HARRIS, H.C., RYAN, J., MCNEILL, A.M., PILBEAM, C.J. and COLEMAN, K. (1999b) Organic matter turnover in a calcareous clay soil from Syria under a two-course cereal rotation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 31, 687-693.

JENKINSON, D.S., HART, P.B.S, RAYNER, J.H. and PARRY, L.C. (1987) Modelling the turnover of organic matter in long-term experiments at Rothamsted. INTECOL Bulletin, 15, 1-8.

RothC modelling at regional scales:

Falloon P, Smith P, Szabó J & Pásztor L (2002) Comparison of approaches for estimating carbon sequestration at the regional scale. Soil Use and Management 18, 164-174.

JENKINSON, D.S., ADAMS, D.E. and WILD, A. (1991) Model estimates of CO2 emissions from soil in response to global warming. Nature (London), 351, 304-306.

C sequestration estimates/potential:

Batjes, N.H., 2004. Estimation of soil carbon gains upon improved management within croplands and grasslands of Africa. Environment, Development and Sustainability. 6: 133-143.

Batjes, N.H., 2002. Carbon and nitrogen stocks in the soils of Central and Eastern Europe. Soil Use and Management, (18) 4: 324-329.

Batjes, N.H. and Sombroek, W.G., 1997. Possibilities for carbon sequestration in tropical and subtropical soils. Global Change Biology, 3: 161-173.

Van Engelen, V.W.P. and Wen, T.T., 1995. Global and National Soils and Terrain Digital Databases (SOTER): Procedures Manual. (Published also as FAO World Soil Resources Report No. 74), UNEP, IUSS, ISRIC, FAO, Wageningen. [available on line at: http://www.isric.nl/Docs/Soterep.PDF ]

Batjes, N.H., 1996. Total carbon and nitrogen in the soils of the world. European Journal of Soil Science, 47: 151-163.

Batjes, N.H., 1999. Management options for reducing CO₂ concentrations in the atmosphere by increasing carbon sequestration in the soil. NRP Report No. 410-200-031, Dutch National Research Programme on Global Air Pollution and Climate Change, Bilthoven. [available on-line at: http://www.isric.nl/Docs/NRP410200031.pdf]

Batjes, N.H., 2000. Effects of mapped variation in soil conditions on estimates of soil carbon and nitrogen stocks for South America. Geoderma, 97(1-2): 135-144.

Parton, W.J., Schimel, D.S., Cole, C.V. and Ojima, D.S. (1987). Analysis of factors controlling soil organic matter levels in great plains grasslands. Soil Science Society of America Journal, vol 51, no 5, pp 1173-1179. Soil Science Society of America.

Paustian, K. (1994). Modelling soil biology and biochemical processes for sustainable agriculture research. In Soil Biota: Management in sustainable farming systems, pp 182-193 (Eds. C.E. Pankhurst, D.M. Doube, V.V.S.R. Gupta and P.R. Grace). CSIRO, Australia.

Rasmussen, P.E. and Parton, W.J. (1994). Long term effects of residue management in wheat-fallow: Inputs, yield, and soil organic matter. Soil Science Society of America Journal, vol 58, no 2, pp 523-530. Soil Science Society of America.

Smith P, Powlson DS, Smith JU, Falloon PD, and Coleman K (2000) Meeting Europe's Climate Change Commitments: Quantitative Estimates of the Potential for Carbon Mitigation by agriculture. Global Change Biology 6, 525-539.

Smith P, Powlson DS, Smith JU, Falloon PD, and Coleman K (2000) Meeting the UK's Climate Change Commitments: Options for carbon mitigation on agricultural land. Soil Use and Management 16, 1-11.

Smith P, Goulding KW, Smith KA, Powlson DS, Smith JU, Falloon PD, and Coleman KC (2000) Including trace gas fluxes in estimates of carbon mitigation potential of UK agricultural land. Soil Use and Management 16, 251-259.

Smith P, Milne R, Powlson DS, Smith JU, Falloon PD, and Coleman KC (2000) Revised estimates of the carbon mitigation potential of UK agricultural land. Soil Use and Management 16, 293-295.

Smith P, Goulding KW, Smith KA, Powlson DS, Smith JU, Falloon PD, and Coleman KC (2001) Enhancing the carbon sink in agricultural soils: including trace gas fluxes in estimates of carbon mitigation potential. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 60, 237-252 2001

Paustian, K. (1994). Modelling soil biology and biochemical processes for sustainable agriculture research. In Soil Biota: Management in sustainable farming systems, pp 182-193 (Eds. C.E. Pankhurst, D.M. Doube, V.V.S.R. Gupta and P.R. Grace). CSIRO, Australia.

Model evaluation:

Smith, P., Powlson D.S., Smith, J.U. and Elliot, T.E. (Eds.) (1997a) Evaluation and comparison of soil organic matter models using long-term datasets. Special Issue of Geoderma, 81, 1-255.

Smith, J.U., Smith, P. and Addiscott, T.M. (1996d) Quantitative methods to evaluate and compare soil organic matter (SOM) models. In Evaluation of soil organic matter models using existing long-term datasets, pp. 183-202. (Eds. D.S. Powlson, P. Smith and J.U. Smith), NATO ASI Series I, Vol. 38, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg

Motavalli, P.P., Palm, C.A., Parton, W.J., Elliot, E.T. and Frey, S.D. (1994). Comparison of laboratory and modelling simulation methods for estimating soil carbon pools in tropical forest soils. Soil Biology Biochemistry. Vol 26, No 8, pp 935-944. Elsevier Science Ltd.

Gilmanov, T.G., Parton, W.J. and Ojima, D.S. (1997). Testing the ‘CENTURY’ ecosystem model on data sets from eight grassland sites in the former USSR representing a wide climatic/soil gradient. Ecological Modelling, vol 96, pp 191-210. Elsevier Science.

Data sources:

Smith P, Falloon P, Smith JU & Powlson DS. (eds) 2001. GCTE Task 3.3.1 Soil Organic Matter Network (SOMNET): 2001 Model and Experimental Metadata. GCTE Report no 7, second edition, GCTE Focus 3 Office, Wallingford, UK.
UK National soil carbon modelling project:
http://www.iacr.bbsrc.ac.uk/aen/ukcarbon/

GCTE Soil organic matter network:
http://www.iacr.bbsrc.ac.uk/aen/somnet/

Muller MJ 1982 Selected climatic data for a global set of standard stations for vegetation science. Tasks for vegetation sciencees 5, Dr W Junk Publishers The Hague

Project Coordinator:
eleanor.milne@colostate.edu

Last updated: 20 March 2007.