Articles | Volume 4, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-251-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-251-2018
Original research article
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01 Nov 2018
Original research article |  | 01 Nov 2018

Effect of deforestation and subsequent land use management on soil carbon stocks in the South American Chaco

Natalia Andrea Osinaga, Carina Rosa Álvarez, and Miguel Angel Taboada

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The sub-humid Argentine Chaco, originally covered by forest, has been subjected to clearing since the end of the 1970s and replacement of the forest by no-till farming. The organic carbon stock content up to 1 m depth varied as follows: forest > pasture > continuous cropping, with no impact of the number of years under cropping. The incorporation of pastures of warm-season grasses was able to mitigate the decrease of C stocks caused by cropping and so could be considered sustainable management.