Soil & Water Res., 2010, 5(1):1-9 | DOI: 10.17221/23/2009-SWR

Application of RothC model to predict soil organic carbon stock on agricultural soils of SlovakiaOriginal Paper

Gabriela BARANČÍKOVÁ1, Ján HALÁS1, Monika GUTTEKOVÁ1, Jarmila MAKOVNÍKOVÁ2, Martina NOVÁKOVÁ3, Rastislav SKALSKÝ4, Zuzana TARASOVIČOVÁ4
1 Regional Station Prešov
2 Regional Station Banská Bystrica
3 Department of Remote Sensing and Informatics
4 Department of Soil Science and Survey, Soil Science, and Conservation Research Institute Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia

Soil organic matter (SOM) takes part in many environmental functions and, depending on the conditions, it can be a source or a sink of the greenhouse gases. Presently, the changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) stock can arise because of the climatic changes or changes in the land use and land management. A promising method in the estimation of SOC changes is modelling, one of the most used models for the prediction of changes in soil organic carbon stock on agricultural land being the RothC model. Because of its simplicity and availability of the input data, RothC was used for testing the efficiency to predict the development of SOC stock during 35-year period on agricultural land of Slovakia. The received data show an increase of SOC stock during the first (20 years) phase and no significant changes in the course of the second part of modelling. The increase of SOC stock in the first phase can be explained by a high carbon input of plant residues and manure and a lower temperature in comparison with the second modelling part.

Keywords: agricultural land; RothC; Slovakia; soil organic carbon

Published: March 31, 2010  Show citation

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BARANČÍKOVÁ G, HALÁS J, GUTTEKOVÁ M, MAKOVNÍKOVÁ J, NOVÁKOVÁ M, SKALSKÝ R, TARASOVIČOVÁ Z. Application of RothC model to predict soil organic carbon stock on agricultural soils of Slovakia. Soil & Water Res. 2010;5(1):1-9. doi: 10.17221/23/2009-SWR.
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