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Soil physico-chemical properties and Organic Carbon stocks across different land use in an urban park of Vilnius, Lithuania
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Urban areas are characterised by land use change processes. Urban and peri-urban soils degradation increase at the different land uses, and the characteristic of each land use affecting soil carbon stock and, consequently, the role of soil as a CO2 sink. The aim of this work was to assess the effect of land use and soil management practices in urban and peri-urban soils in Vilnius (Lithuania). Studied properties were: Sand, Clay, Silt, Stoniness, bulk density (BD), pH, electrical conductivity (EC) and soil organic carbon stocks (SOCS). Ten samples were collected at depths 0-10 cm in 8 different land uses and soil management practices in the urban and peri-urban areas of Vilnius. Forests - Quercus robur, Acer plantanoides, Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies, grasslands - semi-natural grasslands (SNG) and managed semi-naturalgrasslands (MSNG), both dominated by Taraxacum officinale, artificial grasslands (AG), and urban. SOC (t/ha) resulted significantly higher in Pinus sylvestris and Art. Grass than in Quercus robur, Acer plantanoides, and urban land uses. Urban land use recorded lower values of SOC (t/ha) than the other land uses except for Acer plantanoides. Land uses with high human intervention decline soil quality and affect the role of soil as a climate regulator.
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FRANCOS, Marcos, et al. Soil physico-chemical properties and Organic Carbon stocks across different land use in an urban park of Vilnius, Lithuania. 2023. vol. 24. Vol. 2, num. 519-530. ISSN 1332-9049. [consulted: 7 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/207635