Organic and inorganic soil carbon in a semi-arid rangeland is primarily related to abiotic factors and not livestock grazing

Agriculture & Biology

• soil carbon 100%
• organic soils 94%
• rangelands 93%
• grazing 68%
• livestock 68%
• environmental factors 52%
• inorganic carbon 51%
• soil 41%
• soil organic carbon 38%
• soil texture 28%
• livestock husbandry 13%
• fences 12%
• soil depth 10%
• plant communities 9%
• rangeland soils 9%
• biomass 8%
• carbon dioxide enrichment 7%
• basalt 6%
• ranching 5%
• limestone 5%
• arid lands 5%
• linear models 4%
• soil properties 4%
• bulk density 4%
• clay 4%
• soil sampling 4%
• climate 3%
• species diversity 3%
• grasses 3%
• carbon 3%
• sampling 1%
• methodology 1%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• abiotic factor 93%
• rangeland 91%
• organic soil 86%
• soil carbon 84%
• livestock 78%
• grazing 72%
• soil 35%
• inorganic carbon 32%
• organic carbon 18%
• soil texture 18%
• livestock farming 8%
• soil depth 7%
• plant community 6%
• community composition 6%
• biomass 6%
• parent material 3%
• clay soil 3%
• bulk density 3%
• relative abundance 3%
• management practice 3%
• plant species 3%
• soil property 3%
• soil surface 3%
• surface layer 3%
• grass 2%
• basalt 2%
• carbon dioxide 2%
• limestone 2%
• sampling 1%
• carbon 1%
• climate 1%
• method 0%