Soil organic carbon, extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), and soil structural stability as affected by previous and current land-use

• Published in: Geoderma Vol. 363; p. 114143
• Main Authors: Redmile-Gordon, M., Gregory, A.S., White, R.P., Watts, C.W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.04.2020; Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co
• Subjects: aggregate stability; agricultural land; binding agents; Cation exchange resin (CER); Exopolysaccharide; fallow; grasses; grassland soils; grasslands; land use change; microbial ecology; Microbial exudates; polymers; polysaccharides; Protein matrix bonding; soil organic carbon; Transient binding agents; United Kingdom; Water stable aggregate (MWD); water stable soil aggregates; United Kingdom; Cation exchange resin (CER); Microbial exudates; Transient binding agents; Exopolysaccharide; Water stable aggregate (MWD); Protein matrix bonding

•2.5 years of current land-use influenced structural stability far more than the preceding 50 years.•SOC provided a good R2 (0.72) but failed to predict the stability sequence of the more stable soils.•EPS were transient binding agents: affected by the current land-use, but not preceding ones.•Among...