Dataset: Turfgrass soil carbon changes through time: Raw data and code

Authors: Phillips, Claire; WANG, RUYING - Oregon State University; TRAMMELL, TARA - University Of Delaware; YOUNG, JOSEPH - Texas Tech University; KOWALEWSKI, ALEXANDER - Oregon State University

Submitted to: Ag Data Commons
Publication Type: Database / Dataset
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/14/2022
Publication Date: 11/14/2022
Citation: Phillips, C.L., Wang, R., Trammell, T.L., Young, J., Kowalewski, A.R. 2022. Dataset: Turfgrass soil carbon changes through time: Raw data and code. Ag Data Commons. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1528200.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1528200

Interpretive Summary: Turfgrass is common within urban landscapes and serves many functions, including potentially sequestering soil carbon. Turfgrass might be able to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from urban and low-density residential areas. However, it is not known how variable soil carbon sequestration rates are in turfgrass or how they change through time. Te conducted a meta-analysis of soil carbon sequestration rates from 63 studies. Those data, as well as the code used to analyze them and create figures, are shared here.

Technical Abstract: Managed turfgrass is a common component of urban landscapes that is expanding under current land use trends. Previous studies have reported high rates of soil carbon sequestration in turfgrass, but no systematic review has summarized these rates nor evaluated how they change as turfgrass ages. We conducted a meta-analysis of soil carbon sequestration rates from 63 studies. Those data, as well as the code used to analyze them and create figures, are shared here.