Do grassland management practices affect soil lignin chemistry by changing the composition of plant-derived organic matter input?

Managing grasslands to optimize soil carbon sequestration

“…However, at the moment, there are not enough data to confirm that the trends observed are generalizable and applicable to contrasting management systems and/or pedoclimatic regions. In particular, most data were recorded in temperate regions with ruminant grazing, whereas relatively little is known about tropical systems, non-ruminant grazing animals and cut and carry systems, which may have contrasting effects on soil microbial functioning and biogeochemical cycling (Moinet et al, 2019;Gilmullina et al, 2020Gilmullina et al, , 2021.…”