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Correction to “Cover Crops Affect Pool Specific Soil Organic Carbon in Cropland—A Meta‐Analysis”

European Journal of Soil Science · 2025

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Summary

This correction amends a previously published global meta-analysis synthesising cover crop impacts on soil organic carbon dynamics in cropland systems. The amendment corrects numerical reporting errors in effect sizes describing cover crop effects on specific soil carbon pools and adjusts a regression visualization. Such corrections maintain the scientific integrity of systematic syntheses that underpin soil health and carbon sequestration practice.

Regional applicability

The corrected meta-analysis provides evidence relevant to UK arable farming policy and practice on cover crop deployment for soil carbon management. The global synthesis allows contextualisation of UK-specific cover crop responses within broader agronomic and climatic variation.

Key measures

Log response ratio (lnR) and percentage change in soil organic carbon pools; regression relationships between cover crop characteristics and carbon outcomes

Outcomes reported

This correction addresses quantitative errors in the reporting of effect sizes for cover crop impacts on soil organic carbon across multiple pools. Corrected values include adjustments to percentage changes and log response ratios (lnR) in key findings, and correction of a regression line position in a figure.

Theme
Farming systems, soils & land use
Subject
Soil carbon & organic matter
Study type
Meta-analysis
Study design
Meta-analysis
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
Status
Published
Geography
Global
System type
Arable cereals
DOI
10.1111/ejss.70114
Catalogue ID
NRmo3d4gae-049

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