20.500.12556/RUL-182324 Low-intensity management promotes the soil priming effect in European agroecosystems Agricultural management is critical in shaping soil carbon (C) stocks, pools and fluxes. The soil priming effect (PE) is known as a key component of the global C cycle that reflects alterations in soil organic carbon (SOC) mineralization induced by fresh C inputs. Here, we show that priming can help to predict soil C content across European Long-Term Experiments (LTEs), a result which was maintained at continental and global scales. Results reveal that lower-intensity management significantly enhances PE in soils from European croplands. Conversely, high-intensity management led to lower or even negative PE. Management intensity influences PE directly through alterations in SOC and indirectly by modifying aggregates stability and microbial biomass. Both fertilization and tillage affect PE, with soils under organic fertilization and no-tillage showing higher values of PE. These findings advance our understanding of the long-term impacts of agricultural management on the C cycle at the continental scale. agricultural management soil organic carbon microbial biomass tillage C cycle kroženje ogljika cikel ogljika organski ogljik v tleh mikrobna biomasa intenzivnost kmetovanja obdelava tal true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-05-07 09:55:46 2026-05-07 09:55:51 2026-05-08 04:51:46 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 12 str. art. 3819 Vol. 17 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 631.4 2041-1723 10.1038/s41467-026-71255-9 275502339 Dong_et_al-2026-Nature_Communications.pdf Dong_et_al-2026-Nature_Communications.pdf 1 382E92E9D8C116836795146B4E99BBF2 e9fa57201783b56a2ed9cac6f8cf201035103924640aaa6370b3ac9dad8b3adc 9f6fc359-49ea-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=233478 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-71255-9 1 e1fc87f1-49e9-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=233477 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0