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times. More information is needed on historical land use and practices to
allow estimates of the sustainability of current agricultural practices with
regard to SOC stocks.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank György Várallyay, Péter Csathó and Tamás
Németh (RISSAC, Hungary) for assisting with input data and site informa-
tion, Dr Keith Paustian and Robin Kelly (Colorado State University, USA)
for advice on the CENTURY model, Dr R. Webster (IACR-Rothamsted,
UK) and Professor David Jenkinson (IACR-Rothamsted, UK) for assis-
tance with the Roth-C model and general advice. This work contributes
to: the UK-BBSRC-ASD Project 'Modelling SOM Dynamics using
SOMNET' (Grant: 206/A 06371) and the EU project Low Input Agricul-
ture and Soil Sustainability in Eastern Europe (Grant: EU-COPERNICUS
PL97 1006). IACR receives grant-aided support from the Biotechnology
and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK.
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