To run RothC and evaluate the effects of climate change on soil
organic carbon dynamics, we used the Berchidda–Monti data set
(Olbia Tempio, Sardinia, Fig. 1), based on surveys begun in 2007
within a national research project. Six different land uses, with different
levels of cropping intensification were compared in the
study area (Lagomarsino et al., 2011), characterized by the same
type of soil and cork oak forest (Quercus suber L.) as potential native
vegetation. These were: