agronomy Article Topographic Position, Land Use and Soil Management Effects on Soil Organic Carbon (Vineyard Region of Niš, Serbia) Snežana Jakši´c 1,* , Jordana Ninkov 1 , Stanko Mili´c 1 , Jovica Vasin 1, Milorad Živanov 1, Veljko Perovi´c 2 , Borislav Banjac 3, Savo Vuˇckovi´c 4, Gordana Dozet 5 and Vedrana Komlen 6 1 Laboratory for Soil and Agroecology, Institute of Filed and Vegetable Crops, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +381-21-4898-463 Abstract: Spatial distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC) is the result of a combination of various factors related to both the natural environment and anthropogenic activities. The aim of this study Citation: Jakši´c,S.; Ninkov, J.; Mili´c, was to examine (i) the state of SOC in topsoil and subsoil of vineyards compared to the nearest forest, S.; Vasin, J.; Živanov, M.; Perovi´c,V.; (ii) the influence of soil management on SOC, (iii) the variation in SOC content with topographic Banjac, B.; Vuˇckovi´c,S.; Dozet, G.; position, (iv) the intensity of soil erosion in order to estimate the leaching of SOC from upper to Komlen, V.