Topsoil and Deep Soil Organic Carbon Concentration and Stability Vary with Aggregate Size and Vegetation Type in Subtropical China
@inproceedings{Fang2015TopsoilAD,
title={Topsoil and Deep Soil Organic Carbon Concentration and Stability Vary with Aggregate Size and Vegetation Type in Subtropical China},
author={Xiangming Fang and Fu-sheng Chen and Shiqiang Wan and Qing-pei Yang and Jian-min Shi},
booktitle={PloS one},
year={2015}
}- Published in PloS one 2015
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0139380
The impact of reforestation on soil organic carbon (OC), especially in deep layer, is poorly understood and deep soil OC stabilization in relation with aggregation and vegetation type in afforested area is unknown. Here, we collected topsoil (0-15 cm) and deep soil (30-45 cm) from six paired coniferous forests (CF) and broad-leaved forests (BF) reforested in the early 1990s in subtropical China. Soil aggregates were separated by size by dry sieving and OC stability was measured by closed-jar… CONTINUE READING