1. The three-dimension zonal pattern of soil organic carbon density in China’s forests
- Author
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Han Li, Rui Cao, Ji Yuan, Yurui Jiang, Wanqin Yang, Bo Tan, Yu Zhang, and Chengming You
- Subjects
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Natural forest ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,Soil carbon ,Carbon sequestration ,Atmospheric sciences ,01 natural sciences ,Latitude ,040103 agronomy & agriculture ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,Environmental science ,China ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Earth-Surface Processes ,Zonal Pattern - Abstract
The three-dimensional zonality of soil organic carbon (SOC) density (C storage per unit area) is a scientific basis for estimating the potential of regional forest carbon sequestration on a large scale. To understand the three-dimensional zonality of forest SOC density in China and the effect of plantations on these zonal patterns, data on China’s forest SOC density were collected from 231 published studies. The average forest SOC density was 122.72 Mg ha−1, and SOC density in natural forests was significantly higher than that in plantations in China. In addition, forest SOC density significantly increased with increasing latitude (r2 = 0.04, P
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- 2021