Influence of stand type and stand age on soil carbon storage in China’s arid and semi-arid regions
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Article Title | Influence of stand type and stand age on soil carbon storage in China’s arid and semi-arid regions |
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ERA Journal ID | 21007 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Cao, Jianjun (Author), Zhang, Xiaofang (Author), Deo, Ravinesh (Author), Gong, Yifan (Author) and Feng, Qi (Author) |
Journal Title | Land Use Policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use |
Journal Citation | 78, pp. 258-265 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2018 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0264-8377 |
1873-5754 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.07.002 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026483771830752X |
Abstract | Afforestation implemented on available lands that have a poor fertility with a low primary productivity is considered to be a significant land use change issue globally, especially in the current phase of increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations. However, different stand types and stand ages, where afforestation is initiated, may have a different effect on soil carbon storage. Two stand types, including the apricot and poplar stand, both with 40 years, and two stand ages, including the apricot stand with 40 years and apricot stand with 16 years were sampled on the Loess Plateau, to explore the differences in soil carbon storage between both of them, respectively. The results showed that the total soil carbon storage up to the 1.0m soil depth for the poplar stand was 79.07 Mg ha−1, and for the apricot stand with 40 years was 88.36 Mg ha−1, while for the apricot stand with 16 years, it was 56.16 Mg ha−1. About 50% the soil carbon was stored in the 0-0.4m soil layer for all these forested lands. This ascertains that the soil carbon was very sensitive to climate change and anthropogenic disturbances. Based on these results, if we are interested in combating global warming issue, the apricot trees can be a preferred option for future plantations. However, these plants are likely to consume more water than any other vegetation types. Since water is a limited resource both in arid and semi-arid regions, a tradeoff between soil carbon and soil water should also be considered in future afforestation policy options |
Keywords | climate change; afforestation; land use type; soil organic carbon; Loess Plateau |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 370999. Physical geography and environmental geoscience not elsewhere classified |
410101. Carbon sequestration science | |
410206. Landscape ecology | |
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Byline Affiliations | Northwest Normal University, China |
School of Agricultural, Computational and Environmental Sciences | |
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4w44/influence-of-stand-type-and-stand-age-on-soil-carbon-storage-in-china-s-arid-and-semi-arid-regions
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