The impact of land use/cover change on storage and quality of soil organic carbon in mid-subtropical mountainous area of southern China

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

YANG, Y.

School of Geographical Science, Normal Univ., Fuzhou, Chine

Fujian Provincial Key Lab. of Subtropical Resources and Environment, Fuzhou, Chine

XIE, J.

School of Geographical Science, Normal Univ., Fuzhou, Chine

Fujian Provincial Key Lab. of Subtropical Resources and Environment, Fuzhou, Chine

SHENG, H.

School of Geographical Science, Normal Univ., Fuzhou, Chine

Fujian Provincial Key Lab. of Subtropical Resources and Environment, Fuzhou, Chine

CHEN, G.

School of Geographical Science, Normal Univ., Fuzhou, Chine

Fujian Provincial Key Lab. of Subtropical Resources and Environment, Fuzhou, Chine

LI, X.

School of Geographical Science, Normal Univ., Fuzhou, Chine

Fujian Provincial Key Lab. of Subtropical Resources and Environment, Fuzhou, Chine

YANG, Z.

School of Geographical Science, Normal Univ., Fuzhou, Chine

Fujian Provincial Key Lab. of Subtropical Resources and Environment, Fuzhou, Chine

Description :
The AA. chose 7 typical land use types including natural forest, plantations (timber and economic forest), orchard and arable land, which had homogeneous substrate and clear land use history records, to compare their impacts on soil organic carbon (SOC) and light-fraction organic carbon (LFOC). The specific aims of this study were to examine : 1) How SOC and LFOC response to native forest conversions in mid-subtropical mountainous area of China ? 2) Do SOC and LFOC in surface and subsurface soil layer response similarly to native forest conversions ? 3) Would differences in site climate and managements result in different SOC stocks and quality during the native forest conversions ? These results will be useful for establishing appropriate and sustainable soil management practices.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Journal of geographical sciences. Acta geographica sinica, issn : 1009-637X, 2009, vol. 19, n°. 1, p. 49-57, nombre de pages : 9, Références bibliographiques : 1,5 p.

Date :
2009

Editeur :
Pays édition : Chine

Langue :
Anglais