Effects of land-use types on soil organic carbon stocks: a case study across an altitudinal gradient within a farm-pastoral area on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

• Published in: Journal of mountain science Vol. 15; no. 12; pp. 2693 - 2702
• Main Authors: Wang, Fang-ping, Wang, Xin-chuan, Yao, Bu-qing, Zhang, Zhong-hua, Shi, Guo-xi, Ma, Zhen, Chen, Zhi, Zhou, Hua-kun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Science Press 01.12.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abandoned wells; Agricultural land; Altitude; Arable land; Case studies; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Ecology; Environment; Forests; Geography; Grain; Grasslands; Land management; Land reclamation; Land use; Organic carbon; Organic soils; Plateaus; Sea level; Soil; Species richness; Stocks; Storage; Traditional farming; Tibetan Plateau; China; Qinghai China; Farming land; Soil organic carbon; Grain for Green program; Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

A crucial region for China’s ‘Grain-for-Green Policy’ is located within a traditional farmpastoral area, between 2000 to 3000 m above sea level, on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. However, the responses of soil organic carbon (SOC) to different land-use patterns in this region are unclear. Here...