Land use and climate change effects on soil organic carbon in North and Northeast China

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 647; pp. 1230 - 1238
• Main Authors: Zhou, Yin, Hartemink, Alfred E., Shi, Zhou, Liang, Zongzheng, Lu, Yanli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 10.01.2019
• Subjects: China; Climate change; climatic factors; cropland; Digital soil mapping; forests; grasslands; Land use change; landscapes; soil; Soil carbon change; soil organic carbon; soil surveys; temperature; temporal variation; terrestrial ecosystems; vegetation index; China; Climate change; Digital soil mapping; Land use change; Soil carbon change

Soil is recognized as the largest carbon reservoir in the terrestrial ecosystem. Soil organic carbon (SOC) is vulnerable to changes in land use and climate. For a better understanding of the SOC dynamics and its driving factors, we collected data of the 1980s and 2000s in the North and Northeast Chi...