Changes in soil organic carbon, nitrogen, pH and bulk density with the development of larch (Larix gmelinii) plantations in China

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 17; no. 8; pp. 2657 - 2676
• Main Authors: WEN-JIE, WANG, LING, QIU, YUAN-GANG, ZU, DONG-XUE, SU, JING, AN, HONG-YAN, WANG, GUAN-YU, ZHENG, WEI, SUN, XI-QUAN, CHEN
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2011; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Accumulation; Acidification; Agricultural land; Agriculture; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Biomass; biomass production; Brown soils; bulk density; Carbon; Carbon sequestration; Carbon sinks; China; chronosequences; constant mass correction; Farms; forest plantations; Forest soils; Forests; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agroecology; General agroecology. Agricultural and farming systems. Agricultural development. Rural area planning. Landscaping; General agronomy. Plant production; General aspects; Generalities. Agricultural and farming systems. Agricultural development; Land use; Larix; Larix gmelinii; Larix gmelinii plantations; long-term permanent plot; net ecosystem exchange; Nitrogen; Organic carbon; Physical properties; Plantations; planting; power analysis; returning farmland to forests; SOC accumulation; Soil acidification; soil bulk density; Soil fertility; soil nitrogen; soil organic carbon; soil pH; Soil surfaces; Soils; Asia; China; China, People's Rep; Bulk density; Organic carbon; chronosequences; Organic nitrogen; Forests; Plot; Farmland; constant mass correction; Long term; Accumulation; soil nitrogen; Agroecosystem; power analysis; Mass; Soils; Chronosequence; SOC accumulation; soil bulk density; soil pH; pH; Larix gmelinii plantations; long-term permanent plot; returning farmland to forests

Under the government of China's environmental program known as Returning Farmland To Forests (RFTF), about 28 million hectares of farmland have been converted to tree plantation. This has led to a large accumulation of biomass carbon, but less is known about underground carbon-related processes...