Soil Inorganic Carbon Sequestration Following Afforestation Is Probably Induced by Pedogenic Carbonate Formation in Northwest China

In arid and semiarid areas, the effects of afforestation on soil organic carbon (SOC) have received considerable attention. In these areas, in fact, soil inorganic carbon (SIC), rather than SOC, is the dominant form of carbon, with a reservoir approximately 2–10 times larger than that of SOC. A subt...

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Main Authors: Yang Gao, Jing Tian, Yue Pang, Jiabin Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.01282/full