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DOI	10.1007/s11368-012-0512-2
	Effects of cultivation and abandonment on soil carbon content of subalpine meadows, northwest China
	Shang, Zhanhuan; Cao, Jingjuan; Guo, Ruiying; Long, Ruijun
通讯作者	Shang, ZH (通讯作者)
发表日期	2012
ISSN	1439-0108
起始页码	826
结束页码	834
卷号	12 期号:6
英文摘要	Land use changes have a significant impact on soil carbon emission and sequestration worldwide. Accurate evaluation of the effect of land use change (cultivation and abandonment) on soil carbon content of subalpine meadows is required to monitor the soil carbon dynamics of rangeland ecosystems in China. Based on collection of soil cores and vegetation, investigations of four types of land use (undisturbed natural meadow, land cultivated for 20 years, land abandoned for 3 years following cultivation, and land abandoned for 10 years following cultivation) were undertaken in the headwater area of the Heihe River in northwest China. Three soil carbon fractions [soil organic carbon (SOC), light fraction organic carbon (LFOC), and microorganism biomass carbon (MBC)] were determined in the laboratory, and the relative abundances of LFOC/SOC and MBC/SOC were calculated. Repeated cultivation by ploughing reduced the carbon content of the top soil layer, resulting in more uniform vertical distribution of soil organic matter. Ten years after cessation of cultivation, the organic carbon content within the top 10-cm soil layer (0-10 cm) had reached 90 % of the content in native meadows, equivalent to a mean annual sequestration rate of 1.73 t C ha(-1). The rate of LFOC restoration was faster than that of SOC restoration. The variation in the ratio of MBC to SOC (0.91-1.07 %) was small. The activity of cultivation reduced all indicators of soil carbon status, which were not completely restored to the level of natural meadow, even after abandonment of cultivation for 10 years. Nevertheless, abandonment of cultivation is a practical, even if long-term, means of improving carbon sequestration in subalpine meadow of China.
关键词	QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU DIFFERENT LAND USES ORGANIC-CARBON MICROBIAL BIOMASS GRASSLAND SOILS CROP ROTATIONS NITROGEN SEQUESTRATION TILLAGE MANAGEMENT
英文关键词	Abandonment; Cultivation; Northwest China; Soil organic carbon; Subalpine meadow
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Agriculture
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Soil Science
WOS记录号	WOS:000304160900002
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS
来源机构	中国科学院青藏高原研究所
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/257987
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shang, Zhanhuan,Cao, Jingjuan,Guo, Ruiying,et al. Effects of cultivation and abandonment on soil carbon content of subalpine meadows, northwest China[J]. 中国科学院青藏高原研究所,2012,12(6).
APA	Shang, Zhanhuan,Cao, Jingjuan,Guo, Ruiying,&Long, Ruijun.(2012).Effects of cultivation and abandonment on soil carbon content of subalpine meadows, northwest China.JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS,12(6).
MLA	Shang, Zhanhuan,et al."Effects of cultivation and abandonment on soil carbon content of subalpine meadows, northwest China".JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS 12.6(2012).