Authors:
Wei, J., J. Cheng, W. Li and W. Liu
Publication Date:
2012
Abstract/Summary:
Vegetation restoration has been conducted in the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) since the 1950s, and large areas of farmland have been converted to forest and grassland, which largely results in Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) change. However, there has been little comparative research on SOC sequestration and distribution between secondary forest and restored grassland. Therefore, the authors selected typical secondary forest (SF-1 and SF-2) and restored grassland (RG-1 and RG-2) sites and determined the SOC storage.
Resource Type:
Peer-reviewed Article
Source:
PlOS One
Link:
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0040123