Distribution of soil organic carbon under different vegetation zones in the Ili River Valley,Xinjiang |
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Authors: | Yuhai Yang Yaning Chen Weihong Li Yapeng Chen |
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Institution: | Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology and Desert Environment, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, CAS,Urumqi 830011, China |
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Abstract: | We analyzed and estimated the distribution and reserves of soil organic carbon under nine different vegetation conditions
including alpine meadow, meadow steppe, typical steppe, desert steppe, and temperate coniferous forest and so on, in the Ili
River valley, Xinjiang according to data from field investigations and laboratory analyses in 2008 and 2009. The study results
show that the soil organic carbon content in the Ili River valley varies with the type of vegetation. In the 0–50 cm soil
horizon, the soil organic carbon content is the highest under the vegetation types of alpine meadow and meadow steppe, slightly
lower under temperate coniferous forest and typical steppe, and the lowest under the intrazonal vegetation and desert vegetation
types. The soil organic carbon content shows basically a tendency to decrease as soil depth increases under various vegetation
types except in the case of the intrazonal vegetation. Similarly, the soil organic carbon density is the highest and varies
little under the vegetation types of alpine meadow, meadow steppe and temperate coniferous forest, and is the lowest under
the desert vegetation type. Both the soil organic carbon content and density in the topsoil of meadows in the Ili River valley
are high, so protecting meadows in the Ili River valley, and especially their topsoil, should be a priority so that the potential
of change in soil organic carbon in the shallow soil horizon is reduced, and this means maintenance of the stability of the
soil carbon pool. |
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Keywords: | vegetation grassland soil organic carbon Ili Diver Valley |
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