Impact of grazing on soil carbon and microbial biomass in typical steppe and desert steppe of Inner Mongolia.

The potential of grazing lands to sequester carbon must be understood to develop effective soil conservation measures and sustain livestock production. Our objective was to evaluate the effects of grazing on soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN), microbial biomass carbon (MBC) in Typical st...

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Main Authors: Nan Liu, Yingjun Zhang, Shujuan Chang, Haiming Kan, Lijun Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3344873?pdf=render