Exchangeable Ca2+ content and soil aggregate stability control the soil organic carbon content in degraded Horqin grassland
Grasslands store 20–30% of global soil organic carbon (SOC) but a majority of grasslands are suffering degradation accompanied by SOC loss. SOC stock is determined by the balance between C input from plants and C output from microbial decomposition, but the relative importance of these factors in co...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Elsevier
2022-01-01
|
| Series: | Ecological Indicators |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21011729 |