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Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics and Driving Factors in Typical Cultivated Land on the Karst Plateau

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  • Guandi He

    (Institute of Agro-Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education) and College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China)

  • Zhenming Zhang

    (Institute of Agro-Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education) and College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
    Institute of Biology, Guizhou Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, Guizhou 550009, China)

  • Jiachun Zhang

    (Institute of Biology, Guizhou Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, Guizhou 550009, China)

  • Xianfei Huang

    (Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory Information System of Mountainous Areas and Protection of Environment, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China)

Abstract

Due to the impacts of unwise industrial agriculture, extreme precipitation events are increasing in frequency and are accelerating the process of global warming in the karst area. The dynamic change in soil organic carbon (SOC) and its driving factors in cultivated land in the last 35 years were studied by using data from the second national soil survey of China and measurements made in 2015. The results indicated that the SOC per unit area of cultivated land increased by 32.45 × 10 3 t in the last 35 years in the study area, exhibiting basically the same levels and a slight increasing trend, and the annual average change rate was 0.02 kg C·hm −2 ·a −1 . In terms of spatial distribution, carbon loss areas were mainly concentrated in the middle northern region, western region, and scattered eastern regions of the county. The main factors affecting the change in SOC in the cultivated land in the study area in the last 35 years include nitrogen fertilizer application, stubble, soil thickness, soil total nitrogen, C/N, rock coverage, gravel content, soil organic carbon density (SOCD 1980 ), etc. This study will provide a database for the management of SOC in cultivated land in the future.

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  • Guandi He & Zhenming Zhang & Jiachun Zhang & Xianfei Huang, 2020. "Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics and Driving Factors in Typical Cultivated Land on the Karst Plateau," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(16), pages 1-17, August.
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    1. Xingfu Wang & Xianfei Huang & Jiwei Hu & Zhenming Zhang, 2020. "The Spatial Distribution Characteristics of Soil Organic Carbon and Its Effects on Topsoil under Different Karst Landforms," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(8), pages 1-19, April.
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    1. Yuling Wu & Pei Zhang & Jia Li & Jiao Hou, 2022. "Spatial Distribution Evolution and Optimization Path of Eco-Efficiency of Cultivated Land Use: A Case Study of Hubei Province, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-18, September.

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