Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1075-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1075-2016
Research article
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18 Jul 2016
Research article |  | 18 Jul 2016

Combined deep sampling and mass-based approaches to assess soil carbon and nitrogen losses due to land-use changes in karst area of southwestern China

Yecui Hu, Zhangliu Du, Qibing Wang, and Guichun Li

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We quantified the SOC and TN losses induced by land-use changes in a typical karst region of southwestern China. Converting from natural forest to croplands greatly led to SOC and TN losses (as higher as 37.8 %), but the magnitude depended on sampling depth and calculation method. We recommend to account for SOC and TN stocks on equivalent soil mass basis together with deep sampling. This study has significant implications on the projected land management in the degraded karst areas.