Responses of soil labile organic carbon stocks and the carbon pool management index to different vegetation restoration types in the Danxia landform region of southwest China.

ABSTRACT: Soil organic carbon (SOC) is an important index for evaluating soil quality in the process of ecological restoration. It plays an important role in increasing soil carbon storage, improving soil texture, and promoting plant growth. Nevertheless, dating the variation in SOC and labile SOC fractions (LOCFs) during ecological restoration processes has not been sufficiently elucidated. To enrich our comprehension of the responses of SOC and its labile fractions to different vegetation restoration types, five vegetation restoration types were selected in the Danxia landform region of southwest China, namely, shrub (SH), bamboo forest (BF), Chinese fir forest (CFF), evergreen broad-leaved forest (EBF), and mixed coniferous-broadleaf forest (MCBF). The concentrations and stocks of SOC and LOCFs,

SUBMITTER: Xiao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11856273 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature