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Mixed plantations enhance more soil organic carbon stocks than monocultures across China: Implication for optimizing afforestation/reforestation strategies

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META-ANALYSIS

 

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Volume 821, 15 May 2022, 153449

Science of The Total Environment

 

Mixed plantations enhance more soil organic carbon stocks than monocultures across China: Implication for optimizing afforestation/reforestation strategies

 

Yangzhou Xiang, Yuan Li, Xuqiang Luo, Ying Liu, Pei Huang, Bin Yaoimg2, Leiyi Zhang, Wenli Li, Jianming Xue, Hongjuan Gao, Yonghua Li, Wei Zhang

 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153449

 

Highlights

- The effects of mixed-tree plantations on SOC stocks over monocultures were quantified.

- The mixture effect on SOC stocks was greatest in southwest China and on barren land.

- Mixed plantation type was identified as predominant moderator.

Abstract

Forests play an essential role in mitigating climate change by sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The establishment of mixed plantations is a promising way to store carbon (C) in soil compared with monocultures. However, monoculture forests largely dominate the rapid increase in forest areas in China. To optimize afforestation strategies and maximize the subsequent potential of C sequestration, we conducted a meta-analysis with 427 observations across 176 study sites in China. The goal was to quantify changes in the stocks of soil organic carbon (SOC) in mixed plantations compared with monocultures and to identify the predominant drivers for the stocks of SOC, including geological location, climatic factors, land use history, edaphic properties, plantation age, the inclusion of nitrogen-fixing trees, mixing proportion, and mixed plant types. The results showed that mixed plantations significantly increased the SOC stocks by 12% compared with monocultures, and the mixing proportion should not exceed 55% to produce higher SOC stocks in mixed plantations compared with monoculture. Additionally, mixed plantations in barren land are the most likely to increase the SOC stocks with limited water or low temperatures for growth. Additional measures instead of mixed plantations should be explored to increase SOC stocks in north, central, and northwest China. The data from this study demonstrated the spatiotemporal variability on the storage of SOC driven by mixed trees and has valuable implications for the establishment and management of afforestation.

2022年3月9日 11:58
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