Stability of elemental carbon in a savanna soil
Stability of elemental carbon in a savanna soil
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DOI:
10.1029/1999gb900067
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发表时间:
1999-12-01
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Frost, P
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作者:
Bird, MI;Moyo, C;Frost, P
(W)e have investigated the stability of oxidation-resistant elemental carbon (OREC) in a sandy savanna soil at the Matopos fire trial site, Zimbabwe. The protection of some soil plots from fire for the last 50 years at this site has enabled a comparison of OREC abundances between those plots which have been protected from fire and plots which have continued to be burnt. The total 0-5 cm OREC inventory of the soil protected from fire is estimated to be 2.0+/-0.5 mg cm(-2); approximately half the "natural" OREC inventory at the study site of 3.8+/-0.5 mg cm(-2) (the mean for plots burnt every 1-5 years). The associated half-life for natural OREC loss from the 0-5 cm interval of the protected plots is calculated to be 2000 mu m) in the soil being considerably