Quantifying carbon input for targeted soil organic carbon sequestration in China's croplands
Quantifying carbon input for targeted soil organic carbon sequestration in China's croplands
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量化中国农田目标土壤有机碳固存的碳输入
DOI:
10.1007/s11104-015-2508-3
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发表时间:
2015
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影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Sun Wenjuan
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作者:
Wang Guocheng;Huang Yao;Zhang Wen;Yu Yongqiang;Sun Wenjuan
Background and aimsIncreasing the soil organic carbon (SOC) pool in croplands can not only promote crop production but also mitigate climate change. The objective of this work was to quantify the needed C input rates for both maintaining China’s cropland SOC and improving it to global average level.MethodsBy using a biogeophysical model (Agro-C), we performed simulations with a high spatial resolution (10 × 10 km) across China’s croplands to quantify the C input rate under given scenarios.ResultsThe model simulations showed that an average C input of 2.1 Mg C ha−1year−1is required to stop soil C loss and that SOC density could approach the global mean of 55 Mg C ha−1by 2050 when 5.1 Mg C ha−1year−1is incorporated into the soils.ConclusionsThe quantified C inputs showed a large spatial disparity, depending on the existing SOC level, mean annual temperature and precipitation. The existing SOC level in Heilongjiang Province, where the cropland area accounts for 9.2 % of the national total, is much higher but the current C input is much lower than it is elsewhere. Increasing the organic C input should be given priority in this province.