文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Jin Dongyan

作者： Jin Dongyan;Xin Xiaoping;Qin Yifei;Chen Baorui;Zhang Zhao;Yan Ruirui;Murray, Phil J.;Qing Gele

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关键词： soil organic carbon; climate change; soil texture; mixed linear model; effect isolation; native grasslands

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF ARID LAND （ 影响因子：2.299； 五年影响因子：2.459 ）

ISSN： 1674-6767

年卷期： 2018 年 10 卷 3 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： The variation in soil organic carbon density (SOCD) has been widely documented at various spatial and temporal scales. However, an accurate method for examining the attribution of explanatory factors for change in SOCD is still lacking. This study aims to attribute and quantify the key climatic factors, anthropogenic activities, and soil properties associated with SOCD change in the native grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China, by comparing data between the 1960s and the 2010s. In 2007 and 2011, we resampled 142 soil profiles which were originally sampled during 1963-1964 in the native grasslands of Inner Mongolia. SOCD was determined in A horizon (eluvial horizon) of the soil. We selected the explanatory factors based on a random forest method, and explored the relationships between SOCD change and each of the explanatory factors using a linear mixed model. Our results indicated that the change in SOCD varied from the east to the west of Inner Mongolia, and SOCD was 18% lower in the 2010s than in the 1960s. The lower SOCD in the 2010s may primarily be attributed to the increasing in mean annual water surface evaporation, which explained approximately 10% and 50% of the total variation and explainable variation in the change in SOCD, respectively. The sand content of the soil is also a significant explanatory factor for the decrease in SOCD, which explained about 4% and 21% of the total variation and explainable variation in the change in SOCD, respectively. Furthermore, the collection of quantitative information on grazing frequency and duration may also help to improve our understanding of the anthropogenic factors that govern the change in SOCD.

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