Climate and land use controls on soil organic carbon in the loess plateau region of China.

The Loess Plateau of China has the highest soil erosion rate in the world where billion tons of soil is annually washed into Yellow River. In recent decades this region has experienced significant climate change and policy-driven land conversion. However, it has not yet been well investigated how th...

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Main Authors: Yaai Dang, Wei Ren, Bo Tao, Guangsheng Chen, Chaoqun Lu, Jia Yang, Shufen Pan, Guodong Wang, Shiqing Li, Hanqin Tian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4006802?pdf=render