Effect of forest land use change on carbohydrates, physical soil quality and carbon stocks in Moroccan cedar area.
Biomass
Carbohydrates
Carbon storage
Land use
Necromass
Soil
Journal
Journal of environmental management
ISSN: 1095-8630
Titre abrégé: J Environ Manage
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0401664
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 Jan 2020
15 Jan 2020
Historique:
received:
03
11
2018
revised:
04
09
2019
accepted:
05
09
2019
pubmed:
11
11
2019
medline:
18
12
2019
entrez:
11
11
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The present work was conducted to evaluate the carbon storage potential of Moroccan cedar forest and its vulnerability to transformations through deforestation and overgrazing. The present study took place in the Middle Atlas where is the most beautiful of Moroccan cedar forest (Cedrus atlantica). We considered three levels of degradation (Natural cedar, degraded cedar and cleared area). For each land use, we estimated carbon stocks in four reservoirs, i.e., aboveground biomass (trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants), belowground biomass (roots), necromass (litter and deadwood) and the soil. Various physico-biochemical characteristics (structural stability, bulk density, soil organic carbon and carbohydrates (neutral and uronic sugars)) were also evaluated. Carbon stocks were 395.37 Mg ha
Identifiants
pubmed: 31707194
pii: S0301-4797(19)31262-9
doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109544
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Carbohydrates
0
Soil
0
Carbon
7440-44-0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
109544Informations de copyright
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