Continental-scale measurement of the soil organic carbon pool with climatic, edaphic, and biotic controls

We present data on soil organic carbon (SOC) inventory for 7050 soil cores collected from a wide range of environmental conditions throughout Australia. The data set is stratified over the spatial distribution of trees and grass to account for variability of SOC inventory with vegetation distributio...

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Published in:Global biogeochemical cycles 2006-03, Vol.20 (1), p.n/a
Main Authors: Wynn, Jonathan G., Bird, Michael I., Vellen, Lins, Grand-Clement, Emilie, Carter, John, Berry, Sandra L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Biological and medical sciences
carbon inventory
climate
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
Geochemistry
global carbon cycle
soil organic carbon
Synecology
texture
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Summary:We present data on soil organic carbon (SOC) inventory for 7050 soil cores collected from a wide range of environmental conditions throughout Australia. The data set is stratified over the spatial distribution of trees and grass to account for variability of SOC inventory with vegetation distribution. We model controls on SOC inventory using an index of water availability and mean annual temperature to represent the climatic control on the rate of C input into the SOC pool and decomposition of SOC, in addition to the fraction of soil particles
ISSN:0886-6236
1944-9224
DOI:10.1029/2005GB002576