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SUBMITTER: Yao Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4981471 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yao Yitong Y Wang Xuhui X Zeng Zhenzhong Z Liu Yongwen Y Peng Shushi S Zhu Zaichun Z Piao Shilong S
PloS one 20160811 8
Widespread afforestation programs sequester carbon from the atmosphere and mitigate the rising of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). Meanwhile, afforestation carbon sequestration may cost soil water. However, changes in soil moisture content (SMC) after large-scale afforestation or reforestation have rarely been quantified. In this study, we measured changes in SMC following afforestation using a paired plots method with data from 757 plots in Northeastern China. We found a marginally significant ...[more]