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SUBMITTER: Sugihara S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6614393 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sugihara Soh S Shibata Makoto M Mvondo Ze Antoine D AD Tanaka Haruo H Kosaki Takashi T Funakawa Shinya S
Scientific reports 20190708 1
Soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics after slash-burn agriculture are poorly understood in African tropical forest, though recent studies have revealed C4 grass invasion as a forest understory influences SOC dynamics after deforestation. This study aimed to quantify the relative SOC contribution of C4 and C3 plants separately through the sequential fallow periods of forest (cropland, or 4-7, 20-30, or >50 years of fallow forest) in the tropical forest of eastern Cameroon. We evaluated the SOC stoc ...[more]