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Soil carbon stocks after conversion of Amazonian tropical forest to grazed pasture: Importance of deep soil layers

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Stahl C., Freycon V., Fontaine S., Dezecache C., Ponchant L., Picon-Cochard C., Klumpp K., Soussana J.F., Blanfort V.
2016

Recent studies suggest that carbon (C) is stored in the topsoil of pastures established after deforestation. However, little is known about the long-term capacity of tropical pastures to sequester C in different soil layers after deforestation. Deep soil layers are generally not taken into consideration or are underestimated when C storage is calculated. Here we show that in French Guiana, the C ...

Foresterie - Considérations générales; Elevage - Considérations générales; Chimie et physique du sol; Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières

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