Climate and Land Use Controls on Soil Organic Carbon in the Loess Plateau Region of China

Yaai Dang; Wei Ren; Bo Tao; Guangsheng Chen; Chaoqun Lu; Jia Yang; Shufen Pan; Guodong Wang; Shiqing Li; Hanqin Tian

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095548

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Climate and Land Use Controls on Soil Organic Carbon in the Loess Plateau Region of China

Yaai Dang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yaai Dang, Wei Ren

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America, College of Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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Wei Ren ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yaai Dang, Wei Ren

Affiliation International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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Bo Tao,

Affiliation International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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Guangsheng Chen,

Affiliation International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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Chaoqun Lu,

Affiliation International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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Jia Yang,

Affiliation International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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Shufen Pan,

Affiliation International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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Guodong Wang,

Affiliation College of Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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Shiqing Li,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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Hanqin Tian

* E-mail: tianhan@auburn.edu

Affiliation International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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Climate and Land Use Controls on Soil Organic Carbon in the Loess Plateau Region of China

Yaai Dang,
Wei Ren,
Bo Tao,
Guangsheng Chen,
Chaoqun Lu,
Jia Yang,
Shufen Pan,
Guodong Wang,
Shiqing Li,
Hanqin Tian

Published: May 1, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095548

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