Conversion from farmland to orchard or agroforestry improves soil carbon sequestration by enhancing microbial biological activity in Northwest China

• Weixia Wang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: wangweixia0993@163.com (WW); dfp56@cornell.edu (DFP)

  Affiliations College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China, Key Laboratory of Forestry Ecology and Industrial Technology, Xinjiang Education Department, Urumqi, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9991-1194

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• Daniel F. Petticord ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wangweixia0993@163.com (WW); dfp56@cornell.edu (DFP)

  Affiliation Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1764-6321

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• Shanchao Zhao,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Natural Forest Protection Center of Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China

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• Guang Yang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliations College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China, Key Laboratory of Forestry Ecology and Industrial Technology, Xinjiang Education Department, Urumqi, China

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• Yuwen Chen,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliations College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China, Key Laboratory of Forestry Ecology and Industrial Technology, Xinjiang Education Department, Urumqi, China

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• Xuansheng Huang

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China, Key Laboratory of Forestry Ecology and Industrial Technology, Xinjiang Education Department, Urumqi, China

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