Figure 1.
Location of the study sites on the Tibetan Plateau.
Figure 2.
Fractional soil organic carbon (SOC) contents of four different depth increments at Huashixia (HUA, left, n = 40) und Wudaoliang (WUD, right, n = 32).
Table 1.
Max, Min, Mean values and standard deviations of total (A) and fractional (B) soil organic carbon stocks.
Figure 3.
Portion of fractional soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks on total soil organic carbon stocks in particular depth at Huashixia (HUA, top) and Wudaoliang (WUD, bottom).
Figure 4.
Correlation between soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks and soil moisture in particular depth at Huashixia (HUA, left, n = 24) and Wudaoliang (WUD, right, n = 20).
Figure 5.
Correlation between soil moisture and active layer thickness (top) and between soil organic carbon (SOC) stock and active layer thickness (bottom) at Huashixia (HUA, left, n = 6) and Wudaoliang (WUD, right, n = 5).
Table 2.
Comparison of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in high-altitude and high-latitude permafrost-affected ecosystems.