Carbon content in vegetation, litter, and soil under 10 different land-use and land-cover classes in the Central Highlands of Michoacan, Mexico

Abstract:

In this study we estimated the carbon content in vegetation, litter, and soil, under 10 different classes of land-use and land-cover classes (LU/LC) in the Purepecha Region, located in the Central Highlands of México. Forests in this area are representative of the montane forests of Central and Southern Mexico and are subject to rapid degradation and deforestation by human pressure. Carbon data for each of the LU/LC classes and the main pools (vegetation, soil and litter) were collected at 92 sites in 276 field plots of 0.1ha each, based on a “nested” design which allows the collection of samples and their replicates. The following LU/LC classes were identified: pine forest, oak forest, pine–oak forest, fir forest, Plantation, Agricultural fields, Grasslands, Scrublands, Avocado plantation and Degraded forests. The following results were obtained: (a) carbon content in vegetation ranged from 0.2 (grasslands) to 169.7 (fir …

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2008

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