Articles | Volume 10, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-349-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-349-2024
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04 Jun 2024
Original research article |  | 04 Jun 2024

The limited effect of deforestation on stabilized subsoil organic carbon in a subtropical catchment

Claude Raoul Müller, Johan Six, Liesa Brosens, Philipp Baumann, Jean Paolo Gomes Minella, Gerard Govers, and Marijn Van de Broek

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Subsoils in the tropics are not as extensively studied as those in temperate regions. In this study, the conversion of forest to agriculture in a subtropical region affected the concentration of stabilized organic carbon (OC) down to 90 cm depth, while no significant differences between 90 cm and 300 cm were detected. Our results suggest that subsoils below 90 cm are unlikely to accumulate additional stabilized OC through reforestation over decadal periods due to declining OC input with depth.