Abstract:Land-use change that influences soil carbon storage and release within the tropics can have large implications for global carbon cycling. Changes in soil carbon following land-use change have become an international policy concern in terms of both sustained production at a local or regional scale, and the global consequences relating to increased emissions of CO_2 from terrestrial systems. There are eight types of vegetation in Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve (DHSBR), Guangdong province, and these vegetations ...