Quantifying the soil carbon changes following the afforestation of former arableland

• LIU Xing_e, 
• JIN Ying-shan¹ , 
• FAN Hai_lan, 
• WANG Xiao_qing¹ , 
• JIANG Ze_hui, 
• ZHAI Ming-pu¹ , 
• FEI Ben_hua¹ , 
• REN Hai_qing² , 
• WANG Chao¹ , 
• SONG Ping³ , 
• ZHOU Rong-wu² , 
• AN Yu-tao² , 
• MA Run-guo² , 
• REN Yun-mao² , 

• 1.

  College of Information, Beijing Forestry University, 100083, P. R. China.

• 2.

  1 Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, 100083, P. R. China; 2 Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, P. R. China； 3 Dunhua Forestry Bureau, Jilin Province, 133700, P. R. China.

• 3.

  School of Environmental Technology, Zhejiang Forestry College, Lin’an City， Zhejiang Province, 311300，P.R.China.

• 4.

  1 Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, 100083, P. R. China; 2 Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, P. R. China； 3 Dunhua Forestry Bureau, Jilin Province, 133700, P. R. China.

• 5.

  1 Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation, Ministry of Education, College of Natural Resources & Environment, Beijing Forestry University, 100083, P.R.China; 2 State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, P. R. China.

• 6.

  1 National Engineering Research Center for Water Saving Irrigation at Yangling, College of Water Conservancy and Architectural Engineering，Northwest A & F University, Shaanxi Province, 712100, P. R. China; 2 Department of Water Resources in Yangling， Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province，712100，P. R. China.

• 7.

  1 College of Hydraulic and Civil Engineering，China Agricultural University，Beijing，100083，P.R.China； 2 Research Centre on Data Technology & Knowledge Economy，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Beijing，100083，P.R.China； 3 Institute of Water Conservancy Science of Inner Mongolia，Hohhot，010020，P.R.China．

• 8.

  1 Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation, State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091，P. R. China； 2 Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Northeast Normal University, Changchun，130024, P. R. China

• 9.

  1 Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation,Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, 100083, P. R. China; 2 Services Command College of Chinese Armed Police Force, Beijing, 102202, P.R. China.

• 10.

  1 Department of Land Management, Chongqing Institute of Technology, 400050, P. R. China; 2 The Science and Technology Department of Chongqing Institute of Technology, 400050, P. R. China.

• 12.

  Department of Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, P. R. China.

• 13.

  1 Chengdu Institute of Biology，Chinese Academy of Sciences，610041，P. R. China; 2 Key Laboratory of Quantitative Vegetation Ecology，Institute of Botany，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Beijing，100093，P. R. China； 3 Shandong Institute of Light Industry，Ji’nan，250100，P. R. China; 4 State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Sun Yat_Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China.

• 14.

  1 College of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, 100083, P.R.China； 2 Management Bureau of Baihua Mountain Nature Reserve, Beijing, 102401, P.R.China.

• 15.

  1 Department of Biology, Tonghua Teachers College, Jilin Province, 134002, P. R. China； 2 Department of Pharmacology, Tonghua Teachers College, Jilin Province, 134002, P. R. China； 3 Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chinese Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100094, P. R. China; 4 Institute of Botany，Chinese Academy of Sciences， Beijing, 100093, P. R. China.

• 16.

  1 Institute of Vegetable and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China; 2 College of Landscape and Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, 100083, P. R. China; 3 The General Development Company of Caozhou Peony Flowers, Heze City, Shandong Province, 274000, P. R. China.

• 17.

  1 Key Laboratory for Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education，Northeast Normal University，Changchun，130024，P．R．China； 2 Shenzhen Bureau of Water Administration， 518055，P．R．China.

• 18.

  Key Laboratory for Ecoenvironment of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China.

• 19.

  1 Guangxi Forestry Research Institute, Nanning,530001, P. R. China； 2 Forestry College of Guangxi University, Nanning,530005，P.R. China; 3 Agricultural College of Guangxi University, Nanning,530005, P. R. China

• 20.

  1 Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China; 2 Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Water Conservancy, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China; 3 Institute of Forest Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R.China

• 21.

  1 Southern Global Change Program, USDA Forest Service, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA; 2 Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation & Desertification Combating, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, 100083, P.R. China; 3 Southern China Botany Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, P.R. China; 4 University of British Columbia_Okanagan, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1V 1V7, Canada.

• 22.

  Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation，Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, 100083, P. R. China.

• 23.

  College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, 100083, P. R. China.

• 24.

  College of Forest Resource and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037, P.R. China.

• 25.

  School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University, 100083, P. R. China

• 26.

  1 Editorial Office of Forestry Economics, China National Forestry Economics and Development Research Center, Beijing, 100102, P.R.China; 2 College of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University, 100083, P.R.China.

• 27.

  1 International Center for Bamboo and Rattan，Beijing, 100102， P. R. China; 2 Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091,P.R.China.

• 28.

  1 Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing， 100091, P. R. China; 2 Forestry College of Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China.

• 29.

  Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, P. R. China.

• 30.

  Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, P. R. China.