Research Article
Improving Carbon Mitigation Potential through Grassland Ecosystem Restoration under Climatic Change in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau
Table 6
Carbon sequestration summarized by types of restored or degraded grasslands.
| Types | 1990–2004 (MtC) | 2004–2012 (MtC) | AGB | BGB | SOC in 0~40 cm | AGB | BGB | SOC in 0~40 cm |
| Slight degradation | −4.162 | −8.546 | −182.524 | −4.104 | −8.427 | −179.984 | Middle degradation | −2.183 | −7.097 | −106.397 | −1.187 | −3.860 | −57.869 | Substantial degradation | −0.127 | −0.813 | −5.850 | −0.100 | −0.639 | −4.597 | Restoration | 0.006 | 0.033 | 0.307 | 0.028 | 0.146 | 1.363 |
| Total | −6.466 | −16.423 | −294.464 | −5.363 | −12.78 | −241.087 |
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