Connecting Soil Organic Carbon and Root Biomass with Land-Use and Vegetation in Temperate Grassland

Table 2

Descriptive statistics for soil organic carbon (SOC) and root biomass from 31 vegetation plots across five study tracts in the Grand River Grasslands of Ringgold County, IA, and Harrison County, MO, USA.

Variable	Minimum	Mean	Maximum
Total SOC in 170 cm profile (kg/m^2)	11.4	16.8	27.4
Percent of total SOC in top 20 cm	21.5%	37.2%	51.4%
Percent of total SOC in top 40 cm	28.8%	56.9%	71.5%
Percent of total SOC in top 100 cm	38.0%	81.9%	96.9%
Total root biomass in 100 cm profile (mg/cm^2)	53.6	102.0	212.4
Percent of total root biomass in top 20 cm	33.1%	69.8%	96.5%
Percent of total root biomass in top 40 cm	52.8%	80.5%	98.0%