Soil organic carbon stocks in the dominant soils of the Miombo woodland ecosystem of Kitonga Forest Reserve, Iringa, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorShelukindo, Hassan Bashiru
dc.contributor.authorSemu, Ernest
dc.contributor.authorMsanya, B. M.
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Bal Ram
dc.contributor.authorMunishi, Pantaleo K.T
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-02T09:45:52Z
dc.date.available2016-12-02T09:45:52Z
dc.date.issued2014-03-06
dc.description.abstractFew studies have determined the soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in the Miombo woodlands ecosystem in Tanzania. Standard field and laboratory procedures were used to evaluate SOC storage in the Miombo woodlands ecosystem of Kitonga Forest Reserve Iringa, Tanzania. A study area of 52 km 2 was selected and ten soil profiles were studied. Representative sampling points were geo-referenced and soil samples collected from natural horizons to the depth of 60 cm. Results show that the total soil organic carbon stocks in soil profiles varied from 19.4 to 28.9 Mg C ha -1 in leptosols; from 45.6 to 80.1 Mg C ha -1 in fluvisols; and from 33.9 to 134.6 Mg C ha -1 in cambisols. The SOC increased significantly (p< 0.05) with increasing elevation, horizon thickness and % clay, but it decreased significantly (p< 0.05) with increasing slope gradient and increasing % sand. The areal distribution of the soil types was 61%, for cambisols, 19% for leptosols, 11% for fluvisols and 9% for natural forest which was not surveyed because of inaccessibility. Proper management of Miombo woodlands would increase the SOC storage and contribute to climate change regulation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Agricultural Policy and Research Vol.2 (4), pp. 167-177, April 2014en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1062
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Agricultural Policy and Researchen_US
dc.subjectMiombo woodlandsen_US
dc.subjectsoil typesen_US
dc.subjectsoil organic carbon stocksen_US
dc.subjectclimate change regulationen_US
dc.subjectKitonga Forest Reserveen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.titleSoil organic carbon stocks in the dominant soils of the Miombo woodland ecosystem of Kitonga Forest Reserve, Iringa, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlhttp://www.journalissues.org/ijapr/en_US

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