Factors determining soil respiration in tropical savanna-wetland mosaic in the Okavango delta, Botswana

Impact of deforestation on soil carbon stock and its spatial distribution in the Western Black Sea Region of Turkey

“…The most significant component of terrestrial carbon are forests, which contain close to 77% of all carbon stored in vegetation and twice as much carbon as the atmosphere (Mantlana et al, 2009). It is estimated that destroying the world's forests, mainly for agricultural purposes, releases up to 2 Â 10 15 g/yr of carbon to the atmosphere, much of which arises from cultivation which causes an accelerated decomposition of soil organic matter (Han et al, 2009).…”