[Mineralization Characteristics of Soil Organic Carbon and Its Relationship with Organic Carbon Components in Artificial Forest in Loess Hilly Region].

In order to explore the characteristics of organic carbon mineralization and the variation law of organic carbon components of an artificial forest in a loess hilly area, an artificial forest restored for 13 years and the adjacent slope farmland were selected as the research objects, and indoor culture experiments under three different temperature treatments (15, 25, and 35℃) were carried out. The results indicated that the mineralization rate of soil organic carbon decreased sharply at first and then stabilized. The cumulative release of organic carbon increased rapidly in the initial stage of culture and gradually slowed in the later stage. Soil organic carbon mineralization in sloping farmland was more sensitive to temperature change, and its temperature sensitivity coefficient was 1.52, whereas that in forest land was only 1.38. According to the fitting of the single reservoir first-order dynamic equation, the soil mineralization potential of forest land and slope farmland was between 2.02-4.32 g·kg and 1.25-3.17 g·kg, respectively, that is, the mineralization potential of the forest was higher. During the cultivation period, the content of various active organic carbon components decreased with time, and that in the forest land was greater than that in the slope land. The cumulative carbon release of soil was significantly positively correlated with the contents of MBC and DOC (<0.05), and Q (15-25℃) was negatively correlated with the contents of SOC, EOC, and SWC (<0.05). These results could provide some reference for the study of soil carbon sequestration in loess hilly regions under climate change.