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This file was generated on 2025-03-17 by FELIPE QUARTUCCI 

Title of the dataset:

Carbon stocks in aboveground and belowground pools in diverse land uses in the Atlantic Forest in Brazil.
 
Brief description of the research project and its aims: This study assessed the carbon sequestration potential of different land restoration approaches in the Atlantic Forest, in Brazil. Deep soil (300 cm) carbon stocks were also included in the analysis. 

Contact Information:
Felipe Quartucci
Institution: Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany
Email:felipequartucci@hotmail.com

Project Supervisor (Principal Investigator) Contact Information

Name:Wulf Amelung
Institution:Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES)
Email: wulf.amelung@uni-bonn.de

In case of questions related to this dataset, please contact:
 
Felipe Quartucci Email: felipequartucci@hotmail.com 

Date of data collection: 2020-10-01 to 2022-02-01

Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: this work was funded by DAAD and Foundation Fiat Panis

Language of the dataset:

English

Geographic location of data collection:Iperó, state of São Paulo, Brazil, within the boundaries of the Ipanema settlement.

DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

1. File List: carbon_stock 

2. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? no
When was the file updated?: 2025-03-17

SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

1. Was data derived from another source? no 

2. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: CC BY-NC 4.0 

3. Links to publications that cite or use the data: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121403; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/12582

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

1) Description of methods used for collection/generation of data.

Soil was collected in 6 layers up to 300 cm, using a mechanized soil corer, in the following layers: 0-20cm, 20-40, 40-100, 100-150, 150-200 and 200-300 cm.
For aboveground carbon, the diameter at breast height and height of all trees were measured.
For the litter and woody necromass < 2.0 cm, a square of 0.25 m2 (0.5 m × 0.5 m) was deposited on the soil and the material collected.
For the fallen woody necromass, we used the intercept line method.
For fine roots, we collected soil in the same layers of the soil carbon stock and measured the amount of fine roots.
For coarse roots, we estimated based on the aboveground biomass.
For a detailed description, please refer to https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121403

2) Methods for processing the data: 

We measured the C content of soil, fine roots and litter using an elemental analyzer.
For the aboveground biomass, coarse roots and coarse woody debris, we used data from literature.
We then calculated C stock following specific methodologies for each pool (check https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121403 for more details. 

Variable list including full names and definitions of column headings for tabular data:

Aboveground - aboveground living biomass
Necromass - litter + SWN + FWN
Litter - litter and woody necromass < 2.0 cm diameter
SWN - standing woody necromass
FWN - fallen woody necromass (LWN + MWN)
LWN - large woody necromass (woody necromass > 10 cm diameter)
MWN - medium-sized woody necromass (woody necromass between 2.0 and 9.9 cm diameter)
Coarse_roots - roots with diameter >2.0 mm
Fine_roots_0300 - fine roots (<2.0 mm) in the 0-300 cm layer
Fine_roots_020 - fine roots (<2.0 mm) in the 0-20cm layer
Fine_roots_2040 - fine roots (<2.0 mm) in the 20-40 cm layer
Fine_roots_40100 - fine roots (<2.0 mm) in the 40-100 cm layer
Fine_roots_100150 - fine roots (<2.0 mm) in the 100-150 cm layer
Fine_roots_150200 - fine roots (<2.0 mm) in the 150-200 cm layer
Fine_roots_200300 - fine roots (<2.0 mm) in the 200-300 cm layer
SOC_0300 - soil organic carbon in the 0-300 cm layer
SOC_020 - soil organic carbon in the 0-20 cm layer
SOC_2040 - soil organic carbon in the 20-40 cm layer
SOC_40100 - soil organic carbon in the 40-100 cm layer
SOC_100150 - soil organic carbon in the 100-150 cm layer
SOC_150200 - soil organic carbon in the 150-200 cm layer
SOC_200300 - soil organic carbon in the 200-300 cm layer
Ecosystem - ecosystem carbon stock (sum of aboveground + necromass + coarse roots + fine_roots_0300 + SOC_0300)
Unit of all data is Mg ha-1. 

Abbreviations of land uses: 
AG - Agriculture
AFSi - Agroforestry system in intermiate stage
AFSa - Agroforestry system in advanced stage
RE - reforestation with mixed native species
NR - natural regeneration
SF - secondary forest