Published May 30, 2023 | Version v1
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Data for: Evidence for a high carbon uptake potential in degraded grasslands through restoration

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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Description

Almost half of grasslands worldwide are degraded due to overgrazing or other forms of mismanagement, causing a severe decline in carbon uptake capacity. Therefore, through restoration, degraded grasslands are expected to have a high potential for carbon uptake. However, the strength of carbon uptake rate in degraded grasslands with effective restoration measures, such as nutrient amendment, is poorly evaluated. By combining a meta-analysis of nutrient effects on carbon fluxes in degraded vs. non-degraded grasslands in China with a nutrient amendment experiment in a degraded grassland, we evaluated the carbon uptake potential in degraded grasslands. 

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