Assessment of land use change and its effect on soil carbon stock using multitemporal satellite data in semiarid region of Rajasthan, India

Sharma, Garima; Sharma, L. K.; Sharma, K. C.

doi:10.1186/s13717-019-0193-5

Ecological Processes

Table 10 Effect of internal trading of land use on SOC stock

From: Assessment of land use change and its effect on soil carbon stock using multitemporal satellite data in semiarid region of Rajasthan, India

Land use change	1993–2003			2003–2014
Land use change	Change in area (ha)	Change in SOC stock (t/ha)	Change in SOC stock (Mt C)	Change in area (ha)	Change in SOC stock (t/ha)	Change in SOC stock (Mt C)
Dry deciduous to thorn forest	182.64	− 9.37	− 1.71	74.65	− 9.37	− 0.69
Dry deciduous to scrubland	8.39	− 12.87	− 0.11	21.29	− 12.87	− 0.27
Dry deciduous to cropland	0.43	− 15.33	− 0.007	14.32	− 14.56	− 0.21
Dry deciduous to plantation	2.51	− 7.41	− 0.02	17.22	− 5.79	− 0.09
Dry deciduous to fallow	21.68	− 11.8	− 0.25	60.09	− 17.61	− 1.06
Thorn to dry deciduous	44.74	9.37	0.42	58.05	9.37	0.54
Thorn to scrubland	826.30	− 3.5	− 2.89	255.93	− 3.5	− 0.89
Thorn to cropland	169.80	− 5.99	− 1.02	24.53	− 5.19	− 0.13
Thorn to plantation	6.98	1.96	0.01	16.25	3.58	0.06
Thorn to fallow land	259.55	− 2.43	− 0.63	108.80	− 8.24	− 0.89
Scrubland to dry deciduous	30.72	12.87	0.39	5.55	12.87	0.07
Scrubland to thorn forest	415.45	3.5	1.45	254.15	3.5	0.89
Scrubland to cropland	40.33	− 2.49	− 0.07	242.97	− 1.69	− .41
Scrubland to plantation	15.93	5.46	0.10	48.69	7.08	0.34
Scrubland to fallow land	178.18	1.07	0.19	163.35	− 4.74	− 0.77
Cropland to dry deciduous	10.53	16.83	0.18	1.27	15.36	0.02
Cropland to thorn forest	6.83	7.46	0.05	9.23	5.99	0.05
Cropland to scrubland	9.25	3.96	0.04	0.82	2.49	0.002
Cropland to plantation	101.64	9.42	0.96	370.95	9.57	3.55
Cropland to fallow land	80.64	5.03	0.40	330.59	− 2.25	− 0.74
Plantation to scrubland	0.98	− 3.03	− 0.003	0.19	− 5.46	− 0.001
Plantation to cropland	144.91	− 5.52	− 0.79	52.52	− 7.15	− 0.37
Plantation to fallow land	100.18	− 1.96	− 0.19	191.43	− 10.2	− 1.95
Fallow to dry deciduous forest	89.06	9.2	0.82	16.57	11.8	0.19
Fallow to thorn forest	121.32	− 0.17	− 0.02	28.88	2.43	0.07
Fallow to scrubland	66.81	− 3.67	− 0.24	8.03	− 1.07	− 0.008
Fallow to cropland	919.85	− 6.16	− 5.67	416.58	− 2.76	− 1.15
Fallow to plantation	180.84	1.79	0.32	181.99	6.01	1.09
Total			− 8.29			− 2.76

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