Soil organic carbon change data under human land-use changes

The dataset includes site observational data of soil organic carbon (SOC) changes that were used for the meta analysis of estimating the impacts of human-induced land use/land cover (LULC) change on SOC. The LULC types include agriculture (conventional tillage, animal plowing, shifting cultivation, and no-till), pasture, grazing (light, moderate, and heavy intensity), and secondary vegetation cover. Data include the sampling location, depth range of the sample, soil texture, clay content (if reported), the observed SOC change (in percentage, compared to a reference undisturbed site), and the data source.