Data for: Conversion of forest to cinnamon plantation depletes soil carbon stocks in the top metre of the tropical highlands of Kerinci Regency, Jambi Province, Indonesia

We quantified SOC stocks down the soil profile under cinnamon plantations of different ages in three locations in Kerinci Regency, Jambi Province, Indonesia. We collected soil cores at 10 cm intervals down the soil profile (to 1 m) to calculate total stocks of SOC under these land uses and to investigate the effect that natural forest conversion to cinnamon plantation has on topsoil and subsoil carbon. We then investigated whether the chemical composition of soil organic matter (SOM) changes down the soil profile and whether this was different under different land uses.本研究对印度尼西亚占碑省吉印奇县三个点位的不同林龄肉桂种植园，开展了土壤剖面有机碳（Soil Organic Carbon, SOC）储量的量化分析。我们以10厘米为间隔采集深度达1米的土壤剖面柱样，以测算该土地利用模式下的总有机碳储量，并探究天然林转营肉桂种植园对表土层与心土层碳库的影响。此外，本研究还探究了土壤有机质（Soil Organic Matter, SOM）的化学组成是否随土壤剖面深度发生变化，以及该变化在不同土地利用方式下是否存在差异。