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This study aimed to effect of converting rangeland to afforestation on carbon and nitrogen storage was done in forested areas of Hassan Abad in Sanandaj. Masses of studied was include Cupressus arizonica, Pinus eldarica, Fraxinus rotundifolia, Robinia psedoacacia and Thuja orientalis whit an average age of 20 years and adjacent rangeland that converting was not created was selected as control. Sampling of soil was done in afforestation mass and control and characteristics of organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, bulk density, pH, electrical conductivity, percent clay, silt and sand was measured. To compare the effect of forestry corrective operations on carbon sequestration was used independent t-test analysis and to compare the effects of different types of afforestation on soil carbon and nitrogen sequestration rates was used one-way ANOVA. Results shows that Robinia psedoacacia have a significant effect on increase of carbon and nitrogen sequestered and amount of phosphorus and potassium in soil and in total in Robinia psedoacacia mass amount of cabon sequestered and nitrogen stored in soil was calculated 80.62 and 5.42 ton/ha and in control 47.05 and 3.08 ton/ha and Robinia psedoacacia mass cause to increase of soil carbon and nitrogen amount of 71 and 75 percent and lowest amount of carbon and nitrogen was obtained in soil of Cupressus arizonica mass. Stepwise regression results showed that nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, respectively are most important components affecting in soil of investigated mass.
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