Predicted soil greenhouse gas emissions from climate x management interactions in temperate grassland

Barneze, Arlete S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5781-0424; Abdalla, Mohamed; Whitaker, Jeanette ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8824-471X; McNamara, Niall P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5143-5819; Ostle, Nicholas J.. 2022 Predicted soil greenhouse gas emissions from climate x management interactions in temperate grassland [in special issue: Advance in grassland productivity and sustainability] Agronomy, 12 (12), 3055. 18, pp. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123055

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123055

Abstract/Summary

Grassland management practices and their interactions with climatic variables have significant impacts on soil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Mathematical models can be used to simulate the impacts of management and potential changes in climate beyond the temporal extent of short-term field experiments. In this study, field measurements of nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and methane (CH4) emissions from grassland soils were used to test and validate the DNDC (DeNitrification-DeComposition) model. The model was then applied to predict changes in GHG emissions due to interactions between climate warming and grassland management in a 30-year simulation. Sensitivity analysis showed that the DNDC model was susceptible to changes in temperature, rainfall, soil carbon and N-fertiliser rate for predicting N2O and CO2 emissions, but not for net CH4 emissions. Validation of the model suggests that N2O emissions were well described by N-fertilised treatments (relative variation of 2%), while non-fertilised treatments showed higher variations between measured and simulated values (relative variation of 26%). CO2 emissions (plant and soil respiration) were well described by the model prior to hay meadow cutting but afterwards measured emissions were higher than those simulated. Emissions of CH4 were on average negative and largely negligible for both simulated and measured values. Long-term scenario projections suggest that net GHG emissions would increase over time under all treatments and interactions. Overall, this study confirms that GHG emissions from intensively managed, fertilised grasslands are at greater risk of being amplified through climate warming, and represent a greater risk of climate feedbacks.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123055
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Soils and Land Use (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	2073-4395
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	DNDC model, GHG fluxes, temperate grassland, climate change, management
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment Agriculture and Soil Science
Date made live:	06 Feb 2024 10:20 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/536847

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123055

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Soils and Land Use (Science Area 2017-)

ISSN:

2073-4395

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.

Additional Keywords:

DNDC model, GHG fluxes, temperate grassland, climate change, management