Soil Respiration in European Grasslands in Relation to Climate and Assimilate Supply

Bahn, Michael; Rodeghiero, Mirco; Anderson-Dunn, Margaret; Dore, Sabina; Gimeno, Cristina; Droesler, Matthias; Williams, Michael; Ammann, Christof; Berninger, Frank; Flechard, Chris; Jones, Stephanie; Balzarolo, Manuela; Kumar, Suresh; Newesely, Christian; Priwitzer, Tibor; Raschi, Antonio; Siegwolf, Rolf; Susiluoto, Sanna; Tenhunen, John; Wohlfahrt, Georg; Cernusca, Alexander. 2008 Soil Respiration in European Grasslands in Relation to Climate and Assimilate Supply. Ecosystems, 11 (8). 1352-1367. 10.1007/s10021-008-9198-0

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Abstract/Summary

Soil respiration constitutes the second largest flux of carbon (C) between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. This study provides a synthesis of soil respiration (R s) in 20 European grasslands across a climatic transect, including ten meadows, eight pastures and two unmanaged grasslands. Maximum rates of R s ( ), R s at a reference soil temperature (10°C; ) and annual R s (estimated for 13 sites) ranged from 1.9 to 15.9 μmol CO2 m−2 s−1, 0.3 to 5.5 μmol CO2 m−2 s−1 and 58 to 1988 g C m−2 y−1, respectively. Values obtained for Central European mountain meadows are amongst the highest so far reported for any type of ecosystem. Across all sites was closely related to . Assimilate supply affected R s at timescales from daily (but not necessarily diurnal) to annual. Reductions of assimilate supply by removal of aboveground biomass through grazing and cutting resulted in a rapid and a significant decrease of R s. Temperature-independent seasonal fluctuations of R s of an intensively managed pasture were closely related to changes in leaf area index (LAI). Across sites increased with mean annual soil temperature (MAT), LAI and gross primary productivity (GPP), indicating that assimilate supply overrides potential acclimation to prevailing temperatures. Also annual R s was closely related to LAI and GPP. Because the latter two parameters were coupled to MAT, temperature was a suitable surrogate for deriving estimates of annual R s across the grasslands studied. These findings contribute to our understanding of regional patterns of soil C fluxes and highlight the importance of assimilate supply for soil CO2 emissions at various timescales.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1007/s10021-008-9198-0
Programmes:	CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biogeochemistry > BG01 Measuring and modelling trace gas, aerosol and carbon > BG01.3 Nitroeurope NEU advanced flux network, fluxes pools and budgets
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Billett (to November 2013)
ISSN:	1432-9840
Additional Keywords:	soil CO2 efflux, temperature, moisture, gross primary productivity, leaf area index, soil carbon, land use
NORA Subject Terms:	Agriculture and Soil Science Atmospheric Sciences
Date made live:	13 Jan 2009 16:05 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5343

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1007/s10021-008-9198-0

Programmes:

CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biogeochemistry > BG01 Measuring and modelling trace gas, aerosol and carbon > BG01.3 Nitroeurope NEU advanced flux network, fluxes pools and budgets

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Billett (to November 2013)

ISSN:

1432-9840

Additional Keywords:

soil CO2 efflux, temperature, moisture, gross primary productivity, leaf area index, soil carbon, land use