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Seasonal Soil Respiration Dynamics and Carbon-Stock Variations in Mountain Permanent Grasslands Compared to Arable Lands

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  • Matteo Francioni

    (Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60121 Ancona, Italy)

  • Paride D’Ottavio

    (Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60121 Ancona, Italy)

  • Roberto Lai

    (Nucleo di Ricerca Sulla Desertificazione (NRD), Università degli Studi di Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
    Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy)

  • Laura Trozzo

    (Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60121 Ancona, Italy)

  • Katarina Budimir

    (Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60121 Ancona, Italy)

  • Lucia Foresi

    (East Malling Research, East Malling ME19, UK)

  • Ayaka Wenhong Kishimoto-Mo

    (Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 305-8604 Tsukuba, Japan)

  • Nora Baldoni

    (Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60121 Ancona, Italy)

  • Marina Allegrezza

    (Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60121 Ancona, Italy)

  • Giulio Tesei

    (Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60121 Ancona, Italy)

  • Marco Toderi

    (Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60121 Ancona, Italy)

Abstract

Permanent grasslands provide a wide array of ecosystem services. Despite this, few studies have investigated grassland carbon (C) dynamics, and especially those related to the effects of land-use changes. This study aimed to determine whether the land-use change from permanent grassland to arable lands resulted in variations in the soil C stock, and whether such variations were due to increased soil respiration or to management practices. To address this, seasonal variations of soil respiration, sensitivity of soil respiration to soil temperature (Q 10 ), and soil C stock variations generated by land-use changes were analyzed in a temperate mountain area of central Italy. The comparisons were performed for a permanent grassland and two adjacent fields, one cultivated with lentil and the other with emmer, during the 2015 crop year. Soil respiration and its heterotrophic component showed different spatial and temporal dynamics. Annual cumulative soil respiration rates were 6.05, 5.05 and 3.99 t C ha −1 year −1 for grassland, lentil and emmer, respectively. Both soil respiration and heterotrophic soil respiration were positively correlated with soil temperature at 10 cm depth. Derived Q 10 values were from 2.23 to 6.05 for soil respiration, and from 1.82 to 4.06 for heterotrophic respiration. Soil C stock at over 0.2 m in depth was 93.56, 48.74 and 46.80 t C ha −1 for grassland, lentil and emmer, respectively. The land-use changes from permanent grassland to arable land lead to depletion in terms of the soil C stock due to water soil erosion. A more general evaluation appears necessary to determine the multiple effects of this land-use change at the landscape scale.

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  • Matteo Francioni & Paride D’Ottavio & Roberto Lai & Laura Trozzo & Katarina Budimir & Lucia Foresi & Ayaka Wenhong Kishimoto-Mo & Nora Baldoni & Marina Allegrezza & Giulio Tesei & Marco Toderi, 2019. "Seasonal Soil Respiration Dynamics and Carbon-Stock Variations in Mountain Permanent Grasslands Compared to Arable Lands," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 9(8), pages 1-12, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:9:y:2019:i:8:p:165-:d:252309
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