Journal article
Soil-atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gases in a Eucalyptus marginata woodland, a clover-grass pasture, and Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus globulus plantations
SJ Livesley, R Kiese, P Miehle, CJ Weston, K Butterbach-Bahl, SK Arndt
Global Change Biology | WILEY | Published : 2009
Abstract
Soils provide the largest terrestrial carbon store, the largest atmospheric CO2 source, the largest terrestrial N2 O source and the largest terrestrial CH4 sink, as mediated through root and soil microbial processes. A change in land use or management can alter these soil processes such that net greenhouse gas exchange may increase or decrease. We measured soil-atmosphere exchange of CO2, N2O and CH4 in four adjacent land-use systems (native eucalypt woodland, clover-grass pasture, Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus globulus plantation) for short, but continuous, periods between October 2005 and June 2006 using an automated trace gas measurement system near Albany in southwest Western Australia. M..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council Linkage
Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This research was supported by the Australian Research Council Linkage Grant LP0455475 and the Victorian Greenhouse Strategy of the Department of Sustainability and Environment of Victoria. This research was made possible with the generous assistance of Sandra Wochele in the field, laboratory and general goodwill. We would like to thank Peter Drygan (and family) and Ben Bradshaw of Timbercorp, Albany, and Neil Worrell of South Coast Share Farms for field access and assistance. Similarly, Craig Russell, Ben Puglisi, Paul Sandford and other staff at AgWA, Albany, for assistance and access to office and laboratory facilities. We would also like to thank Matthew Lee, Najib Ahmady and Katherine Whittaker from the SFES Technical Services team for assistance with laboratory analyses.