Carbon balance of a three crop succession over two cropland sites in South West France

Long term flux measurements of different crop species are necessary to improve our understanding of management and climate effects on carbon flux variability as well as cropland potential in terrestrial carbon sequestration. The main objectives of this study were to analyse the seasonal dynamics of CO₂ fluxes and to establish the effects of climate and cropland management on the annual carbon balance.CO₂ fluxes were measured by means of the eddy correlation (EC) method over two cropland sites, Auradé and Lamasquère, in South West France for a succession of three crops: rapeseed, winter wheat and sunflower at Auradé, and triticale, maize and winter wheat at Lamasquère. The net ecosystem exchange (NEE) was partitioned into gross ecosystem production (GEP) and ecosystem respiration (R_E) and was integrated over the year to compute net ecosystem production (NEP). Different methodologies tested for NEP computation are discussed and a methodology for estimating NEP uncertainty is presented.NEP values ranged between −369 ± 33 g C m⁻² y⁻¹ for winter wheat at Lamasquère in 2007 and 28 ± 18 g C m⁻² y⁻¹ for sunflower at Auradé in 2007. These values were in good agreement with NEP values reported in the literature, except for maize which exhibited a low development compared to the literature. NEP was strongly influenced by the length of the net carbon assimilation period and by interannual climate variability. The warm 2007 winter stimulated early growth of winter wheat, causing large differences in GEP, R_E and NEE dynamics for winter wheat when compared to 2006. Management had a strong impact on CO₂ flux dynamics and on NEP. Ploughing interrupted net assimilation during voluntary re-growth periods, but it had a negligible short term effect when it occurred on bare soil. Re-growth events after harvest appeared to limit carbon loss: at Lamasquère in 2005 re-growth contributed to store up to 50 g C m⁻². Differences in NEE response to climatic variables (VPD, light quality) and vegetation index were addressed and discussed.Net biome production (NBP) was calculated yearly based on NEP and considering carbon input through organic fertilizer and carbon output through harvest. For the three crops, the mean NBP at Auradé indicated a nearly carbon balanced ecosystem, whereas Lamasquère lost about 100 g C m⁻² y⁻¹; therefore, the ecosystem behaved as a carbon source despite the fact that carbon was imported through organic fertilizer. Carbon exportation through harvest was the main cause of this difference between the two sites, and it was explained by the farm production type. Lamasquère is a cattle breeding farm, exporting most of the aboveground biomass for cattle bedding and feeding, whereas Auradé is a cereal production farm, exporting only seeds.     

Strong seasonal variations in net ecosystem CO2 exchange of a tropical pasture and afforestation in Panama

Pasture and afforestation are land-use types of major importance in the tropics, yet, most flux tower studies have been conducted in mature tropical forests. As deforestation in the tropics is expected to continue, it is critical to improve our understanding of alternative land-use types, and the impact of interactions between land use and climate on ecosystem carbon dynamics. Thus, we measured net ecosystem CO₂ fluxes of a pasture and an adjacent tropical afforestation (native tree species plantation) in Sardinilla, Panama from 2007 to 2009. The objectives of our paired site study were: (1) to assess seasonal and inter-annual variations in net ecosystem CO₂ exchange (NEE) of pasture and afforestation, (2) to identify the environmental controls of net ecosystem CO₂ fluxes, and (3) to constrain eddy covariance derived total ecosystem respiration (TER) with chamber-based soil respiration (R_Soil) measurements. We observed distinct seasonal variations in NEE that were more pronounced in the pasture compared to the afforestation, reflecting changes in plant and microbial activities. The land conversion from pasture to afforestation increased the potential for carbon uptake by trees vs. grasses throughout most of the year. R_Soil contributed about 50% to TER, with only small differences between ecosystems or seasons. Radiation and soil moisture were the main environmental controls of CO₂ fluxes while temperature had no effect on NEE. The pasture ecosystem was more strongly affected by soil water limitations during the dry season, probably due to the shallower root system of grasses compared to trees. Thus, it seems likely that predicted increases in precipitation variability will impact seasonal variations of CO₂ fluxes in Central Panama, in particular of pasture ecosystems.     

华北平原典型冬小麦农田生态系统能量平衡与闭合研究

准确量化分析地气之间的物质和能量交换对于水资源管理和农业可持续发展是十分重要的。能量平衡闭合是评估观测数据准确性和分析地表能量平衡的一个重要的评价指数。本研究利用开路涡度相关系统和全要素自动气象站对华北平原典型冬小麦农田生态系统2013—2014年度的能量通量及常规气象要素进行了连续观测,分析了冬小麦农田各能量通量的日变化和年变化特征,计算冬小麦在4个生育时期(出苗期、越冬期、拔节期和灌浆期)的能量闭合和波文比。结果表明:在日尺度上,选取的4个生育时期净辐射和各能量分量的日变化趋势均为单峰二次曲线,净辐射、显热通量和潜热通量的峰值出现在12:00—13:00,土壤热通量的峰值出现在14:00—15:00。在年尺度上,净辐射和潜热通量的变化趋势较为一致,均在越冬期达到最低值114.51 W·m~(-2)和13.47 W·m~(-2),而在灌浆期达到最大值327.02 W·m~(-2)和116.56 W·m~(-2)。选取的4个生育时期的代表性观测日期能量闭合良好,能量闭合率分别为0.49、0.77、0.81和0.76。4个生育时期内波文比值日变化趋势均呈倒"U"型,出苗期波文比在14:00达到最大值2.12;越冬期、拔节期和灌浆期在10:00左右达到最大值,分别为1.48、0.31和0.58。本文的定量化结果可为华北平原农田生态系统水热通量等研究提供依据。     

森林生态系统碳循环研究进展

针对森林生态系统碳循环在全球碳循环中的重要作用,综述了国内外森林生态系统碳循环的研究进展,包括森林生态系统植物和土壤碳固定、森林群落和土壤的碳释放、森林生态系统碳平衡和碳循环模型等方面,并指出今后的研究方向。     

Partitioning carbon fluxes in a Mediterranean oak forest to disentangle changes in ecosystem sink strength during drought

Net carbon flux partitioning was used to disentangle abiotic and biotic drivers of all important component fluxes influencing the overall sink strength of a Mediterranean ecosystem during a rapid spring to summer transition. Between May and June 2006 we analyzed how seasonal drought affected ecosystem assimilation and respiration fluxes in an evergreen oak woodland and attributed variations in the component fluxes (trees, understory, soil microorganisms and roots) to observations at the ecosystem scale. We observed a two thirds decrease in both ecosystem carbon assimilation and respiration (R_eco) within only 15 days time. The impact of decreasing R_eco on the ecosystem carbon balance was smaller than the impact of decreasing primary productivity. Flux partitioning of GPP and R_eco into their component fluxes from trees, understory, soil microorganisms and roots showed that declining ecosystem sink strength was due to a large drought and temperature-induced decrease in understory carbon uptake (from 56% to 21%). Hence, the shallow-rooted annuals mainly composing the understory have a surprisingly large impact on the source/sink behavior of this open evergreen oak woodland during spring to summer transition and the timing of the onset of drought might have a large effect on the annual carbon budget. In response to seasonal drought R_eco was increasingly dominated by respiration of heterotrophic soil microorganisms, while the root flux was found to be of minor importance. Soil respiration flux decreased with drought but its contribution to total daily CO₂-exchange increased by 11.5%. This partitioning approach disentangled changes in respiratory and photosynthetic ecosystem fluxes that were not apparent from the eddy-covariance or the soil respiration data alone. By the novel combination of understory vs. overstory carbon flux partitioning with soil respiration data from trenched and control plots, we gained a detailed understanding of factors controlling net carbon exchange of Mediterranean ecosystems.     

The importance of dissolved organic carbon fluxes for the carbon balance of a temperate Scots pine forest

Efforts to increase our understanding of the terrestrial carbon balance have resulted in a dense global network of eddy covariance towers, which are able to measure the net ecosystem exchange of CO₂, H₂O and energy between ecosystems and the atmosphere. However, the typical set-up on an eddy covariance tower does not monitor lateral CO₂- and carbon fluxes such as dissolved organic carbon (DOC). By ignoring DOC fluxes eddy covariance-based CO₂ balances overestimate the carbon sink of ecosystems as part of the DOC drains into the inland waters and get respired outside the footprint of the eddy covariance tower. In this study we quantify 7 years (2000-2006) of DOC fluxes from a temperate Scots pine forest in Belgium and analyse its inter-annual variability. On average, 10 gC m⁻² year⁻¹ is leached from the pine forest as DOC. If the DOC fluxes are considered relative to the gross ecosystem carbon fluxes we see that DOC fluxes are small: 0.8 ± 0.2% relative to gross primary productivity, 1.0 ± 0.3% relative to ecosystem respiration, and (2.4 ± 0.4%) relative to soil respiration. However, when compared to net fluxes such as net ecosystem productivity and net biome productivity the DOC flux is no longer negligible (11 ± 7% and 17%, respectively), especially because the DOC losses constitute a systematic bias and not a random error. The inter-annual variability of the DOC fluxes followed that of annual water drainage. Hence, drainage drives DOC leaching at both short and long time scales. Finally, it is noted that part of the carbon that is leached from the ecosystem as DOC is respired or sequestered elsewhere, so the physical boundaries of accounting should always be reported together with the carbon budget.     

Climatic controls and ecosystem responses drive the inter-annual variability of the net ecosystem exchange of an alpine meadow

Seven years of continuous eddy covariance measurements at an alpine meadow were used to investigate the impacts of climate drivers and ecosystem responses on the inter-annual variability (IAV) of the net ecosystem exchange (NEE). The annual cumulative value of NEE was positive (source) in 2003, 2005 and 2009 (50, 15 and 112 g m⁻² respectively) and negative (sink) in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008 (29, 75, 110 and 28 g m⁻² respectively). The IAV of carbon dioxide fluxes builds up in two phenological phases: the onset of the growing season (triggered by snow melting) and the canopy re-growth after mowing. Respiratory fluxes during the non-growing season were observed to increase IAV, while growing season uptake dampened it. A novel approach was applied to factor out the two main sources of IAV: climate drivers’ variability and changes in the ecosystem responses to climate. Annual values of carbon dioxide fluxes were calculated assuming (a) variable climate and variable ecosystem response among years, (b) variable climate and constant ecosystem response and (c) constant climate and variable ecosystem response. The analysis of flux variances calculated under these three assumptions indicates the occurrence of an important negative feedback between climate and ecosystem responses. Due to this feedback, the observed IAV of NEE is lower than one would expect for a given climate variability, because of the counteracting changes in ecosystem responses. This alpine meadow therefore demonstrates the ability to acclimatise and to limit the IAV of carbon fluxes induced by climate variability.     

生物地球化学循环模型DNDC及其应用

生物地球化学模型是模拟研究化学元素动态的新兴领域,可用于陆地生态系统内植物、有机物和无机营养元素动态变化和循环。DNDC模型(DeNitrification-DeComposition Model)是美国新罕布什尔州大学陆地海洋空间研究中心开发研制的,最初是为了模拟农田生态系统固碳、氮流失和水平衡而创建,目前该模型可以模拟草地、湿地、林地等陆地生态系统碳氮动态过程。DNDC模型已经在美洲、欧洲、澳洲以及亚洲的一些地区得到了验证和运用。DNDC模型可用来分析陆地植物生长规律、土壤硝化和反硝化作用、温室气体和痕量气体排放预测研究、不同土壤类型及气候条件对森林生态系统碳氮通量变化的影响以及气候变化对生物地球化学循环的影响预测等。     

Interactions between physical and biotic factors influence CO2 flux in Antarctic dry valley soils

Soil carbon dioxide (CO₂) flux is an integrative measure of ecosystem functioning representing both biotic and physical controls over carbon (C) balance. In the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, soil CO₂ fluxes (approximately −0.1-0.15 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹) are generally low, and negative fluxes (uptake of CO₂) are sometimes observed. A combination of biological respiration and physical mechanisms, driven by temperature and mediated by soil moisture and mineralogy, determine CO₂ flux and, therefore, soil organic C balance. The physical factors important to CO₂ flux are being altered with climate variability in many ecosystems including arid forms such as the Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems, making it critical to understand how climate factors interact with biotic drivers to control soil CO₂ fluxes and C balances. We measured soil CO₂ flux in experimental field manipulations, microcosm incubations and across natural environmental gradients of soil moisture to estimate biotic soil respiration and abiotic sources of CO₂ flux in soils over a range of physical and biotic conditions. We determined that temperature fluctuations were the most important factor influencing diel variation in CO₂ flux. Variation within these diel CO₂ cycles was explained by differences in soil moisture. Increased temperature (as opposed to temperature fluctuations) had little or no effect on CO₂ flux if moisture was not also increased. We conclude that CO₂ flux in dry valley soils is driven primarily by physical factors such as soil temperature and moisture, indicating that future climate change may alter the dry valley soil C cycle. Negative CO₂ fluxes in arid soils have recently been identified as potential net C sinks. We demonstrate the potential for arid polar soils to take up CO₂, driven largely by abiotic factors associated with climate change. The low levels of CO₂ absorption into soils we observed may not constitute a significant sink of atmospheric CO₂, but will influence the interpretation of CO₂ flux for the dry valley soil C cycle and possibly other arid environments where biotic controls over C cycling are secondary to physical drivers.     

Aspects of the interaction between vegetation and soil under global change

Responses of terrestrial ecosystems to a world undergoing a change in atmospheric CO₂ concentration presents a formidable challenge to terrestrial ecosystem scientists. Strong relationships among climate, atmosphere, soils and biota at many different temporal and spatial scales make the understanding and prediction of changes in net ecosystem production (NEP) at a global scale difficult. Global C cycle models have implicitly attempted to account for some of this complexity by adapting lower pool sizes and smaller flux rates representing large regions and long temporal averages than values appropriate for a small area. However, it is becoming increasingly evident that terrestrial ecosystems may be experiencing a strong transient forcing as a result of increasing levels of atmospheric CO₂ that will require a finer temporal and spatial representation of terrestrial systems than the parameters for current global C cycle models allow. To adequately represent terrestrial systems in the global C cycle it is necessary to explicitly model the response of terrestrial systems to primary environmental factors. While considerable progress has been made experimentally and conceptually in aspects of photosynthetic responses, and gross and net primary production, the application of this understanding to NEP at individual sites is not well developed. This is an essential step in determining effects of plant physiological responses on the global C cycle. We use a forest stand succession model to explore the effects of several possible plant responses to elevated atmospheric CO₂ concentration. These simulations show that ecosystem C storage can be increased by increases in individual tree growth rate, reduced transpiration, or increases in fine root production commensurate with experimental observations.     

湄公河流域农业干旱主要影响因素分析和预估

以湄公河流域作为模拟试验区域,采用区域气候模式RegCM3为模拟工具,单向嵌套全球海气耦合模式ECHAM5/MPI-OM当代(1980-2009年)和SRES A1B情景下未来(2010-2039年)的输出结果,以根系层土壤含水量为代表性指标,对试验区月尺度农业干旱进行了预估。基于地表能量平衡,系统分析了降水、蒸发、地表温度等农业干旱主要影响因素与区域气候模式模拟的大气环流、地表感热通量、地表潜热通量、地表净通量之间的联系和变化规律,从气陆间能量和水汽通量平衡角度,对农业干旱发生机理进行了初步识别。预估结果表明:未来春末(6月)和秋末(10月)湄公河流域温度增加、土壤含水量减少较为明显;同时,在这个时段试验区蒸发旺盛和降水减少的趋势,有可能导致湄公河流域局部地区农业干旱的发生。     

Assessing net ecosystem carbon exchange of U.S. terrestrial ecosystems by integrating eddy covariance flux measurements and satellite observations

More accurate projections of future carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere and associated climate change depend on improved scientific understanding of the terrestrial carbon cycle. Despite the consensus that U.S. terrestrial ecosystems provide a carbon sink, the size, distribution, and interannual variability of this sink remain uncertain. Here we report a terrestrial carbon sink in the conterminous U.S. at 0.63 pg C yr⁻¹ with the majority of the sink in regions dominated by evergreen and deciduous forests and savannas. This estimate is based on our continuous estimates of net ecosystem carbon exchange (NEE) with high spatial (1 km) and temporal (8-day) resolutions derived from NEE measurements from eddy covariance flux towers and wall-to-wall satellite observations from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). We find that the U.S. terrestrial ecosystems could offset a maximum of 40% of the fossil-fuel carbon emissions. Our results show that the U.S. terrestrial carbon sink varied between 0.51 and 0.70  pg C yr⁻¹ over the period 2001-2006. The dominant sources of interannual variation of the carbon sink included extreme climate events and disturbances. Droughts in 2002 and 2006 reduced the U.S. carbon sink by ∼20% relative to a normal year. Disturbances including wildfires and hurricanes reduced carbon uptake or resulted in carbon release at regional scales. Our results provide an alternative, independent, and novel constraint to the U.S. terrestrial carbon sink.     

The response of terrestrial c storage to climate change: Modeling C dynamics at varying temporal and spatial scales

The response of terrestrial C storage to GCM derived climate change scenarios was investigated over a range of temporal and spatial scales. The potential changes in the global distribution of major ecosystem complexes were examined by combining changes in land cover and corresponding soil type with C storage estimates for each of the ecosystem types. All scenarios consistently showed an overall increase in global carbon storage. On a more regional basis, the potential impacts of climate change on the structure, composition and biomass dynamics of major forest types within the North American Boreal zone were investigated using individual based stand models. Biomass fluxes were found to be dependent on the tree species, site and GCM parameters. A method to simulate corresponding changes in intra- and interannual patterns of CO₂ flux by combining a gap model with an ecosystem model which incorporates photosynthesis, respiration (both canopy and decomposer) and transpiration is demonstrated.     

Carbon cycling and sequestration opportunities in temperate grasslands

Abstract. Temperate grasslands account for c. 20% of the land area in Europe. Carbon accumulation in grassland ecosystems occurs mostly below ground and changes in soil organic carbon stocks may result from land use changes (e.g. conversion of arable land to grassland) and grassland management. Grasslands also contribute to the biosphere–atmosphere exchange of non-CO₂ radiatively active trace gases, with fluxes intimately linked to management practices. In this article, we discuss the current knowledge on carbon cycling and carbon sequestration opportunities in temperate grasslands. First, from a simple two-parameter exponential model fitted to literature data, we assess soil organic carbon fluxes resulting from land use change (e.g. between arable and grassland) and from grassland management. Second, we discuss carbon fluxes within the context of farming systems, including crop–grass rotations and farm manure applications. Third, using a grassland ecosystem model (PaSim), we provide estimates of the greenhouse gas balance, in CO₂ equivalents, of pastures for a range of stocking rates and of N fertilizer applications. Finally, we consider carbon sequestration opportunities for France resulting from the restoration of grasslands and from the de-intensification of intensive livestock breeding systems. We emphasize major uncertainties concerning the magnitude and non-linearity of soil carbon stock changes in agricultural grasslands as well as the emissions of N₂O from soil and of CH₄ from grazing livestock.     

克氏针茅草原生态系统生长季碳通量变化特征

植被和大气之间CO2通量的观测有助于理解陆地生态系统的碳循环及其控制机理。以中国北方典型草原克氏针茅草原为研究对象,以涡度相关法为主要技术手段,探讨了2008年生长季内克氏针茅草原净生态系统碳交换（NEE）的变化特征。结果表明,克氏针茅草原生态系统CO2通量的日变化进程可以依据高峰出现的时间分为两种,一种具有一个吸收高峰,出现在11：00左右,另一种则具有两个吸收高峰,在正午前后出现碳释放现象。2008年克氏针茅草原生态系统最大的CO2吸收速率为-0．4mg·m^-2·s^-1。克氏针茅草原在4月和10月的NEE昼夜变化比较平缓,在5—9月日间CO2吸收量和夜间CO2排放量都开始增大,出现了明显的CO2日吸收峰值,但各月的日动态格局差异较大。2008年生长季中7—9月白天碳吸收活动最强,6—9月夜间CO2释放量较大。克氏针茅草原碳通量日累积量在2008年出现了3个明显的碳吸收峰;NEE的日最大累积吸收量和最大累积释放量分别为-2．38和1．47gC·m^-2·d^-1,并且出现在植被生长最旺盛的7、8月份。研究表明,温度和水分是影响克氏针茅草原生态系统碳通量变化的重要因子。     

土壤温度和水分对克氏针茅草原生态系统碳通量的影响初探

草地和大气间碳通量的观测有助于理解草原生态系统的碳循环及其控制机理。利用涡度相关技术观测了克氏针茅草原生态系统与大气之间的净生态系统碳交换（NEE）、生态系统初级生产力（GEP）、生态系统呼吸（Rec）o的变化,探讨了2008年生长季内土壤温度和水分对克氏针茅草原生态系统NEE、GEP和Reco的影响。结果表明,2008年生长季内,克氏针茅草原日尺度上NEE和GEP都出现了3个峰,二者之间有极显著的相关性,Reco则呈现倒＂U＂型变化规律。克氏针茅草原土壤温度与NEE、GEP呈二次曲线的关系,而与Reco呈指数关系,土壤水分的增加会提高克氏针茅草原生态系统的固碳能力、初级生产力及呼吸作用。土壤温度和水分是影响克氏针茅草原生态系统碳收支的重要因子。     

Non-turbulent fluxes of carbon dioxide and sensible heat—A comparison of three forested sites

The advection initiative ADVEX within CarboEurope-IP conducted advection experiments at three European coniferous sites in 2005 and 2006. All experiments shared the same geometry and instrumentation. Data of the ADVEX experiments were used to calculate advective fluxes of carbon dioxide and sensible heat using exactly the same method. However, the advective flux of sensible heat can be assessed more easily than the carbon dioxide flux with its associated complex measurements of gas concentrations. We explored the possibility to use advective fluxes of sensible heat as a proxy for the corresponding flux of carbon dioxide despite somewhat differing sinks and sources. On average, advective fluxes of sensible heat were of opposite sign in relation to the advective fluxes of carbon dioxide for the three investigated sites, especially during nighttime. Therefore, the respective gradients were of opposite sign, on average, for vertical and (to a lesser extent) horizontal direction. This is not as obvious for horizontal direction as for the vertical direction. A scheme is presented to explain the correlation of the respective gradients for different conditions. Based on the gained insights and regression statistics, two simple empirical models were tested to derive advective fluxes of carbon dioxide from advective fluxes of sensible heat. Our results suggest that the advective flux of sensible heat could be taken as an indicator concerning the presence and sign of carbon dioxide advection. However, the suitability of advective fluxes of sensible heat as a quantitative proxy for advective fluxes of carbon dioxide is more problematic because the representativeness including the magnitude of advection derived from advection measurements is not yet clarified. An inspection of the budget of sensible heat and carbon dioxide revealed considerable changes by advection. The results indicate that the budget of carbon dioxide might be generally more affected by the investigated non-turbulent advective fluxes than the budget of sensible heat.     

Winter wheat carbon exchange in Thuringia,Germany

Eddy covariance measurements and estimates of biomass net primary production (NPP) in combination with soil carbon turnover modelled by the Roth-C model were used to assess the ecosystem carbon balance of an agricultural ecosystem in Thuringia, Germany, growing winter wheat in 2001. The eddy CO₂ flux measurements indicate an annual net ecosystem exchange (NEE) uptake in the range from −185 to −245 g C m⁻² per year. Main data analysis uncertainty in the annual NEE arises from night-time u¹ screening, other effects (e.g. coordinate rotation scheme) have only a small influence on the annual NEE estimate. In agricultural ecosystems the fate of the carbon removed during harvest plays a role in the net biome production (NBP) of the ecosystem, where NBP is given by net ecosystem production (NEP=−NEE) minus non-respiratory losses of the ecosystem (e.g. harvest). Taking account of the carbon removed by the wheat harvest (290 g C m⁻²), the agricultural field becomes a source of carbon with a NBP in the order of −45 to −105 g C m⁻² per year. Annual carbon balance modelled with the Roth-C model also indicated that the ecosystem was a source for carbon (NBP −25 to −55 g C m⁻² per year). Based on the modelling most of carbon respired resulted from changes in the litter and fast soil organic matter pool. Also, the crop and management history, particularly the C input to soil in the previous year, significantly affect next year’s CO₂ exchange.     

Carbon stocks and carbon fluxes from a 10‐year prescribed burning chronosequence on a UK blanket peat

Prescribed burning is a common land management technique in many areas of the UK uplands. However, concern has been expressed at the impact of this management practice on carbon stocks and fluxes found in the carbon‐rich peat soils that underlie many of these areas. This study measured both carbon stocks and carbon fluxes from a chronosequence of prescribed burn sites in northern England. A range of carbon parameters were measured including above ground biomass and carbon stocks; net ecosystem exchange (NEE), net ecosystem respiration (R_eco) and photosynthesis (P_g) from closed chamber methods; and particulate organic carbon (POC). Analysis of the CO₂ data showed that burning was a significant factor in measured CO₂ readings but that other factors such as month of sampling explained a greater proportion of the variation in the data. Carbon budget results showed that whereas all the plots were net sources of carbon, the most recent burn scars were smaller sources of carbon compared with the older burn scars, suggesting that burning of Calluna‐dominated landscapes leads to an ‘avoided loss’ of carbon. However, this management intervention did not lead to a transition to a carbon sink and that for carbon purposes, active peat‐forming conditions are desirable.     

凋落物对土壤呼吸的贡献研究进展

土壤呼吸是土壤碳库输出的主要途径,凋落物是影响土壤呼吸的重要因素。明确凋落物对土壤呼吸的贡献,有助于准确评估植物-土壤-大气三个碳库之间的碳收支过程。本文综述了近年来国内外有关凋落物对土壤呼吸贡献的研究成果,阐明了凋落物对土壤呼吸的贡献机理,讨论了凋落物对土壤呼吸贡献率及其存在的时空分异特征,在此基础上,对该领域研究前景进行了展望。