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Short-term dynamics and spatial heterogeneity of CO2 emission from the soils of natural and urban ecosystems in the Central Chernozemic Region

  • D.A. Sarzhanov*
  • , V.I. Vasenev
  • , Yu L. Sotnikova
  • , A. Tembo
  • , I.I. Vasenev
  • , R. Valentini
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A comparative analysis of the spatial-temporal trends in the emission of CO2 from soils of different functional zones of the city of Kursk, a dark gray soil of an oak forest, and a typical steppe chernozem has been performed. The averaged CO2 emission from the urban soils is 25% higher than that from the natural soils (32.1 ± 17.8 and 17.8 ± 10.2 g CO2/m2 daily, respectively). The spatial heterogeneity of the CO2 emission is also significantly higher for the urban soils, while variation in temporal dynamics of soil respiration among the studied ecosystems was insignificant.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)416-424
Number of pages9
JournalEurasian Soil Science
Volume48
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Apr 2015

Keywords

  • autotrophic and heterotrophic soil respiration
  • carbon dioxide emission
  • chernozems (Luvic Chernozems)
  • dark gray forest soils (Chernic Phaeozems)
  • spatial-temporal variability
  • urban soils

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