Greenhouse gas balance in global pasturelands and rangelands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15544490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shree R S Dangal (0000-0001-9529-8206, Woodwell Climate Research Center, corresponding author), Hanqin Tian (0000-0002-1806-4091, Auburn University, corresponding author), Shufen Pan (0000-0001-7920-1427, Auburn University), Lei Zhang (0000-0003-4889-6486, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Rongting Xu (0000-0001-7292-9271, Auburn University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 104006-104006 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/abaa79 |
| OpenAlex | W3045494846 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 89 |
Grassland ecosystems play an essential role in climate regulation through carbon (C) storage in plant and soil. But, anthropogenic practices such as livestock grazing, grazing related excreta nitrogen (N) deposition, and manure/fertilizer N application have the potential to reduce the effectiveness of grassland C sink through increased nitrous oxide (N 2 O) and methane (CH 4 ) emissions. Although the effect of anthropogenic activities on net greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes in grassland ecosystems have been investigated at local to regional scales, estimates of net GHG balance at the global scale remains uncertain. With the data-model framework integrating empirical estimates of livestock CH 4 emissions with process-based modeling estimates of land CO 2 , N 2 O and CH 4 fluxes, we examined the overall global warming potential (GWP) of grassland ecosystems during 1961–2010. We then quantified the grassland-specific and regional variations to identify hotspots of GHG fluxes. Our results show that, over a 100-year time horizon, grassland ecosystems sequestered a cumulative total of 113.9 Pg CO 2 -eq in plant and soil, but then released 91.9 Pg CO 2 -eq to the atmosphere, offsetting 81% of the net CO 2 sink. We also found large grassland-specific variations in net GHG fluxes, with pasturelands acting as a small GHG source of 1.52 ± 143 Tg CO 2 -eq yr −1 (mean ± 1.0 s.d.) and rangelands a strong GHG sink (−442 ± 266 Tg CO 2 -eq yr −1 ) during 1961–2010. Regionally, Europe acted as a GHG source of 23 ± 10 Tg CO 2 -eq yr −1 , while other regions (i.e. Africa, Southern Asia) were strong GHG sinks during 2001–2010. Our study highlights the importance of considering regional and grassland-specific differences in GHG fluxes for guiding future management and climate mitigation strategies in global grasslands
Agroforestry · Agronomy · Atmospheric sciences · Ecosystem · Geography · Grassland · Grazing · Greenhouse gas · Land use · Land use, land-use change and forestry · Primary production · Rangeland · Sink (geography · Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics · Climate variability and models · Environmental Science · Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |