Spatial variability of nitrous oxide emissions from croplands and unmanaged natural ecosystems across a large environmental gradient
Atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas, with long atmospheric residence time and a global warming potential 273 times higher than CO2. N2O emissions are mainly produced from soils and are influenced by biotic and abiotic factors that can be substantially altered by anthropogenic...
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| author | Piñeiro Guerra, Juan Manuel Lewczuk, Nuria Della Chiesa, Tomás Araujo, Patricia Ines Acreche, Martin Moises Alvarez, Carolina Álvarez, Carina R. Chalco Vera, Jorge Elías Costantini, Alejandro De Tellería, José Petrasek, Marcos Piccinetti, Carlos Fabian Picone, Liliana Portela, Silvina Isabel Posse Beaulieu, Gabriela Seijo, Martin Videla, Cecilia Yahdjian, Laura Piñeiro, Gervasio |
| author_browse | Acreche, Martin Moises Alvarez, Carolina Araujo, Patricia Ines Chalco Vera, Jorge Elías Costantini, Alejandro De Tellería, José Della Chiesa, Tomás Lewczuk, Nuria Petrasek, Marcos Piccinetti, Carlos Fabian Picone, Liliana Piñeiro Guerra, Juan Manuel Piñeiro, Gervasio Portela, Silvina Isabel Posse Beaulieu, Gabriela Seijo, Martin Videla, Cecilia Yahdjian, Laura Álvarez, Carina R. |
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| description | Atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas, with long atmospheric residence time and a global warming potential 273 times higher than CO2. N2O emissions are mainly produced from soils and are influenced by biotic and abiotic factors that can be substantially altered by anthropogenic activities, such as land uses, especially when unmanaged natural ecosystems are replaced by croplands or other uses. In this study, we evaluated the spatial variability of N2O emissions from croplands (maize, soybean, wheat, and sugar cane crops), paired with the natural grasslands or forests that they replaced across a wide environmental gradient in Argentina, and identified the key drivers governing the spatial variability of N2O emissions using structural equation modeling. We conducted on-farm field measurements over 2 years at nine different sites, including a wide environmental gradient (mean rainfall from 679 to 1090 mm year−1 and mean temperatures from 13.8°C to 21.3°C), with diverse plant species life forms, and ecosystems, from the Semiarid Chaco forests in the Northwest of Argentina to the Pampas grasslands in the Southeast. On average, agricultural systems emitted more than twice N2O (+120%), had higher soil water content (+9%), higher soil temperatures (+3%), higher soil nitrate content (+19%) but lower ammonium (−33%) than natural ecosystems. We found that land use was the main driver of N2O emissions by directly affecting soil NO3− contents in both natural ecosystems and croplands. Urgent management practices aimed at reducing N2O emissions from croplands are needed to mitigate their contributions to global climate change. |
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| spelling | INTA216882025-03-18T10:53:08Z Spatial variability of nitrous oxide emissions from croplands and unmanaged natural ecosystems across a large environmental gradient Piñeiro Guerra, Juan Manuel Lewczuk, Nuria Della Chiesa, Tomás Araujo, Patricia Ines Acreche, Martin Moises Alvarez, Carolina Álvarez, Carina R. Chalco Vera, Jorge Elías Costantini, Alejandro De Tellería, José Petrasek, Marcos Piccinetti, Carlos Fabian Picone, Liliana Portela, Silvina Isabel Posse Beaulieu, Gabriela Seijo, Martin Videla, Cecilia Yahdjian, Laura Piñeiro, Gervasio Agricultura Agroecosistemas Prácticas Agrícolas Óxido Nitroso Suelo Cambio Climático Cultivos Maíz Soja Trigo Caña de Azúcar Aviculture Agroecosystems Agricultural Practices Nitrous Oxide Soil Climate Change Crops Maize Soybeans Wheat Sugar Cane Atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas, with long atmospheric residence time and a global warming potential 273 times higher than CO2. N2O emissions are mainly produced from soils and are influenced by biotic and abiotic factors that can be substantially altered by anthropogenic activities, such as land uses, especially when unmanaged natural ecosystems are replaced by croplands or other uses. In this study, we evaluated the spatial variability of N2O emissions from croplands (maize, soybean, wheat, and sugar cane crops), paired with the natural grasslands or forests that they replaced across a wide environmental gradient in Argentina, and identified the key drivers governing the spatial variability of N2O emissions using structural equation modeling. We conducted on-farm field measurements over 2 years at nine different sites, including a wide environmental gradient (mean rainfall from 679 to 1090 mm year−1 and mean temperatures from 13.8°C to 21.3°C), with diverse plant species life forms, and ecosystems, from the Semiarid Chaco forests in the Northwest of Argentina to the Pampas grasslands in the Southeast. On average, agricultural systems emitted more than twice N2O (+120%), had higher soil water content (+9%), higher soil temperatures (+3%), higher soil nitrate content (+19%) but lower ammonium (−33%) than natural ecosystems. We found that land use was the main driver of N2O emissions by directly affecting soil NO3− contents in both natural ecosystems and croplands. Urgent management practices aimed at reducing N2O emissions from croplands are needed to mitigate their contributions to global climate change. EEA Pergamino Fil: Piñeiro-Guerra, Juan Manuel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina Fil: Piñeiro-Guerra, Juan Manuel. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Sistemas Ambientales; Uruguay Fil: Piñeiro-Guerra, Juan Manuel. Universidad de la República. Departamento de Modelización Estadística de Datos e Inteligencia Artificial. Centro Universitario Regional Este; Uruguay Fil: Lewczuk, Nuria. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina Fil: Della Chiesa, Tomas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina Fil: Della Chiesa, Tomas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Catedra de Climatología y Fenología Agrícolas; Argentina Fil: Araujo, Patricia Inés. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Pergamino. Laboratorio de Suelo; Argentina Fil: Araujo, Patricia Inés. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Acreche, Martin Moises. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta. Departamento de Producción Vegetal. Manejo de cultivos; Argentina Fil: Acreche, Martin Moises. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Álvarez, Carolina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Manfredi; Argentina Fil: Álvarez, Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Álvarez, Carina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina Fil: Chalco Vera, Jorge Elias. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta; Argentina Fil: Chalco Vera, Jorge Elias. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Salta-Jujuy; Argentina Fil: Costantini, Alejandro. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Suelos; Argentina Fil: De Tellería, José. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Microbiología y Zoología Agrícolas; Argentina Fil: Petrasek, Marcos. Universidad Nacional de Luján. Departamento de Tecnología; Argentina Fil: Piccinetti, Carlos. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Microbiología y Zoología Agrícolas; Argentina Fil: Picone, Liliana. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina Fil: Portela, Silvina Isabel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Pergamino. Laboratorio de Suelos; Argentina Fil: Posse Beaulieu, Gabriela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Clima y Agua; Argentina Fil: Seijo, Martin. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina Fil: Videla, Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina Fil: Yahdjian, Laura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina Fil: Piñeiro, Gervasio. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina Fil: Piñeiro, Gervasio. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de sistemas ambientales; Uruguay 2025-03-18T10:32:14Z 2025-03-18T10:32:14Z 2025-03 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/21688 https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jeq2.20663 0047-2425 1537-2537 (online) https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20663 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/PNNAT-1128023/AR./Emisiones de gases con efecto invernadero. info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Wiley Journal of Environmental Quality 54 (2) : 483-498. (March-April 2025) |
| spellingShingle | Agricultura Agroecosistemas Prácticas Agrícolas Óxido Nitroso Suelo Cambio Climático Cultivos Maíz Soja Trigo Caña de Azúcar Aviculture Agroecosystems Agricultural Practices Nitrous Oxide Soil Climate Change Crops Maize Soybeans Wheat Sugar Cane Piñeiro Guerra, Juan Manuel Lewczuk, Nuria Della Chiesa, Tomás Araujo, Patricia Ines Acreche, Martin Moises Alvarez, Carolina Álvarez, Carina R. Chalco Vera, Jorge Elías Costantini, Alejandro De Tellería, José Petrasek, Marcos Piccinetti, Carlos Fabian Picone, Liliana Portela, Silvina Isabel Posse Beaulieu, Gabriela Seijo, Martin Videla, Cecilia Yahdjian, Laura Piñeiro, Gervasio Spatial variability of nitrous oxide emissions from croplands and unmanaged natural ecosystems across a large environmental gradient |
| title | Spatial variability of nitrous oxide emissions from croplands and unmanaged natural ecosystems across a large environmental gradient |
| title_full | Spatial variability of nitrous oxide emissions from croplands and unmanaged natural ecosystems across a large environmental gradient |
| title_fullStr | Spatial variability of nitrous oxide emissions from croplands and unmanaged natural ecosystems across a large environmental gradient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spatial variability of nitrous oxide emissions from croplands and unmanaged natural ecosystems across a large environmental gradient |
| title_short | Spatial variability of nitrous oxide emissions from croplands and unmanaged natural ecosystems across a large environmental gradient |
| title_sort | spatial variability of nitrous oxide emissions from croplands and unmanaged natural ecosystems across a large environmental gradient |
| topic | Agricultura Agroecosistemas Prácticas Agrícolas Óxido Nitroso Suelo Cambio Climático Cultivos Maíz Soja Trigo Caña de Azúcar Aviculture Agroecosystems Agricultural Practices Nitrous Oxide Soil Climate Change Crops Maize Soybeans Wheat Sugar Cane |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/21688 https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jeq2.20663 https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20663 |
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