Drivers of N2O emissions from natural forests and grasslands differ in space and time

Understanding the drivers of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is one of the most critical global environmental challenges to mitigate the increasing global temperature. Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions are highly variable in space and time and are controlled by multiple proximal drivers, that is, those t...

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Main Authors: Araujo, Patricia Ines, Piñeiro Guerra, Juan Manuel, Yahdjian, Laura, Acreche, Martin Moises, Alvarez, Carolina, Alvarez, C.R., Costantini, Alejandro Oscar, Chalco Vera, Jorge Elías, De Tellería, J.M., Della Chiesa, T., Lewczuk, Nuria, Petrasek, M., Piccinetti, Carlos Fabian, Picone, Liliana, Portela, Silvina Isabel, Seijo, Sebastian, Videla, Cecilia, Piñeiro, G.
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7691
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-020-00522-7
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author Araujo, Patricia Ines
Piñeiro Guerra, Juan Manuel
Yahdjian, Laura
Acreche, Martin Moises
Alvarez, Carolina
Alvarez, C.R.
Costantini, Alejandro Oscar
Chalco Vera, Jorge Elías
De Tellería, J.M.
Della Chiesa, T.
Lewczuk, Nuria
Petrasek, M.
Piccinetti, Carlos Fabian
Picone, Liliana
Portela, Silvina Isabel
Seijo, Sebastian
Videla, Cecilia
Piñeiro, G.
author_browse Acreche, Martin Moises
Alvarez, C.R.
Alvarez, Carolina
Araujo, Patricia Ines
Chalco Vera, Jorge Elías
Costantini, Alejandro Oscar
De Tellería, J.M.
Della Chiesa, T.
Lewczuk, Nuria
Petrasek, M.
Piccinetti, Carlos Fabian
Picone, Liliana
Piñeiro Guerra, Juan Manuel
Piñeiro, G.
Portela, Silvina Isabel
Seijo, Sebastian
Videla, Cecilia
Yahdjian, Laura
author_facet Araujo, Patricia Ines
Piñeiro Guerra, Juan Manuel
Yahdjian, Laura
Acreche, Martin Moises
Alvarez, Carolina
Alvarez, C.R.
Costantini, Alejandro Oscar
Chalco Vera, Jorge Elías
De Tellería, J.M.
Della Chiesa, T.
Lewczuk, Nuria
Petrasek, M.
Piccinetti, Carlos Fabian
Picone, Liliana
Portela, Silvina Isabel
Seijo, Sebastian
Videla, Cecilia
Piñeiro, G.
author_sort Araujo, Patricia Ines
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description Understanding the drivers of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is one of the most critical global environmental challenges to mitigate the increasing global temperature. Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions are highly variable in space and time and are controlled by multiple proximal drivers, that is, those that affect N2O emissions directly and in short timescales, and distal or indirect drivers that influence emissions over long timescales. Here we present a quantification of N2O emissions in grasslands and forests throughout the Pampas and the Semiarid Chaco in Argentina and reveal distal and proximal drivers, analyzing them in both spatial and temporal models. We measured N2O emissions, soil and climate variables monthly in nine sites over two years. Mean annual temperature and the following soil properties: phosphorous availability, carbon:nitrogen ratio, clay and sand percentages were the main distal drivers controlling N2O emissions in the spatial model, while among proximal drivers, only soil nitrate contents were positively related to N2O emissions. When considering the seasonal variability of N2O emissions (temporal model), we found that emissions were positively related to proximal drivers, such as soil nitrate and soil temperature. Our results show that soil N2O emission drivers differ between spatial and temporal models in natural grasslands and forests, explaining up to 85 and 56% of variations in N2O emissions, respectively. Temperature increased N2O emissions in both spatial and temporal models; therefore, future global warming may increase background emissions from natural ecosystems with important positive feedbacks on the earth system warming.
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spelling INTA76912023-06-26T09:44:32Z Drivers of N2O emissions from natural forests and grasslands differ in space and time Araujo, Patricia Ines Piñeiro Guerra, Juan Manuel Yahdjian, Laura Acreche, Martin Moises Alvarez, Carolina Alvarez, C.R. Costantini, Alejandro Oscar Chalco Vera, Jorge Elías De Tellería, J.M. Della Chiesa, T. Lewczuk, Nuria Petrasek, M. Piccinetti, Carlos Fabian Picone, Liliana Portela, Silvina Isabel Seijo, Sebastian Videla, Cecilia Piñeiro, G. Bosques Pastizal Forestal Gases de Efecto Invernadero Emisiones de Gas Cambio Climático Forests Forest Range Greenhouse gases Gas Emissions Climate Change La Pampa, Argentina Chaco, Argentina Understanding the drivers of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is one of the most critical global environmental challenges to mitigate the increasing global temperature. Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions are highly variable in space and time and are controlled by multiple proximal drivers, that is, those that affect N2O emissions directly and in short timescales, and distal or indirect drivers that influence emissions over long timescales. Here we present a quantification of N2O emissions in grasslands and forests throughout the Pampas and the Semiarid Chaco in Argentina and reveal distal and proximal drivers, analyzing them in both spatial and temporal models. We measured N2O emissions, soil and climate variables monthly in nine sites over two years. Mean annual temperature and the following soil properties: phosphorous availability, carbon:nitrogen ratio, clay and sand percentages were the main distal drivers controlling N2O emissions in the spatial model, while among proximal drivers, only soil nitrate contents were positively related to N2O emissions. When considering the seasonal variability of N2O emissions (temporal model), we found that emissions were positively related to proximal drivers, such as soil nitrate and soil temperature. Our results show that soil N2O emission drivers differ between spatial and temporal models in natural grasslands and forests, explaining up to 85 and 56% of variations in N2O emissions, respectively. Temperature increased N2O emissions in both spatial and temporal models; therefore, future global warming may increase background emissions from natural ecosystems with important positive feedbacks on the earth system warming. EEA Balcarce Fil: Araujo Patricia Inés. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Pergamino; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Piñeiro-Guerra J. M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina. Fil: Yahdjian, L. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina. Fil: Acreche, Martín Moisés. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Alvarez, Carolina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Manfredi; Argentina. Fil: Alvarez, C. R. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina. Fil: Costantini, A. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Suelos; Argentina Fil: Chalco Vera, J. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta; Argentina. Fil: De Tellería, J. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Microbiología y Zoología Agrícolas; Argentina. Fil: Della Chiesa, T. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina. Fil: Lewczuk, Nuria. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina. Fil: Petrasek, M. Universidad Nacional de Luján. Departamento de Tecnología, Edafología; Argentina. Fil: Piccinetti, Carlos Fabián. 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; Argentina. Fil: Posse, G. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA).Instituto de Clima y Agua; Argentina. Fil: Seijo, Sebastián. 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: Piñeiro, G. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina. 2020-08-10T11:46:51Z 2020-08-10T11:46:51Z 2020-06-30 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7691 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-020-00522-7 14329840 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00522-7 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Springer Ecosystems (2020)
spellingShingle Bosques
Pastizal Forestal
Gases de Efecto Invernadero
Emisiones de Gas
Cambio Climático
Forests
Forest Range
Greenhouse gases
Gas Emissions
Climate Change
La Pampa, Argentina
Chaco, Argentina
Araujo, Patricia Ines
Piñeiro Guerra, Juan Manuel
Yahdjian, Laura
Acreche, Martin Moises
Alvarez, Carolina
Alvarez, C.R.
Costantini, Alejandro Oscar
Chalco Vera, Jorge Elías
De Tellería, J.M.
Della Chiesa, T.
Lewczuk, Nuria
Petrasek, M.
Piccinetti, Carlos Fabian
Picone, Liliana
Portela, Silvina Isabel
Seijo, Sebastian
Videla, Cecilia
Piñeiro, G.
Drivers of N2O emissions from natural forests and grasslands differ in space and time
title Drivers of N2O emissions from natural forests and grasslands differ in space and time
title_full Drivers of N2O emissions from natural forests and grasslands differ in space and time
title_fullStr Drivers of N2O emissions from natural forests and grasslands differ in space and time
title_full_unstemmed Drivers of N2O emissions from natural forests and grasslands differ in space and time
title_short Drivers of N2O emissions from natural forests and grasslands differ in space and time
title_sort drivers of n2o emissions from natural forests and grasslands differ in space and time
topic Bosques
Pastizal Forestal
Gases de Efecto Invernadero
Emisiones de Gas
Cambio Climático
Forests
Forest Range
Greenhouse gases
Gas Emissions
Climate Change
La Pampa, Argentina
Chaco, Argentina
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7691
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-020-00522-7
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00522-7
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