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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4831-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4831-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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14 Aug 2015
Research article |
| 14 Aug 2015
Ground cover rice production systems increase soil carbon and nitrogen stocks at regional scale
M. Liu
College of Resource and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 82467, Germany
College of Resource and Environmental Science, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
M. Dannenmann
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 82467, Germany
S. Lin
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
College of Resource and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 82467, Germany
G. Yan
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 82467, Germany
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry (LAPC), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
Z. Yao
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry (LAPC), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
D. E. Pelster
Livestock Systems and Environment, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi 30709-00100, Kenya
H. Tao
College of Resource and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
S. Sippel
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 82467, Germany
Y. Tao
College of Resource and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Y. Zhang
College of Resource and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
X. Zheng
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry (LAPC), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
Q. Zuo
College of Resource and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
K. Butterbach-Bahl
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 82467, Germany
Livestock Systems and Environment, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi 30709-00100, Kenya
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Short summary
We demonstrate for the first time that a ground cover rice production system (GCRPS) significantly increased soil organic C and total N stocks at spatially representative paired sites under varying edaphic conditions. Our results suggest that GCRPS is a stable and sustainable technique that maintains key soil functions, while increasing rice yield and expanding the cultivation into regions where it has been hampered by low seasonal temperatures and/or a lack of irrigation water.
We demonstrate for the first time that a ground cover rice production system (GCRPS)...
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