Soil fertility controls soil–atmosphere carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in a tropical landscape converted from lowland forest to rubber and oil palm plantations

Hassler, E.; Corre, M. D.; Tjoa, A.; Damris, M.; Utami, S. R.; Veldkamp, E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5831-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 19

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5831-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5831-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 19

Research article

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13 Oct 2015

Research article |

| 13 Oct 2015

Soil fertility controls soil–atmosphere carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in a tropical landscape converted from lowland forest to rubber and oil palm plantations

E. Hassler, M. D. Corre, A. Tjoa, M. Damris, S. R. Utami, and E. Veldkamp

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RC C3514: 'Review of "Soil fertility controls soil-atmosphere carbon dioxide..." by Hassler et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Jul 2015
- AC C5102: 'Answers to the interactive comment by Anonymous Referee #1', Edzo Veldkamp, 09 Sep 2015
RC C3519: 'Review of "Soil fertility controls soil-atmosphere carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in a tropical landscape converted from lowland forest to rubber and oil palm plantations"', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Jul 2015
- AC C5103: 'Answers to the interactive comment by Anonymous Referee #2', Edzo Veldkamp, 09 Sep 2015
AC C5104: 'Revised manuscript', Edzo Veldkamp, 09 Sep 2015
AC C5105: 'Revised mansucript with annotations in red', Edzo Veldkamp, 09 Sep 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (14 Sep 2015) by Mathew Williams

AR by Edzo Veldkamp on behalf of the Authors (14 Sep 2015) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (22 Sep 2015) by Mathew Williams

AR by Edzo Veldkamp on behalf of the Authors (25 Sep 2015)

Short summary

We found that in Indonesia, oil palm displayed reduced soil CO2 fluxes compared to forest and rubber plantations; this was mainly caused by reduced litter input. Furthermore, we measured reduced soil CH4 uptake in oil palm and rubber plantations compared to forest; this was due to a decrease in soil N availability in the converted land uses. Our study shows for the first time that differences in soil fertility control soil-atmosphere exchange of CO2 and CH4 in a tropical landscape.