Articles | Volume 13, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6095-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6095-2016
Research article
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07 Nov 2016
Research article |  | 07 Nov 2016

Urbanisation-related land use change from forest and pasture into turf grass modifies soil nitrogen cycling and increases N2O emissions

Lona van Delden, David W. Rowlings, Clemens Scheer, and Peter R. Grace

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Urbanisation is becoming increasingly important in terms of climate change and ecosystem functionality worldwide. Temperate turf grass lawns in peri-urban environments have been identified as strong greenhouse gas emitters, even comparable to intensive agriculture. Conversely, this study identified subtropical turf grass as reducing greenhouse gas emissions significantly shortly after an initial establishment phase, despite changing nitrogen cycling in peri-urban soils.
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