Soil greenhouse gas emissions under different land-use types in savanna ecosystems of Kenya

Wachiye, Sheila; Merbold, Lutz; Vesala, Timo; Rinne, Janne; Räsänen, Matti; Leitner, Sonja; Pellikka, Petri

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2149-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2149-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2149-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 8

Research article

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20 Apr 2020

Research article |

| 20 Apr 2020

Soil greenhouse gas emissions under different land-use types in savanna ecosystems of Kenya

Sheila Wachiye, Lutz Merbold, Timo Vesala, Janne Rinne, Matti Räsänen, Sonja Leitner, and Petri Pellikka

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of “SOIL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS UNDER DIFFERENT LAND-USE TYPES IN SAVANNA ECOSYSTEMS OF KENYA” by Wachiye et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Nov 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewers commments', Sheila Wachiye, 24 Dec 2019
SC1: 'Some hints', Cornelius Oertel, 19 Nov 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Short commments', Sheila Wachiye, 24 Dec 2019
RC2: 'Review report', D. Oteino, 21 Nov 2019
- AC3: 'Response to Reviewers commments', Sheila Wachiye, 24 Dec 2019

Peer-review completion

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (29 Dec 2019) by Paul Stoy

AR by Sheila Wachiye on behalf of the Authors (29 Jan 2020)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Jan 2020) by Paul Stoy

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (19 Feb 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (19 Feb 2020) by Paul Stoy

AR by Sheila Wachiye on behalf of the Authors (03 Mar 2020)

ED: Publish as is (11 Mar 2020) by Paul Stoy

AR by Sheila Wachiye on behalf of the Authors (17 Mar 2020)

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Limited data on emissions in Africa translate into uncertainty during GHG budgeting. We studied annual CO₂, N₂O, and CH₄ emissions in four land-use types in Kenyan savanna using static chambers and gas chromatography. CO₂ emissions varied between seasons and land-use types. Soil moisture and vegetation explained the seasonal variation, while soil temperature was insignificant. N₂O and CH₄ emissions did not vary at all sites. Our results are useful in climate change mitigation interventions.