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Research article
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02 Mar 2021
Research article |
| 02 Mar 2021
| 02 Mar 2021
Are there memory effects on greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, N2O and CH4) following grassland restoration?
Grassland Sciences Group, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of
Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich,
Universitätsstrasse 2, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Mazingira Centre, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI),
Old Naivasha Road, P.O. Box 30709, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
now at: Research Division for Agroecology and
Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zurich, Switzerland
Charlotte Decock
Sustainable Agroecosystems Group, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of
Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich,
Universitätsstrasse 2, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
now at: Department of Natural Resources Management and Environmental
Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Werner Eugster
Grassland Sciences Group, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of
Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich,
Universitätsstrasse 2, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Kathrin Fuchs
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT), Kreuzeckbahnstrasse 19, 82467
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Benjamin Wolf
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT), Kreuzeckbahnstrasse 19, 82467
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Nina Buchmann
Grassland Sciences Group, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of
Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich,
Universitätsstrasse 2, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Lukas Hörtnagl
Grassland Sciences Group, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of
Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich,
Universitätsstrasse 2, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Our study investigated the exchange of the three major greenhouse gases (GHGs) over a temperate grassland prior to and after restoration through tillage in central Switzerland. Our results show that irregular management events, such as tillage, have considerable effects on GHG emissions in the year of tillage while leading to enhanced carbon uptake and similar nitrogen losses via nitrous oxide in the years following tillage to those observed prior to tillage.
Our study investigated the exchange of the three major greenhouse gases (GHGs) over a temperate...
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