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Articles | Volume 18, issue 13
Articles | Volume 18, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4227-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4227-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 13
Research article
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16 Jul 2021
Research article |  | 16 Jul 2021

Effects of clear-fell harvesting on soil CO2, CH4, and N2O fluxes in an upland Sitka spruce stand in England

Sirwan Yamulki, Jack Forster, Georgios Xenakis, Adam Ash, Jacqui Brunt, Mike Perks, and James I. L. Morison

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The effect of clear-felling on soil greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes was assessed in a Sitka spruce forest. Measurements over 4 years showed that CO2, CH4, and N2O fluxes responded differently to clear-felling due to significant changes in soil biotic and abiotic factors and showed large variations between years. Over 3 years since felling, the soil GHG flux was reduced by 45% due to a much larger reduction in CO2 efflux than increases in N2O (up to 20%) and CH4 (changed from sink to source) fluxes.
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