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Annual net CO2 fluxes from drained organic soils used for agriculture in the hemiboreal region of Europe
Arta Bārdule
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Latvian State Forest Research Institute (Silava), Salaspils, 2169, Latvia
Raija Laiho
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, P.O. Box 2, 00791, Finland
Jyrki Jauhiainen
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, P.O. Box 2, 00791, Finland
Kaido Soosaar
Department of Geography, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, 51014, Estonia
Andis Lazdiņš
Latvian State Forest Research Institute (Silava), Salaspils, 2169, Latvia
Kęstutis Armolaitis
Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (LAMMC), Kėdainiai distr., 58344, Lithuania
Aldis Butlers
Latvian State Forest Research Institute (Silava), Salaspils, 2169, Latvia
Dovilė Čiuldienė
Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (LAMMC), Kėdainiai distr., 58344, Lithuania
Andreas Haberl
Michael Succow Foundation, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, Greifswald, 17489, Germany
Department of Geography, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, 51014, Estonia
Milda Muraškienė
Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (LAMMC), Kėdainiai distr., 58344, Lithuania
Ivika Ostonen
Department of Geography, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, 51014, Estonia
Gristin Rohula-Okunev
Department of Botany, University of Tartu, Tartu, 50409, Estonia
Muhammad Kamil-Sardar
Department of Geography, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, 51014, Estonia
Thomas Schindler
Department of Geography, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, 51014, Estonia
Hanna Vahter
Department of Geography, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, 51014, Estonia
Egidijus Vigricas
Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (LAMMC), Kėdainiai distr., 58344, Lithuania
Ieva Līcīte
Latvian State Forest Research Institute (Silava), Salaspils, 2169, Latvia
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Estimates of CO2 fluxes from drained nutrient-rich organic soils in croplands and grasslands in the hemiboreal region of Europe revealed that annual net CO2 fluxes were lower than the latest (2014) IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ) emission factors provided for the whole temperate zone, including the hemiboreal region. The contribution of CO2 fluxes from shallow highly decomposed organic soils, former peatlands that no longer meet the IPCC criterion for organic soils, to total emissions can be high and should not be underestimated.
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