Fluxes of CO2, CH4, and N2O in an alpine meadow affected by yak excreta on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau during summer grazing periods

• Published in: Soil biology & biochemistry Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 718 - 725
• Main Authors: Lin, Xingwu, Wang, Shiping, Ma, Xiuzhi, Xu, Guangping, Luo, Caiyun, Li, Yingnian, Jiang, Gaoming, Xie, Zubin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier 01.04.2009
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; alpine meadow soils; Biochemistry and biology; Biological and medical sciences; carbon dioxide; Chemical, physicochemical, biochemical and biological properties; China; excreta; feces; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; gas emissions; grazing; greenhouse gases; methane; nitrous oxide; Physics, chemistry, biochemistry and biology of agricultural and forest soils; soil pore water; Soil science; soil temperature; summer; temporal variation; urine; yaks; China; Asia; Grassland; Methane; Urine; Gas emission; Soil moisture; Carbon dioxide; Summer; Dung; Excreta; Alpine grasslands; Grazing; Greenhouse gas fluxes; Alpine meadow; Dung and urine patches; Microporosity; Soil water-filled pore space (WFPS); Greenhouse gas; Qinghai-Xizang Plateau; Soil science; Nitrogen protoxide; Soil temperature; Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

To assess the impacts of yak excreta patches on greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes in the alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2), and nitrous oxide (N2O) fluxes were measured for the first time from experimental excreta patches placed on the meadow during the summ...