How do the heterotrophic and the total soil respiration of an oil palm plantation on peat respond to nitrogen fertilizer application?

• Published in: Geoderma Vol. 268; pp. 41 - 51
• Main Authors: Comeau, Louis-Pierre, Hergoualc'h, Kristell, Hartill, Jodie, Smith, Jo, Verchot, Louis V., Peak, Derek, Salim, Agus Mohammad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.04.2016
• Subjects: air temperature; carbon; Carbon dioxide; coasts; Elaeis guineensis; emissions; fertilizer rates; Fertilizing; Fluxes; Heterotrophic soil respiration; Indonesia; microorganisms; mineralization; N-induced respiration; nitrogen; nitrogen fertilizers; Palm; peat; peatlands; Plantations; rain; Respiration; Roots; Soil (material); soil organic matter; soil respiration; soil temperature; Tropical peatland; Urea; water table; Indonesia, Sumatera, Jambi; ISEW, Indonesia; Indonesia; Urea; N-induced respiration; Tropical peatland; Heterotrophic soil respiration

Increasing oil palm (OP) plantation establishment on tropical peatlands over the last few decades has major implications for the global carbon (C) budget. This study quantified total and heterotrophic soil carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in an industrial OP plantation (7year old, 149treesha−1) on pea...