Impact of past and present land-management on the C-balance of a grassland in the Swiss Alps

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 14; no. 11; pp. 2613 - 2625
• Main Authors: ROGIERS, NELE, CONEN, FRANZ, FURGER, MARKUS, STÖCKLI, RETO, EUGSTER, WERNER
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2008; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; CARBOMONT; Carbon sequestration; CO2 exchange; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; CO₂ exchange; Decomposition; drainage; Ecosystem studies; eddy covariance flux measurements; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Grasslands; land-management; mountain regions; Mountains; pastoral grazing ecosystems; peatland; respiration; Alps; Switzerland, Alps Mts; Grassland; pastoral grazing ecosystems; Carbon dioxide; peatland; Environmental management; CO2 exchange; Peat bog; Swiss Alps; land- management; Drainage; Exchange; Eddy covariance; Land management; Mountain; mountain regions; Stagnant water; Ecosystem; Water engineering; CARBOMONT; eddy covariance flux measurements; Land development; Respiration; Balance

Grasslands cover about 40% of the ice-free global terrestrial surface, but their quantitative importance in global carbon exchange with the atmosphere is still highly uncertain, and thus their potential for carbon sequestration remains speculative. Here, we report on CO₂ exchange of an extensively u...