Spatial and temporal variability of soil N2O and CH4 fluxes along a degradation gradient in a palm swamp peat forest in the Peruvian Amazon

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 26; no. 12; pp. 7198 - 7216
• Main Authors: Hergoualc’h, Kristell, Dezzeo, Nelda, Verchot, Louis V., Martius, Christopher, Lent, Jeffrey, Aguila‐Pasquel, Jhon, López Gonzales, Mariela
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Air temperature; Amazonia; Annual variations; climate; Climate change; Degradation; ecosystems; Emissions; Emissions control; Environmental control; Fluxes; forests; fruits; GHG emissions; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gases; Groundwater table; Mauritia flexuosa; Mauritia flexuosa swamp forests; Methane; microrelief; Microtopography; Moisture content; Nitrification; Nitrous oxide; Peat; peatland; Peatlands; Peru; Primary; Primary s; Soil; Soil water; Soils; Swamps; temporal variation; Temporal variations; tropical; Tropical climate; Water table; Peru; Amazonia

Mauritia flexuosa palm swamp, the prevailing Peruvian Amazon peatland ecosystem, is extensively threatened by degradation. The unsustainable practice of cutting whole palms for fruit extraction modifies forest's structure and composition and eventually alters peat‐derived greenhouse gas (GHG) e...