Soil organic carbon stocks and belowground biomass in patches in heterogeneous grassland

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/glr2.12063" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/glr2.12063</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/glr2.12063" target="_blank" >10.1002/glr2.12063</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Soil organic carbon stocks and belowground biomass in patches in heterogeneous grassland

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Background: Selective grazing creates stable patches of contrasting sward height, thereby providing different growth conditions for the grass sward above and below ground and potentially affecting soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks. We hypothesized that the presence of patches leads to greater spatial variability in belowground biomass (BGB) and SOC stocks than occurs between pastures managed under different stocking intensities. Methods: A long-term grazing experiment consisting of three stocking intensities was used for this study. We studied BGB, SOC, and soil total nitrogen (Ntot) stocks in the 0–15 cm soil depth. Shannon diversity of plant species, soil bulk density, soil phosphorus, potassium, and magnesium contents were considered. Results: There were no significant effects of patch or stocking intensity on BGB, SOC, and Ntot stocks. Short patches had a greater Shannon diversity than tall patches (p %62 0.05) and plant-available nutrients in soil correlated positively with sward height (p %62 0.05). Conclusions: We conclude from the current results and previous studies that higher plant species diversity with lower soil nutrient contents in short-patch areas and higher nutrient contents together with light competition in tall-patch areas might balance each other out with respect to BGB and SOC stocks.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Soil organic carbon stocks and belowground biomass in patches in heterogeneous grassland

Popis výsledku anglicky

Background: Selective grazing creates stable patches of contrasting sward height, thereby providing different growth conditions for the grass sward above and below ground and potentially affecting soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks. We hypothesized that the presence of patches leads to greater spatial variability in belowground biomass (BGB) and SOC stocks than occurs between pastures managed under different stocking intensities. Methods: A long-term grazing experiment consisting of three stocking intensities was used for this study. We studied BGB, SOC, and soil total nitrogen (Ntot) stocks in the 0–15 cm soil depth. Shannon diversity of plant species, soil bulk density, soil phosphorus, potassium, and magnesium contents were considered. Results: There were no significant effects of patch or stocking intensity on BGB, SOC, and Ntot stocks. Short patches had a greater Shannon diversity than tall patches (p %62 0.05) and plant-available nutrients in soil correlated positively with sward height (p %62 0.05). Conclusions: We conclude from the current results and previous studies that higher plant species diversity with lower soil nutrient contents in short-patch areas and higher nutrient contents together with light competition in tall-patch areas might balance each other out with respect to BGB and SOC stocks.

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J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

40101 - Agriculture

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Grassland Research

ISSN

2097-051X

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

2

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

CN - Čínská lidová republika

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

279-288

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85175702700