Modelling nitrous oxide emissions from grazed grassland systems.
Environ Pollut
; 162: 223-33, 2012 Mar.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22243868
ABSTRACT
Grazed grassland systems are an important component of the global carbon cycle and also influence global climate change through their emissions of nitrous oxide and methane. However, there are huge uncertainties and challenges in the development and parameterisation of process-based models for grazed grassland systems because of the wide diversity of vegetation and impacts of grazing animals. A process-based biogeochemistry model, DeNitrification-DeComposition (DNDC), has been modified to describe N(2)O emissions for the UK from regional conditions. This paper reports a new development of UK-DNDC in which the animal grazing practices were modified to track their contributions to the soil nitrogen (N) biogeochemistry. The new version of UK-DNDC was tested against datasets of N(2)O fluxes measured at three contrasting field sites. The results showed that the responses of the model to changes in grazing parameters were generally in agreement with observations, showing that N(2)O emissions increased as the grazing intensity increased.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Soil Pollutants
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Air Pollutants
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Livestock
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Herbivory
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Poaceae
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Models, Theoretical
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Nitrous Oxide
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Environ Pollut
Journal subject:
SAUDE AMBIENTAL
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Reino Unido