Light to moderate long-term grazing enhances ecosystem carbon across a broad climatic gradient in northern temperate grasslands

放牧 葛兰素 草原 环境科学 生态系统 保护性放牧 土壤碳 生物量(生态学) 生态学 农学 生物 福布 土壤科学 土壤水分
作者
Edward W. Bork,Daniel B. Hewins,Eric G. Lamb,Cameron N. Carlyle,Mark P. Lyseng,Scott X. Chang,Michael J. Alexander,Walter D. Willms,Majid Iravani
出处
期刊:Science of The Total Environment [Elsevier]
卷期号:894: 164978-164978 被引量:4
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DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164978
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Grasslands are globally abundant and provide many ecosystem services, including carbon (C) storage. While grasslands are widely subject to livestock grazing, the influence of grazing on grassland ecosystem C remains unclear. We studied the effect of long-term livestock grazing on C densities of different ecosystem components in 110 northern temperate grasslands across a broad agroclimatic gradient in Alberta, Canada. These grasslands stored 50 to 180 t ha-1C in live and dead vegetation, as well as soil C to 30 cm depth, with the majority as soil organic C (SOC). The mulch layer comprised a large amount of C (~18 t ha-1C) especially within humid grasslands. Although grazing reduced C densities in litter mass, total ecosystem C was 8.5 % greater under grazing (127.8 t ha-1) compared to those non-grazed (117.8 t ha-1), primarily due to increases in SOC and roots. Increases in SOC were consistently observed in the 0-15 cm layer across all climatic conditions, with changes in SOC of the 15-30 cm layer inversely related to aridity. A structural equation model revealed that increased SOC under grazing was indirectly attributed to increases in eudicot rather than graminoid biomass. In addition, SOC increased with graminoid quality (i.e., a reduced carbon to nitrogen ratio), which together with elevated eudicots, increased litter and mulch C, and ultimately enhanced SOC densities. When applied to spatial maps of habitat type and land use (livestock grazing) activity across the region, an area of ~3.8 M ha of grassland was projected to contain an additional 17.1 M t of C under grazing, primarily in mesic grasslands, worth an estimated $3.1 B (Cdn.) under current C valuation guidelines in Canada. Overall, these results highlight the importance of grasslands for C storage and establishing policies that maintain and promote their sustainable use, including light to moderate grazing.
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