Large-scale carbon sequestration in post-agrogenic ecosystems in Russia and Kazakhstan

Kurganova, I. N.; Gerenyu, Valentin Lopes de; Kuzyakov, Yakov

doi:10.1016/j.catena.2015.06.002

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“…Additionally, our estimation is based only on the upper five centimetres of the soil profiles, while Kurganova et al . (, ) based their estimation on the upper 20 cm. However, as we did not find any clear land‐use effect below the topsoil layer the results should be comparable.…”

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“…An estimation of SOC stocks changes at larger spatial scales and the quantification of differences over time due to land-use change are always challenging. While some of the previously published studies based their conclusions on process-based modelling results (Vuichard et al, 2008) for SOC sequestration rates, Kurganova et al (2015) for the first time summarized patterns from a higher number of samples (n = 85 measured sequestration rates for Asian Russia). Nevertheless, few large-scale field studies with a robust sampling design have been conducted in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.…”

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Soil carbon sequestration due to post‐Soviet cropland abandonment: estimates from a large‐scale soil organic carbon field inventory

Wertebach

Hölzel

Kämpf

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Global Change Biology

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The break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991 triggered cropland abandonment on a continental scale, which in turn led to carbon accumulation on abandoned land across Eurasia. Previous studies have estimated carbon accumulation rates across Russia based on large-scale modelling. Studies that assess carbon sequestration on abandoned land based on robust field sampling are rare. We investigated soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks using a randomized sampling design along a climatic gradient from forest steppe to Sub-Taiga in Western Siberia (Tyumen Province). In total, SOC contents were sampled on 470 plots across different soil and land-use types. The effect of land use on changes in SOC stock was evaluated, and carbon sequestration rates were calculated for different age stages of abandoned cropland. While land-use type had an effect on carbon accumulation in the topsoil (0-5 cm), no independent land-use effects were found for deeper SOC stocks. Topsoil carbon stocks of grasslands and forests were significantly higher than those of soils managed for crops and under abandoned cropland. SOC increased significantly with time since abandonment. The average carbon sequestration rate for soils of abandoned cropland was 0.66 Mg C ha yr (1-20 years old, 0-5 cm soil depth), which is at the lower end of published estimates for Russia and Siberia. There was a tendency towards SOC saturation on abandoned land as sequestration rates were much higher for recently abandoned (1-10 years old, 1.04 Mg C ha yr ) compared to earlier abandoned crop fields (11-20 years old, 0.26 Mg C ha yr ). Our study confirms the global significance of abandoned cropland in Russia for carbon sequestration. Our findings also suggest that robust regional surveys based on a large number of samples advance model-based continent-wide SOC prediction.

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Soil carbon sequestration due to post‐Soviet cropland abandonment: estimates from a large‐scale soil organic carbon field inventory

Wertebach

Hölzel

Kämpf

et al. 2017

Global Change Biology

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“…Ongoing on 220 million hectares worldwide, the abandonment of agricultural lands is an important phenomenon triggered by both ecological and socioeconomic causes (Beilin et al, ; Prishchepov, Müller, Dubinin, Baumann, & Radeloff, ). Massive cropland abandonment in Russian Federation was caused by the collapse of the farming system in early 1990s (Henebry, ; Kurganova, Lopes de Gerenyu, & Kuzyakov, ; Kurganova, Lopes de Gerenyu, Six, & Kuzyakov, ; Lyuri, Goryachkin, Karavaeva, Denisenko, & Nefedova, ). Recently, about 40 million hectares (or ~50% of the currently cultivation area) still remain unused (ROSSTAT, ).…”

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Recovery of organic matter and microbial biomass after abandonment of degraded agricultural soils: the influence of climate

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After abandonment of agricultural lands (ongoing on 220 million hectares worldwide), degraded arable soils undergo self‐restoration and development towards natural ecosystems. We studied the linkage between microbial properties and density fractions of soil organic matter (SOM) during post‐agricultural restoration of former arable Phaeozems and Chernozems. The chronosequence study was conducted in two contrasting bioclimatic zones of European Russia: deciduous forest (Luvic Phaeozem) and dry steppe (Calcic Chernozem). Each chronosequence included an arable soil, 3–4 soils with increasing periods after abandonment (from 7 to 35 years), and reference sites with native soils. The basal respiration (BR) and microbial biomass (Cmic) were closely correlated with the soil organic carbon (Corg) content as well as SOM density fractions: free particulate organic matter (fPOM), occluded particulate organic matter (oPOM), and mineral–SOM. The greatest increase in most properties was common in the top 0–5 cm and was maximal for fPOM and oPOM fractions (by 1.5–2.5‐times), Cmic (1.9‐times), and BR (1.5–2.5‐times). For the first time, the duration of full recovery of soil properties depending on climate were estimated. Generally, ~40–120 and 20–30 years in the forest and steppe, respectively, are required to restore Corg, total nitrogen (TN), and Cmic contents in the 0‐ to 5‐cm layer after the abandonment of agricultural lands. The maximal restoration rates of all properties are common in the first 15–20 years after abandonment.

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“…Therefore, vegetation restoration might undergo different stages, even under the same soil‐climatic conditions. Postagrogenic ecosystems play an important role in carbon (C) sequestration from the atmosphere (Guo & Gifford, ; Kurganova, Lopes de Gerenyu, & Kuzyakov, ; Poeplau & Don, ). The effect of rapid, global changes in arable land use is equal to the impact of climate changes in terms of rate and direction of СО 2 flux between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere (Kurganova et al, ).…”

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Postagrogenic development of Retisols in the middle taiga subzone of European Russia (Komi Republic)

2018

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Reforestation on abandoned agricultural lands is widespread in the belt of boreal forests. We analyzed the morphological and physicochemical properties of a Plaggic Glossic Retisol (Siltic, Cutanic) site that had been abandoned either 7, 19, or 85 years ago, as well as a Glossic Stagnic Retisol (Siltic, Cutanic) as a control. Involvement of forest soils in agricultural use results in the degradation of organic horizons, which are not restored until many decades after the termination of active agricultural use. Arable soil horizons were preserved and were clearly identified 85 years after the land had been abandoned. The morphological features of the eluvial and subeluvial horizons were determined at all sites. Soils at sites that had been abandoned for 7 and 19 years showed lower acidity and higher base saturation compared to the background soil. Total carbon stocks were lower at the abandoned sites. The slow increase of carbon stocks after the soil had been abandoned is caused by C increase as in the organic as in the topsoil mineral horizons. Soils that had been abandoned for 7 and 19 years contained less water‐extractable forms of C and N than the control and 85‐year forest soils. Agricultural use leads to a reduction in C stocks of forest soils. The postagrogenic soil C sequestration rate was estimated to be 30–40 g·m−2·yr−1.

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Large-scale carbon sequestration in post-agrogenic ecosystems in Russia and Kazakhstan

Cited by 89 publications

References 43 publications

Soil carbon sequestration due to post‐Soviet cropland abandonment: estimates from a large‐scale soil organic carbon field inventory

Soil carbon sequestration due to post‐Soviet cropland abandonment: estimates from a large‐scale soil organic carbon field inventory

Recovery of organic matter and microbial biomass after abandonment of degraded agricultural soils: the influence of climate

Postagrogenic development of Retisols in the middle taiga subzone of European Russia (Komi Republic)

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