Grazing alters sandy soil greenhouse gas emissions in a sand-binding area of the Hobq Desert, China

分类： 环境科学技术及资源科学技术 >> 环境科学技术基础学科 提交时间： 2022-06-13 合作期刊: 《干旱区科学》

WANG Bo LI Yuwei BAO Yuhai

摘要： Abstract: Deserts are sensitive to environmental changes caused by human interference and are prone to degradation. Revegetation can promote the reversal of desertification and the subsequent formation of fixed sand. However, the effects of grazing, which can cause the ground-surface conditions of fixed sand to further deteriorate and result in re-desertification, on the greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes from soils remain unknown. Herein, we investigated GHG fluxes in the Hobq Desert, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China, at the mobile (desertified), fixed (vegetated), and grazed (re-desertified) sites from January 2018 to December 2019. We analyzed the response mechanism of GHG fluxes to micrometeorological factors and the variation in global warming potential (GWP). CO2 was emitted at an average rate of 4.2, 3.7, and 1.1 mmol/(m2h) and N2O was emitted at an average rate of 0.19, 0.15, and 0.09 mol/(m2h) at the grazed, fixed, and mobile sites, respectively. Mean CH4 consumption was as follows: fixed site (2.9 mol/(m2h))>grazed site (2.7 mol/(m2h))>mobile site (1.1 mol/(m2h)). GHG fluxes varied seasonally, and soil temperature (10 cm) and soil water content (30 cm) were the key micrometeorological factors affecting the fluxes. The changes in the plant and soil characteristics caused by grazing resulted in increased soil CO2 and N2O emissions and decreased CH4 absorption. Grazing also significantly increased the GWP of the soil (P

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