Land inclination controls CO2 and N2O fluxes, but not CH4 uptake, in a temperate upland forest soil

Gillespie, Lauren M.; Triches, Nathalie Y.; Abalos, Diego; Finke, Peter; Zechmeister-Boltenstern, Sophie; Glatzel, Stephan; Díaz-Pinés, Eugenio

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-517-2023

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-517-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-517-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

Original research article

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19 Sep 2023

Original research article |

| 19 Sep 2023

Land inclination controls CO₂ and N₂O fluxes, but not CH₄ uptake, in a temperate upland forest soil

Lauren M. Gillespie, Nathalie Y. Triches, Diego Abalos, Peter Finke, Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern, Stephan Glatzel, and Eugenio Díaz-Pinés

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-517-2023-supplement

Data sets

Soil CO2 CH_4 and N2O fluxes, soil and litter parameters and meteorological data from a temperate upland forest along a land inclination gradient L. M. Gillespie, N. Y. Triches, D. Abalos, P. Finke, S. Zechmeister-Boltenstern, S. Glatzel, E. and Diaz-Pines https://b2share.eudat.eu/records/3900981a45684bfea5d648eb744622d3

Short summary

Forest soil is potentially an important source or sink of greenhouse gases (CO₂, N₂O, and CH₄), but this is affected by soil conditions. We studied how land inclination and soil/litter properties influence the flux of these gases. CO₂ and N₂O were more affected by inclination than CH₄; all were affected by soil/litter properties. This study underlines the importance of inclination and soil/litter properties in predicting greenhouse gas fluxes from forest soil and potential source–sink balance.