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Short-term dynamics and spatial heterogeneity of CO2 emission from the soils of natural and urban ecosystems in the Central Chernozemic Region

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A comparative analysis of the spatial-temporal trends in the emission of CO2 from soils of different functional zones of the city of Kursk, a dark gray soil of an oak forest, and a typical steppe chernozem has been performed. The averaged CO2 emission from the urban soils is 25% higher than that from the natural soils (32.1 ± 17.8 and 17.8 ± 10.2 g CO2/m2 daily, respectively). The spatial heterogeneity of the CO2 emission is also significantly higher for the urban soils, while variation in temporal dynamics of soil respiration among the studied ecosystems was insignificant.

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  1. Russian State Agrarian University-Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, ul. Timiryazevskaya 49, Moscow, 127550, Russia

    D. A. Sarzhanov, V. I. Vasenev, Yu. L. Sotnikova, A. Tembo, I. I. Vasenev & R. Valentini

  2. Agrarian Faculty, Peoples Friendship University of Russia, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 10/1, Moscow, 117198, Russia

    V. I. Vasenev

  3. Tuscia University, Via del Paradiso 47, Viterbo, 01100, Italy

    R. Valentini

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Original Russian Text © D.A. Sarzhanov, V.I. Vasenev, Yu.L. Sotnikova, A. Tembo, I.I. Vasenev, R. Valentini, 2015, published in Pochvovedenie, 2015, No. 4, pp. 469–478.

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Sarzhanov, D.A., Vasenev, V.I., Sotnikova, Y.L. et al. Short-term dynamics and spatial heterogeneity of CO2 emission from the soils of natural and urban ecosystems in the Central Chernozemic Region. Eurasian Soil Sc. 48, 416–424 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229315040092

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