Importance of reporting ancillary site characteristics, and management and disturbance information at ICOS stations

0499267 - ÚVGZ 2019 RIV PL eng J - Journal Article
Saunders, M. - Dengel, S. - Kolari, P. - Moureaux, Ch. - Montagnani, L. - Ceschia, E. - Altimir, N. - Lopez-Ballesteros, A. - Maraňon-Jimenez, S. - Acosta, Manuel - Klumpp, K. - Gielen, B. - Op de Beeck, M. - Hörtnagl, L. - Merbold, L. - Osborne, B. - Grunwald, T. - Arrouays, D. - Boukir, H. - Saby, N. - Nicolini, G. - Papale, Dario - Jones, M.
Importance of reporting ancillary site characteristics, and management and disturbance information at ICOS stations.
International Agrophysics. Roč. 32, č. 4 (2018), s. 457-469. ISSN 0236-8722. E-ISSN 2300-8725
Research Infrastructure: CzeCOS II - 90061
Institutional support: RVO:86652079
Keywords : protocol * characterisation * management * disturbance * export
OECD category: Agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection
Impact factor: 1.227, year: 2018

There are many factors that influence ecosystem scale carbon, nitrogen and greenhouse gas dynamics, including the inherent heterogeneity of soils and vegetation, anthropogenic management interventions, and biotic and abiotic disturbance events. It is important therefore, to document the characteristics of the soils and vegetation and to accurately report all management activities, and disturbance events to aid the interpretation of collected data, and to determine whether the ecosystem either amplifies or mitigates climate change. This paper outlines the importance of assessing both the spatial and temporal variability of soils and vegetation and to report all management events, the import or export of C or N from the ecosystem, and the occurrence of biotic/abiotic disturbances at ecosystem stations of the Integrated Carbon Observation System, a pan-European research infrastructure.
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