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ArticleGlobal change biology. Bioenergy2024

Low risk management intervention: Limited impact of remedial tillage on net ecosystem carbon balance at a commercial Miscanthus plantation.

R L Rowe, H M Cooper, A Hastings, A Mabey, A M Keith, N P McNamara, R Morrison

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Article in Global change biology. Bioenergy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

R L RoweUK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7554-821X
H M CooperUK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Wallingford UK.
A HastingsSchool of Biological Sciences, Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Aberdeen Aberdeen UK.
A MabeyUK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster UK.
A M KeithUK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster UK.
N P McNamaraUK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster UK.
R MorrisonUK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Wallingford UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1847-3127

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Perennial bioenergy crops are a key tool in decarbonizing global energy systems, but to ensure the efficient use of land resources, it is essential that yields and crop longevity are maximized. Remedial shallow surface tillage is being explored in commercial Miscanthus plantations as an approach to reinvigorate older crops and to rectify poor establishment, improving yields. There are posited links, however, between tillage and losses in soil carbon (C) via increased ecosystem C fluxes to the atmosphere. As Miscanthus is utilized as an energy crop, changes in field C fluxes need to be assessed as part of the C balance of the crop. Here, for the first time, we quantify the C impacts of remedial tillage at a mature commercial Miscanthus plantation in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Net ecosystem C production based on eddy covariance flux observations and exported yield totalled 12.16 Mg C ha

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crop managementeddy covarianceMiscanthussoil carbon

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PMID38711671
PMCPMC11073546

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