Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Nitrous oxide and methane flux in Australian and New Zealand landscapes: measurements, modeling and mitigation

  • Editorial
  • Published:
Plant and Soil Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

References

  • Chen D, Li Y, Grace P, Mosier AR (2008) N2O emissions from agricultural lands: a synthesis of simulation approaches. Plant and Soil (in press)

  • Conrad R (1996) Soil microorganisms as controllers of atmospheric trace gases (H2, CO, CH4, OCS, N2O, and NO). Microbiol Rev 60:609

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Dalal R, Allen D, Livesley S, Richards G (2008) Magnitude and biophysical regulators of methane emission and consumption in the Australian agricultural, forest, and submerged landscapes: a review. Plant Soil. DOI 10.1007/s11104-007-9446-7

  • Denmead OT (2008) Approaches to measuring fluxes of methane and nitrous oxide between landscapes and the atmosphere. Plant Soil. DOI 10.1007/s11104-008-9599-z

  • Fargione J, Hill J, Tilman D, Polasky S, Hawthorne P (2008) Land clearing and the biofuel carbon debt. Science 319:1235–1238

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Farquharson R, Baldock J (2008) Concepts in modelling N2O emissions from land use. Plant Soil. DOI 10.1007/s11104-007-9485-0

  • Firestone MK, Davidson EA (1989) Microbiological basis on NO and N2O production and consumption in soils. In: Andreae MO, Schimel D (eds) Exchange of trace gases between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. Wiley, Chichester, pp 7–21

    Google Scholar 

  • Giltrap D, Saggar S, Li C, Wilde H (2008) Using the NZ–DNDC model to estimate agricultural N2O emissions in the Manawatu–Wanganui region. Plant Soil. DOI 10.1007/s11104-007-9527-7

  • Houghton JT, Ding Y, Griggs DJ, Noguer M, van der Linden PJ, Dai X, Maskell K, Johnson CA (2001) Climate change 2001: The scientific basis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Google Scholar 

  • Kiese R, Hewett B, Butterbach-Bahl K (2008a) Seasonal dynamic of gross nitrification and N2O emission at two tropical rainforest sites in Queensland, Australia. Plant Soil. DOI 10.1007/s11104-007-9468-1

  • Kiese R, Wochele S, Butterbach-Bahl K (2008b) Site specific and regional estimates of methane uptake by tropical rainforest soils in north eastern Australia. Plant Soil. DOI 10.1007/s11104-008-9545-0

  • Livesley S, Kiese R, Graham J, Weston C, Butterbach-Bahl K, Arndt SK (2008) Trace gas flux and the influence of short-term soil water and temperature dynamics in Australian sheep grazed pastures of differing productivity. Plant Soil. DOI 10.1007/s11104-008-9647-8

  • Luo J, Saggar S, Bhandral R, Bolan N, Ledgard S, Lindsey S et al. (2008) Effects of irrigating dairy-grazed grassland with farm dairy effluent on nitrous oxide emissions. Plant Soil. DOI 10.1007/s11104-008-9550-3

  • Price SJ, Sherlock RR, Kelliher FM, McSeveny TM, Tate KR, Condron LM (2004) Pristine New Zealand forest soil is a strong methane sink. Glob Change Biol 10:16–26

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Robertson GP, Paul EA, Harwood RR (2000) Greenhouse gases in intensive agriculture: Contributions of individual gases to the radiative forcing of the atmosphere. Science 289:1922–1925

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Saggar S, Tate K, Giltrap D, Singh J (2008) Soil–atmosphere exchange of nitrous oxide and methane in New Zealand terrestrial ecosystems and their mitigation options: a review. Plant Soil. DOI 10.1007/s11104-007-9421-3

  • Thomas S, Beare M, Francis G, Barlow H, Hedderley D (2008) Effects of tillage, simulated cattle grazing and soil moisture on N2O emissions from a winter forage crop. Plant Soil. DOI 10.1007/s11104-008-9586-4

  • Turner D, Chen D, Galbally IE, Leuning R, Edis R, Li Y et al. (2008) Spatial variability of nitrous oxide emissions from an Australian irrigated dairy pasture. Plant Soil. DOI 10.1007/s11104-008-9639-8

  • Wrage N, van Groenigen JW, Oenema O, Baggs EM (2005) A novel dual-isotope labelling method for distinguishing between soil sources of N2O. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 19:3298–3306

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The ‘Non-CO2 greenhouse gas fluxes in Australian-New Zealand landscapes’ Research Forum convened by The University of Melbourne on 15–16 May 2007 is the third joint ‘non-CO2’ forum arranged in response to the bilateral Agriculture and Greenhouse Partnership agreement. The first ‘non-CO2’ forum was held in Christchurch (February 2003) and the second in Melbourne (October 2005). The conference organisers would like to acknowledge the high standard of presentation during the forum and poster sessions, and thank all those who attended for making the forum an event of vibrant question and discussion. The organisers would like to thank the Department of Sustainability and Environment of Victoria, the Department of Primary Industries of Victoria, The Australian Greenhouse Office, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Zoo for support in organising the Research Forum, and specifically Edith Huber, Emma Cleveland and Peter Miehle for technical assistance.

figure 1

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Forest and Ecosystem Science, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, 3121, Australia

    S. J. Livesley & S. K. Arndt

  2. Department of Primary Industries, 1301 Hazeldean Road, Ellinbank, Victoria, 3821, Australia

    R. Eckard

Authors
  1. S. J. Livesley
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. R. Eckard
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. S. K. Arndt
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to S. J. Livesley.

Additional information

Responsible Editor: Per Ambus.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Livesley, S.J., Eckard, R. & Arndt, S.K. Nitrous oxide and methane flux in Australian and New Zealand landscapes: measurements, modeling and mitigation. Plant Soil 309, 1–4 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-008-9674-5

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-008-9674-5

Search

Navigation