Processes responsible for the nitrous oxide emission from a Costa Rican Andosol under a coffee agroforestry plantation

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 787-795

  Hergoualc'h, K ^a,b   Skiba, U ^c   Harmand, J M ^a   Oliver, R ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylene inhibition; Coffea arabica; Costa Rica; Denitrification; N2O; Nitrification; Water filled pore space (WFPS)

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ANDOSOL; COFFEE; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; PLANTATION; PORE SPACE; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

COFFEA ARABICA; INGA DENSIFLORA;

EID: 34447118988     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-007-0168-z     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Babbar L, Zak D (1995) Nitrogen loss from coffee agroecosystems in Costa Rica: leaching and denitrification in the presence and absence of shade trees. J Environ Qual 24:227-233
2. Bornemisza E, Collinet J, Segura A (1999). Los suelos cafetaleros de América Central y su fertilización. In: Bertrand B, Rapidel B (eds) Desafíos de la caficultura en CentroAmérica. IICA, PROMECAFÉ, CIRAD, IRD, CCCR, San José, Costa Rica, pp 97-137
3. Davidson EA (1991) Fluxes of nitrous oxide and nitric oxide from terrestrial ecosystems. In: Rogers JE, Whitman WB (eds) Microbial production and consumption of greenhouse gases: methane, nitrogen oxides and halomethanes. ASM, Washington DC, pp 219-234
4. De Boer W, Kowalchuk GA (2001) Nitrification in acid soils: micro-organisms and mechanisms. Soil Biol Biochem 33:853-866
5. FAO (2005) FAOSTAT data
6. Garrido F, Hénault C, Gaillard H, Pérez S, Germon JC (2002) N2O and NO emissions by agricultural soils with low hydraulic potentials. Soil Biol Biochem 34:559-575
7. Hall SJ, Matson PA (1999) Nitrogen oxide emissions after N additions in tropical forests. Nature 400:152-155
8. Henríquez C, Cabalceta G (1999) Guía práctica para el estudio introductorio de los suelos con un enfoque agrícola. ACCS (Asociación Costarricense de la Ciencia del Suelo), San José, Costa Rica
9. Hynes RK, Knowles R (1984) Production of nitrous oxide by Nitrosomonas europaea: Effects of acetylene, pH, and oxygen. Can J Microbiol 30:1397-1404
10. InfoStat G (2004) InfoStat. Córdoba, Argentina, FCA, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
11. IPCC (2001) Climate change 2001: the scientific basis. Contribution of working group I to the third assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA
12. IUSS (International Union of Soil Sciences) Working group WRB (2006) World reference base for soil resources 2006. World Soil Resources Reports No103. FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), Rome
13. Khalil K, Mary B, Renault P (2004) Nitrous oxide production by nitrification and denitrification in soil aggregates as affected by O2 concentration. Soil Biol Biochem 36:687-699
14. Klemedtsson L, Svensson BH, Rosswall T (1988) Relationships between soil moisture content and nitrous oxide production during nitrification and denitrification. Biol Fertil Soils 6:106-111
15. Linn D, Doran JW (1984) Effect of water-filled pore space on carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide production in tilled and non tilled soils. Soil Sci Soc Am 48:1267-1272
16. Maag M, Vinther FP (1996) Nitrous oxide emission by nitrification and denitrification in different soil types and at different soil moisture contents and temperatures. Appl Soil Ecol 4:5-14
17. Mata RA, Ramírez JE (1999) Estudio de caracterización de suelos y su relación con el manejo del cultivo de café en la provincia de Heredia. ICAFE, San José, Costa Rica
18. Montzka SA, Fraser PJ, Butler JH, Connell PS, Cunnold DM, Daniel JS, Derwent RG, Lal S, McCulloch A, Oram DE, Reeves CE, Sanhueza E, Steele LP, Velders GJM, Weiss RF, Zander RJ (2003) Controlled substances and other source gases, Chapter 1. In: WMO (World Meteorological Organization) (eds) Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2002. Geneva, pp 1.51-1.61
19. Mulvaney RL (1996) Nitrogen Inorganic Forms. In: Sparks DL (ed) Methods of soil analysis. Part 3: chemical methods 3rd (edn): SSSA and ASA, Madison, WI, pp 1123-1160
20. Reynolds-Vargas JS, Richter DD, Bornemisza E (1994) Environmental impacts of nitrification and nitrate adsorption in fertilized Andisols in the Valle Central of Costa Rica. Soil Sci 157:289-299
21. Robertson GP, Tiedje JM (1987) Nitrous oxide sources in aerobic soils: nitrification, denitrification and other biological processes. Soil Biol Biochem 19:187-193
22. Robertson GP, Tiedje JM (1988) Deforestation alters denitrification in a lowland tropical rainforest. Nature 336:756-759
23. Schjønning P, Thomsena IK, Moldrupb P, Christensen BT (2003) Linking soil microbial activity to water- and air-phase contents and diffusivities. Soil Sci Soc Am 67:156-165
24. Skiba U, Smith KA (2000) The control of nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural and natural soils. Chemosphere-Global Change Sci 2:379-386
25. Sumner ME, Miller WP (1996) Cation exchange capacity and exchange coefficients. In: Sparks DL (ed) Methods of soil analysis. Part 3: chemical methods, 3rd (edn): SSSA and ASA. Madison, WI, pp 1220-1221
26. Van Cleemput O (1998) Subsoils: chemo- and biological denitrification, N2O and N2 emissions. Nutr Cycl in Agroecosys 52:187-194
27. Veldkamp E, Keller M, Nuñez M (1998) Effect of pasture management on N2O and NO emissions from soils in the humid tropics of Costa Rica. Global Biogeochem Cy 12:71-79
28. Webster EA, Hopkins DW (1996) Contributions from different microbial processes to N2O emission from soil under different moisture regimes. Biol Fertil Soils 22:331-335
29. Wrage N, Velthof GL, Van Beusichem ML, Oenema O (2001) Role of nitrifier denitrification in the production of nitrous oxide. Soil Biol Biochem 33:1723-1732
30. Yoshinari T (1993) Nitrogen oxide flux in tropical soils. Tree 8:155-156