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Analysis of Carbon Stocks and Fluxes of Urban Lawn Ecosystems in Moscow Megapolis

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Urbanization: Challenge and Opportunity for Soil Functions and Ecosystem Services (SUITMA 2017)

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Urbanization results in irreversible transformations of vegetation and soils. Urban lawn is an important part of urban ecosystems, providing several principal ecological functions, including participation in global carbon cycle. Carbon stocks and fluxes in urban lawns are diverse due to the different functional uses (residential, recreational areas, etc.), and different morphogenetic and physico-chemical properties of soil and their components. The research was focused on C stocks and fluxes in urban lawns to assess their function in regulating atmospheric air composition. Soil CO2 emission and CH4 fluxes (summarized for summer period); soil organic C (SOC); below and aboveground biomass were studied. Carbon emission by soil respiration and C sequestration in biomass were considered to estimate C balance.

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The project was supported by Russian Science Foundation project № 17-77-20046.

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  1. Laboratory of Agroecological Monitoring, Ecosystem Modeling and Prediction, Russian State Agricultural University, Timiryazevskaya Street, 49, 127550, Moscow, Russia

    A. S. Shchepeleva, M. M. Vizirskaya, V. I. Vasenev & I. I. Vasenev

  2. Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Miklukho-Maklaya Street, 6, 117198, Moscow, Russia

    A. S. Shchepeleva, V. I. Vasenev & I. I. Vasenev

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  1. RUDN University, Moscow, c.Moscow, Russia

    Viacheslav Vasenev

  2. RUDN University, Moscow, c.Moscow, Russia

    Elvira Dovletyarova

  3. City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, USA

    Zhongqi Cheng

  4. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, c.Moscow, Russia

    Tatiana V. Prokof’eva

  5. Université de Lorraine , Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France

    Jean Louis Morel

  6. Institute of Physico-Chemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, c.Moscow, Russia

    Nadezhda D. Ananyeva

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Shchepeleva, A.S., Vizirskaya, M.M., Vasenev, V.I., Vasenev, I.I. (2019). Analysis of Carbon Stocks and Fluxes of Urban Lawn Ecosystems in Moscow Megapolis. In: Vasenev, V., Dovletyarova, E., Cheng, Z., Prokof’eva, T., Morel, J., Ananyeva, N. (eds) Urbanization: Challenge and Opportunity for Soil Functions and Ecosystem Services. SUITMA 2017. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89602-1_11

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