SFB 552: B6 - Carbon dioxide production in soils under cacao agroforestry and natural forests: effects of drought and landscape variability
Description:
The main goals of this sub-project are: * To estimate the effects of natural and experimental droughts and consecutive rewetting on the soil CO2 production and efflux in natural forest and cacao agroforestry ecosystems. * To identify the environmental controls on spatial variation in soil CO2 efflux in the natural forest during the wet and the dry season. Central hypotheses for the first goal of B6 are: a) the natural forest has mechanisms like deep roots to reduce impacts of ENSO droughts. b) The cacao agroforestry system is not well adapted to ENSO droughts. The hypothesis to test for the second goal is that a considerable part of the naturally occurring spatial variation in soil CO2 efflux can be explained by landscape and soil properties. We will use a combination of measurements of CO2 efflux and concentrations, with modelling of CO2 transport in soils and statistical models to test these hypotheses. Our Indonesian counterpart plans to study the effects of an experimental drought on CH4 and N2O dynamics.
Executive Institute:
Soil Science of Tropical and Subtropical Ecosystems Details of Soil Science of Tropical and Subtropical Ecosystems
Parent institution:
University of Goettingen Details of University of Goettingen (Lower Saxony)
Contract period:
01. 01. 2006 - 01. 01. 2011
Collaborative Project:
SFB 552: Stability of Rainforest Margins in Indonesia (STORMA) Details of SFB 552: Stability of Rainforest Margins in Indonesia (STORMA)
Funding Programme:
- DFG - Collaborative Research Centre Details of DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Subject:
- Forestry
- Agroecology
- Soil science
- Agroeconomics
Purpose of research:
Basic research
Funding Institutions:
- German Research Council (DFG) (DFG) Details of (DFG)
Project Management Agency:
- German Research Council (DFG) (DFG) Details of DFG