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Assessments of Atmospheric Interchanges of Green House Gas Emissions from the Cultivated Land: Study Based on Edaphic Gradients of Plantations in Semi Arid Region of Gujarat, India

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DOI: 10.22606/epp.2016.12005

Author(s)

  • Dhruti Patel
    Institute of Science and Technology for Advance Studies and Research (ISTAR), Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat 388120, India
  • Chitresh Saraswat
    United Nations University, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), 5-53-70, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, 150-8925, Japan
  • Pankaj Kumar*
    United Nations University, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), 5-53-70, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, 150-8925, Japan
  • Nirmal Kumar JI
    Institute of Science and Technology for Advance Studies and Research (ISTAR), Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat 388120, India

Abstract

The study of the magnitude of temporal and spatial patterns of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) fluxes from the cultivated land of subtropical regions of India is still an uncharted territory. The paper contributes towards the improvement of actual estimate and investigates the seasonal variation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions (N2O, CH4 and CO2). For the purpose three mono specific plantation viz. Manilkara zapota, Mangifera indica, Dendrocalumus stictus, and Mixed plantation are studied in semi arid region of central Gujarat, India to assess the extent of GHG fluxes in response to their soils and the comparative analysis presented to understand the atmospheric interchanges. The research contributes in building a framework for plantation approach for carbon sequestration by analyzing the patterns of GHGs emission under different ecosystem.

Keywords

GHG flux, carbon sequestration, carbon dioxide, climate change, soil temperature, Dendrocalumus stictus, Manilkara zapota; Mangifera indica, mixed plantation

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