<\/a>Title: <\/strong>VULCA. Vulnerabilidad del C ed\u00e1fico al cambio clim\u00e1tico y de uso del suelo en ecosistemas pastorales: Efectos del cambio en el regim\u00e9n de precipitaci\u00f3n en pastos abandonados o quemados.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Funding Agency:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0Ministerio de Educaci\u00f3n y Ciencia<\/p>\n

Participating organizations:<\/strong> CEAM, UV<\/p>\n

Duration: 2006-2008<\/p>\n

PI:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Casals P<\/p>\n

Subproject Researchers<\/strong>: Rovira P; Montan\u00e9, F; Lopez-Sangil, L.<\/p>\n

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The aim of the project is to study the vulnerability of soil carbon in grassland systems, by means of\u00a0studying the changes in soil carbon processes under different land uses and under Climatic Change scenarios. To do this, the project includes 3 sub-projects, designed to study fluxes of carbon in soil-plant systems (sub-project 1), fluxes between the ecosystem and the atmosphere (sub-project 2) and its extrapolation to a landscape scale (sub-project 3).<\/p>\n

The objectives of the coordinated project are:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1. To measure how relevant are in the carbon cycle of grasslands the abiotic factors (temperature and humidity) and the biotic factors (plant biomass, organic matter quality).<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2. To estimate the carbon fluxes to the atmosphere, to the passive fractions of soil organic matter, or to soluble C (DOC), as affected by changes in the rainfall regime,\u00a0fires or land\u00a0abandonment.<\/p>\n

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Related Papers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Montan\u00e9 F, Casals P, Dale MRT, 2011. How spatial heterogeneity of cover affects patterns of shrub encroachment into mesic grasslands.\u00a0 PLoS ONE<\/em>, in press.<\/p>\n

Casals P, Lopez-Sangil L, Carrara A, Gimeno C, Nogu\u00e9s S, 2011. Autotrophic and heterotrophic contributions to short-term soil CO_{2<\/sub> efflux following simulated summer precipitation pulses in a Mediterranean dehesa. Global Biogeochemical Cycles<\/em>, 25, GB 3012, doi:10.1029\/2010GB003973<\/p>\n}

Lopez-Sangil L, Rousk J, Wallander H, Casals P, 2011. Microbial growth measurements reveal that land-use abandonment promotes a fungal dominance of SOM decomposition in grazed Mediterranean ecosystems. Biology and Fertility of Soils<\/em>, 47, 129\u2013138 \u00a0doi: 10.1007\/s00374-010-0510-8<\/p>\n

Casals P, Garcia-Pausas J, Montan\u00e9 F, Romany\u00e0 J, Rovira P, 2010 Root decomposition in grazed and abandoned Mediterranean and mountain grasslands estimated by standard labelled roots. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment<\/em>, 139, 759-765<\/p>\n

Montan\u00e9 F, Romany\u00e0 J, Rovira P, Casals P. 2010. Aboveground litter quality changes may drive soil organic carbon increase after shrub encroachment into mountain grasslands. Plant and Soil<\/em>, 337, 151-165. Doi: 10.1007\/s11104-010-0512-1<\/p>\n

Montan\u00e9 F, Casals P, Dale MRT. 2010. Spatial patterns of shrub encroachment in neighbouring grassland communities in the Pyrenees: floristic composition heterogeneity drives shrub proliferation rates. Plant Ecology<\/em>, 211, 267-278 Doi: 10.1007\/s11258-010-9788-8<\/p>\n

Casals P, Gimeno C, Carrara A, Lopez-Sangil L, Sanz MJ. 2009. Soil CO_{2 <\/sub>efflux and extractable organic carbon fractions under simulated precipitation events in a Mediterranean Dehesa. Soil Biology and Biochemistry<\/em>, 41: 1915-1922.<\/p>\n}

Montan\u00e9 F, Casals P, Taull M, Lambert B, Dale M R T, 2009. \u00a0Spatial patterns of shrub cover after different fire disturbances in the Pyrenees. Annals of Forest Science<\/em>, 66:612 <\/a><\/p>\n

Montan\u00e9 F, Rovira P, Casals P. 2007. Shrub encroachment into mesic mountain grasslands in the Iberian<\/a> pen<\/a>insula: Effects of plant quality and temperature on soil C and N stocks. Global Biogeochemical Cycles<\/em>, 21, doi:10.1029\/2006GB002853<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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