Combination of cattle urine and dung patches synergically increased nitrous oxide emissions from a temperate grassland under wet conditions

Autores
Lombardi, Banira; Alvarado, Patricia Inés; Ricci, Patricia; Buraschi, Lucía María; Viduzzi, Gabriel; Palladino, Rafael Alejandro; Gonda, Horacio Leandro; Juliarena, Maria Paula
Año de publicación
2022
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artículo
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versión publicada
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During grazing, some of the nutrients ingested by cattle are returned to grassland as urine and dung patches and can be lost as greenhouse gases. Sites where cattle congregate are more likely to have overlapping excreta patches favouring enhanced nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. However, there is no consensus about the magnitude of these or simultaneous methane (CH4) emissions or potential mitigation options. This study investigated the effect of combined cattle dung and urine depositions on N2O and CH4 emissions, compared with emissions from separate depositions, under different weather conditions. Local emission factors (EFs) were then calculated for both gases. A quantitative assessment of published studies was also performed to search for N2O emissions drivers. Two field experiments were performed during two 98-day trials under dry and wet conditions in Tandil, Argentina. Treatments included fresh excreta patches of urine (0.75 L), dung (2.50 kg), dung + urine (2.50 kg + 0.75 L) from Holstein dairy cows, and a control (without excreta). Soil and excreta properties were analysed, and N2O and CH4 fluxes from the patches were measured using the static chamber technique. Patches containing dung were shown to be localised CH4 hotspots. Urine applied to soil, and the addition of urine to dung patches had a negligible effect on CH4 fluxes. Urine, dung and combined patches were found to be localised N2O sources. Adding urine to dung patches under wet weather had a significant synergetic effect (threefold increase) on cumulative N2O emissions compared with the theoretical sum of separate excreta patches. Adding urine to dung patches under dry conditions gave an additive effect on N2O. These findings suggest that preventing overlapping excreta patches under wet conditions can help mitigate N2O emissions from temperate managed grazed pastures. The effect of combining excreta patches was also evident in the EF values obtained. That for CH4 was consistent with the default IPCC value (0.75 g CH4 kg− 1 VS), while N2O (EF = 0.03–0.39%) was lower than the updated IPCC 2019 value of 0.6%.
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Fil: Lombardi, Banira. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Lombardi, Banira. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA). Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Lombardi, Banira. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CICPBA). Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Alvarado, Patricia Inés. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA). Departamento de Producción Animal. Producción Animal Veterinaria; Argentina
Fil: Ricci, Patricia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina
Fil: Ricci, Patricia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible (IPADS); Argentina
Fil: Buraschi, Lucía María. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina
Fil: Buraschi, Lucía María. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible (IPADS); Argentina
Fil: Viduzzi, Gabriel. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA). Facultad de Ciencias Exactas; Argentina
Fil: Palladino, Rafael Alejandro. Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora (UNLZ). Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Fil: Gonda, Horacio Leandro. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Department of Animal Nutrition and Management; Suecia
Fil: Juliarena, Maria Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Juliarena, Maria Paula. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA). Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Juliarena, Maria Paula. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CICPBA). Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina
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Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 340 : 108147 (2022)
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Ganado Bovino
Orina
Abonos Animales
Óxido Nitroso
Emisión de Gases de Efecto Invernadero
Metano
Cattle
Urine
Livestock Manure
Nitrous Oxide
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Methane
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spelling Combination of cattle urine and dung patches synergically increased nitrous oxide emissions from a temperate grassland under wet conditionsLombardi, BaniraAlvarado, Patricia InésRicci, PatriciaBuraschi, Lucía MaríaViduzzi, GabrielPalladino, Rafael AlejandroGonda, Horacio LeandroJuliarena, Maria PaulaGanado BovinoOrinaAbonos AnimalesÓxido NitrosoEmisión de Gases de Efecto InvernaderoMetanoCattleUrineLivestock ManureNitrous OxideGreenhouse Gas EmissionsMethaneDuring grazing, some of the nutrients ingested by cattle are returned to grassland as urine and dung patches and can be lost as greenhouse gases. Sites where cattle congregate are more likely to have overlapping excreta patches favouring enhanced nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. However, there is no consensus about the magnitude of these or simultaneous methane (CH4) emissions or potential mitigation options. This study investigated the effect of combined cattle dung and urine depositions on N2O and CH4 emissions, compared with emissions from separate depositions, under different weather conditions. Local emission factors (EFs) were then calculated for both gases. A quantitative assessment of published studies was also performed to search for N2O emissions drivers. Two field experiments were performed during two 98-day trials under dry and wet conditions in Tandil, Argentina. Treatments included fresh excreta patches of urine (0.75 L), dung (2.50 kg), dung + urine (2.50 kg + 0.75 L) from Holstein dairy cows, and a control (without excreta). Soil and excreta properties were analysed, and N2O and CH4 fluxes from the patches were measured using the static chamber technique. Patches containing dung were shown to be localised CH4 hotspots. Urine applied to soil, and the addition of urine to dung patches had a negligible effect on CH4 fluxes. Urine, dung and combined patches were found to be localised N2O sources. Adding urine to dung patches under wet weather had a significant synergetic effect (threefold increase) on cumulative N2O emissions compared with the theoretical sum of separate excreta patches. Adding urine to dung patches under dry conditions gave an additive effect on N2O. These findings suggest that preventing overlapping excreta patches under wet conditions can help mitigate N2O emissions from temperate managed grazed pastures. The effect of combining excreta patches was also evident in the EF values obtained. That for CH4 was consistent with the default IPCC value (0.75 g CH4 kg− 1 VS), while N2O (EF = 0.03–0.39%) was lower than the updated IPCC 2019 value of 0.6%.EEA BalcarceFil: Lombardi, Banira. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Lombardi, Banira. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA). Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Lombardi, Banira. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CICPBA). Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Alvarado, Patricia Inés. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA). Departamento de Producción Animal. Producción Animal Veterinaria; ArgentinaFil: Ricci, Patricia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; ArgentinaFil: Ricci, Patricia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible (IPADS); ArgentinaFil: Buraschi, Lucía María. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; ArgentinaFil: Buraschi, Lucía María. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible (IPADS); ArgentinaFil: Viduzzi, Gabriel. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA). Facultad de Ciencias Exactas; ArgentinaFil: Palladino, Rafael Alejandro. Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora (UNLZ). Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; ArgentinaFil: Gonda, Horacio Leandro. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Department of Animal Nutrition and Management; SueciaFil: Juliarena, Maria Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Juliarena, Maria Paula. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA). Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Juliarena, Maria Paula. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CICPBA). 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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Combination of cattle urine and dung patches synergically increased nitrous oxide emissions from a temperate grassland under wet conditions
title Combination of cattle urine and dung patches synergically increased nitrous oxide emissions from a temperate grassland under wet conditions
spellingShingle Combination of cattle urine and dung patches synergically increased nitrous oxide emissions from a temperate grassland under wet conditions
Lombardi, Banira
Ganado Bovino
Orina
Abonos Animales
Óxido Nitroso
Emisión de Gases de Efecto Invernadero
Metano
Cattle
Urine
Livestock Manure
Nitrous Oxide
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Methane
title_short Combination of cattle urine and dung patches synergically increased nitrous oxide emissions from a temperate grassland under wet conditions
title_full Combination of cattle urine and dung patches synergically increased nitrous oxide emissions from a temperate grassland under wet conditions
title_fullStr Combination of cattle urine and dung patches synergically increased nitrous oxide emissions from a temperate grassland under wet conditions
title_full_unstemmed Combination of cattle urine and dung patches synergically increased nitrous oxide emissions from a temperate grassland under wet conditions
title_sort Combination of cattle urine and dung patches synergically increased nitrous oxide emissions from a temperate grassland under wet conditions
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lombardi, Banira
Alvarado, Patricia Inés
Ricci, Patricia
Buraschi, Lucía María
Viduzzi, Gabriel
Palladino, Rafael Alejandro
Gonda, Horacio Leandro
Juliarena, Maria Paula
author Lombardi, Banira
author_facet Lombardi, Banira
Alvarado, Patricia Inés
Ricci, Patricia
Buraschi, Lucía María
Viduzzi, Gabriel
Palladino, Rafael Alejandro
Gonda, Horacio Leandro
Juliarena, Maria Paula
author_role author
author2 Alvarado, Patricia Inés
Ricci, Patricia
Buraschi, Lucía María
Viduzzi, Gabriel
Palladino, Rafael Alejandro
Gonda, Horacio Leandro
Juliarena, Maria Paula
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ganado Bovino
Orina
Abonos Animales
Óxido Nitroso
Emisión de Gases de Efecto Invernadero
Metano
Cattle
Urine
Livestock Manure
Nitrous Oxide
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Methane
topic Ganado Bovino
Orina
Abonos Animales
Óxido Nitroso
Emisión de Gases de Efecto Invernadero
Metano
Cattle
Urine
Livestock Manure
Nitrous Oxide
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Methane
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv During grazing, some of the nutrients ingested by cattle are returned to grassland as urine and dung patches and can be lost as greenhouse gases. Sites where cattle congregate are more likely to have overlapping excreta patches favouring enhanced nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. However, there is no consensus about the magnitude of these or simultaneous methane (CH4) emissions or potential mitigation options. This study investigated the effect of combined cattle dung and urine depositions on N2O and CH4 emissions, compared with emissions from separate depositions, under different weather conditions. Local emission factors (EFs) were then calculated for both gases. A quantitative assessment of published studies was also performed to search for N2O emissions drivers. Two field experiments were performed during two 98-day trials under dry and wet conditions in Tandil, Argentina. Treatments included fresh excreta patches of urine (0.75 L), dung (2.50 kg), dung + urine (2.50 kg + 0.75 L) from Holstein dairy cows, and a control (without excreta). Soil and excreta properties were analysed, and N2O and CH4 fluxes from the patches were measured using the static chamber technique. Patches containing dung were shown to be localised CH4 hotspots. Urine applied to soil, and the addition of urine to dung patches had a negligible effect on CH4 fluxes. Urine, dung and combined patches were found to be localised N2O sources. Adding urine to dung patches under wet weather had a significant synergetic effect (threefold increase) on cumulative N2O emissions compared with the theoretical sum of separate excreta patches. Adding urine to dung patches under dry conditions gave an additive effect on N2O. These findings suggest that preventing overlapping excreta patches under wet conditions can help mitigate N2O emissions from temperate managed grazed pastures. The effect of combining excreta patches was also evident in the EF values obtained. That for CH4 was consistent with the default IPCC value (0.75 g CH4 kg− 1 VS), while N2O (EF = 0.03–0.39%) was lower than the updated IPCC 2019 value of 0.6%.
EEA Balcarce
Fil: Lombardi, Banira. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Lombardi, Banira. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA). Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Lombardi, Banira. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CICPBA). Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Alvarado, Patricia Inés. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA). Departamento de Producción Animal. Producción Animal Veterinaria; Argentina
Fil: Ricci, Patricia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina
Fil: Ricci, Patricia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible (IPADS); Argentina
Fil: Buraschi, Lucía María. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina
Fil: Buraschi, Lucía María. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible (IPADS); Argentina
Fil: Viduzzi, Gabriel. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA). Facultad de Ciencias Exactas; Argentina
Fil: Palladino, Rafael Alejandro. Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora (UNLZ). Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Fil: Gonda, Horacio Leandro. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Department of Animal Nutrition and Management; Suecia
Fil: Juliarena, Maria Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Juliarena, Maria Paula. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA). Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Juliarena, Maria Paula. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CICPBA). Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina
description During grazing, some of the nutrients ingested by cattle are returned to grassland as urine and dung patches and can be lost as greenhouse gases. Sites where cattle congregate are more likely to have overlapping excreta patches favouring enhanced nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. However, there is no consensus about the magnitude of these or simultaneous methane (CH4) emissions or potential mitigation options. This study investigated the effect of combined cattle dung and urine depositions on N2O and CH4 emissions, compared with emissions from separate depositions, under different weather conditions. Local emission factors (EFs) were then calculated for both gases. A quantitative assessment of published studies was also performed to search for N2O emissions drivers. Two field experiments were performed during two 98-day trials under dry and wet conditions in Tandil, Argentina. Treatments included fresh excreta patches of urine (0.75 L), dung (2.50 kg), dung + urine (2.50 kg + 0.75 L) from Holstein dairy cows, and a control (without excreta). Soil and excreta properties were analysed, and N2O and CH4 fluxes from the patches were measured using the static chamber technique. Patches containing dung were shown to be localised CH4 hotspots. Urine applied to soil, and the addition of urine to dung patches had a negligible effect on CH4 fluxes. Urine, dung and combined patches were found to be localised N2O sources. Adding urine to dung patches under wet weather had a significant synergetic effect (threefold increase) on cumulative N2O emissions compared with the theoretical sum of separate excreta patches. Adding urine to dung patches under dry conditions gave an additive effect on N2O. These findings suggest that preventing overlapping excreta patches under wet conditions can help mitigate N2O emissions from temperate managed grazed pastures. The effect of combining excreta patches was also evident in the EF values obtained. That for CH4 was consistent with the default IPCC value (0.75 g CH4 kg− 1 VS), while N2O (EF = 0.03–0.39%) was lower than the updated IPCC 2019 value of 0.6%.
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