Carbon Budgets in the Steppe Ecosystems of Russia

Irina N. Kurganova, V. О. Lopes de Gerenyu, A. T. Zhiengaliev, Valery N. Kudeyarov

2019

Closed access Metadata (CSL-JSON)
DOI 10.1134/s1028334x19040238
Data confidence 70 medium
How this score is calculated

It is built from checkable properties of the record itself: whether the article has a DOI, how many independent sources confirmed its data, whether the required fields are filled in, and how recent the latest confirmation is. Disagreement between sources and a missing identifier lower it. A value of 80 or above means the record was published without further checking; 60 to 79 means it is published at reduced confidence, with a manual check advisable. A record verified by an editor by hand is never pushed below 90 by a recalculation. This scores our data about the article, not the article itself.

Abstract

Abstract Abandoned lands formed in the place of former arable lands occupy considerable areas in the steppe zone and are a basic reserve for the restoration of the steppe biome in Russia. Taking into account the secondary steppe ecosystems developed in the place of the abandoned lands, the total carbon dioxide sink in the steppe zone of Russia can reach 92–121 Mt С per year. This is comparable to the СО2 sink in the managed forests of the Russian Federarion (96 Mt/yr) and accounts for 10–20% of the total sink of СО2 in the terrestrial ecosystems of Russia. To increase the sink potential on the territory of the Russian Federation, the natural and restored steppe ecosystems should be preserved.