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2024

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Hurdal (NO-Hur) is a recently labelled ICOS class 2 station in Southeast Norway. It represents a typical southern boreal forest of medium productivity, dominated by old Norway spruce (average tree height: 25 m, ages: up to 100 years) with some pine and broadleaved trees. The eddy covariance technique is used to measure CO2 fluxes on a 42 m tower since 2021 . The measurements have an average footprint area of approximately 63 ha. In 2023, the region experienced an unusual dry spring and then an extraordinary flood in August. Both events showed significant impact on the Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) and heat fluxes. The station is also equipped with automatic dendrometers and sap flow devices on the dominant spruce trees, allowing us to investigate the impact of these events at the individual tree scale. We will present tree growth and transpiration flux at different temporal scales (from sub-daily to seasonal), and relate these single tree observations with environmental variables, ecosystem-level NEE and evapotranspiration using phase synchronization analysis. These observational data will yield insights into carbon and water processes of a boreal forest at different scales in response to multiple disturbances.

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Denne rapporten presenterer resultater fra et prosjekt som hadde til formål å øke kunnskapen om effekten av å utelate fosfor på grasarealer med meget høye P-AL-verdier etter langvarig gjødsling med ulike typer husdyrgjødsel. Vi har gjennomført gjødslingsforsøk med fosfor både i veksthus og felt. Jorda, som ble brukt i veksthusforsøket, ble kartlagt ved hjelp av en rekke ulike kjemiske analyser for å best mulig kunne forklare avlingsresponsen på fosforgjødsel. Feltforsøkene ble gjennomført både i Nord-Norge og Sør-Norge. Vi fant ingen effekt av husdyrgjødseltype på hvordan fosforet er bundet i jorda. I veksthusforsøket viste P-AL en brukbar sammenheng med avlingsresponsen for fosforgjødsel. I feltforsøkene var det bare feltet med det laveste P-AL-nivået (P-AL 11) som viste signifikante avlingsutslag for fosforgjødsling. På de andre feltene ble det ikke registrert noe utslag på avling eller fosforopptak for økende mengde fosforgjødsling. På grunn av meget høye P-AL-verdier (P-AL>14) har jorda bidratt med nok fosfor til å dekke behovet til graset, og bekrefter dermed anbefalingen i NIBIOs gjødslingshåndbok om at det ikke er behov for fosforgjødsling når P-AL>14. Avlingsresultatene fra Nordland kunne ikke bekrefte et ekstra fosforbehov på grunn av kald jord om våren. Ved kald jord blir også veksten begrenset, og fosforbehovet blir da mindre.

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To facilitate nutrient management and the use of manure as a feedstock for biogas production, manure is often separated into a solid and a liquid fraction. The former fraction is usually high in P and low in N, so when incorporated in the soil as fertilizer, it needs to be supplemented by N from, e.g., mineral fertilizers or nitrogen-fixing species. To explore strategies to manage N with solid-separated manure, we examined how the amount of digestate and the N:P ratio of pig digestate, i.e., manure that had partially undergone anaerobic digestion, affected the productivity of Westerwolds ryegrass and red clover in a pot experiment with one soil which was rich and another which was poor in plant nutrients. The soil and plant species treatments were combined with four doses of digestate, which gave plant available phosphorus (P) concentrations of 2, 4, 8, or 16 mg P100 g−1 soil. Ammonium nitrate was dosed to obtain factorial combinations of digestate amount and N:P ratios of 1.8, 4, 8, and 16. Clover was harvested once at the beginning of flowering (15 weeks after seeding), while Westerwolds ryegrass was allowed to regrow three times after being cut at the shooting stage (in total, 4 cuts, 6, 9, 12, and 15 weeks after seeding). Ryegrass yield increased by up to 2.9 times with digestate dosage. Interactions with the N:P ratio and soil type were weak. Hence, the effect of increasing the N:P ratio was additive across digestate dosages. Red clover biomass also increased by up to 39% with digestate dosage. Residual nutrients in the soil after red clover cultivation were affected by the initial differences in soil characteristics but not by digestate treatment or biomass of harvested red clover. A targeted N management is required to benefit from the P-rich digestate in grass cultivation, while the long-term effects of red clover culture on N input need further investigation.

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Black soils, which play an important role in agricultural production and food security, are well known for their relatively high content of soil organic matter (SOM). SOM has a significant impact on the sustainability of farmland and provides nutrients for plants. Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) in the visible and near-infrared region has shown the potential to detect soil nutrient levels in the laboratory. However, using portable spectrometers directly in the field remains challenging due to variations in soil moisture (SM). The current study used spectral data captured by a handheld spectrometer outdoors to predict SOM, available nitrogen (AN), available phosphorus (AP) and available potassium (AK) with different SM levels. Partial least squares regression (PLSR) models were established to compare the predictive performance of air-dried soil samples with SMs around 20%, 30% and 40%. The results showed that the model established using dry sample data had the best performance (RMSE = 4.47 g/kg) for the prediction of SOM, followed by AN (RMSE = 20.92 mg/kg) and AK (RMSE = 22.67 mg/kg). The AP was better predicted by the model based on 30% SM (RMSE = 8.04 mg/kg). In general, model performance deteriorated with an increase in SM, except for the case of AP. Feature wavelengths for predicting four kinds of soil properties were recommended based on variable importance in the projection (VIP), which offered useful guidance for the development of portable hyperspectral sensors based on discrete wavebands to reduce cost and save time for on-site data collection.

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En oppsummering av utprøvinger med halsklaver på lam fra 1990-tallet viste at klaver kan ha tapsforebyggende effekt, spesielt i områder hvor gaupe er den dominerende rovdyrarten Carlsen m.fl. 2006, Hansen & Carlsen 2006). I disse forsøkene var Os kvikk-klave for lam en av klavetypene som skilte seg positivt ut. Denne klavetypen er også prøvd ut på reinkalver som forebyggende tiltak mot ørn og gaupe, med en tydelig tapsreduserende effekt (Eilertsen 2021). Intensjonen er at klaven fysisk skal hindre dødelige bitt fra rovvilt i hals/nakkeregionen (Mysterud & Warren 1994). Bruk av halsklaver på lam er et kostnadseffektivt tiltak som enkelt kan iverksettes på stor skala i sauenæringa, men den tapsforebyggende effekten har ikke tidligere vært testet mot kongeørn. NIBIO utførte derfor et to-årig prosjekt for å teste effekten av halsklaver på lam i et kongeørneutsatt område.

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Biochar is a recalcitrant carbon-rich solid produced by pyrolysis of organic residues, and its application to soil is considered a promising approach to mitigate climate change, as biochar resists decomposition to readily contributes to soil carbon (C) sequestration. The IPCC provides a basis for future national-scale accounting of the changes in soil C stocks following biochar application to cropland soils. The IPCC Tier 1 approach for biochar is based on fixed emission factors to estimate biochar C sequestration. In contrast, the Tier 2 approach allows countries to use local emission factors and climate data to calculate the contribution of biochar to soil C sequestration. Accurate accounting of biochar C sequestration is essential for ensuring the credibility of C offsetting projects, as well as providing incentives for implementing biochar in C credit schemes, calling for comparative analyses of the different biochar Tier approaches. Here we retrieved biochar samples from local producers and measured their H/Corg to estimate the persistence of biochar in Norwegian croplands post application. Various feedstocks were considered, including forest residues, woody wastes, manure, sludge, and straw. For all biochar samples, the 100-year stable C fraction was calculated at ≥ 0.945, thus exceeding the default Tier 1 value (0.8). Biochar sourced from woody- and forestry residues had a Corg content above the default Tier 1 value (0.77). Based on this and data about national feedstock supplies, we compared the theoretical potential of biochar soil C sequestration to mitigate climate change in Norway, using the IPCC Tier 1 and Tier 2 approaches. Biochar C sequestration in soil was calculated at 0.79 Tg CO2-eq yr−1 and 0.92 to 0.96 Tg CO2-eq yr−1, respectively for the Tier 1 and Tier 2 approaches, thus, underlining that the choice of IPCC Tier approach can have a large impact on the estimated mitigation potential of biochar.