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Table 5 Measured outcomes within studies falling into the 16 intervention/exposure groups tabulated across 11 outcomes

From: Evaluating effects of land management on greenhouse gas fluxes and carbon balances in boreo-temperate lowland peatland systems

Intervention/exposure-vs-comparator

NEE CO2

RecoCO2

CH4

CH4pore water

N2O

Soil air N2O

Soil surface N2O

C stores

DOC

SOC

POC (TOC-DOC)

Long-term subsidence

Cropped-vs-bare

 

2

3

 

1

       

Drained and restored-vs-undrained

1

1

          

Drained-vs-undrained

3

15

13

 

10

  

1

5

 

1

 

Dry-vs-wet

2

2

2

 

3

       

Extracted and restored-vs-natural

1

1

          

High intensity farmed-vs-low intensity farmed

 

3

5

 

6

  

1

1

1

 

1

Fertilised and grazed-vs-unfertilised and mown

    

1

       

Fertilised-vs-less fertilised

2

3

3

 

6

       

Grass-vs-forest

 

1

1

 

1

1

      

Grazed-vs-mown

  

3

 

1

       

Irrigated-vs-non-irrigated

    

1

 

1

     

Mineral soil dressed-vs-undressed

    

1

       

Old abandoned-vs-recently abandoned

 

1

          

Old afforested-vs-recently afforested

 

1

1

 

1

       

Poor-vs-rich

 

1

1

     

2

   

Restored-vs-unrestored

 

6

4

1

1

   

8

 

1

 
  1. NEE=net ecosystem exchange CO2, Reco=ecosystem respiration CO2, DOC=dissolved organic carbon, SOC=soil organic carbon, POC=particulate organic carbon (total organic carbon (TOC) – DOC).