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DOI	10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.038
	Fog collection as a strategy to sequester carbon in drylands
	Certini, Giacomo 1; Castelli, Giulio 2; Bresci, Elena 2; Calamini, Gianfranco 2; Pierguidi, Alberto 2; Villegas Paredes, Luis Norberto 3; Salbitano, Fabio 2
通讯作者	Castelli, Giulio
来源期刊	SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
ISSN	0048-9697
EISSN	1879-1026
出版年	2019
卷号	657 页码:391-400
英文摘要	Advection fog is the sole source of water for many near-the-sea arid areas worldwide such as the lornas, i.e. fog dependant landscapes of the coastal zone of Peru and Northern Chile, where deforestation occurred since 16th century, leading to a progressive and severe desertification. There, today's local socio-ecological systems suffer from lack of freshwater because they cannot rely anymore on the contribution of fog captured by vegetation. This paper presents the results of an experimental reforestation project carried out in Mejia (Peru), where tree seedlings of five native and exotic species were planted in two permanent plots in 1996. Part of the seedlings were irrigated during the first three years after planting, others not. The irrigation was carried out thanks to water harvesting by large fog collectors. From the third year onwards, all trees relied only on fog water collected by their canopy. Survival rate, height, and root-collar diameter were monitored until 2010, when also the soil carbon and nitrogen stocks were measured. Fifteen years after the planting, about 65% of trees were still alive and growing, and reforestation had induced substantial carbon sequestration both above- and below-ground. Of the tree species, Acacia saligna was definitely best performing than the other, with most of the above ground carbon stored in its biomass and a consequent high efficiency as natural fog collector. Overall, the combination of fog collection by nets and the plantation of trees showing good fog collection capacity, represented a successful strategy for allowing reforestation of arid environments and induced fast and substantial carbon sequestration. Greater efforts should be thus devoted for this purpose, paying special attention to the selection of the most suitable tree species to plant, especially looking at the local biodiversity. This work is dedicated to the memory of Professor Mario Falciai, passed away in 2015, who firstly conceived the experiment and attended all the work since 1996, bringing in our University the idea of Fog Collection for sustainable water management. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Advection fog Desert Anthropocene Water harvesting Carbon sink Reforestation
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Italy ; Peru
开放获取类型	Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000455903400040
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/218644
作者单位	1.Univ Firenze, Dept Agrifood Prod & Environm Sci DISPAA, Florence, Italy; 2.Univ Firenze, Dept Agr Food & Forestry Syst GESAAF, Florence, Italy; 3.Univ Nacl San Agustin, Arequipa, Peru
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Certini, Giacomo,Castelli, Giulio,Bresci, Elena,et al. Fog collection as a strategy to sequester carbon in drylands[J],2019,657:391-400.
APA	Certini, Giacomo.,Castelli, Giulio.,Bresci, Elena.,Calamini, Gianfranco.,Pierguidi, Alberto.,...&Salbitano, Fabio.(2019).Fog collection as a strategy to sequester carbon in drylands.SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT,657,391-400.
MLA	Certini, Giacomo,et al."Fog collection as a strategy to sequester carbon in drylands".SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 657(2019):391-400.