Net carbon storage measured in a mowed and grazed temperate sown grassland shows potential for carbon sequestration under grazed system

Background: Managed temperate grassland has the potential to sequester carbon if management practices are improved. In this study, CO2 flux was measured by the eddy covariance technique in two identical temperate sown grasslands under different managements, viz. mowing and grazing, to estimate and compare net carbon storage under both the management systems.Results: In both mowing and grazing systems, the averaged annual gross plant...