Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment · 2026
Drainage, cattle excreta and trampling effects on nitrous oxide emissions from a peat grassland
Blondeau, E., Westerik, D., Gremmen, T., Harpenslager, S. F., Heinen, M., van Dijk, G., van Groenigen, J. W., Velthof, G.
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Drainage, cattle excreta and trampling effects on nitrous ox…
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Findings
What changed what, as the paper reports it. Grouped by the measured property. The largest groups are open; open the others as you need them.
cumulative N2O emissions
↑ 4= 15
- no effect
water infiltration system (WIS) vs. conventional ditch drainage (CDD)p = 0.52 · autumn2022/2023,125days · farm near Zegveld · Across grazing factors; two-level drainage main effect p=.52; no significant matched drainage pairs. Without urine WIS3.9 vsCDD9.0; with urine14.3 both. Controls lower numerically under WIS, unconfirmed statistically. Drainage one field per level.
Numbers
- treatment 9.1 vs. control 11.7 kg N ha-1 (-22.22 %)
Source · p. 6 “this difference was not significant ( *F* 0.9, *p* 0.52)”
Source · p. 6 “No significant pair-wise differences existed between WIS and CDD objects”
- increase
synthetic cattle urine application vs. without urine applicationsignificant · autumn2022/2023,125days · farm near Zegveld · Two-level urine main effect across drainage/dung/trampling; drainage interaction p<.001, stronger effect under WIS. Not each individual urine combination.
Source · p. 6 “Urine ( *F* 2 109.6, *p \<* 0.001), dung ( *F* 6.0, *p* 0.02) and trampling ( *F* 7.1, *p* 0.01) applications significantly increased cumulative N 2O emissions in both autumn campaigns”
- increase
synthetic cattle urine application vs. without urine applicationp = 0.003 · summer2022,125days · farm near Zegveld · Two-level urine main effect across dung/trampling and both drainage fields; no significant individual treatment pairs.
Source · p. 6 “In the summer campaign, the application of urine had a significant positive effect on cumulative N2 O ( *F* 9.9, *p* 0.003)”
- increase
fresh cattle dung vs. without dung applicationp = 0.02 · autumn2022/2023,125days · farm near Zegveld · Two-level dung main effect across urine/trampling/drainage; no interaction with drainage.
Source · p. 6 “dung ( *F* 6.0, *p* 0.02) and trampling ( *F* 7.1, *p* 0.01) applications significantly increased cumulative N 2O emissions in both autumn campaigns”
- increase
simulated trampling vs. without tramplingp = 0.01 · autumn2022/2023,125days · farm near Zegveld · Two-level trampling main effect across urine/dung/drainage.
Source · p. 6 “trampling ( *F* 7.1, *p* 0.01) applications significantly increased cumulative N 2O emissions in both autumn campaigns”
N2O emission factor
= 22
- no effect
water infiltration system (WIS) vs. conventional ditch drainage (CDD)p = 0.33 · autumn2022/2023,125days · farm near Zegveld · Two-level drainage main effect across N-applied grazing treatments. EF numerically higher WIS but not significant (p=.33); Table3 matched pairs share letters.
Numbers
- treatment 1.2 vs. control -0.09 % (-1,433 %) · D
- treatment 1.64 vs. control 0.25 % (+556 %) · DT
- treatment 3.14 vs. control 0.6 % (+423.3 %) · U
- treatment 3.78 vs. control 1.63 % (+131.9 %) · UT
- treatment 1.51 vs. control 0.95 % (+58.95 %) · UD
- treatment 2.47 vs. control 1.11 % (+122.5 %) · UDT
Source · p. 9 “The treatment main effect was significant ( *F* 4.5, *p* 0.002), but not the drainage effect ( *F* 3.1, *p* 0.33)”
Source · p. 12 “While not significant, emission factors were consistently higher on the WIS field than the CDD field”
- no effect
simulated trampling vs. without tramplingnot significant · autumn2022/2023,125days · farm near Zegveld · Matched U/UT,D/DT,UD/UDT within each drainage system. Higher means with trampling, but pairwise differences not significant; not the omnibus treatment test.
Numbers
- treatment 0.25 vs. control -0.09 % (-377.8 %) · CDD DT vsD
- treatment 1.63 vs. control 0.6 % (+171.7 %) · CDD UT vsU
- treatment 1.11 vs. control 0.95 % (+16.84 %) · CDD UDT vsUD
- treatment 1.64 vs. control 1.2 % (+36.67 %) · WIS DT vsD
- treatment 3.78 vs. control 3.14 % (+20.38 %) · WIS UT vsU
- treatment 2.47 vs. control 1.51 % (+63.58 %) · WIS UDT vsUD
Source · p. 12 “the EF of subplots treated with trampling was always higher than the corresponding subplots”
Source · p. 12 “While these pair-wise differences were not significant, the patterns do correspond with previous observations”
Moisture (% of fresh weight)
↑ 11
- increase
water infiltration system (WIS) vs. conventional ditch drainage (CDD)significant · 0–20 cm · October2022 and September2023, before grazing additions · farm near Zegveld · 0–15cm2022;0–10/10–20cm2023, initial field characteristics after WIS installation;Welch t-tests .05.
Numbers
- treatment 48 vs. control 39 % fresh weight (+23.08 %) · 0–15 cm · 2022
- treatment 48.2 vs. control 40.3 % fresh weight (+19.6 %) · 0–10 cm · 2023
- treatment 49.4 vs. control 46 % fresh weight (+7.391 %) · 10–20 cm · 2023
Source · p. 5 “the soil in the WIS field showed higher moisture content than the CDD field”
Source · p. 5 “the moisture and SOM contents at 0–10 and 10–20 cm were higher in the WIS field before treatment application in 2023”
SOM
↑ 11
- increase
water infiltration system (WIS) vs. conventional ditch drainage (CDD)significant · 0–20 cm · 27September2023, before grazing additions · farm near Zegveld · 0–10 and10–20cm, WIS installation already in2022;Table2 t-tests .05.
Numbers
- treatment 54.9 vs. control 49.7 % dry weight (+10.46 %) · 0–10 cm
- treatment 46.3 vs. control 45.3 % dry weight (+2.208 %) · 10–20 cm
Source · p. 5 “the moisture and SOM contents at 0–10 and 10–20 cm were higher in the WIS field before treatment application in 2023”
NH4-N
↓ 11
- decrease
water infiltration system (WIS) vs. conventional ditch drainage (CDD)significant · 0–10 cm · 27September2023, before grazing additions · farm near Zegveld · Initial field characteristics after WIS installation; water extracts;Table2 t-test .05.
Numbers
- treatment 0.44 vs. control 1.57 mg l-1 (-71.97 %) · 0–10 cm
Source · p. 5 “Ammonium content was significantly higher at 0–10 cm in the CDD field than the WIS field”
Set-up
Treatments
- drainage typeDrainage system
- water infiltration system (WIS)Subsurface drainageconventional ditch drainage (CDD)Open ditch drainage
- urine application
- synthetic cattle urine applicationUrine applicationwithout urine applicationNo organic fertilizer
- dung applicationCattle manure
- fresh cattle dungCattle manurewithout dung applicationNo organic fertilizer
- trampling
- simulated tramplingTramplingwithout tramplingNo soil compaction treatment
Measured
- cumulative N2O emissionsN2O/Nitrous oxide
- Unit
- kg N ha-1
- Method
- Static chambers; linear interpolation over125days
- N2O emission factorNitrous oxide emission factor
- Unit
- %
- Method
- Treatment minus matched control cumulative N2O-N divided by applied N
- Moisture (% of fresh weight)Water content
- Unit
- % fresh weight
- SOMSoil organic matter
- Unit
- % dry weight
- NH4-NNH4+/Ammonia
- Unit
- mg l-1
Sites
farm near Zegveld
- Location
- Zegveld, the Netherlands52.13° N, 4.83° E
- Land use
- dairy farming peat grasslandPastures and managed grassland
- Management on the whole site
- rye grass (Lolium perenne), mowing and cattle grazingImproved grassland management
| Depth | Texture | Clay | pH | Organic C | Bulk density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–15 cm | – | – | 4.5 | – | 0.46 g/cm3 |
| 0–15 cm | – | – | 4.7 | – | 0.44 g/cm3 |
| 0–10 cm | – | – | 5.13 | – | 0.42 g/cm3 |
| 0–10 cm | – | – | 5.24 | – | 0.43 g/cm3 |
| 10–20 cm | – | – | 5.08 | – | 0.47 g/cm3 |
| 10–20 cm | – | – | 5.32 | – | 0.49 g/cm3 |
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