Dynamics of soil respiration in urban environment of Warsaw

The objective of the study was to determine the soil respiration dynamics in the urban dendrology park of the Warsaw Agricultural University. Soil respiration was measured in the ten−day cycles in spring, summer, autumn and winter in three selected environments (so−called: path, grassland and herbaceous layer) differing in the degradation level caused by man and in vegetation ground cover. The soil carbon dioxide efflux in these three environments was measured at the soil surface and at a depth of 10 cm following soil exposure. The diffusion of soil carbon dioxide was also measured using an infrared gas analysis (IRGA), as well as air and soil temperatures at both depths, bulk density of soil, dry soil weight and actual humidity