Responses of ecosystem nitrogen cycle to nitrogen addition : a meta-analysis

© 2010 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2010 New Phytologist Trust.

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Veröffentlicht in:The New phytologist. - 1979. - 189(2011), 4 vom: 01. März, Seite 1040-1050
1. Verfasser: Lu, Meng (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Yang, Yuanhe, Luo, Yiqi, Fang, Changming, Zhou, Xuhui, Chen, Jiakuan, Yang, Xin, Li, Bo
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2011
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The New phytologist
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Nitrogen N762921K75
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Zusammenfassung:© 2010 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2010 New Phytologist Trust.
• Anthropogenic nitrogen (N) addition may substantially alter the terrestrial N cycle. However, a comprehensive understanding of how the ecosystem N cycle responds to external N input remains elusive. • Here, we evaluated the central tendencies of the responses of 15 variables associated with the ecosystem N cycle to N addition, using data extracted from 206 peer-reviewed papers. • Our results showed that the largest changes in the ecosystem N cycle caused by N addition were increases in soil inorganic N leaching (461%), soil NO₃⁻ concentration (429%), nitrification (154%), nitrous oxide emission (134%), and denitrification (84%). N addition also substantially increased soil NH₄+ concentration (47%), and the N content in belowground (53%) and aboveground (44%) plant pools, leaves (24%), litter (24%) and dissolved organic N (21%). Total N content in the organic horizon (6.1%) and mineral soil (6.2%) slightly increased in response to N addition. However, N addition induced a decrease in microbial biomass N by 5.8%. • The increases in N effluxes caused by N addition were much greater than those in plant and soil pools except soil NO₃⁻, suggesting a leaky terrestrial N system
Beschreibung:Date Completed 18.05.2011
Date Revised 14.04.2021
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1469-8137
DOI:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03563.x