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ArticleScientific reports2016

Divergent Effects of Nitrogen Addition on Soil Respiration in a Semiarid Grassland.

Cheng Zhu, Yiping Ma, Honghui Wu, Tao Sun, Kimberly J La Pierre, Zewei Sun, Qiang Yu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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  9. Contrasting effects of nitrogen addition on soil respiration in two Mediterranean ecosystems.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2017
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7 authors.

Cheng ZhuInstitute of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China.
Yiping MaInstitute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China.
Honghui WuNational Hulunber Grassland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station/Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
Tao SunInstitute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China.
Kimberly J La PierreDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
Zewei SunInstitute of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China.
Qiang YuNational Hulunber Grassland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station/Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nitrogen (N) deposition has been steadily increasing for decades, with consequences for soil respiration. However, we have a limited understanding of how soil respiration responds to N availability. Here, we investigated the soil respiration responses to low and high levels of N addition (0.4 mol N m(-2) yr(-1) vs 1.6 mol N m(-2) yr(-1)) over a two-year period in a semiarid Leymus chinensis grassland in Inner Mongolia, China. Our results show that low-level N addition increased soil respiration, plant belowground biomass and soil microbial biomass carbon (MBC), while high-level N additions decreased them. Soil respiration was positively correlated with plant belowground biomass, MBC, soil temperature and soil moisture. Together plant belowground biomass and MBC explained 99.4% of variation in mean soil respiration, with plant belowground biomass explaining 63.4% of the variation and soil MBC explaining the remaining 36%. Finally, the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration was not influenced by N additions. Overall, our results suggest that low levels of N deposition may stimulate soil respiration, but large increases in N availability may decrease soil respiration, and that these responses are driven by the dissimilar responses of both plant belowground biomass and soil MBC.

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