ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019
Nitrogen-fixing red alder trees tap rock-derived nutrients.
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- Effect of alder on soil bacteria offers an alternative explanation to the role played by alder in rock weathering.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019Article
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- Reply to Lambers et al.: How does nitrogen-fixing red alder eat rocks?Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019Article
- Do cluster roots of red alder play a role in nutrient acquisition from bedrock?Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019Article
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Abstract
Symbiotic nitrogen (N)-fixing trees supply significant N inputs to forest ecosystems, leading to increased soil fertility, forest growth, and carbon storage. Rapid growth and stoichiometric constraints of N fixers also create high demands for rock-derived nutrients such as phosphorus (P), while excess fixed N can generate acidity and accelerate leaching of rock-derived nutrients such as calcium (Ca). This ability of N-fixing trees to accelerate cycles of Ca, P, and other rock-derived nutrients has fostered speculation of a direct link between N fixation and mineral weathering in terrestrial ecosystems. However, field evidence that N-fixing trees have enhanced access to rock-derived nutrients is lacking. Here we use strontium (Sr) isotopes as a tracer of nutrient sources in a mixed-species temperate rainforest to show that N-fixing trees access more rock-derived nutrients than nonfixing trees. The N-fixing tree red alder (
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