SynthesisNature communications2024
A global meta-analysis on the effects of organic and inorganic fertilization on grasslands and croplands.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Global nitrogen enrichment impacts plant diversity more than soil bacterial and fungal diversity: a meta-analysis.Nature communications · 2026Pooled it
- Critical thresholds for co-benefits of carbon accumulation and biodiversity conservation under global nitrogen enrichment.Nature communications · 2026Pooled it
- Differential Responses of Community Biomass Stability to Short-Term Nitrogen and Phosphorus Inputs in Two Dominant Plant Communities of the Songnen Grassland, Northeast China.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Soil Microbial Diversity and Network Organization Respond to Land Use and Agricultural Inputs Worldwide.Global change biology · 2026Article
- From technical feasibility to systemic viability: valorising semi-natural grassland biomass in a conservation-driven bioeconomy.RSC advances · 2026Review
- Effects of Long-Term Organic Fertilization on Productivity, Stability, and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Rotation Systems of the Hetao Irrigation District.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Bio-Based Fertilizers from Waste: Nutrient Recovery, Soil Health, and Circular Economy Impacts.Toxics · 2026Review
- Effect of organic fertilizer substitution on soil fertility and yield in a continuous maize cropping system: evidence from an eight-year long-term field experiment.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- The Effect of Fertilization on Floristic Composition and Biodiversity of Montane Grasslands (HNV) in the Eastern Carpathians.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- The Impact of Fertilizer Gradient on High Nature Value Mountain Grassland.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Consistent timelines, divergent end points: plant community change in multiple tallgrass nitrogen addition experiments.Oecologia · 2025Article
- Biomass Exhibited Greater Sensitivity to Degradation Than Community Structure in an Alpine Meadow.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Combined application of sheep manure and organic fertilizer improves soil quality and microbial community structure and function in alpine mining areas.Microbiology spectrum · 2025Article
- Plant use of water across soil depths regulates species dominance under nitrogen addition.Plant diversity · 2025Article
- A valorization analysis towards agricultural application of biochar prepared using maize straw grown using organic or chemical fertilizers.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effects of Ecosystem Recovery Types on Soil Phosphorus Bioavailability, Roles of Plant and Microbial Diversity: A Meta-Analysis.Ecology and evolution · 2025Review
- Empirical evidence and theoretical understanding of ecosystem carbon and nitrogen cycle interactions.The New phytologist · 2025Review
- Effects of microbial fertilizer and green manure cropping systems on fruit quality of Korla fragrant pear.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Fertilization impacts microbiomes along the grassland trophic chain.ISME communications · 2025Article
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Abstract
A central role for nature-based solution is to identify optimal management practices to address environmental challenges, including carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation. Inorganic fertilization increases plant aboveground biomass but often causes a tradeoff with plant diversity loss. It remains unclear, however, whether organic fertilization, as a potential nature-based solution, could alter this tradeoff by increasing aboveground biomass without plant diversity loss. Here we compile data from 537 experiments on organic and inorganic fertilization across grasslands and croplands worldwide to evaluate the responses of aboveground biomass, plant diversity, and soil organic carbon (SOC). Both organic and inorganic fertilization increase aboveground biomass by 56% and 42% relative to ambient, respectively. However, only inorganic fertilization decreases plant diversity, while organic fertilization increases plant diversity in grasslands with greater soil water content. Moreover, organic fertilization increases SOC in grasslands by 19% and 15% relative to ambient and inorganic fertilization, respectively. The positive effect of organic fertilization on SOC increases with increasing mean annual temperature in grasslands, a pattern not observed in croplands. Collectively, our findings highlight organic fertilization as a potential nature-based solution that can increase two ecosystem services of grasslands, forage production, and soil carbon storage, without a tradeoff in plant diversity loss.
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