ArticleNature ecology & evolution2024
Unexpected sustained soil carbon flux in response to simultaneous warming and nitrogen enrichment compared with single factors alone.
Article in Nature ecology & evolution, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Pollination Under Pressure: Grazing and Nutrient Enrichment Reshape Arctic Pollinator Communities and Interaction Networks.Global change biology · 2026Article
- Global Change Impacts on Mineral-Associated Organic Matter: Consequences for Soil Carbon Persistence.Global change biology · 2026Review
- Root traits and mycorrhizal fungi mediate reactive N and warming impacts on soil organic carbon.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Warming mitigates root exudate-induced priming effects via changes to microbial biomass, community structure, and gene abundance.The ISME journal · 2026Article
- Shifts in Microbial Thermal Traits Mitigate Heat-Induced Carbon Losses in Soils.Global change biology · 2025Article
- Increased Belowground Carbon Allocation Reduces Soil Carbon Losses Under Long-Term Warming.Global change biology · 2025Article
- Increased Soil Nitrogen Availability Suppresses Annual Soil Respiration in Mixed Temperate Forests Regardless of Acidification.Global change biology · 2025Article
- Vulnerability of Labile Organic Matter to Eutrophication and Warming in Temperate Mangrove Ecosystems.Global change biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Recent observations document that long-term soil warming in a temperate deciduous forest leads to significant soil carbon loss, whereas chronic soil nitrogen enrichment leads to significant soil carbon gain. Most global change experiments like these are single factor, investigating the impacts of one stressor in isolation of others. Because warming and ecosystem nitrogen enrichment are happening concurrently in many parts of the world, we designed a field experiment to test how these two factors, alone and in combination, impact soil carbon cycling. Here, we show that long-term continuous soil warming or nitrogen enrichment when applied alone followed the predicted response, with warming resulting in significant soil carbon loss and nitrogen fertilization tending towards soil carbon gain. The combination treatment showed an unanticipated response, whereby soil respiratory carbon loss was significantly higher than either single factor alone, but without a concomitant decline in soil carbon storage. Observations suggest that when soils are exposed to both factors simultaneously, plant carbon inputs to the soil are enhanced, counterbalancing soil carbon loss and helping maintain soil carbon stocks near control levels. This has implications for both atmospheric CO
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