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Global terrestrial nitrogen fixation and its modification by agriculture.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Plant traits explain variation in symbiotic nitrogen fixation responses to global nitrogen enrichment: a meta-analysis.Nature communications · 2026Pooled it
- Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus as a plant growth-promoting endophyte: mechanistic insights and translational prospects for sustainable agriculture.Archives of microbiology · 2026Review
- Molecular-level traits of root exudates in tropical forest trees reflect nitrogen-fixation strategy and phenological shifts.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Assessing the implementation of crustivoltaics inApplied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Global variation of plant nitrogen acquisition strategies and their responses to decreasing nitrogen availability.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Precipitation reduction mitigates the negative impact of nitrogen deposition on soil nitrogen fixation in subtropical Chinese fir plantations.Science China. Life sciences · 2026Article
- Global Role of Vanadium for Cryptogamic Nitrogen Fixation in Extratropical Forests.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- Nitrogen-Controlled Host Gatekeeping: Regulatory Chokepoints Across Four Windows for Diazotroph Access.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
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- Phantom sinks and missing pollution: Legacies of a hardened number.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Effects of legume-wheat rotation patterns on wheat yield, quality, and soil microbial community in the North China Plain.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Concomitant responses of free-living nitrogen fixation and diazotrophic community composition to soil moisture in two soils.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Overestimated natural biological nitrogen fixation translates to an exaggerated COProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Microbial responses under sunlight-dark conditions accelerate sequestration and transformation of soil biogenic, redox and non-redox components, including As and Hg.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A nitrogen-fixing bacterium forms symbioses on land and at sea.Nature microbiology · 2025Article
- A global dataset of terrestrial biological nitrogen fixation.Scientific data · 2025Article
- Time lags in the regulation of symbiotic nitrogen fixation.The New phytologist · 2025Article
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24 authors.
Carla R Reis ElyDepartment of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA. carlargreis@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-9657-8071
Steven S PerakisForest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Corvallis, OR, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0703-9314
Cory C ClevelandDepartment of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA.
Duncan N L MengeDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4736-9844
Sasha C ReedSouthwest Biological Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Moab, UT, USA.
Benton N TaylorDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9834-9192
Sarah A BattermanCary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, USA.
Christopher M ClarkOffice of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3475-9886
Timothy E CrewsThe Land Institute, Salina, KS, USA.
Katherine A DynarskiDepartment of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA.
Maga GeiAssociation for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Michael J GundaleDepartment of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umea, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-2447-609X
David F HerridgeSchool of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
Sarah E JovanPNW Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Portland, OR, USA.
Sian Kou-GiesbrechtDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4086-0561
Mark B PeoplesCSIRO Agriculture and Food, CSIRO, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6060-3290
Johannes PiipponenWater and Development Research Group, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-2925-3397
Emilio Rodríguez-CaballeroCentro de Investigación de Colecciones Científicas de la Universidad de Almería (CECOUAL) y Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad de Almería, Almería, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5934-3214
Verity G SalmonEnvironmental Science Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2188-551X
Fiona M SoperDepartment of Biology and School of the Environment, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Anika P StacconeEarthshot Labs, Sebastopol, CA, USA.
Bettina WeberMultiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5453-3967
Christopher A WilliamsGraduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5047-0639
Nina WurzburgerOdum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6143-0317
Funding
Intramural EPA EPA999999
Abstract
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is the largest natural source of new nitrogen (N) that supports terrestrial productivity
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AgricultureEcosystemNitrogen FixationCarbon SequestrationCrops, AgriculturalForestsNitrogenUncertaintyNitrogen
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