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- Title
Does Nitrogen Constrain Carbon Cycling, or Does Carbon Input Stimulate Nitrogen Cycling?
- Authors
Yiqi Luo; Field, Christopher B.; Jackson, Robert B.
- Abstract
The article assesses the effect of nitrogen availability in plant productivity. The concept that nitrogen availability is capable of limiting plant productivity is based on information that nitrogen fertilization can stimulate and increases productivity along gradients of soil fertility. It stresses that limitations in nitrogen are influenced by processed such as mineralization, immobilization and plant physiological adjustments. Moreover, it also identifies that carbon sequestration exists in both plant and soil pools.
- Subjects
NITROGEN in soils; SOIL productivity; SOIL fertility; CARBON sequestration; MOVEMENT of fertilizers in soils; PLANT-soil relationships; BIOMINERALIZATION; IMMOBILIZED proteins; PLANT indicators
- Publication
Ecology, 2006, Vol 87, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
0012-9658
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1890/05-0923