Microbial nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) describes the partitioning of organic N taken up
between growth and the release of inorganic N to the environment (that is, N mineralization) …

Microbial nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) is the efficiency by which microbes allocate organic
N acquired to biomass formation relative to the N in excess of microbial demand released …

Elevated and chronic nitrogen (N) deposition to N-limited terrestrial ecosystems can lead to
'N saturation', with resultant ecosystem damage and leaching of nitrate (NO 3−) to surface …

Rapidly increasing atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition has substantially altered resource
availability and the stoichiometry of microbial biomass in terrestrial ecosystems. However …

With anthropogenic nutrient inputs to ecosystems increasing globally, there are long
standing, fundamental questions about the role of nutrients in the decomposition of organic …

Until recently, the common view of the terrestrial nitrogen cycle had been driven by two core
assumptions—plants use only inorganic N and they compete poorly against soil microbes …

This chapter briefly considers what is currently known about linkages between microbial
community composition and nitrogen cycling processes and discusses points useful for …

Higher ecosystem nitrogen (N) inputs resulting from human activities often suppress soil
microbial biomass and respiration, thereby altering biogeochemical cycling. Soil …

Human activities have increased nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) inputs in terrestrial
ecosystems and altered carbon (C) availability, shifting the stoichiometry of microbial …

Studies of the decomposition, transformation and stabilization of soil organic matter (SOM)
have dramatically increased in recent years owing to growing interest in studying the global …