Fire is an ancient tool but still widely used in the management of southern pine forests. Fire
is a relatively inexpensive tool and has a number of beneficial uses such as removing …

Field studies have shown that elevated CO2 can cause increased forest growth over the
short term (< 6 years) even in the face of N limitation. This is facilitated to some degree by …

Nitrogen availability is a pivotal control on terrestrial carbon sequestration and global
climate change. Historical and contemporary views assume that nitrogen enters Earth's land …

Contemporary soil science and conservation methods of effective forestry Forests and the
soils that serve as their foundation cover almost a third of the world's land area. Soils …

The capability of terrestrial ecosystems to sequester carbon (C) plays a critical role in
regulating future climatic change yet depends on nitrogen (N) availability. To predict long …

The availability or lack of nutrients shapes ecosystems in fundamental ways. From forest
productivity to soil fertility, from the diversity of animals to the composition of microbial …

Biological nitrogen (N) fixation is the primary source of N within natural ecosystems, yet the
origin of boreal forest N has remained elusive. The boreal forests of Eurasia and North …

Our knowledge of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) dynamics during stand development is not
only essential for evaluating the role of secondary forests in the global terrestrial C cycle, but …

This overview and synthesis paper focuses on the evolution of urban biogeochemical cycles
across time. We synthesize empirical data and review existing literature, including papers in …

Severe, stand-replacing fires affect large areas of northern temperate and boreal forests,
potentially modifying ecosystem function for decades after their occurrence. Because these …