Greenhouse gas emissions from inorganic and organic fertilizer production and use: A review of emission factors and their variability

E Walling, C Vaneeckhaute - Journal of Environmental Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Fertilizers have become an essential part of our global food supply chain and are necessary
to sustain our growing population. However, fertilizers can also contribute to greenhouse …

Nutrient limitation of soil microbial processes in tropical forests

T Camenzind, S Hättenschwiler… - Ecological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Soil fungi and bacteria are the key players in the transformation and processing of carbon
and nutrients in terrestrial ecosystems, yet controls on their abundance and activity are not …

Global effects on soil respiration and its temperature sensitivity depend on nitrogen addition rate

Y Yang, T Li, P Pokharel, L Liu, J Qiao, Y Wang… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil respiration (Rs) plays a crucial role in regulating carbon (C) cycling in terrestrial
ecosystems and the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2) concentration. However, the impact …

Long‐term, amplified responses of soil organic carbon to nitrogen addition worldwide

C Xu, X Xu, C Ju, HYH Chen, BJ Wilsey… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the largest carbon sink in terrestrial ecosystems and plays a
critical role in mitigating climate change. Increasing reactive nitrogen (N) in ecosystems …

A meta-analysis of soil extracellular enzyme activities in response to global change

W Xiao, X Chen, X Jing, B Zhu - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
The crucial biogeochemical processes such as carbon and nutrient cycling are increasingly
altered at the ecosystem scale by global environmental changes. Although soil extracellular …

Grazing intensity significantly affects belowground carbon and nitrogen cycling in grassland ecosystems: A meta‐analysis

G Zhou, X Zhou, Y He, J Shao, Z Hu, R Liu… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Livestock grazing activities potentially alter ecosystem carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles in
grassland ecosystems. Despite the fact that numerous individual studies and a few meta …

Effects of biochar application on soil greenhouse gas fluxes: A meta‐analysis

Y He, X Zhou, L Jiang, M Li, Z Du, G Zhou… - Gcb …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Biochar application to soils may increase carbon (C) sequestration due to the inputs of
recalcitrant organic C. However, the effects of biochar application on the soil greenhouse …

Global‐scale impacts of nitrogen deposition on tree carbon sequestration in tropical, temperate, and boreal forests: A meta‐analysis

L Schulte‐Uebbing, W de Vries - Global Change Biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Elevated nitrogen (N) deposition may increase net primary productivity in N‐limited
terrestrial ecosystems and thus enhance the terrestrial carbon (C) sink. To assess the …

Mechanisms driving the soil organic matter decomposition response to nitrogen enrichment in grassland soils

CE Riggs, SE Hobbie - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Empirical studies show that nitrogen (N) addition often reduces microbial decomposition of
soil organic matter (SOM) and carbon dioxide (CO 2) production via microbial respiration …

Global soil acidification impacts on belowground processes

C Meng, D Tian, H Zeng, Z Li, C Yi… - Environmental Research …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
With continuous nitrogen (N) enrichment and sulfur (S) deposition, soil acidification has
accelerated and become a global environmental issue. However, a full understanding of the …