Anthropogenic nitrogen enrichment enhances soil carbon accumulation by impacting saprotrophs rather than ectomycorrhizal fungal activity

NI Maaroufi, A Nordin, K Palmqvist… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
There is evidence that anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition enhances carbon (C)
sequestration in boreal forest soils. However, it is unclear how free‐living saprotrophs …

Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition enhances carbon sequestration in boreal soils

NI Maaroufi, A Nordin, NJ Hasselquist… - Global change …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
It is proposed that carbon (C) sequestration in response to reactive nitrogen (Nr) deposition
in boreal forests accounts for a large portion of the terrestrial sink for anthropogenic CO 2 …

Nitrogen deposition promotes the production of new fungal residues but retards the decomposition of old residues in forest soil fractions

M Griepentrog, S Bodé, P Boeckx… - Global Change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition has frequently been observed to increase soil carbon
(C) storage in forests, but the underlying mechanisms still remain unclear. Changes in …

Anthropogenic N deposition slows decay by favoring bacterial metabolism: insights from metagenomic analyses

ZB Freedman, RA Upchurch, DR Zak… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Litter decomposition is an enzymatically-complex process that is mediated by a diverse
assemblage of saprophytic microorganisms. It is a globally important biogeochemical …

Positive response of soil microbes to long-term nitrogen input in spruce forest: Results from Gårdsjön whole-catchment N-addition experiment

K Tahovská, M Choma, E Kaštovská, F Oulehle… - Soil Biology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chronic nitrogen (N) deposition from anthropogenic emissions alter N cycling of forests in
Europe and in other impacted areas. It disrupts plant/microbe interactions in originally N …

Consistent effects of nitrogen amendments on soil microbial communities and processes across biomes

KS Ramirez, JM Craine, N Fierer - Global change biology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystems worldwide are receiving increasing amounts of reactive nitrogen (N) via
anthropogenic activities with the added N having potentially important impacts on …

High nitrogen deposition decreases the contribution of fungal residues to soil carbon pools in a tropical forest ecosystem

W Zhang, Y Cui, X Lu, E Bai, H He, H Xie… - Soil Biology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Soil carbon (C) dynamics are closely mediated by microorganisms and microbial residues
could constitute a significant pool of soil organic C (SOC). However, little is known about the …

Nitrogen additions and microbial biomass: A meta‐analysis of ecosystem studies

KK Treseder - Ecology letters, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen (N) enrichment is an element of global change that could influence the growth and
abundance of many organisms. In this meta‐analysis, I synthesized responses of microbial …

Long-term nitrogen addition suppresses microbial degradation, enhances soil carbon storage, and alters the molecular composition of soil organic matter

JJ Wang, RD Bowden, K Lajtha, SE Washko… - Biogeochemistry, 2019 - Springer
Forest soil organic carbon (SOC) is one of the largest reservoirs of terrestrial carbon (C) and
is a major component of the global C cycle. Yet there is still uncertainty regarding how …

Phosphorus reduces negative effects of nitrogen addition on soil microbial communities and functions

Z Xia, J Yang, C Sang, X Wang, L Sun, P Jiang… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Increased soil nitrogen (N) from atmospheric N deposition could change microbial
communities and functions. However, the underlying mechanisms and whether soil …