Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands

A. C. Risch; S. Zimmermann; R. Ochoa-Hueso; M. Schutz; B. Frey; J. L. Firn; P. A. Fay; F. Hagedorn; E. T. Borer; E. W. Seabloom; W. S. Harpole; J. M. H. Knops; R. L. McCulley; A. A. D. Broadbent; C. J. Stevens; M. L. Silveira; P. B. Adler; S. Baez; L. A. Biederman; J. M. Blair; C. S. Brown; M. C. Caldeira; S. L. Collins; P. Daleo; A. di Virgilio; A. Ebeling; N. Eisenhauer; E. Esch; A. Eskelinen; N. Hagenah; Y. Hautier; K. P. Kirkman; A. S. MacDougall; J. L. Moore; S. A. Power; S. M. Prober; C. Roscher; M. Sankaran; J. Siebert; K. L. Speziale; P. M. Tognetti; R. Virtanen; L. Yahdjian; B. Moser

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Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands

A. C. Risch, S. Zimmermann, R. Ochoa-Hueso, M. Schutz, B. Frey, J. L. Firn, P. A. Fay, F. Hagedorn, E. T. Borer, E. W. Seabloom, W. S. Harpole, J. M. H. Knops, R. L. McCulley, A. A. D. Broadbent, C. J. Stevens, M. L. Silveira, P. B. Adler, S. Baez, L. A. Biederman, J. M. BlairC. S. Brown, M. C. Caldeira, S. L. Collins, P. Daleo, A. di Virgilio, A. Ebeling, N. Eisenhauer, E. Esch, A. Eskelinen, N. Hagenah, Y. Hautier, K. P. Kirkman, A. S. MacDougall, J. L. Moore, S. A. Power, S. M. Prober, C. Roscher, M. Sankaran, J. Siebert, K. L. Speziale, P. M. Tognetti, R. Virtanen, L. Yahdjian, B. Moser

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Soil nitrogen mineralisation (N-min), the conversion of organic into inorganic N, is important for productivity and nutrient cycling. The balance between mineralisation and immobilisation (net N-min) varies with soil properties and climate. However, because most global-scale assessments of net N-min are laboratory-based, its regulation under field-conditions and implications for real-world soil functioning remain uncertain. Here, we explore the drivers of realised (field) and potential (laboratory) soil net N-min across 30 grasslands worldwide. We find that realised N-min is largely explained by temperature of the wettest quarter, microbial biomass, clay content and bulk density. Potential N-min only weakly correlates with realised N-min, but contributes to explain realised net N-min when combined with soil and climatic variables. We provide novel insights of global realised soil net N-min and show that potential soil net N-min data available in the literature could be parameterised with soil and climate data to better predict realised N-min.

Original language	English
Article number	4981
Number of pages	10
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12948-2
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Risch, A. C., Zimmermann, S., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Schutz, M., Frey, B., Firn, J. L., Fay, P. A., Hagedorn, F., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Harpole, W. S., Knops, J. M. H., McCulley, R. L., Broadbent, A. A. D., Stevens, C. J., Silveira, M. L., Adler, P. B., Baez, S., Biederman, L. A., ... Moser, B. (2019). Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands. Nature Communications, 10(1), [4981]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12948-2

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