Nitrogen limitation of decomposition and decay: How can it occur?

Shift in fungal communities and associated enzyme activities along an age gradient of managed Pinus sylvestris stands

(2017) Julia Kyaschenko et al.   ISME Journal

Patterns and mechanisms of responses by soil microbial communities to nitrogen addition

(2017) Zhenghu Zhou et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Nitrogen alters microbial enzyme dynamics but not lignin chemistry during maize decomposition

(2016) Zachary L. Rinkes et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Toward more realistic projections of soil carbon dynamics by Earth system models

(2016) Yiqi Luo et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Anthropogenic N deposition increases soil organic matter accumulation without altering its biochemical composition

(2016) Donald R. Zak et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Dual, differential isotope labeling shows the preferential movement of labile plant constituents into mineral-bonded soil organic matter

(2016) Michelle L. Haddix et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

(2016) Charlotte E. Riggs et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Comparison of fungal and bacterial growth after alleviating induced N-limitation in soil

(2016) Pramod N. Kamble et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil extracellular enzyme activities, soil carbon and nitrogen storage under nitrogen fertilization: A meta-analysis

(2016) Siyang Jian et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Stimulation of terrestrial ecosystem carbon storage by nitrogen addition: a meta-analysis

(2016) Kai Yue et al.   Scientific Reports

Soil organic carbon dynamics under long-term fertilization in a black soil of China: Evidence from stable C isotopes

(2016) Xiaolin Dou et al.   Scientific Reports

Carbon accumulates in organo-mineral complexes after long-term liquid dairy manure application

(2015) Émilie Maillard et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Microbial stoichiometry overrides biomass as a regulator of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling

(2015) Robert W. Buchkowski et al.   ECOLOGY

A global analysis of soil acidification caused by nitrogen addition

(2015) Dashuan Tian et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Soil acidification exerts a greater control on soil respiration than soil nitrogen availability in grasslands subjected to long-term nitrogen enrichment

(2015) Dima Chen et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Long-term fertilization effects on soil organic carbon stocks in the irrigated desert soil of NW China

(2015) Yanjun Chai et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Future productivity and carbon storage limited by terrestrial nutrient availability

(2015) William R. Wieder et al.   Nature Geoscience

Ectomycorrhizal fungi decompose soil organic matter using oxidative mechanisms adapted from saprotrophic ancestors

(2015) Firoz Shah et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Nitrogen cycle responses to elevated CO2 depend on ecosystem nutrient status

(2015) Tobias Rütting et al.   NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

Plant stoichiometric responses to elevated CO2 vary with nitrogen and phosphorus inputs: Evidence from a global-scale meta-analysis

(2015) Wenjuan Huang et al.   Scientific Reports

Chronic nitrogen additions suppress decomposition and sequester soil carbon in temperate forests

(2014) S. D. Frey et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Litter type control on soil C and N stabilization dynamics in a temperate forest

(2014) Pierre-Joseph Hatton et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Soil Chemical Dynamics after Calcium Silicate Addition to a Northern Hardwood Forest

(2014) Chris E. Johnson et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

Adjustment of microbial nitrogen use efficiency to carbon:nitrogen imbalances regulates soil nitrogen cycling

(2014) Maria Mooshammer et al.   Nature Communications

Empirical evidence that soil carbon formation from plant inputs is positively related to microbial growth

(2013) Mark A. Bradford et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Differences in fungal and bacterial physiology alter soil carbon and nitrogen cycling: insights from meta-analysis and theoretical models

(2013) Bonnie G. Waring et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Soil C and N availability determine the priming effect: microbial N mining and stoichiometric decomposition theories

(2013) Ruirui Chen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Ecoenzymatic Stoichiometry and Ecological Theory

(2012) Robert L. Sinsabaugh et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

A trait-based approach for modelling microbial litter decomposition

(2012) S. D. Allison   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The ectomycorrhizal fungus Paxillus involutus converts organic matter in plant litter using a trimmed brown-rot mechanism involving Fenton chemistry

(2012) Francois Rineau et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Microbial Efficiency-Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?

(2012) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Growth of saprotrophic fungi and bacteria in soil

(2011) Johannes Rousk et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

(2011) Michael W. I. Schmidt et al.   NATURE

Simulated Atmospheric N Deposition Alters Fungal Community Composition and Suppresses Ligninolytic Gene Expression in a Northern Hardwood Forest

(2011) Ivan P. Edwards et al.   PLoS One

Salinity effects on carbon mineralization in soils of varying texture

(2011) Raj Setia et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Minor stimulation of soil carbon storage by nitrogen addition: A meta-analysis

(2010) Meng Lu et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Litter decomposition: what controls it and how can we alter it to sequester more carbon in forest soils?

(2010) Cindy E. Prescott   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Soil bacterial and fungal communities across a pH gradient in an arable soil

(2010) Johannes Rousk et al.   ISME Journal

Reduction of forest soil respiration in response to nitrogen deposition

(2010) I. A. Janssens et al.   Nature Geoscience

Soil-carbon response to warming dependent on microbial physiology

(2010) Steven D. Allison et al.   Nature Geoscience

Nitrogen fertilization inhibits soil microbial respiration regardless of the form of nitrogen applied

(2010) Kelly S. Ramirez et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Pyrosequencing-Based Assessment of Soil pH as a Predictor of Soil Bacterial Community Structure at the Continental Scale

(2009) C. L. Lauber et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Long-term manure and fertilizer effects on soil organic matter fractions and microbes under a wheat–maize cropping system in northern China

(2009) Wei Gong et al.   GEODERMA

NITROGEN LIMITATION OF NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS IS GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED

(2008) David S. LeBauer et al.   ECOLOGY

Nitrogen additions and microbial biomass: a meta-analysis of ecosystem studies

(2008) Kathleen K. Treseder   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Rates of litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems: global patterns and controlling factors

(2008) Deqiang Zhang et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology