Articles | Volume 12, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4113-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4113-2015
Research article
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09 Jul 2015
Research article |  | 09 Jul 2015

Chemical footprints of anthropogenic nitrogen deposition on recent soil C : N ratios in Europe

C. Mulder, J.-P. Hettelingh, L. Montanarella, M. R. Pasimeni, M. Posch, W. Voigt, and G. Zurlini

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (15 Jun 2015) by Albrecht Neftel
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (17 Jun 2015) by Albrecht Neftel
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ED: Publish as is (25 Jun 2015) by Albrecht Neftel
AR by Christian Mulder on behalf of the Authors (25 Jun 2015)
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Spatial clustering of anthropogenic nitrogen deposition reveals that European C:N ratio varies more across soils of natural ecosystems with low pollution. It turns out surprisingly that such soils are the most affected by nitrogen accumulation and therefore most responsive to short-term N supply. While an inverse correlation between atmospheric nitrogen and soil C:N seems intuitive, we provide novel insights into the real magnitude and spatial distribution of this relationship since 1880.
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