Processes regulating progressive nitrogen limitation under elevated carbon  dioxide: a meta-analysis

Liang, Junyi; Qi, Xuan; Souza, Lara; Luo, Yiqi

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2689-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2689-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2689-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

Research article

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10 May 2016

Research article |

| 10 May 2016

Processes regulating progressive nitrogen limitation under elevated carbon dioxide: a meta-analysis

Junyi Liang, Xuan Qi, Lara Souza, and Yiqi Luo

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SC C7021: 'some suggestions on a good start', Manuel Lerdau, 25 Oct 2015
RC C7782: 'Review of Processes regulating progressive nitrogen limitation under elevated carbon dioxide: A meta-analysis', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Nov 2015
SC C7966: 'Comment on the discussion paper: “Processes regulating progressive nitrogen limitation …” by Liang et al.', Tobias Rütting, 26 Nov 2015
- AC C8466: 'Reply to Dr. Rütting', Junyi Liang, 13 Dec 2015
RC C9043: 'Reviewer Comment to "Processes regulating progressive nitrogen limitation under elevated carbon dioxide: a meta-analysis" by J. Liang et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 14 Jan 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (20 Jan 2016) by Anja Rammig

AR by Junyi Liang on behalf of the Authors (21 Feb 2016)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (29 Feb 2016) by Anja Rammig

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (01 Mar 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (10 Mar 2016)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (15 Mar 2016) by Anja Rammig

AR by Junyi Liang on behalf of the Authors (07 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (19 Apr 2016) by Anja Rammig

AR by Junyi Liang on behalf of the Authors (20 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (27 Apr 2016) by Anja Rammig

AR by Junyi Liang on behalf of the Authors (27 Apr 2016)

Short summary

It is unclear how the nitrogen (N) cycle regulates climate change through influencing carbon sequestration. By using meta-analysis, we tested a popular hypothesis, progressive N limitation (PNL), which postulates that greater N sequestration in organisms leads to declining N availability for further plant growth under elevated CO₂. Our analyses suggest that extra nitrogen supply by increased biological N fixation and decreased leaching may potentially alleviate PNL.