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Research article
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10 May 2017
Research article |
| 10 May 2017
Nitrogen input 15N signatures are reflected in plant 15N natural abundances in subtropical forests in China
Geshere Abdisa Gurmesa
Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded
Ecosystems and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South
China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management,
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research, Aarhus, Denmark
Xiankai Lu
Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded
Ecosystems and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South
China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
Per Gundersen
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management,
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Yunting Fang
CAS Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of
Sciences,
Shenyang 110164, China
Qinggong Mao
Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded
Ecosystems and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South
China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
Chen Hao
Huanjiang Observation and Research Station for Karst Ecosystem, Key
Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of
Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
Jiangming Mo
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded
Ecosystems and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South
China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
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We measured the abundance of a nitrogen (N) isotope (15N) in two subtropical forests in China to study the cycling of input N (deposition and addition). Plant leaves in both forests were 15N-depleted relative to the atmospheric standard, likely as an imprint from 15N-depleted deposition. Plant 15N changed into 15N of the added N, indicating incorporation of N into plants. Thus, interpretations of ecosystem 15N from high-N-deposition regions need to include data on the 15N deposition signature.
We measured the abundance of a nitrogen (N) isotope (15N) in two subtropical forests in China to...
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