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Research article
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17 Jan 2017
Research article |
| 17 Jan 2017
Contributions of microbial activity and ash deposition to post-fire nitrogen availability in a pine savanna
Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
Justin P. Wright
Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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To evaluate different mechanisms underlying nitrogen (N) pulses that occur following fires in pyrogenic US savannas, we coupled field measures of soil N cycling with soil N isotopic signatures. We found that neither ash deposition nor changes to microbial activity could account for observed N pulse. We hypothesize that changes to plant uptake may contribute to the post-fire N pulses. We encourage future work to explore the role of plant activity on temporal nutrient availability dynamics.
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