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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2513-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2513-2017
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17 May 2017
Research article |  | 17 May 2017

Soil nitrogen transformation responses to seasonal precipitation changes are regulated by changes in functional microbial abundance in a subtropical forest

Jie Chen, Guoliang Xiao, Yakov Kuzyakov, G. Darrel Jenerette, Ying Ma, Wei Liu, Zhengfeng Wang, and Weijun Shen

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We conducted a field manipulation experiment by redistributing 67 % of dry-season rainfall into the wet season while keeping the annual rainfall unchanged in a subtropical forest. Soil net nitrification and N mineralization rates were decreased by 13–20 % in the dry season and increased by 50 % with an accelerated NO3 leaching in the wet season. Functional microbial gene abundance and microbial biomass were the main factors affecting the N-process responses to the rainfall seasonality changes.
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