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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-369-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-369-2019
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Research article
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24 Jan 2019
Research article |
| 24 Jan 2019
| 24 Jan 2019
Soil nitrogen response to shrub encroachment in a degrading semi-arid grassland
Thomas Turpin-Jelfs
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8
1SS, UK
Katerina Michaelides
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8
1SS, UK
Earth Research Institute, University of California Santa Barbara,
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Joel A. Biederman
Southwest Watershed Research Center, United States Agricultural
Department, Tucson, AZ, USA
Alexandre M. Anesio
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8
1SS, UK
Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, 4000 Roskilde,
Denmark
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Increasing shrub cover promotes land degradation in semi-arid grasslands and has the potential to impact the soil nitrogen pool, which is essential to primary production. Our study showed that increasing shrub cover concentrates soil nitrogen into localised patches beneath shrub canopies. Further, we determined that increasing shrub cover inhibits inputs of nitrogen by the soil microbial community. Thus, we conclude this phenomenon can perturb nitrogen cycling in these ecosystems.
Increasing shrub cover promotes land degradation in semi-arid grasslands and has the potential...
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