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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-457-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-457-2019
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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25 Jan 2019
Research article |
| 25 Jan 2019
| 25 Jan 2019
Neglecting plant–microbe symbioses leads to underestimation of modeled climate impacts
Mingjie Shi
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800
Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering,
University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Joshua B. Fisher
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800
Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering,
University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Richard P. Phillips
Department of Biology, Indiana University, 702 N. Walnut Grove
Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
Edward R. Brzostek
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Biology, West Virginia University, 53 Campus Drive,
Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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Short summary
The ability of plants to slow climate change by taking up carbon hinges in part on there being ample soil nitrogen. We used a model that accounts for the carbon cost to plants of supporting nitrogen-acquiring microbes to explore how nitrogen limitation affects climate. Our model predicted that nitrogen limitation will enhance temperature and decrease precipitation; thus, our results suggest that carbon spent to support nitrogen-acquiring microbes is a critical component of the Earth's climate.
The ability of plants to slow climate change by taking up carbon hinges in part on there being...
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