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Modeling biological nitrogen fixation in global natural terrestrial ecosystems
Tong Yu
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West
Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West
Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907,
USA
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Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) plays an important role in the global nitrogen cycle. However, the fixation rate has usually been measured or estimated at a particular observational site. This study develops a BNF model considering the symbiotic relationship between legume plants and bacteria. The model is extensively calibrated with site-level observational data and then extrapolated to the global terrestrial ecosystems to quantify the fixation rate in the 1990s.
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) plays an important role in the global nitrogen cycle....
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