Articles | Volume 20, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-3873-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-3873-2023
Reviews and syntheses
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26 Sep 2023
Reviews and syntheses |  | 26 Sep 2023

Reviews and syntheses: Iron – a driver of nitrogen bioavailability in soils?

Imane Slimani, Xia Zhu-Barker, Patricia Lazicki, and William Horwath

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There is a strong link between nitrogen availability and iron minerals in soils. These minerals have multiple outcomes for nitrogen availability depending on soil conditions and properties. For example, iron can limit microbial degradation of nitrogen in aerated soils but has opposing outcomes in non-aerated soils. This paper focuses on the multiple ways iron can affect nitrogen bioavailability in soils.
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