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10 Oct 2025
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Long-term nitrogen fertilization alters microbial respiration sensitivity to temperature and moisture, potentially enhancing soil carbon retention in a boreal Scots pine forest
Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Helsinki, 00790, Finland
Aleksi Lehtonen
Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Helsinki, 00790, Finland
Stefano Manzoni
Department of Physical Geography and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
Elisa Bruni
Laboratoire de Géologie, École Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris, 75005, France
Petr Baldrian
Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 14200, Czech Republic
Etienne Richy
Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 14200, Czech Republic
Bartosz Adamczyk
Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Helsinki, 00790, Finland
Bertrand Guenet
Laboratoire de Géologie, École Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris, 75005, France
Raisa Mäkipää
Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Helsinki, 00790, Finland
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We explored soil microbial respiration (Rh) kinetics of low-dose and long-term N fertilization in N-limited boreal forest in connection with CH4 and N2O fluxes and soil and tree C sinks. The insights show that N fertilization affects C retention in boreal forest soils by modifying Rh sensitivities to soil temperature and moisture. The key findings reveal that N-enriched soils exhibited reduced sensitivity of Rh to moisture, which contributed to enhanced soil C sequestration on an annual level.
We explored soil microbial respiration (Rh) kinetics of low-dose and long-term N fertilization...
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