Abiotic versus biotic controls on soil nitrogen cycling in drylands along a 3200 km transect

Nitrogen (N) cycling in drylands under changing climate is not well understood. Our understanding of N cycling over larger scales to date relies heavily on the measurement of bulk soil N, and the information about internal soil N transformations remains limited. The <sup>15</sup>N natura...

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Main Authors: D. Liu, W. Zhu, X. Wang, Y. Pan, C. Wang, D. Xi, E. Bai, Y. Wang, X. Han, Y. Fang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-03-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/14/989/2017/bg-14-989-2017.pdf