Extensive management promotes plant and microbial nitrogen retention in temperate grassland.

Leaching losses of nitrogen (N) from soil and atmospheric N deposition have led to widespread changes in plant community and microbial community composition, but our knowledge of the factors that determine ecosystem N retention is limited. A common feature of extensively managed, species-rich grassl...

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Main Authors: Franciska T de Vries, Jaap Bloem, Helen Quirk, Carly J Stevens, Roland Bol, Richard D Bardgett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3515579?pdf=render