School of Life and Environmental Sciences: Recent submissions
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Nitrogen addition and defoliation alter belowground carbon allocation with consequences for plant nitrogen uptake and soil organic carbon decomposition.
Published 2022Grassland plants allocate photosynthetically fixed carbon (C) belowground to root biomass and rhizodeposition, but also to support arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). These C allocation pathways could increase nutrient ...Open AccessArticle -
Decoupled cycling of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in a grassland soil along a hillslope mediated by clay and soil moisture
Published 2022Grasslands extend across a variety of topographies including non-flat hilly areas with varied soil texture and moisture that can mediate soil biogeochemical cycling of carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). In ...Open AccessArticle -
Ameliorating soil acidity with calcium carbonate and calcium hydroxide: effects on carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus dynamics
Published 2023Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is frequently used to ameliorate soil acidity in agricultural soils. An alternative is calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2), which is more soluble than CaCO3. However, the associated change in soil ...Open AccessArticle -
Drought and interspecific competition increase belowground carbon allocation for nitrogen acquisition in monocultures and mixtures of Trifolium repens and Lolium perenne
Published 2022Purpose Belowground carbon (C) allocation for nitrogen (N) acquisition plays a crucial role in determining primary productivity and plant competitiveness in legume-grass mixtures, but beyond modeling and qualitative ...Open AccessArticle -
Global analysis of phosphorus fertilizer use efficiency in cereal crops
Published 2021Due to limits in global phosphate rock reserves for fertilizer use, it is vital to increase phosphorus fertilizer use efficiency (PFUE) to maintain agricultural productivity and food security. With 865 observations from ...Open AccessArticle