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Key ecological responses to nitrogen are altered by climate change

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  • T. L. Greaver

    (National Center for Environmental Assessment, US Environmental Protection Agency)

  • C. M. Clark

    (National Center for Environmental Assessment, US Environmental Protection Agency)

  • J. E. Compton

    (US Environmental Protection Agency)

  • D. Vallano

    (Air Quality Analysis Office (AQAO), US Environmental Protection Agency)

  • A. F. Talhelm

    (National Center for Environmental Assessment, US Environmental Protection Agency
    College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho)

  • C. P. Weaver

    (National Center for Environmental Assessment, US Environmental Protection Agency)

  • L. E. Band

    (Institute for the Environment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

  • J. S. Baron

    (US Geological Survey, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University)

  • E. A. Davidson

    (Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science)

  • C. L. Tague

    (Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California)

  • E. Felker-Quinn

    (National Center for Environmental Assessment, US Environmental Protection Agency)

  • J. A. Lynch

    (US Environmental Protection Agency)

  • J. D. Herrick

    (National Center for Environmental Assessment, US Environmental Protection Agency)

  • L. Liu

    (State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • C. L. Goodale

    (Cornell University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)

  • K. J. Novak

    (National Center for Environmental Assessment, US Environmental Protection Agency)

  • R. A. Haeuber

    (US Environmental Protection Agency)

Abstract

Climate change and anthropogenic nitrogen deposition are both important ecological threats. Evaluating their cumulative effects provides a more holistic view of ecosystem vulnerability to human activities, which would better inform policy decisions aimed to protect the sustainability of ecosystems. Our knowledge of the cumulative effects of these stressors is growing, but we lack an integrated understanding. In this Review, we describe how climate change alters key processes in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems related to nitrogen cycling and availability, and the response of ecosystems to nitrogen addition in terms of carbon cycling, acidification and biodiversity.

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  • T. L. Greaver & C. M. Clark & J. E. Compton & D. Vallano & A. F. Talhelm & C. P. Weaver & L. E. Band & J. S. Baron & E. A. Davidson & C. L. Tague & E. Felker-Quinn & J. A. Lynch & J. D. Herrick & L. L, 2016. "Key ecological responses to nitrogen are altered by climate change," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 6(9), pages 836-843, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:6:y:2016:i:9:d:10.1038_nclimate3088
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3088
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    1. Chao Xu & Teng-Chiu Lin & Jr-Chuan Huang & Zhijie Yang & Xiaofei Liu & Decheng Xiong & Shidong Chen & Minhuang Wang & Liuming Yang & Yusheng Yang, 2022. "Microbial Biomass Is More Important than Runoff Export in Predicting Soil Inorganic Nitrogen Concentrations Following Forest Conversion in Subtropical China," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-15, February.
    2. Liu, Fei & Zhu, Qing & Zhou, Zhiwen & Liao, Kaihua & Lai, Xiaoming, 2022. "Soil nitrate leaching of tea plantation and its responses to seasonal drought and wetness scenarios," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 260(C).
    3. Severini, Edoardo & Magri, Monia & Soana, Elisa & Bartoli, Marco & Faggioli, Marco & Celico, Fulvio, 2023. "Irrigation practices affect relationship between reduced nitrogen fertilizer use and improvement of river and groundwater chemistry," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 289(C).

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