Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition is known to affect forest soil respiration, but it remains unclear how soil respiration responds to nitrogen deposition over time. Monitoring of CO2 emissions over 9–13 years of nitrogen-addition treatments in three tropical forests in southern China reveals a three-phase pattern of soil respiration.
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This is a summary of: Zheng, M. et al. Temporal patterns of soil carbon emission in tropical forests under long-term nitrogen deposition. Nat. Geosci. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01080-4 (2022).
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Phased variation of soil respiration in tropical forests in response to nitrogen deposition. Nat. Geosci. 15, 965–966 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01083-1
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