Effects of warming and grazing on soil N availability, species composition, and ANPP in an alpine meadow

• Published in: Ecology (Durham) Vol. 93; no. 11; pp. 2365 - 2376
• Main Authors: Wang, Shiping, Jichuang Duan, Guangping Xu, Yanfen Wang, Zhenhua Zhang, Yichao Rui, Caiyun Luo, Burenbayin Xu, Xiaoxue Zhu, Xiaofeng Chang, Xiaoyong Cui, Haishan Niu, Xinquan Zhao, Wenying Wang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Ecological Society of America 01.11.2012
• Subjects: alpine meadows; Animals; Biomass; carbon sequestration; Climate Change; Ecosystem; Fertilizers; forbs; graminoids; grazing; legumes; mineralization; nitrogen; Nitrogen - chemistry; Nitrogen - metabolism; Plant Development; Plants - classification; Plants - genetics; primary productivity; soil; Soil - chemistry; species diversity; Species Specificity; Time Factors; uncertainty

Uncertainty about the effects of warming and grazing on soil nitrogen (N) availability, species composition, and aboveground net primary production (ANPP) limits our ability to predict how global carbon sequestration will vary under future warming with grazing in alpine regions. Through a controlled...