Nutrient availability controls the impact of mammalian herbivores on soil carbon and nitrogen pools in grasslands

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 2060 - 2071
• Main Authors: Sitters, Judith, Wubs, E. R. Jasper, Bakker, Elisabeth S., Crowther, Thomas W., Adler, Peter B., Bagchi, Sumanta, Bakker, Jonathan D., Biederman, Lori, Borer, Elizabeth T., Cleland, Elsa E., Eisenhauer, Nico, Firn, Jennifer, Gherardi, Laureano, Hagenah, Nicole, Hautier, Yann, Hobbie, Sarah E., Knops, Johannes M. H., MacDougall, Andrew S., McCulley, Rebecca L., Moore, Joslin L., Mortensen, Brent, Peri, Pablo L., Prober, Suzanne M., Riggs, Charlotte, Risch, Anita C., Schütz, Martin, Seabloom, Eric W., Siebert, Julia, Stevens, Carly J., Veen, G. F. (Ciska)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Atmospheric models; Availability; Biological activity; Biological fertilization; Carbon; carbon sequestration; Climate change; Climate models; exclosure; Fertilization; Fluxes; global change; Grasslands; grazing; Herbivores; Herbivory; Human influences; Mammals; Microbial activity; Micronutrients; Microorganisms; Nitrogen; Nutrient availability; Nutrient concentrations; Nutrient cycles; nutrient dynamics; Nutrient enrichment; Nutrient Network (NutNet); Nutrients; Organic matter; Plant biomass; Pools; Populations; Primary; Primary s; Scale models; Soil; soil microorganisms; Soil nutrients; Soil temperature; Soils; Storage; Temperature; nutrient dynamics; fertilization; grazing; global change; carbon sequestration; herbivory; soil microorganisms; exclosure; Nutrient Network (NutNet); nutrient enrichment

Grasslands are subject to considerable alteration due to human activities globally, including widespread changes in populations and composition of large mammalian herbivores and elevated supply of nutrients. Grassland soils remain important reservoirs of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N). Herbivores may a...