Plant functional groups regulate soil respiration responses to nitrogen addition and mowing over a decade

• Published in: Functional ecology Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 1117 - 1127
• Main Authors: Du, Yue, Han, Hongyan, Wang, Yanfen, Zhong, Mingxing, Hui, Dafeng, Niu, Shuli, Wan, Shiqiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Wiley 01.04.2018; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Biotic factors; carbon; ECOSYSTEMS ECOLOGY; Efflux; Environmental changes; field experimentation; Forbs; Functional groups; global change; Grasses; grassland; Grasslands; growing season; land use; land‐use change; Long-term effects; Microclimate; Mowing; Nitrogen; Photosynthesis; Plant communities; plant community structure; Prairies; Precipitation; precipitation regime; rain; Rainfall; Respiration; soil; Soil chemistry; soil CO2 flux; Soil pH; soil respiration; Soils; temporal variation; Temporal variations

Nitrogen (N) deposition and land‐use practice (e.g. mowing) could have profound effects on soil respiration. However, the changes in other ecosystem components, such as plant functional groups (PFGs), may control soil carbon (C) efflux response to long term global change. A 10‐year (2005–2014) field...