Plant species richness promotes soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in grasslands without legumes - Cong, Wen‐Feng; Ruijven, Jasper; Mommer, Liesje; De Deyn, Gerlinde B; Berendse, Frank; Hoffland, Ellis; Lavorel, Sandra (The Journal of ecology, 2014)
Keywords: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biodiversity; biodiversity experiment; Biological and medical sciences; Biomass; Carbon; Carbon sequestration; communities; complementarity; Decomposition; diversity-productivity relationship; Ecological function; ecosystem function; ecosystem functioning; ecosystems; elevated co2; functional composition; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Grassland soils; Grasslands; impacts; Legumes; Mineralization; Monoculture; Nitrogen; Organic matter; Organic soils; Plant diversity; Plant ecology; Plant species; Plants; Plant–soil (below-ground) interactions; Primary productivity; Productivity; Root biomass; sequestration; soil; soil C sequestration; Soil depth; Soil ecology; soil N mineralization; Soil organic matter; soil organic matter decomposition; Soil plant interactions; Soils; Species diversity; Species richness; Synecology; Terrestrial ecosystems; time; Grassland; Organic matter; Biomass; Biodiversity; plant-soil (below-ground) interactions; Mineralization; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Soil interaction; root biomass; Species richness; Productivity; Root; Nitrogen; Carbon; Carbon sequestration; soil C sequestration; Soils; Leguminosae; Vegetation; Spermatophyta; Ecosystem functioning; Stock; soil N mineralization; soil organic matter decomposition