Search Results - "DELUCA, THOMAS H"
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Biochar additions alter phosphorus and nitrogen availability in agricultural ecosystems: A meta-analysis
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-03-2019)“…Biochar is a carbon (C) rich product of thermochemical conversion of organic material that is used as a soil amendment due to its resistance to decomposition…”
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Bryophytes attenuate anthropogenic nitrogen inputs in boreal forests
Published in Global change biology (01-08-2011)“…Productivity in boreal ecosystems is primarily limited by available soil nitrogen (N), and there is substantial interest in understanding whether deposition of…”
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REVIEW: Nutrient stripping: the global disparity between food security and soil nutrient stocks
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-08-2013)“…Summary The Green Revolution successfully increased food production but in doing so created a legacy of inherently leaky and unsustainable agricultural…”
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Moss-cyanobacteria associations as biogenic sources of nitrogen in boreal forest ecosystems
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (2013)“…The biological fixation of atmospheric nitrogen (N) is a major pathway for available N entering ecosystems. In N-limited boreal forests, a significant amount…”
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Charcoal and Carbon Storage in Forest Soils of the Rocky Mountain West
Published in Frontiers in ecology and the environment (01-02-2008)“…Charcoal represents a super-passive form of carbon (C) that is generated during fire events and is one of the few legacies of fire recorded in the soil…”
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Acquisition and assimilation of nitrogen as peptide-bound and D-enantiomers of amino acids by wheat
Published in PloS one (26-04-2011)“…Nitrogen is a key regulator of primary productivity in many terrestrial ecosystems. Historically, only inorganic N (NH(4)(+) and NO(3)(-)) and L-amino acids…”
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Variable Nitrogen Fixation in Wild Populus
Published in PloS one (19-05-2016)“…The microbiome of plants is diverse, and like that of animals, is important for overall health and nutrient acquisition. In legumes and actinorhizal plants, a…”
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Ecosystem Feedbacks and Nitrogen Fixation in Boreal Forests
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (30-05-2008)“…Biological feedback mechanisms regulate fundamental ecosystem processes and potentially regulate ecosystem productivity. To date, no studies have documented…”
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Charcoal effects on soil solution chemistry and growth of Koeleria macrantha in the ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir ecosystem
Published in Biology and fertility of soils (01-01-2007)“…We conducted laboratory and greenhouse experiments to determine whether charcoal derived from the ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir ecosystem may influence soil…”
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Temperature and source material influence ecological attributes of ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir charcoal
Published in Forest ecology and management (01-08-2006)“…Charcoal has numerous physical and chemical properties that allow it to influence a variety of ecological processes. The objective of this study was to…”
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Interactive effects of charcoal and earthworm activity increase bioavailable phosphorus in sub-boreal forest soils
Published in Biology and fertility of soils (01-11-2017)“…The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of charcoal and earthworm presence in contrasting soil types of northern Japan using the biologically based…”
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Contribution of crenarchaeal autotrophic ammonia oxidizers to the dark primary production in Tyrrhenian deep waters (Central Mediterranean Sea)
Published in The ISME Journal (01-06-2011)“…Mesophilic Crenarchaeota have recently been thought to be significant contributors to nitrogen (N) and carbon (C) cycling. In this study, we examined the…”
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Frequent fire alters nitrogen transformations in ponderosa pine stands of the Inland Northwest
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-10-2006)“…Recurrent, low-severity fire in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)/interior Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca) forests is thought to have directly…”
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Quantifying nitrogen-fixation in feather moss carpets of boreal forests
Published in Nature (London) (31-10-2002)“…Biological nitrogen (N) fixation is the primary source of N within natural ecosystems, yet the origin of boreal forest N has remained elusive. The boreal…”
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Revealing the transfer pathways of cyanobacterial-fixed N into the boreal forest through the feather-moss microbiome
Published in Frontiers in plant science (09-12-2022)“…Biological N fixation in feather-mosses is one of the largest inputs of new nitrogen (N) to boreal forest ecosystems; however, revealing the fate of newly…”
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Function of Wildfire-Deposited Pyrogenic Carbon in Terrestrial Ecosystems
Published in Frontiers in environmental science (30-08-2017)“…Fire is an important driver of change in most forest, savannah, and prairie ecosystems and fire-altered organic matter, or pyrogenic carbon (PyC), conveys…”
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The cyanobacterial role in the resistance of feather mosses to decomposition--toward a new hypothesis
Published in PloS one (15-04-2013)“…Cyanobacteria-plant symbioses play an important role in many ecosystems due to the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen (N) by the cyanobacterial symbiont. The…”
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Diazotrophy in alluvial meadows of subarctic river systems
Published in PloS one (06-11-2013)“…There is currently limited understanding of the contribution of biological N2 fixation (diazotrophy) to the N budget of large river systems. This natural…”
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Comparison of the seasonal and successional variation of asymbiotic and symbiotic nitrogen fixation along a glacial retreat chronosequence
Published in The Science of the total environment (20-10-2023)“…Climate change is resulting in accelerated retreat of glaciers worldwide and much nitrogen-poor debris is left after glacier retreats. Asymbiotic dinitrogen…”
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Influence of fire retardant and pyrogenic carbon on microscale changes in soil nitrogen and phosphorus
Published in Biogeochemistry (2021)“…During wildfire season in the western US, fire retardant chemicals are dropped from aircraft in an effort to control the spread of fire. Fire retardant…”
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