Effects of drought manipulation on soil nitrogen cycling: A meta‐analysis

PM Homyak, SD Allison, TE Huxman… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Many regions on Earth are expected to become drier with climate change, which may impact
nitrogen (N) cycling rates and availability. We used a meta‐analytical approach on the …

Physiological significance of pedospheric nitric oxide for root growth, development and organismic interactions

M Ma, D Wendehenne, L Philippot… - Plant, Cell & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nitric oxide (NO) is essential for plant growth and development, as well as interactions with
abiotic and biotic environments. Its importance for multiple functions in plants means that …

Rapid nitrate reduction produces pulsed NO and N2O emissions following wetting of dryland soils

AH Krichels, PM Homyak, EL Aronson, JO Sickman… - Biogeochemistry, 2022 - Springer
Soil drying and wetting cycles can produce pulses of nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide
(N2O) emissions with substantial effects on both regional air quality and Earth's climate …

Novel method for nitrogen isotopic analysis of soil-emitted nitric oxide

Z Yu, EM Elliott - Environmental Science & Technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
The global inventory of NO x (NO x= NO+ NO2) emissions is poorly constrained, with a large
portion of the uncertainty attributed to soil NO emissions that result from soil abiotic and …

Large nitrogen oxide emission pulses from desert soils and associated microbiomes

JR Eberwein, PM Homyak, CJ Carey, EL Aronson… - Biogeochemistry, 2020 - Springer
Nitrogen (N) trace gas emission pulses produced after wetting dry soils may be important
pathways of ecosystem N loss. However, the rates and mechanisms controlling these …

Acidity and organic matter promote abiotic nitric oxide production in drying soils

PM Homyak, M Kamiyama, JO Sickman… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Soils are an important source of NO, particularly in dry lands because of trade‐offs that
develop between biotic and abiotic NO‐producing processes when soils dry out …

Aridity threshold for alpine soil nitrogen isotope signature and ecosystem nitrogen cycling

J Mao, J Pan, L Song, R Zhang, J Wang… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Determination of tipping points in nitrogen (N) isotope (δ15N) natural abundance, especially
soil δ15N, with increasing aridity, is critical for estimating N‐cycling dynamics and N …

Invasion of Prosopis trees into arid ecosystem alters soil carbon and nitrogen processes and soil trace gases emissions

I Yagle, A Levinzon, JM Grünzweig… - Soil Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The invasion of drylands by leguminous mesquite (Prosopis spp.) is frequently associated
with increases in the soil organic carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) pools. These increases …

Consistent microbial and nutrient resource island patterns during monsoon rain in a Chihuahuan Desert bajada shrubland

A Darrouzet‐Nardi, IS Asaff, M Mauritz, K Roman… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In dryland soils, spatiotemporal variation in surface soils (0–10 cm) plays an important role
in the function of the “critical zone” that extends from canopy to groundwater. Understanding …

Precipitation legacies amplify ecosystem nitrogen losses from nitric oxide emissions in a Pinyon–Juniper dryland

AH Krichels, AC Greene, GD Jenerette, MJ Spasojevic… - 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is increasing the variability of precipitation, altering the frequency of soil
drying‐wetting events and the distribution of seasonal precipitation. These changes in …