Emerging sensing, imaging, and computational technologies to scale nano-to macroscale rhizosphere dynamics–Review and research perspectives

AH Ahkami, O Qafoku, T Roose, Q Mou, Y Lu… - Soil Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The soil region influenced by plant roots, ie, the rhizosphere, is one of the most complex
biological habitats on Earth and significantly impacts global carbon flow and transformation …

Decadal increases in carbon uptake offset by respiratory losses across northern permafrost ecosystems

CR See, AM Virkkala, SM Natali, BM Rogers… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
Tundra and boreal ecosystems encompass the northern circumpolar permafrost region and
are experiencing rapid environmental change with important implications for the global …

Exploring the role of cryptic nitrogen fixers in terrestrial ecosystems: a frontier in nitrogen cycling research

CC Cleveland, CRG Reis, SS Perakis, KA Dynarski… - Ecosystems, 2022 - Springer
Biological nitrogen fixation represents the largest natural flux of new nitrogen (N) into
terrestrial ecosystems, providing a critical N source to support net primary productivity of …

Higher productivity in forests with mixed mycorrhizal strategies

S Luo, RP Phillips, I Jo, S Fei, J Liang, B Schmid… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Decades of theory and empirical studies have demonstrated links between biodiversity and
ecosystem functioning, yet the putative processes that underlie these patterns remain …

Carbon-phosphorus cycle models overestimate CO2 enrichment response in a mature Eucalyptus forest

M Jiang, BE Medlyn, D Wårlind, J Knauer… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The importance of phosphorus (P) in regulating ecosystem responses to climate change has
fostered P-cycle implementation in land surface models, but their CO2 effects predictions …

Tipping point in North American Arctic-Boreal carbon sink persists in new generation Earth system models despite reduced uncertainty

RK Braghiere, JB Fisher, KR Miner… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Estimating the impacts of climate change on the global carbon cycle relies on projections
from Earth system models (ESMs). While ESMs currently project large warming in the high …

Soil nitrogen fertilization reduces relative leaf nitrogen allocation to photosynthesis

EF Waring, EA Perkowski… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The connection between soil nitrogen availability, leaf nitrogen, and photosynthetic capacity
is not perfectly understood. Because these three components tend to be positively related …

Toward a coordinated understanding of hydro‐biogeochemical root functions in tropical forests for application in vegetation models

DF Cusack, B Christoffersen, CM Smith‐Martin… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forest root characteristics and resource acquisition strategies are underrepresented
in vegetation and global models, hampering the prediction of forest–climate feedbacks for …

Evaluating nitrogen cycling in terrestrial biosphere models: a disconnect between the carbon and nitrogen cycles

S Kou-Giesbrecht, VK Arora, C Seiler… - Earth System …, 2023 - esd.copernicus.org
Terrestrial carbon (C) sequestration is limited by nitrogen (N), an empirically established
constraint that could intensify under CO 2 fertilization and future global change. The …

Nutrient dynamics in a coupled terrestrial biosphere and land model (ELM‐FATES‐CNP)

RG Knox, CD Koven, WJ Riley… - Journal of Advances …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We present a representation of nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in the Functionally
Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator, a demographic vegetation model within the …