Ecological interpretations of nitrogen isotope ratios of terrestrial plants and soils

JM Craine, ENJ Brookshire, MD Cramer… - Plant and Soil, 2015 - Springer
Background Knowledge of biological and climatic controls in terrestrial nitrogen (N) cycling
within and across ecosystems is central to understanding global patterns of key ecosystem …

Complexities of nitrogen isotope biogeochemistry in plant-soil systems: implications for the study of ancient agricultural and animal management practices

P Szpak - Frontiers in plant science, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Nitrogen isotopic studies have the potential to shed light on the structure of ancient
ecosystems, agropastoral regimes, and human-environment interactions. Until relatively …

Stable isotopes in plant ecology

TE Dawson, S Mambelli, AH Plamboeck… - Annual review of …, 2002 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The use of stable isotope techniques in plant ecological research has grown
steadily during the past two decades. This trend will continue as investigators realize that …

Global patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability

JM Craine, AJ Elmore, MPM Aidar… - New …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Ratios of nitrogen (N) isotopes in leaves could elucidate underlying patterns of N cycling
across ecological gradients. To better understand global‐scale patterns of N cycling, we …

Tansley review no. 95 15N natural abundance in soil–plant systems

P Högberg - The New Phytologist, 1997 - cambridge.org
Equilibrium and kinetic isotope fractionations during incomplete reactions result in minute
differences in the ratio between the two stable N isotopes, 15N and 14N, in various N pools …

Imaging spectroscopy algorithms for mapping canopy foliar chemical and morphological traits and their uncertainties

A Singh, SP Serbin, BE McNeil… - Ecological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A major goal of remote sensing is the development of generalizable algorithms to repeatedly
and accurately map ecosystem properties across space and time. Imaging spectroscopy has …

Impact of nitrogen deposition on nitrogen cycling in forests: a synthesis of NITREX data

P Gundersen, BA Emmett, OJ Kjønaas… - Forest Ecology and …, 1998 - Elsevier
Impact of nitrogen (N) deposition was studied by comparing N fluxes, N concentrations and
N pool sizes in vegetation and soil in five coniferous forest stands at the NITREX sites …

Controls of nitrogen isotope patterns in soil profiles

EA Hobbie, AP Ouimette - Biogeochemistry, 2009 - Springer
To determine the dominant processes controlling nitrogen (N) dynamics in soils and
increase insights into soil N cycling from nitrogen isotope (δ 15 N) data, patterns of 15 N …

Sinks for nitrogen inputs in terrestrial ecosystems: a meta‐analysis of 15N tracer field studies

PH Templer, MC Mack, FSC III, LM Christenson… - Ecology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Effects of anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition and the ability of terrestrial ecosystems to
store carbon (C) depend in part on the amount of N retained in the system and its …

Nitrogen deposition and forest nitrogen cycling along an urban–rural transect in southern China

Y Fang, M Yoh, K Koba, W Zhu… - Global Change …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing concern over the impact of atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition on forest
ecosystems in the tropical and subtropical areas. In this study, we quantified atmospheric N …