Communications Earth & Environment (Dec 2021)

Past climate conditions predict the influence of nitrogen enrichment on the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration

  • Peng Tian,
  • Shengen Liu,
  • Xuechao Zhao,
  • Zhaolin Sun,
  • Xiong Yao,
  • Shuli Niu,
  • Thomas W. Crowther,
  • Qingkui Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00324-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Temperature and precipitation patterns during the Last Glacial Maximum are better predictors of global-scale variations in the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration in response to nitrogen enrichment than contemporary climate, according to a global meta-analysis and structural equation model.