Nitrogen limitation constrains sustainability of ecosystem response to CO2

By Peter B. Reich, S. Hobbie, Tali D. Lee, D. Ellsworth, J. West, David Tilman, J. M H Knops, Shahid Naeem, Jared J. Trost. Nature, 2006

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Soil Science

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Rhizosphere priming: a nutrient perspective (2013, background): “Indeed, elevated CO2 often reduces N availability in the soil (Díaz et al., 1993; Gill et al., 2002; Reich et al., 2006).”
Carbon neutral destinations: a conceptual analysis (2009, background): “…felling, social aspects and the biological preconditions for planting trees in general (e.g. Bäckstrand & Lovbrand, 2006; Benitez, McCallum, Obersteiner, & Yamagata, 2007; Brown & Corbera, 2003; Jackson et al., 2005; Reich et al., 2006; see also Gibbard, Caldeira, Bala, Phillips, & Wickett, 2005).”
Where, when and how plant-soil feedback matters in a changing world (2016, background): “However, in other systems a progressive decrease in nitrogen availability occurs (Luo, Field & Jackson 2006; Reich et al. 2006), apparently because nitrogen is locked-up in additional biomass growth (the so-called CO2-fertilization effect), potentially enhancing plant reliance on root-symbionts…”
Progressive N limitation of plant response to elevated CO2: a microbiological perspective (2006, background): “Also, since mycorrhizae play a major role in plant acquisition of P, Ca and other elements (Blum et al. 2002; Read and Perez-Moreno 2003 ), CO2enhancement of mycorrhizae (Treseder 2004) will presumably enhance plant access to those nutrients, partially relieving nutrient constraints on N fixation.”
Effects of model structural uncertainty on carbon cycle projections: biological nitrogen fixation as a case study (2015, background): “As such, terrestrial C cycle responses to environmental change, like elevated CO2 and/or climate change, may be strongly mediated by N availability (Luo et al 2004, Finzi et al 2006, Reich et al 2006a, Norby and Zak 2011), and particularly inputs of new N (Cleveland et al 2013).”
Nitrogen fixation in legumes and actinorhizal plants in natural ecosystems: values obtained using 15N natural abundance (2011, background): “Low nitrogen (N) availability is often a factor limiting plant growth in terrestrial ecosystems (Vitousek and Howarth 1991; Raven et al. 2004; Reich et al. 2006; Elser et al. 2007; LeBauer and Treseder 2008).”
Biological nitrogen fixation by alternative nitrogenases in terrestrial ecosystems: a review (2020, background): “ability to primary producers strongly shapes the response of ecosystems to climate change (Luo et al. 2004; Reich et al. 2006; Sigurdsson et al. 2013).”
Global annual soil respiration in relation to climate, soil properties and vegetation characteristics: Summary of available data (2014, background): “Decreased precipitation can increase root resistance nd mortality and then decrease Rr (Domec and Gartner, 2003). educed root growth may lead to a decrease in respiration, as hanges in respiration are proportional to changes in plant biomass Reich et al., 2006).”
Global response patterns of terrestrial plant species to nitrogen addition. (2008, background): “The greater responses of plant biomass to N addition together with CO2 enrichment suggest that the capacity of C sequestration in the terrestrial biosphere under elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration can be enhanced by sustainable N supply (Reich et al., 2006).”
Patterns and Mechanisms of Nutrient Resorption in Plants (2015, background): “However, N from biological and atmospheric sources may not keep up with sources of CO2 for plant uptake and use (Hungate et al., 2003; Luo et al., 2004; K€orner et al., 2005; Reich et al., 2006; Norby et al., 2010).”
Metagenomic reconstruction of nitrogen cycling pathways in a CO2-enriched grassland ecosystem (2017, methodology): “Net ammonification and nitrification were measured concurrently in each plot for one-month in situ incubations with a semi-open core method from 0 to 20 cm depth during midsummer of each year (Reich et al., 2001, 2006).”
Microbial processes controlling P availability in forest spodosols as affected by soil depth and soil properties (2012, background): “One of the key-factors involved in the potential for long-term productivity of terrestrial ecosystems is the availability of soil nutrients (Reich et al., 2006).”