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Increased forest ecosystem carbon and nitrogen storage from nitrogen rich bedrock [1]

Nitrogen (N) limits the productivity of many ecosystems worldwide, thereby restricting the ability of terrestrial ecosystems to offset the effects of rising atmospheric CO2 emissions naturally. Understanding input pathways of bioavailable N is therefore paramount for predicting carbon (C) storage on land, particularly in temperate and boreal forests. Paradigms of nutrient cycling and limitation posit that new N enters terrestrial ecosystems solely from the atmosphere. Here we show that bedrock comprises a hitherto overlooked source of ecologically available N to forests.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2011
Scott L. Morford [2], Benjamin Z. Houlton [3], Randy A. Dahlgren [4]
Nature [5]
477
7362
78–81
Tags:
Forests [6], Ecosystems [7], Carbon Dioxide [8], Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx) [9], Carbon Offset [10], Soil Capability [11], Biomass [12], Carbon Sinks [13], Climate Science [14], Carbon Sequestration [15]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/scott-l-morford
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/benjamin-z-houlton
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/randy-dahlgren
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystems
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oxides-nitrogen-nox
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-offset
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-capability
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biomass
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sinks
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-science
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sequestration