Soil δ15N is a better indicator of ecosystem nitrogen cycling than plant δ15N: A global meta-analysis

Autor: Kaihua Liao, Qing Zhu, Xiaoming Lai
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: SOIL. 7:733-742
ISSN: 2199-398X
DOI: 10.5194/soil-7-733-2021
Popis: The nitrogen-15 (15N) natural abundance composition (δ15N) in soils or plants is a useful tool to indicate the openness of ecosystem N cycling. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of the experimental warming on soil and plant δ15N. We applied a global meta-analysis method to synthesize 79 and 76 paired observations of soil and plant δ15N from 20 published studies, respectively. Results showed that the mean effect sizes of the soil and plant δ15N under experimental warming were −0.524 (95 % CI (confidence interval): −0.987 to −0.162) and 0.189 (95 % CI: −0.210 to 0.569), respectively. This indicated that soil δ15N had negative response to warming at the global scale, where warming had no significant effect on plant δ15N. Experimental warming significantly (p3 ∘C in temperature, whereas it significantly (p
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