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  Inorganic soil nitrogen under grassland plant communities of different species composition and diversity

Palmborg, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Jumpponen, A., Carlsson, G., Huss-Danell, K., & Högberg, P. (2005). Inorganic soil nitrogen under grassland plant communities of different species composition and diversity. Oikos, 110(2), 271-282.

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Palmborg, C., Author
Scherer-Lorenzen, M.1, Author           
Jumpponen, A., Author
Carlsson, G., Author
Huss-Danell, K., Author
Högberg, P., Author
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1Department Biogeochemical Processes, Prof. E.-D. Schulze, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Society, ou_1497751              

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Free keywords: Biodiversity experiments European grasslands Functional diversity Ecosystem processes Catch crop Productivity Nitrate Legumes Clover Complementarity
 Abstract: We measured aboveground plant biomass and soil inorganic nitrogen pools in a biodiversity experiment in northern Sweden, with plant species richness ranging from 1 to 12 species. In general, biomass increased and nitrate pools decreased with increasing species richness. Transgressive overyielding of mixed plant communities compared to the most productive of the corresponding monocultures occurred in communities with and without legumes. N-2-fixing legumes had a fertilizing function, while non-legumes had a N retaining function. Plant communities with only legumes had a positive correlation between biomass and soil nitrate content, whereas in plant communities without legumes they were negatively correlated. Both nitrate and ammonium soil pools in mixed non-legume communities were approximately equal to the lowest observed in the corresponding monocultures. In mixed legume/non-legume communities, no correlation was found for soil nitrate with either biomass or legume biomass as percentage of total biomass. The idea of complementarity among species in nitrogen acquisition was supported in both pure non-legume and mixed non-legume/legume communities. In the latter, however, facilitation through increased nitrogen availability and retention, was probably dominating. Our results suggest that diversity effects on biomass and soil N pools through resource use complementarity depend on the functional traits of species, especially N-2 fixation or high productivity. [References: 48]

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Publ. Info: Copenhagen : Munksgaard International Publishers
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 110 (2) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 271 - 282 Identifier: CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/110978977736795
ISSN: 1600-0706 (online) 0030-1299 (print)