Top-down and bottom-up controls on soil carbon and nitrogen cycling with repeated burning across four ecosystems
A. F. A. Pellegrini, S. E. Hobbie, P. B. Reich, A. Jumpponen, E. N. J. Brookshire, A. C. Caprio, C. Coetsee, R. B. Jackson
The paper examines how repeated burning affects soil carbon and nitrogen cycling across four ecosystems, finding that fire reduces soil C and N storage and alters enzyme activity, with tree cover influencing decomposition rates.
bioRxiv · Mar 1, 2019 · PreprintEcology