Nitrogen saturation and net ecosystem production

An De Schrijver (), Kris Verheyen (), Jan Mertens (), Jeroen Staelens (), Karen Wuyts () and Bart Muys
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An De Schrijver: Laboratory of Forestry, Ghent University
Kris Verheyen: Laboratory of Forestry, Ghent University
Jan Mertens: Laboratory of Forestry, Ghent University
Jeroen Staelens: Laboratory of Forestry, Ghent University
Karen Wuyts: Laboratory of Forestry, Ghent University
Bart Muys: Nature and Landscape, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Nature, 2008, vol. 451, issue 7180, E1-E1

Abstract: Abstract Arising from: F. Magnani et al. Nature 447, 849–851 (2007)10.1038/nature05847 ; Magnani et al. reply Magnani et al.1 found that net carbon (C) sequestration of temperate and boreal forests is clearly driven by nitrogen (N) deposition. From the positive relationship between average net ecosystem production (NEP) and wet N deposition, the authors further conclude that “no signs of N saturation were apparent” in the studied forests and that this is “casting doubts on the risk of widespread ecosystem nitrogen saturation”. Nitrogen additions can clearly alter net ecosystem production, but net ecosystem production cannot be used as an indicator of N saturation.

Date: 2008
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