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23 Nov 2016
Research article |
| 23 Nov 2016
Nitrogen addition alters elemental stoichiometry within soil aggregates in a temperate steppe
Jinfei Yin
State Engineering Laboratory of Soil Nutrient Management, Institute
of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
State Engineering Laboratory of Soil Nutrient Management, Institute
of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
Heyong Liu
State Engineering Laboratory of Soil Nutrient Management, Institute
of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
Xue Feng
State Engineering Laboratory of Soil Nutrient Management, Institute
of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
Zhuwen Xu
State Engineering Laboratory of Soil Nutrient Management, Institute
of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
Yong Jiang
State Engineering Laboratory of Soil Nutrient Management, Institute
of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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Solid Earth Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2016-105, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2016-105, 2016
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In this study the features of pedogenic evolution of four soil profiles formed in topographically different positions of the southwestern–northeastern direction were investigated. The results of the study showed a strong relationship between the topography and some of the soil’s morphological, mineralogical, physical and chemical characteristics. Soil depth and physical soil features such as texture, structure and bulk density were found to improve downwards within the toposequence.
Carlos Asensio, Francisco Javier Lozano, Pedro Gallardo, and Antonio Giménez
Solid Earth, 7, 1233–1242, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1233-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1233-2016, 2016
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Climate and soil surface conditions influence the erosive capacity of the wind, causing loss of soil productivity. Wind erosion leads soil drying and its loss of nutrients, and this in turn is conditioned by soil surface compaction. The impact of management on most of soil properties and on its wind erodibility determines agricultural productivity and sustainability. We used a new wind tunnel to evaluate all these acts.
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In this paper we report on changes in elemental stoichiometry as affected by the nitrogen addition effect within three soil aggregate fractions of large macroaggregates (> 2000 μm), small macroaggregates (250–2000 μm), and microaggregates (< 250 μm) in a temperate steppe.
In this paper we report on changes in elemental stoichiometry as affected by the nitrogen...
