Seasonal precipitation and soil microbial community influence plant growth response to warming and N addition in a desert steppe
Yi Zhu, Kailiang Yu, Qian Wu, Xu Cheng, Zhiguo Li, Zhongwu Wang, Mengli Zhao, Andreas Wilkes, Ton Bisselling, Guodong Han, Haiyan Ren
Topics & Concepts
AgronomyEnvironmental scienceBiomass (ecology)EcosystemSteppeMicrobial population biologyNitrogenNitrogen cycleGlobal warmingTerrestrial ecosystemPhotosynthesisPlant communityNitrogen deficiencySoil waterEcologyClimate changeChemistryBiologyBotanySoil scienceSpecies richnessGeneticsBacteriaOrganic chemistrySoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsBiocrusts and Microbial EcologyPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology