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Temperature and leaf form drive contrasting sensitivity to nitrogen deposition across European forests

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: ) while decreasing growth for broadleaved angiosperms. Lower temperatures led to higher growth sensitivity to N deposition in conifers potentially exacerbated by N limitation. In contrast, higher temperatures stimulated growth sensitivity to N deposition for broadleaves. Higher precipitation equally increased N deposition sensitivity in all leaf forms. We conclude that air temperature and leaf form are decisive in disentangling the effect of N deposition in European forests, which provides crucial information to better predict the contribution of N deposition to land carbon sink enhancement.

Source: The Science of The Total Environment

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176904

Authors: Helena Vallicrosa, Kate M. Johnson, Arthur Gessler, Sophia Etzold, Marco Ferretti, Peter Waldner, Charlotte Grossiord

Institutions: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications

Language: English

Topic: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Subfield: Soil Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Life on land

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,990

Funders: National Science Foundation, European Commission, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology

Award: HEAT - Keeping it cool in a Hotter world: brEAking new ground into the drivers and consequences of forest Temperature regulation

OpenAlex ID: W4403347856

FWCI: 1.513

Cites: 65

Cited by: 7

Related to: 10