Paper on investigating litter decomposition data provides the proof of the “Nitrogen mining” that microbe deompose recalcitrant carbon only under nitrogen limited environment. As the outgrowth, N fertilization can decrease microbial activity and also the decomposition rate, which is to the opposite of our previous understanding.
N fertilization effect on soil decomposition
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