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19 Mar 2021
Original research article |
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| 19 Mar 2021
Complex soil food web enhances the association between N mineralization and soybean yield – a model study from long-term application of a conservation tillage system in a black soil of Northeast China
Shixiu Zhang
Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of
Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130012,
China
Liang Chang
Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of
Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130012,
China
Neil B. McLaughlin
Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada
Shuyan Cui
Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang
110016, China
College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China
Haitao Wu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of
Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130012,
China
Donghui Wu
Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of
Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130012,
China
Wenju Liang
Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang
110016, China
Aizhen Liang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of
Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130012,
China
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Frederick Büks and Martin Kaupenjohann
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E. V. Taguas, C. Arroyo, A. Lora, G. Guzmán, K. Vanderlinden, and J. A. Gómez
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A. Kaiser, F. Neugirg, F. Haas, J. Schmidt, M. Becht, and M. Schindewolf
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A. Ola, I. C. Dodd, and J. N. Quinton
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C. Castillo, M. R. James, M. D. Redel-Macías, R. Pérez, and J. A. Gómez
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J. Casalí, R. Giménez, and M. A. Campo-Bescós
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E. A. C. Costantini, A. E. Agnelli, A. Fabiani, E. Gagnarli, S. Mocali, S. Priori, S. Simoni, and G. Valboa
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J. P. van Leeuwen, D. Moraetis, G. J. Lair, J. Bloem, N. P. Nikolaidis, L. Hemerik, and P. C. de Ruiter
SOIL Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/soild-2-187-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/soild-2-187-2015, 2015
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R. Zornoza, J. A. Acosta, F. Bastida, S. G. Domínguez, D. M. Toledo, and A. Faz
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Short summary
Long-term conservation tillage results in more complex and heterogeneous activities of soil organisms relative to conventional tillage. This study used an energetic food web modelling approach to calculate the mineralized N delivered by the whole soil community assemblages and highlighted the essential role of soil food web complexity in coupling N mineralization and soybean yield after a 14-year application of conservation tillage in a black soil of Northeast China.
Long-term conservation tillage results in more complex and heterogeneous activities of soil...
