Low soil nitrogen accelerates CO2 stimulation of soil respiration in a 12-year experiment

Qun Gao1, Gangsheng Wang2, Yunfeng Yang1, Kai Xue3, Feifei Liu4, He Zhili5, Ning Daliang5, Sarah E Hobbie6, Peter B. Reich7 and Jizhong Zhou5, (1)Tsinghua University, School of Environment, Beijing, China, (2)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, United States, (3)University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (4)Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou, China, (5)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States, (6)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Saint Paul, MN, United States, (7)University of Minnesota Morris, Morris, MN, United States