Terrestrial ecosystems buffer inputs through storage and recycling of elements

Carbon use efficiency and storage in terrestrial ecosystems.

Eutrophication: impacts of excess nutrient inputs on freshwater, marine, and terrestrial ecosystems.

In the mid-1800s, the agricultural chemist Justus von Liebig demonstrated strong positive relationships between soil nutrient supplies and the growth yields of terrestrial plants, and it has since been found that freshwater and marine plants are equally responsive to nutrient inputs. Anthropogenic inputs of nutrients to the Earth's surface and atmosphere have increased greatly during the past t...

BUFFER ZONES and their MANAGEMENT Policy and Best Practices for terrestrial ecosystems in developing countries

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Sinks for nitrogen inputs in terrestrial ecosystems: a meta-analysis of N tracer field studies

Effects of anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition and the ability of terrestrial ecosystems to store carbon (C) depend in part on the amount of N retained in the system and its partitioning among plant and soil pools. We conducted a meta-analysis of studies at 48 sites across four continents that used enriched N isotope tracers in order to synthesize information about total ecosystem N retention...

Terrestrial Ecosystems and Their Change

P.Ya. Groisman and G. Gutman (eds.), Regional Environmental Changes in Siberia and Their Global Consequences, Springer Environmental Science and Engineering, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-4569-8_6, © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 Abstract This chapter considers the current state of Siberian terrestrial ecosystems, their spatial distribution, and major biometric characteristics. Ongoin...