The negative consequences of increased nitrogen (N) supply for plant communities and soil chemistry are well known
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The gap
Although the negative consequences of increased nitrogen (N) supply for plant communities and soil chemistry are well known, most studies have focused on mesic grasslands, and the fate of added N in arid and semi-arid ecosystems remains unc
Evidence profile
Sourced from the abstract and future-work section of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 10 times in total.
Research trend
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Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps
- Asymmetric Response of Grassland Greenhouse Gases to Nitrogen Addition: A Global Meta-Analysis (2025) · Agronomy · cited 6× · doi
Our findings indicate that the pronounced and consistent increase in N2O emissions is the dominant factor in GHG-related impacts in grasslands, implying a net positive climate forcing in grasslands from N enrichment, even if there is insufficient data to calculate net climate forcing directly.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: grasslands climate forcing indicate pronounced consistent increase emissions dominant factor related impacts implying positive enrichment - N2O emission factors across a gradient of pasture intensification in Highlands of Southern Brazil: Towards regionalizing greenhouse gas inventories (2026) · Scientific Reports · doi
further studies are needed to validate the findings in other regions and environments, - research should focus on developing regionally calibrated emission factors for subtropical grazing systems, - investigations into the effects of other management practices on N2O emissions are necessary
generalfuture-work sectionevidence 3/5Keywords: further studies needed validate findings other regions environments - Long-term fertilization increases soil but not plant or microbial N in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland (2024) · Biogeosciences · cited 4× · doi
Although the negative consequences of increased nitrogen (N) supply for plant communities and soil chemistry are well known, most studies have focused on mesic grasslands, and the fate of added N in arid and semi-arid ecosystems remains unclear.
generalabstractevidence 2/5Keywords: arid negative consequences increased nitrogen supply plant communities soil chemistry well known focused mesic grasslands
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