Temporal soil enzyme patterns provide new insights into the nutrient economy of acidic hardwood forests

Smemo, Kurt A.; Petersen, Sheryl M.; Kluber, Laurel A.; Shaw, Alanna N.; DeForest, Jared L.

doi:10.1007/s10533-021-00814-7

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“…Microbes have shown plasticity in their functioning in fertilization experiments in lowland tropical forests (Turner and Wright 2014), suggesting that enzymes are produced according to demand following the theory of enzymatic supply and demand (Box 1.2, Allison et al 2011). In temperate forests, a distinct seasonality has been observed in enzyme activities and nutrient cycling (e.g., Smemo et al 2021) and some first information on tropical seasonality of enzyme activities is emerging (Turner and Wright 2014;Nottingham et al 2020). However, seasonal controls over microbial activity remain unknown to a large extent, especially in tropical forests in which enzymatic seasonality is often not explicitly considered.…”

Section: Microbial Dynamics As Seasonal Drivermentioning

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Seasonality of C, N and P cycling in a tropical Terra Firme forest soil

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��1. The seasonality of biogeochemical processes in tropical forest soils is more pronounced, and therefore more conse�uen�al, than generally recognized. (this thesis) 2. The tropical soil P-cycle depends more on the N-cycle than vice versa.(this thesis) 3. The scien��c value of a �or� increases �ith each contribu�ng co-author. 4. With the gro�ing presence of technology and computa�on in science, e�perimenta�on becomes more valuable. 5. We do not need more informa�on to ma�e be�er decisions. 6. Connec�ng cultures leads to societal progress.

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