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    Exploring the Role of Cryptic Nitrogen Fixers in Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Frontier in Nitrogen Cycling Research

    Biological nitrogen fixation represents the largest natural flux of new nitrogen (N) into terrestrial ecosystems, providing a critical N source to support net primary productivity of both natural and agricultu...

    Cory C. Cleveland, Carla R. G. Reis, Steven S. Perakis, Katherine A. Dynarski in Ecosystems (2022)

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    Decadal-scale decoupling of soil phosphorus and molybdenum cycles by temperate nitrogen-fixing trees

    Symbiotic nitrogen- (N) fixing trees can influence multiple biogeochemical cycles by fixing atmospheric N, which drives net primary productivity and soil carbon (C) and N accumulation, as well as by mobilizing...

    Katherine A. Dynarski, Julie C. Pett-Ridge, Steven S. Perakis in Biogeochemistry (2020)

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    Isotopic constraints on plant nitrogen acquisition strategies during ecosystem retrogression

    Plant root associations with microbes such as mycorrhizal fungi or N-fixing bacteria enable ecosystems to tap pools of nitrogen (N) that might otherwise be inaccessible, including atmospheric N or N in large s...

    Katherine A. Dynarski, Benjamin Z. Houlton in Oecologia (2020)

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    N2-fixation by methanotrophs sustains carbon and nitrogen accumulation in pristine peatlands

    Symbiotic relationships between N2-fixing prokaryotes and their autotrophic hosts are essential in nitrogen (N)-limited ecosystems, yet the importance of this association in pristine boreal peatlands, which store...

    Melanie A. Vile, R. Kelman Wieder, Tatjana Živković, Kimberli D. Scott in Biogeochemistry (2014)