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Regulation of nitrogen fixation from free-living organisms in soil and leaf litter of two tropical forests of the Guiana shield

Leandro Van Langenhove, Thomas Depaepe (UGent) , Sara Vicca, Joke van den Berge, Clement Stahl, Elodie Courtois, James Weedon, Ifigenia Urbina, Oriol Grau, Dolores Asensio, et al.
(2020) PLANT AND SOIL. 450(1-2). p.93-110
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Background and aims Biological fixation of atmospheric nitrogen (N-2) is the main pathway for introducing N into unmanaged ecosystems. While recent estimates suggest that free-living N fixation (FLNF) accounts for the majority of N fixed in mature tropical forests, the controls governing this process are not completely understood. The aim of this study was to quantify FLNF rates and determine its drivers in two tropical pristine forests of French Guiana. Methods We used the acetylene reduction assay to measure FLNF rates at two sites, in two seasons and along three topographical positions, and used regression analyses to identify which edaphic explanatory variables, including carbon (C), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and molybdenum (Mo) content, pH, water and available N and P, explained most of the variation in FLNF rates. Results Overall, FLNF rates were lower than measured in tropical systems elsewhere. In soils seasonal variability was small and FLNF rates differed among topographies at only one site. Water, P and pH explained 24% of the variation. In leaf litter, FLNF rates differed seasonally, without site or topographical differences. Water, C, N and P explained 46% of the observed variation. We found no regulatory role of Mo at our sites. Conclusions Rates of FLNF were low in primary rainforest on poor soils on the Guiana shield. Water was the most important rate-regulating factor and FLNF increased with increasing P, but decreased with increasing N. Our results support the general assumption that N fixation in tropical lowland forests is limited by P availability.
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Plant Science, Soil Science, Free-living nitrogen fixation, Tropical forest, French Guiana, Nutrients, Phosphorus, Molybdenum, SYMBIOTIC DINITROGEN FIXATION, RAIN-FOREST, NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY, ACETYLENE-REDUCTION, SPATIAL VARIATION, PHOSPHORUS, CARBON, LIMITATION, MOLYBDENUM, OXYGEN

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Van Langenhove, Leandro, et al. “Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation from Free-Living Organisms in Soil and Leaf Litter of Two Tropical Forests of the Guiana Shield.” PLANT AND SOIL, vol. 450, no. 1–2, 2020, pp. 93–110, doi:10.1007/s11104-019-04012-1.
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Van Langenhove, L., Depaepe, T., Vicca, S., van den Berge, J., Stahl, C., Courtois, E., … Janssens, I. A. (2020). Regulation of nitrogen fixation from free-living organisms in soil and leaf litter of two tropical forests of the Guiana shield. PLANT AND SOIL, 450(1–2), 93–110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-04012-1
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Van Langenhove, Leandro, Thomas Depaepe, Sara Vicca, Joke van den Berge, Clement Stahl, Elodie Courtois, James Weedon, et al. 2020. “Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation from Free-Living Organisms in Soil and Leaf Litter of Two Tropical Forests of the Guiana Shield.” PLANT AND SOIL 450 (1–2): 93–110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-04012-1.
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Van Langenhove, Leandro, Thomas Depaepe, Sara Vicca, Joke van den Berge, Clement Stahl, Elodie Courtois, James Weedon, Ifigenia Urbina, Oriol Grau, Dolores Asensio, Josep Peñuelas, Pascal Boeckx, Andreas Richter, Dominique Van Der Straeten, and Ivan A. Janssens. 2020. “Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation from Free-Living Organisms in Soil and Leaf Litter of Two Tropical Forests of the Guiana Shield.” PLANT AND SOIL 450 (1–2): 93–110. doi:10.1007/s11104-019-04012-1.
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Van Langenhove L, Depaepe T, Vicca S, van den Berge J, Stahl C, Courtois E, et al. Regulation of nitrogen fixation from free-living organisms in soil and leaf litter of two tropical forests of the Guiana shield. PLANT AND SOIL. 2020;450(1–2):93–110.
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L. Van Langenhove et al., “Regulation of nitrogen fixation from free-living organisms in soil and leaf litter of two tropical forests of the Guiana shield,” PLANT AND SOIL, vol. 450, no. 1–2, pp. 93–110, 2020.
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  title        = {{Regulation of nitrogen fixation from free-living organisms in soil and leaf litter of two tropical forests of the Guiana shield}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-04012-1}},
  volume       = {{450}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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