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Short-term consequences of spatial heterogeneity in soil nitrogen concentrations caused by urine patches of different sizes.

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Short-term consequences of spatial heterogeneity in soil nitrogen concentrations caused by urine patches of different sizes. / Orwin, Kate H.; Bertram, J. E.; Clough, T. J. et al.
In: Applied Soil Ecology, Vol. 42, No. 3, 07.2009, p. 271-278.

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Orwin, KH, Bertram, JE, Clough, TJ, Condron, LM, Sherlock, RR & O'Callaghan, M 2009, 'Short-term consequences of spatial heterogeneity in soil nitrogen concentrations caused by urine patches of different sizes.', Applied Soil Ecology, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 271-278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.05.002

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Orwin, K. H., Bertram, J. E., Clough, T. J., Condron, L. M., Sherlock, R. R., & O'Callaghan, M. (2009). Short-term consequences of spatial heterogeneity in soil nitrogen concentrations caused by urine patches of different sizes. Applied Soil Ecology, 42(3), 271-278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.05.002

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Orwin KH, Bertram JE, Clough TJ, Condron LM, Sherlock RR, O'Callaghan M. Short-term consequences of spatial heterogeneity in soil nitrogen concentrations caused by urine patches of different sizes. Applied Soil Ecology. 2009 Jul;42(3):271-278. doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.05.002

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Orwin, Kate H. ; Bertram, J. E. ; Clough, T. J. et al. / Short-term consequences of spatial heterogeneity in soil nitrogen concentrations caused by urine patches of different sizes. In: Applied Soil Ecology. 2009 ; Vol. 42, No. 3. pp. 271-278.

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title = "Short-term consequences of spatial heterogeneity in soil nitrogen concentrations caused by urine patches of different sizes.",
abstract = "The scale of spatial heterogeneity in soil nitrogen (N) concentrations varies considerably in grazed systems, because grazers vary in the volume of urine they excrete. This could affect how urine-N is processed, and subsequently how much N is lost from the system, as diffusion and plant effects on soil nutrient concentrations can be scale-dependent. Two field experiments were performed; one measured the impact of urine patch size (small, medium or large) on soil inorganic N pools and fluxes over time, and the other assessed whether urine patch size affected plant responses and system N retention even if the same total amount of urine was applied. Soil from inside small urine patches retained inorganic N for shorter amounts of time, resulting in lower plant biomass and N uptake than that inside larger patches. Although system nitrogen retention was not affected by patch size, it appeared that larger patches had a greater potential to lose N due to the longer period over which soil inorganic N concentrations remained high. This suggests that systems grazed by larger organisms are more prone to lose N through patch size effects than those grazed by smaller ones.",
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RIS

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AU - Orwin, Kate H.

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AU - Sherlock, R. R.

AU - O'Callaghan, M.

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N2 - The scale of spatial heterogeneity in soil nitrogen (N) concentrations varies considerably in grazed systems, because grazers vary in the volume of urine they excrete. This could affect how urine-N is processed, and subsequently how much N is lost from the system, as diffusion and plant effects on soil nutrient concentrations can be scale-dependent. Two field experiments were performed; one measured the impact of urine patch size (small, medium or large) on soil inorganic N pools and fluxes over time, and the other assessed whether urine patch size affected plant responses and system N retention even if the same total amount of urine was applied. Soil from inside small urine patches retained inorganic N for shorter amounts of time, resulting in lower plant biomass and N uptake than that inside larger patches. Although system nitrogen retention was not affected by patch size, it appeared that larger patches had a greater potential to lose N due to the longer period over which soil inorganic N concentrations remained high. This suggests that systems grazed by larger organisms are more prone to lose N through patch size effects than those grazed by smaller ones.

AB - The scale of spatial heterogeneity in soil nitrogen (N) concentrations varies considerably in grazed systems, because grazers vary in the volume of urine they excrete. This could affect how urine-N is processed, and subsequently how much N is lost from the system, as diffusion and plant effects on soil nutrient concentrations can be scale-dependent. Two field experiments were performed; one measured the impact of urine patch size (small, medium or large) on soil inorganic N pools and fluxes over time, and the other assessed whether urine patch size affected plant responses and system N retention even if the same total amount of urine was applied. Soil from inside small urine patches retained inorganic N for shorter amounts of time, resulting in lower plant biomass and N uptake than that inside larger patches. Although system nitrogen retention was not affected by patch size, it appeared that larger patches had a greater potential to lose N due to the longer period over which soil inorganic N concentrations remained high. This suggests that systems grazed by larger organisms are more prone to lose N through patch size effects than those grazed by smaller ones.

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KW - N cycling

KW - Heterogeneity

KW - Grazing

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