【💡Editor's Choice】
Biochar addition can enhance #NitrogenUptake of both native and #InvasivePlant species, but cannot alter their competitive superiority in N acquisition and thus growth or shift their N form preferences.

#CoastalWetland | #InterspecificCompetition | #NitrogenForm

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf063

Qian-Wei Li et al. investigated the impact of biochar addition on #NitrogenUptake of invasive Spartina alterniflora and native Phragmites australis under both intra- and #InterspecificCompetition.

#CoastalWetland | #InvasivePlant | #NitrogenForm

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf063

Jian-Guo Ma et al. explored the dissimilar soil nitrogen transformation features of #DominantForage after #IntensiveGrazing on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

#NitrogenUptake | #N2OEmission | #Nitrifier | #UrinePatch

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf043

🔎 #BiocharAddition ➡️ nitrogen competition between #Invasive Spartina alterniflora and native Phragmites australis 🟰 Effects❓

Results:
1️⃣ #InterspecificCompetition: the NO3−-N uptake rate of both⬆️;
2️⃣ Intra- and interspecific competition: the NH4+-N uptake rate of both⬆️.

#CoastalWetland | #NitrogenForm | #NitrogenUptake

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf063

#DominantForage ➡️ Yak urine nitrogen input

Place: Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Research species:
1️⃣ #ElymusNutans (Gramineae)
2️⃣ #KobresiaGraminifolia (Cyperaceae)

Key points:
1️⃣ #NitrogenUptake efficiency;
2️⃣ environmental impacts;
3️⃣ associated microbial dynamics.

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf043