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15N Tracing of Microbial Assimilation, Partitioning and Transport of Fertilisers in Grassland Soils pp 153–188Cite as

Microbial Fertiliser Nitrogen Assimilation in the Field as Compared with the Laboratory Incubation Experiments

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The issue of scale is well-recognised in the determination and modelling of NO3− leaching and indeed, in many other areas of research as almost all observations are strongly affected by the scale(s) at which they are made.

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    Although only mean weekly air temperatures for the region are available, soil temperature is strongly related to air temperature; generally, fluctuations are dampened and responses at 10 cm depth lag 4–6 h behind air temperatures [34]. Thus, as averaging nullifies the greater amplitude of fluctuations in air temperature and the weekly timescale is large in comparison to the response lag, mean weekly soil temperatures are likely to be approximately similar to mean weekly air temperatures and have been considered so in this analysis. Furthermore, it should be noted that local variability may well have more of an impact on the ‘true’ soil temperatures at the site than any differences between air and soil temperatures on a regional scale. As a result, the data presented can only be used to provide some indication of the trends in air/soil temperatures at the site and the actual values recorded may not be representative.

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Charteris, A. (2019). Microbial Fertiliser Nitrogen Assimilation in the Field as Compared with the Laboratory Incubation Experiments. In: 15N Tracing of Microbial Assimilation, Partitioning and Transport of Fertilisers in Grassland Soils. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31057-8_5

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