Plant functional groups regulate soil respiration responses to nitrogen addition and mowing over a decade

Nitrogen (N) deposition and land‐use practice (e.g. mowing) could have profound effects on soil respiration. However, the changes in other ecosystem components, such as plant functional groups ( PFG s), may control soil carbon (C) efflux response to long term global change. A 10‐year (2005–2014) field experiment was conducted with both N addition (10 g N m −2 year −1 ) and mowing (once a year) in a northern Chinese temperate grassland. We...