Effects of mowing and nitrogen addition on the ecosystem C and N pools in a temperate steppe: A case study from northern China

Grasslands, mostly in arid and semiarid regions, play an important role in regulating the dynamics of global terrestrial carbon (C) exchange. However, findings about how global changes affect ecosystem C sequestration are conflicting. To understand how land use and climate change affect ecosystem C and nitrogen (N) pools, this study investigated the effects of mowing and fertilizer on the C and N pools of plants and soil, and on the...