Nitrogen isotopic composition of plants and soil in an arid mountainous terrain: south slope versus north slope

Chen, Chongjuan; Jia, Yufu; Chen, Yuzhen; Mehmood, Imran; Fang, Yunting; Wang, Guoan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-369-2018

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-369-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-369-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

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17 Jan 2018

Research article |

| 17 Jan 2018

Nitrogen isotopic composition of plants and soil in an arid mountainous terrain: south slope versus north slope

Chongjuan Chen, Yufu Jia, Yuzhen Chen, Imran Mehmood, Yunting Fang, and Guoan Wang

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RC1: 'Nitrogen isotopic composition of plants and soil in an arid mountainous terrain: sunny slope versus shady slope', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Oct 2017
- AC1: 'Response to the comments', Guoan Wang, 14 Nov 2017
RC2: 'Review of Chen et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Oct 2017
- AC2: 'Response to the comments', Guoan Wang, 14 Nov 2017

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (21 Nov 2017) by Sébastien Fontaine

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (24 Nov 2017) by Sébastien Fontaine

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (24 Nov 2017) by Sébastien Fontaine

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (29 Nov 2017)

ED: Publish as is (04 Dec 2017) by Sébastien Fontaine

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The south slope of Tian Shan differs from the north slope in environment. The study showed that leaf δ¹⁵N, soil δ¹⁵N and △δ¹⁵N_leaf-soil on the south slope were greater than those on the north slope. The significant influential factors of leaf and soil δ¹⁵N on the south slope were different from those on the north slope. The results suggested that the south slope has higher soil N transformation rates than the north slope and relationships between leaf and soil δ¹⁵N and environment are localized.