{"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [{"id": "10.1007/s00248-003-9001-x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:14:41Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2004-06-15", "title": "Microbial Community Structure And Oxidative Enzyme Activity In Nitrogen-Amended North Temperate Forest Soils", "description": "Large regions of temperate forest are subject to elevated atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition which can affect soil organic matter dynamics by altering mass loss rates, soil respiration, and dissolved organic matter production. At present there is no general model that links these responses to changes in the organization and operation of microbial decomposer communities. Toward that end, we studied the response of litter and soil microbial communities to high levels of N amendment (30 and 80 kg ha(-1) yr(-1)) in three types of northern temperate forest: sugar maple/basswood (SMBW), sugar maple/red oak (SMRO), and white oak/black oak (WOBO). We measured the activity of extracellular enzymes (EEA) involved directly in the oxidation of lignin and humus (phenol oxidase, peroxidase), and indirectly, through the production of hydrogen peroxide (glucose oxidase, glyoxal oxidase). Community composition was analyzed by extracting and quantifying phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA) from soils. Litter EEA responses at SMBW sites diverged from those at oak-bearing sites (SMRO, BOWO), but the changes were not statistically significant. For soil, EEA responses were consistent across forests types: phenol oxidase and peroxidase activities declined as a function of N dose (33-73% and 5-41%, respectively, depending on forest type); glucose oxidase and glyoxal oxidase activities increased (200-400% and 150-300%, respectively, depending on forest type). Principal component analysis (PCA) ordinated forest types and treatment responses along two axes; factor 1 (44% of variance) was associated with phenol oxidase and peroxidase activities, factor 2 (31%) with glucose oxidase. Microbial biomass did not respond to N treatment, but nine of the 23 PLFA that formed >1 mol% of total biomass showed statistically significant treatment responses. PCA ordinated forest types and treatment responses along three axes (36%, 26%, 12% of variance). EEA factors 1 and 2 correlated negatively with PLFA factor 1 ( r = -0.20 and -0.35, respectively, n = 108) and positively with PLFA factor 3 ( r = +0.36 and +0.20, respectively, n = 108). In general, EEA responses were more strongly tied to changes in bacterial PLFA than to changes in fungal PLFA. Collectively, our data suggests that N inhibition of oxidative activity involves more than the repression of ligninase expression by white-rot basidiomycetes.", "keywords": ["Michigan", "Nitrogen", "Science", "Ecology and Evolutionary Biology", "Nature Conservation", "Microbiology", "Trees", "Soil", "Geoecology/Natural Processes", "Health Sciences", "Cellular and Developmental Biology", "Ecosystem", "Phospholipids", "Soil Microbiology", "2. Zero hunger", "Analysis of Variance", "Principal Component Analysis", "Ecology", "Life Sciences", "Natural Resources and Environment", "Molecular", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Enzymes", "13. 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The objective of this study was to characterize patterns of soil nutrients, soil respiration and N mineralization with stand development, as well as to determine the mechanisms driving those patterns. We measured in situ N mineralization and soil respiration monthly during the 2002 growing season and used multiple regression analysis to determine the important factors controlling these processes. Growing-season soil respiration rates ranged from a low of 156 g C/m2 in the 7-year-old stand to a high of 254 g C/m2 in the 22-year-old stand, but exhibited no clear pattern with stand age. In general, soil respiration rates peaked during the months of July and August when soil temperatures were highest. We used a modified gamma function to model a temporal trend in total N mineralization (total N mineralization=1.853-0.276xagexe-0.814xage; R2=0.381; P=0.002). Total N mineralization decreased from 2.8 g N/m2 in the 1-year-old stand to a minimum value of 0.5 g N/m2 in the 14-year-old stand, and then increased to about 1.5 g N/m2 in mature stands. Changes in total N mineralization were driven by a transient spike in N turnover in the mineral soil immediately after wildfire, followed by a gradual accrual of a slow-cycling pool of N in surface organic horizons as stands matured. Thus, in Michigan jack pine forests, the accumulation of surface organic matter appears to regulate N availability following stand-replacing wildfire.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Michigan", "Time Factors", "Nitrogen", "Climate", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Carbon Dioxide", "15. 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The analysis uses a spatial bioeconomic model that maximizes profit from crop and energy products, subject to the requirement that the biorefinery must be operated at full capacity. The model draws upon biophysical crop input-output coefficients simulated with the Environmental Policy Integrated Climate (EPIC) model as well as market input and output prices, spatial transportation costs, ethanol yields from biomass, and biorefinery capital and operational costs. The model was applied to 82 cropping systems simulated across 37 subwatersheds in a 9-county region of southern Michigan in response to ethanol prices simulated to rise from $1.78 to $3.36 per gallon. Results show that the decentralized local biomass processing depots lead to lower profitability but better environmental performance, due to more reliance on perennial grasses than the centralized biorefinery. Simulated technological improvement that reduces the processing cost and increases the ethanol yield of switchgrass by 17% could cause a shift to more processing of switchgrass, with increased profitability and environmental benefits.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Michigan", "Ethanol", "Biomass production", " bioenergy supply", " cellulosic ethanol", " environmental trade-off analysis", " bioeconomic modeling", " EPIC", " spatial configuration", " local biomass processing", " Crop Production/Industries", " Environmental Economics and Policy", " Production Economics", " Resource /Energy Economics and Policy", " Q16", " Q15", " Q57", " Q18", "", "02 engineering and technology", "Environment", "Models", " Theoretical", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "13. 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Because N deposition commonly increases foliar N concentrations, it is thought that this increase in forest growth is a consequence of enhanced leaf-level photosynthesis. However, tests of this mechanism have been infrequent, and increases in photosynthesis have not been consistently observed in mature forests subject to chronic N deposition. In four mature northern hardwood forests in the north-central United States, chronic N additions (30 kg N ha(-1) yr(-1) as NaNO3 for 14 years) have increased aboveground growth but have not affected canopy leaf biomass or leaf area index. In order to understand the mechanism behind the increases in growth, we hypothesized that the NO3(-) additions increased foliar N concentrations and leaf-level photosynthesis in the dominant species in these forests (sugar maple, Acer saccharum). The NO3(-) additions significantly increased foliar N. However, there was no significant difference between the ambient and +NO3(-) treatments in two seasons (2006-2007) of instantaneous measurements of photosynthesis from either canopy towers or excised branches. In measurements on excised branches, photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency (micromol CO2 s(-1) g(-1) N) was significantly decreased (-13%) by NO3(-) additions. Furthermore, we found no consistent NO3(-) effect across all sites in either current foliage or leaf litter collected annually throughout the study (1993-2007) and analyzed for delta 13C and delta 18O, isotopes that can be used together to integrate changes in photosynthesis over time. We observed a small but significant NO3(-) effect on the average area and mass of individual leaves from the excised branches, but these differences varied by site and were countered by changes in leaf number. These photosynthesis and leaf area data together suggest that NO3(-) additions have not stimulated photosynthesis. There is no evidence that nutrient deficiencies have developed at these sites, so unlike other studies of photosynthesis in N-saturated forests, we cannot attribute the lack of a stimulation of photosynthesis to nutrient limitations. Rather than increases in C assimilation, the observed increases in aboveground growth at our study sites are more likely due to shifts in C allocation.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Carbon Isotopes", "Michigan", "Nitrates", "Time Factors", "Nitrogen", "Acer", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Oxygen Isotopes", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon", "Trees", "Oxygen", "Plant Leaves", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Photosynthesis", "Fertilizers"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1890/10-2076.1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Applications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1890/10-2076.1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1890/10-2076.1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1890/10-2076.1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1023/a:1004518730970", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:17:33Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2002-12-21", "description": "Elevated atmospheric CO2 has the potential to change below-ground nutrient cycling and thereby alter the soil-atmosphere exchange of biogenic trace gases. We measured fluxes of CH4 and N2O in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) stands grown in open-top chambers under ambient and twice-ambient CO2 concentrations crossed with \u2018high\u2019 and low soil-N conditions.", "keywords": ["measurement-", "nitrous-oxide", "flux-", "Vascular-Plants", "poplars-", "carbon-dioxide-enrichment", "photosynthesis-", "Nutrition-", "carbon-dioxide: atmospheric-concentration", "stand-growth", "nitrogen-cycle", "michigan-", "methane-: flux-", "soil-", "nitrogen-", "Populus-tremuloides [aspen-] (Salicaceae-)", "carbon-cycle", "methane-production", "soil-fertility", "Salicaceae-: Dicotyledones-", "populus-tremuloides", "cycling-", "Spermatophytes-", "Spermatophyta-", "Plantae-", "biological-activity-in-soil", "Climatology- (Environmental-Sciences)", "Angiosperms-", "Angiospermae-", "Plants-", "gases-", "oxidation-", "forest-soils", "methane-", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "GLOBAL-ECOLOGY", "15. 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An alternative is to grow lignocellulosic (cellulosic) crops on 'marginal' lands. Cellulosic feedstocks can have positive environmental outcomes and could make up a substantial proportion of future energy portfolios. However, the availability of marginal lands for cellulosic feedstock production, and the resulting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, remains uncertain. Here we evaluate the potential for marginal lands in ten Midwestern US states to produce sizeable amounts of biomass and concurrently mitigate GHG emissions. In a comparative assessment of six alternative cropping systems over 20 years, we found that successional herbaceous vegetation, once well established, has a direct GHG emissions mitigation capacity that rivals that of purpose-grown crops (-851\u2009\u00b1\u200946 grams of CO(2) equivalent emissions per square metre per year (gCO(2)e\u2009m(-2)\u2009yr(-1))). If fertilized, these communities have the capacity to produce about 63\u2009\u00b1\u20095 gigajoules of ethanol energy per hectare per year. By contrast, an adjacent, no-till corn-soybean-wheat rotation produces on average 41\u2009\u00b1\u20091 gigajoules of biofuel energy per hectare per year and has a net direct mitigation capacity of -397\u2009\u00b1\u200932\u2009gCO(2)e\u2009m(-2)\u2009yr(-1); a continuous corn rotation would probably produce about 62\u2009\u00b1\u20097 gigajoules of biofuel energy per hectare per year, with 13% less mitigation. We also perform quantitative modelling of successional vegetation on marginal lands in the region at a resolution of 0.4 hectares, constrained by the requirement that each modelled location be within 80 kilometres of a potential biorefinery. Our results suggest that such vegetation could produce about 21 gigalitres of ethanol per year from around 11 million hectares, or approximately 25 per cent of the 2022 target for cellulosic biofuel mandated by the US Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, with no initial carbon debt nor the indirect land-use costs associated with food-based biofuels. Other regional-scale aspects of biofuel sustainability, such as water quality and biodiversity, await future study.", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "Greenhouse Effect", "2. Zero hunger", "Fossil Fuels", "Michigan", "Ethanol", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "01 natural sciences", "Environmental Policy", "Midwestern United States", "12. Responsible consumption", "13. Climate action", "Biofuels", "11. Sustainability", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Biomass", "Renewable Energy", "Cellulose", "Carbon Footprint", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11811"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Nature", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1038/nature11811", "name": "item", "description": "10.1038/nature11811", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1038/nature11811"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1046/j.1365-2486.2001.00388.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:17:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2003-03-11", "title": "Chemistry And Decomposition Of Litter From Populus Tremuloides Michaux Grown At Elevated Atmospheric Co2 And Varying N Availability", "description": "Summary<p>It has been hypothesized that greater production of total nonstructural carbohydrates (TNC) in foliage grown under elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) will result in higher concentrations of defensive compounds in tree leaf litter, possibly leading to reduced rates of decomposition and nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems of the future. To evaluate the effects of elevated atmospheric CO2on litter chemistry and decomposition, we performed a 111 day laboratory incubation with leaf litter of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloidesMichaux) produced at 36\uffe2\uff80\uff83Pa and 56\uffe2\uff80\uff83Pa CO2and two levels of soil nitrogen (N) availability. Decomposition was quantified as microbially respired CO2and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in soil solution, and concentrations of nonstructural carbohydrates, N, carbon (C), and condensed tannins were monitored throughout the incubation. Growth under elevated atmospheric CO2did not significantly affect initial litter concentrations of TNC, N, or condensed tannins. Rates of decomposition, measured as both microbially respired CO2and DOC did not differ between litter produced under ambient and elevated CO2. Total C lost from the samples was 38\uffe2\uff80\uff83mg\uffe2\uff80\uff83g\uffe2\uff88\uff921litter as respired CO2and 138\uffe2\uff80\uff83mg\uffe2\uff80\uff83g\uffe2\uff88\uff921litter as DOC, suggesting short\uffe2\uff80\uff90term pulses of dissolved C in soil solution are important components of the terrestrial C cycle. We conclude that litter chemistry and decomposition in trembling aspen are minimally affected by growth under higher concentrations of CO2.</p>", "keywords": ["Ecology and Evolutionary Biology", "carbohydrates", "Quaking aspen", "forest-soil", "litter-plant", "nitrogen", "nitrogen-", "Microlysimeter", "soil-chemistry", "cycling-", "populus-tremuloides", "Geology and Earth Sciences", "Soil Carbon", "Microbiology of soils", "Carbon cycle", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "GLOBAL-ECOLOGY", "chemical-composition", "Organic-matter", "soil-solution", "nutrient-availability", "Tannin", "leaf-litter", "Science", "decomposition-", "Nutrient enrichment", "Carbohydrates", "carbohydrates-", "respiration-", "carbon-dioxide-enrichment", "Nitrogen in soil", "michigan-", "carbon sinks", "C", "Nutrient budget of forests", "Litter", "Populus tremuloides", "Global Change", "tannins-", "Decomposition", "forest-litter", "Foliage", "Carbon dioxide effects on forest litter", "Climatic changes", "15. Life on land", "carbon-nitrogen-ratio", "Forest litter decomposition", "N Ratio", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "microbial-activities", "nitrogen-content"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2486.2001.00388.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1046/j.1365-2486.2001.00388.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1046/j.1365-2486.2001.00388.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1046/j.1365-2486.2001.00388.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2001-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1093/ee/nvw139", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:18:24Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-10-16", "title": "The Effect Of Conservation Tillage And Cover Crop Residue On Beneficial Arthropods And Weed Seed Predation In Acorn Squash", "description": "Conservation tillage combined with cover crops or mulching may enhance natural enemy activity in agroecosystems by reducing soil disturbance and increasing habitat structural complexity. In particular, weed seed predation can increase with vegetation cover and reduced tillage, indicating that mulches may improve the quality of the habitat for weed seed foraging. The purpose of this study was to quantify the effects of tillage and mulching for conservation biological control in cucurbit fields. The effects of mulch and reduced tillage on arthropods and rates of weed seed loss from arenas were examined in field trials on sandy soils in 2014 and 2015. Experimental factors included tillage and cover crop, each with two levels: strip-tillage or full-tillage, and cover crop mulch (rye residue) or no cover crop mulch (unmulched). Arthropod abundance on the crop foliage was not affected by tillage or cover crops. Contrary to expectations, epigeal natural enemies of insects and rates of weed seed removal either did not respond to treatments or were greater in full-tilled plots and plots without mulch. Our study demonstrates the potential importance of weed seed predators in reducing weed seedbanks in vegetable agroecosystems, and suggests that early-season tillage may not be detrimental to epigeal predator assemblages.", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Michigan", "Food Chain", "Plant Weeds", "Agriculture", "Biodiversity", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Cucurbita", "Seeds", "Animals", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Herbivory", "Arthropods", "Ecosystem"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Daniel C. Brainard, Zsofia Szendrei, Nicole F. Quinn, Nicole F. Quinn,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvw139"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Entomology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1093/ee/nvw139", "name": "item", "description": "10.1093/ee/nvw139", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1093/ee/nvw139"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-10-15T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ele.12453", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:18:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-05-25", "title": "Crop Rotational Diversity Enhances Belowground Communities And Functions In An Agroecosystem", "description": "Abstract<p>Biodiversity loss, an important consequence of agricultural intensification, can lead to reductions in agroecosystem functions and services. Increasing crop diversity through rotation may alleviate these negative consequences by restoring positive aboveground\uffe2\uff80\uff93belowground interactions. Positive impacts of aboveground biodiversity on belowground communities and processes have primarily been observed in natural systems. Here, we test for the effects of increased diversity in an agroecosystem, where plant diversity is increased over time through crop rotation. As crop diversity increased from one to five species, distinct soil microbial communities were related to increases in soil aggregation, organic carbon, total nitrogen, microbial activity and decreases in the carbon\uffe2\uff80\uff90to\uffe2\uff80\uff90nitrogen acquiring enzyme activity ratio. This study indicates positive biodiversity\uffe2\uff80\uff93function relationships in agroecosystems, driven by interactions between rotational and microbial diversity. By increasing the quantity, quality and chemical diversity of residues, high diversity rotations can sustain soil biological communities, with positive effects on soil organic matter and soil fertility.</p>", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "2. Zero hunger", "Michigan", "Soil", "Nitrogen", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Agriculture", "Biodiversity", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Biogeochemistry", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "Soil Microbiology"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12453"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecology%20Letters", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ele.12453", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ele.12453", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ele.12453"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-05-25T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.12216", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:18:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-04-04", "title": "Initial Nitrous Oxide, Carbon Dioxide, And Methane Costs Of Converting Conservation Reserve Program Grassland To Row Crops Under No-Till Vs. Conventional Tillage", "description": "Abstract<p>Around 4.4 million\uffc2\uffa0ha of land in USDA Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts will expire between 2013 and 2018 and some will likely return to crop production. No\uffe2\uff80\uff90till (NT) management offers the potential to reduce the global warming costs of CO2, CH4, and N2O emissions during CRP conversion, but to date there have been no CRP conversion tillage comparisons. In 2009, we converted portions of three 9\uffe2\uff80\uff9321\uffc2\uffa0ha CRP fields in Michigan to conventional tillage (CT) or NT soybean production and reserved a fourth field for reference. Both CO2 and N2O fluxes increased following herbicide application in all converted fields, but in the CT treatment substantial and immediate N2O and CO2 fluxes occurred after tillage. For the initial 201\uffe2\uff80\uff90day conversion period, average daily N2O fluxes (g N2O\uffe2\uff80\uff90N\uffc2\uffa0ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffc2\uffa0d\uffe2\uff88\uff921) were significantly different in the order: CT (47.5\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa06.31, n\uffc2\uffa0=\uffc2\uffa06)\uffc2\uffa0\uffe2\uff89\uffab\uffc2\uffa0NT (16.7\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa02.45, n\uffc2\uffa0=\uffc2\uffa06)\uffc2\uffa0\uffe2\uff89\uffab\uffc2\uffa0reference (2.51\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa00.73, n\uffc2\uffa0=\uffc2\uffa04). Similarly, soil CO2 fluxes in CT were 1.2 times those in NT and 3.1 times those in the unconverted CRP reference field. All treatments were minor sinks for CH4 (\uffe2\uff88\uff920.69\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa00.42 to \uffe2\uff88\uff921.86\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb1\uffc2\uffa00.37\uffc2\uffa0g CH4\uffe2\uff80\uff93C\uffc2\uffa0ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffc2\uffa0d\uffe2\uff88\uff921) with no significant differences among treatments. The positive global warming impact (GWI) of converted soybean fields under both CT (11.5 Mg CO2e\uffc2\uffa0ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921) and NT (2.87 Mg CO2e\uffc2\uffa0ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921) was in contrast to the negative GWI of the unconverted reference field (\uffe2\uff88\uff923.5 Mg CO2e\uffc2\uffa0ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921) with on\uffe2\uff80\uff90going greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation. N2O contributed 39.3% and 55.0% of the GWI under CT and NT systems with the remainder contributed by CO2 (60.7% and 45.0%, respectively). Including foregone mitigation, we conclude that NT management can reduce GHG costs by ~60% compared to CT during initial CRP conversion.</p>", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "Greenhouse Effect", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Michigan", "Nitrous Oxide", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Carbon Dioxide", "15. Life on land", "Primary Research Articles", "6. Clean water", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Methane"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12216"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/gcb.12216", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/gcb.12216", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/gcb.12216"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-05-02T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02150.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:18:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-07-10", "title": "Decline Of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi In Northern Hardwood Forests Exposed To Chronic Nitrogen Additions", "description": "Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are important below-ground carbon (C) sinks that can be sensitive to increased nitrogen (N) availability. The abundance of AM fungi (AMF) was estimated in maple (Acer spp.) fine roots following more than a decade of experimental additions of N designed to simulate chronic atmospheric N deposition. Abundance of AMF was measured by staining and ocular estimation, as well as by analyzing for the AMF indicator fatty acid 16:1omega5c in phospholipid (biomass indicator) and neutral lipid (lipid storage indicator) fractions. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal biomass, storage structures and lipid storage declined in response to N addition measured by both methods. This pattern was found when AM response was characterized as colonization intensity, on an areal basis and in proportion to maple above-ground biomass. The phospholipid fraction of the fatty acid 16:1omega5c was positively correlated with total AMF colonization and the neutral lipid fraction with vesicle colonization. Decreased AMF abundance with simulated N deposition suggests reduced C allocation to these fungi or a direct soil N-mediated decline. The fatty acid (phospholipid and neutral lipid fractions) 16:1omega5c was found to be a good indicator for AMF active biomass and stored energy, respectively.", "keywords": ["Michigan", "Nitrogen", "Mycorrhizae", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Acer", "Biomass", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Lipid Metabolism", "Plant Roots", "Carbon", "Trees"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02150.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/New%20Phytologist", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02150.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02150.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02150.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-08-13T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00409.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:19:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-08-15", "title": "Effects Of An Invasive Cattail Species (Typha X Glauca) On Sediment Nitrogen And Microbial Community Composition In A Freshwater Wetland", "description": "Sediments from Cheboygan Marsh, a coastal freshwater wetland on Lake Huron that has been invaded by an emergent exotic plant, Typhaxglauca, were examined to assess the effects of invasion on wetland nutrient levels and sediment microbial communities. Comparison of invaded and uninvaded zones of the marsh indicated that the invaded zone showed significantly lower plant diversity, as well as significantly higher aboveground plant biomass and soil organic matter. The sediments in the invaded zone also showed dramatically higher concentrations of soluble nutrients, including greater than 10-fold higher soluble ammonium, nitrate, and phosphate, which suggests that Typhaxglauca invasion may be impacting the wetland's ability to remove nutrients. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses revealed significant differences in the composition of total bacterial communities (based on 16S-rRNA genes) and denitrifier communities (based on nirS genes) between invaded and uninvaded zones. This shift in denitrifiers in the sediments may be ecologically significant due to the critical role that denitrifying bacteria play in removal of nitrogen by wetlands.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Geologic Sediments", "Michigan", "Bacteria", "Geography", "Nitrogen", "Fresh Water", "Plants", "15. Life on land", "Bacterial Physiological Phenomena", "Typhaceae", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "13. Climate action", "Environmental Microbiology", "Ecosystem", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00409.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/FEMS%20Microbiology%20Letters", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00409.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00409.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00409.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1128/aem.03393-12", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:19:11Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-12-16", "title": "Functional Gene Differences In Soil Microbial Communities From Conventional, Low-Input, And Organic Farmlands", "description": "ABSTRACT           <p>             Various agriculture management practices may have distinct influences on soil microbial communities and their ecological functions. In this study, we utilized GeoChip, a high-throughput microarray-based technique containing approximately 28,000 probes for genes involved in nitrogen (N)/carbon (C)/sulfur (S)/phosphorus (P) cycles and other processes, to evaluate the potential functions of soil microbial communities under conventional (CT), low-input (LI), and organic (ORG) management systems at an agricultural research site in Michigan. Compared to CT, a high diversity of functional genes was observed in LI. The functional gene diversity in ORG did not differ significantly from that of either CT or LI. Abundances of genes encoding enzymes involved in C/N/P/S cycles were generally lower in CT than in LI or ORG, with the exceptions of genes in pathways for lignin degradation, methane generation/oxidation, and assimilatory N reduction, which all remained unchanged. Canonical correlation analysis showed that selected soil (bulk density, pH, cation exchange capacity, total C, C/N ratio, NO             3             \uffe2\uff88\uff92             , NH             4             +             , available phosphorus content, and available potassium content) and crop (seed and whole biomass) variables could explain 69.5% of the variation of soil microbial community composition. Also, significant correlations were observed between NO             3             \uffe2\uff88\uff92             concentration and denitrification genes, NH             4             +             concentration and ammonification genes, and N             2             O flux and denitrification genes, indicating a close linkage between soil N availability or process and associated functional genes.           </p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Michigan", "Nitrogen", "Agriculture", "Phosphorus", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Microarray Analysis", "Biota", "Carbon", "Soil", "Genes", " Bacterial", "Metagenome", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Metabolic Networks and Pathways", "Soil Microbiology", "Sulfur"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.03393-12"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20and%20Environmental%20Microbiology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1128/aem.03393-12", "name": "item", "description": "10.1128/aem.03393-12", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1128/aem.03393-12"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-02-15T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1139/x92-146", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:19:16Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-12-18", "title": "Carbon Storage In Lake States Aspen Ecosystems", "description": "<p> Total ecosystem carbon in the soil and vegetation was measured for a range of aspen (Populustremuloides Michx.) ecosystems, including a chronosequence on the same soil ranging in age from 0 to 80 years. Soil carbon stayed relatively constant throughout the stand's life and was not affected by timber harvesting. Changes in ecosystem carbon closely paralleled the changes in standing biomass. Aspen grown on 40-year rotations on good soils will sequester several times as much carbon per year as old-growth forests. </p>", "keywords": ["Management Options", "0106 biological sciences", "Michigan", "Spermatophyta", "Angiosperms", "Broadleaves", "wisconsin", "aspen", "Minnesota", "01 natural sciences", "Dicots", "forest succession", "Spermatophytes", "Populus tremuloides", "Biomass", "Plantae", "Forest Sciences", "USA", "Vascular Plants", "Salicaceae: Dicotyledones", "carbon", "Rotation Length", "age of trees", "Forestry", "Carbon cycle", "plant succession", "Plants", "Timber Harvest", "forest ecosystem", "carbon storage", "15. Life on land", "Angiospermae", "Chronosequence Soil Carbon", "ecosystems"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Alban, David H., Perala, D.A.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1139/x92-146"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Canadian%20Journal%20of%20Forest%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1139/x92-146", "name": "item", "description": "10.1139/x92-146", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1139/x92-146"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "1992-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1890/03-5120", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:20:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-06-06", "title": "Nitrogen Deposition Modifies Soil Carbon Storage Through Changes In Microbial Enzymatic Activity", "description": "<p>Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition derived from fossil\uffe2\uff80\uff90fuel combustion, land clearing, and biomass burning is occurring over large geographical regions on nearly every continent. Greater ecosystem N availability can result in greater aboveground carbon (C) sequestration, but little is understood as to how soil C storage could be altered by N deposition. High concentrations of inorganic N accelerate the degradation of easily decomposable litter and slow the decomposition of recalcitrant litter containing large amounts of lignin. This pattern has been attributed to stimulation or repression of different sets of microbial extracellular enzymes. We hypothesized that soil C cycling in forest ecosystems with markedly different litter chemistry and decomposition rates would respond to anthropogenic N deposition in a manner consistent with the biochemical composition of the dominant vegetation. Specifically, oak\uffe2\uff80\uff90dominated ecosystems with low litter quality should gain soil C, and sugar maple ecosystems with high litter quality should lose soil C in response to high levels of N deposition (80 kg N\uffc2\uffb7ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffc2\uffb7yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921). Consistent with this hypothesis, we observed over a three\uffe2\uff80\uff90year period a significant loss of soil C (20%) from a sugar maple\uffe2\uff80\uff90dominated ecosystem and a significant gain (10%) in soil C in an oak\uffe2\uff80\uff90dominated ecosystem, a result that appears to be mediated by the regulation of the microbial extracellular enzyme phenol oxidase. Elevated N deposition resulted in changes in soil carbon that were ecosystem specific and resulted from the divergent regulatory control of microbial extracellular enzymes by soil N availability.</p>", "keywords": ["forests", "13. Climate action", "Science", "Ecology and Evolutionary Biology", "soil enzyme activities", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "northern temperate", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Michigan (USA)", "carbon sequestration", "N deposition"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Waldrop, Mark P., Zak, Donald R., Sinsabaugh, Robert L., Gallo, Marcy, Lauber, Chris,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1890/03-5120"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Applications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1890/03-5120", "name": "item", "description": "10.1890/03-5120", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1890/03-5120"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2004-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1890/09-0064.1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-07-25T16:20:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-04-09", "title": "Scaling Plant Nitrogen Use And Uptake Efficiencies In Response To Nutrient Addition In Peatlands", "description": "<p>Nitrogen (N) is the primary growth\uffe2\uff80\uff90limiting nutrient in many terrestrial ecosystems, and therefore plant production per unit N taken up (i.e., N use efficiency, NUE) is a fundamentally important component of ecosystem function. Nitrogen use efficiency comprises two components: N productivity (AN, plant production per peak biomass N content) and the mean residence time of N in plant biomass (MRTN). We utilized a five\uffe2\uff80\uff90year fertilization experiment to examine the manner in which increases in N and phosphorus (P) availability affected plant NUE at multiple biological scales (i.e., from leaf to community level). We fertilized a natural gradient of nutrient\uffe2\uff80\uff90limited peatland ecosystems in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA, with 6 g N\uffc2\uffb7m\uffe2\uff88\uff922\uffc2\uffb7yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921, 2 g P\uffc2\uffb7m\uffe2\uff88\uff922\uffc2\uffb7yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921, or a combination of N and P. Our objectives were to determine how changes in carbon and N allocation within a plant to leaf and woody tissue and changes in species composition within a community, both above\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and belowground, would affect (1) NUE; (2) the adaptive trade\uffe2\uff80\uff90off between the components of NUE; (3) the efficiency with which plants acquired N from the soil (N uptake efficiency); and (4) plant community production per unit soil N availability (N response efficiency, NRE). As expected, N and P addition generally increased aboveground production and N uptake. In particular, P availability strongly affected the way in which plants took up and used N. Nitrogen use efficiency response to nutrient addition was not straightforward. Nitrogen use efficiency differed between leaf and woody tissue, among species, and across the ombrotrophic\uffe2\uff80\uff93minerotrophic gradient because plants and communities were adapted to maximize eitherANor MRTN, but not both concurrently. Increased N availability strongly decreased plant and community N uptake efficiency, while increased P availability increased N uptake efficiency, particularly in a nitrogen\uffe2\uff80\uff90fixing shrub. Nitrogen uptake efficiency was more important in controlling overall plant community response to soil N availability than was NUE, and above\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and belowground community N uptake efficiencies responded to nutrient addition in a similar manner. Our results demonstrate that plants respond to nutrient availability at multiple biological scales, and we suggest that N uptake efficiency may be a more representative measurement of plant responses to nutrient availability gradients than plant NUE.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Michigan", "Nitrogen", "Phosphorus", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Plants", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "Wetlands", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Biomass", "Fertilizers"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1890/09-0064.1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1890/09-0064.1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1890/09-0064.1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1890/09-0064.1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1890/10-0426.1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:20:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-12-17", "title": "Consistent Effects Of Nitrogen Fertilization On Soil Bacterial Communities In Contrasting Systems", "description": "<p>Ecosystems worldwide are receiving increasing amounts of reactive nitrogen (N) through anthropogenic activities. Although the effects of increased N inputs on plant communities have been reasonably well studied, few comparable studies have examined impacts on whole soil bacterial communities, though they play critical roles in ecosystem functioning. We sampled soils from two long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term ecological research (LTER) experimental N gradients, both of which have been amended with NH4NO3; a grassland at Cedar Creek (27 years of N additions) and an agricultural field at Kellogg Biological Station (8 years of N additions). By examining shifts in bacterial communities across these contrasting ecosystem types, we could test competing hypotheses about the direct and indirect factors that might drive bacterial responses to elevated N inputs. Bacterial community structure was highly responsive to N additions. We observed predictable and consistent changes in the structure of the bacterial communities across both ecosystem types. Our results suggest that bacterial communities across these gradients are more structured by N and/or soil carbon availability than by shifts in the plant community or soil pH associated with the elevated nitrogen inputs. In contrast to the pronounced shifts in bacterial community composition and in direct contrast to the patterns often observed in plant communities, increases in N availability did not have consistent effects on the richness and diversity of soil bacterial communities.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Michigan", "Bacteria", "Nitrogen", "Minnesota", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "RNA", " Bacterial", "13. Climate action", "RNA", " Ribosomal", " 16S", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Fertilizers", "Ecosystem", "Phylogeny", "Soil Microbiology"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1890/10-0426.1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1890/10-0426.1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1890/10-0426.1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1890/10-0426.1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2134/jeq2005.0166", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-25T16:20:13Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-07-07", "description": "ABSTRACT<p>No\uffe2\uff80\uff90till cropping can increase soil C stocks and aggregation but patterns of long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term changes in N2O emissions, soil N availability, and crop yields still need to be resolved. We measured soil C accumulation, aggregation, soil water, N2O emissions, soil inorganic N, and crop yields in till and no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till corn\uffe2\uff80\uff93soybean\uffe2\uff80\uff93wheat rotations between 1989 and 2002 in southwestern Michigan and investigated whether tillage effects varied over time or by crop. Mean annual NO3\uffe2\uff88\uff92concentrations in no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till were significantly less than in conventional till in three of six corn years and during one year of wheat production. Yields were similar in each system for all 14 years but three, during which yields were higher in no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till, indicating that lower soil NO3\uffe2\uff88\uff92concentrations did not result in lower yields. Carbon accumulated in no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till soils at a rate of 26 g C m\uffe2\uff88\uff922yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921over 12 years at the 0\uffe2\uff80\uff90 to 5\uffe2\uff80\uff90cm soil depth. Average nitrous oxide emissions were similar in till (3.27 \uffc2\uffb1 0.52 g N ha d\uffe2\uff88\uff921) and no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till (3.63 \uffc2\uffb1 0.53 g N ha d\uffe2\uff88\uff921) systems and were sufficient to offset 56 to 61% of the reduction in CO2equivalents associated with no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till C sequestration. After controlling for rotation and environmental effects by normalizing treatment differences between till and no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till systems we found no significant trends in soil N, N2O emissions, or yields through time. In our sandy loam soils, no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till cropping enhances C storage, aggregation, and associated environmental processes with no significant ecological or yield tradeoffs.</p>", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "2. Zero hunger", "Michigan", "Time Factors", "Nitrogen", "Nitrous Oxide", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Biogeochemistry", "Carbon Dioxide", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "13. 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