Impact of different soil erosion levels on gross N transformation processes and gaseous N losses: An incubation study

Soil erosion is a key driver of soil redistribution, often causing nutrient losses from agricultural fields and contributing to nutrient overload in natural ecosystems. The removal of topsoil leads to truncated soil profiles on shoulder slopes, in which the plough can incorporate deeper soil material. This can change soil properties and, thus, alter biogeochemical cycling. We designed a short-term mesocosm experiment to quantify most of the N transformation processes in topsoils of three erosion levels by combining different 15N-tracing techniques. The dataset contains CO₂, N₂O and N₂ fluxes measured under controlled conditions, as well as Ntrace model input data and data on plant fertiliser N uptake. This table contains the index of all tables forming this data collection.

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