Global gridded dataset of terrestrial biological nitrogen fixation across natural and agricultural biomes
April 17, 2025
This dataset includes global rasters of terrestrial biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) rates (in kg N/ha/y) for each major N-fixing niche in natural biomes (trees, shrubs, herbs, soil, litter, dead wood, ground mosses, biocrusts, and epiphytic lichens) and agricultural biomes (legume crops, forage legumes, and rice). It also includes total natural terrestrial, total agricultural, and total terrestrial BNF rasters. The dataset contains rasters with central and confidence interval values at 0.004 and 1-degree resolution.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Title | Global gridded dataset of terrestrial biological nitrogen fixation across natural and agricultural biomes |
| DOI | 10.5066/P13THKNR |
| Authors | Carla Ely, Steven Perakis, Cory Cleveland, Duncan Menge, Sasha C Reed, Benton Taylor, Sarah Batterman, Christopher J Clark, Timothy Crews, Katherine Dynarski, Maga Gei, Michael Gundale, Sarah Jovan, Sian Kou-Giesbrecht, Mark Peoples, Emilio Rodríguez-Caballero, Verity Salmon, Fiona Soper, Anika Staccone, Bettina Weber, Christopher K. Williams, Nina Wurzburger |
| Product Type | Data Release |
| Record Source | USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS) |
| USGS Organization | Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC) Headquarters |
| Rights | This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal |
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