Supplemental Table Biome Tropical Moist Tropical Moist Tropical Moist Tropical Moist Tropical Moist Tropical Moist Tropical Dry Tropical Dry Tropical Dry Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous Temperate Coniferous Palm et al. 2002 Breuer et al. 2000 Castaldi et al. 2012 Vanitchung et al. 2011 Rodrigues and de Mello 2012 Castaldi et al. 2012 Werner et al. 2007 Erickson et al. 2002 Vanitchung et al. 2011 Frasier et al. 2010 Dannenmann et al. 2007 Bowden et al. 1990, 1991 Jordan et al. 1998 Jordan et al. 1998 Rozenkrantz et al. 2005 Goosens et al. 2001 Groffman et al. 2006 Ambus and Christensen 1995 Dong et al. 1998 Jungkunst et al. 2012 Butterbach-Bahl et al. 2002b Inclan et al. 2012 Inclan et al. 2012 Ullah and Moore 2011 Hopfensperger et al. 2009 Czóbel et al. 2010 Christiansen et al. 2012 Christiansen et al. 2012 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Eickenscheidt and Brumme 2012 Potential Nitrous Oxide Uptake Mean Net Observed Nitrous Oxide Flux µg N m-2 hr-1 µg N m-2 hr-1 2.5 2.7 4 10 1.6 14 7.6 0.4 1 22 12.8 3.7 1.1 2.2 10.9 66.7 15 1.25 0.57 4.5 4.3 11.4 7.7 22 2.7 2.5 24 20 7.54 4.56 6.57 0 1.67 4.06 3.57 0.83 9.1 74.5 26.6 1.2 3 26.6 8.8 0.4 7.3 5.4 3 0.28 7.6 7.6 -7.85 -7.42 8.4 0.09 3.66 5.6 22.3 2.2 4.1 3 0.9 3.4 3.8 3.8 1.59 0.06 0.39 0.7 1.47 0.7 1.14 0.91 Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temeprate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Temperate Coniferous Tundra Tundra Tundra Tropical Grassland Tropical Grassland Tropical Grassland Tropical Grassland Tropical Grasland Ambus and Christensen 1995 Phillips et al. 2001 Goldberg and Gebauer 2009 Butterbach-Bahl et al. 2002a Butterbach-Bahl. 2002a Butterbach-Bahl. 2002b Wu et al. 2010 Rennenberg et al. 1998 Butterbach-Bahl et al. 1998 Butterbach-Bahl et al. 1998 Bowden et al. 1990, 1991 Castro et al. 1992 Inclan et al. 2012 Peichl et al. 2010 Pihlatie et al. 2007 MacDonald et al. 1997 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Morishita et al. 2007 Zhu et al. 2012 Zhu et al. 2012 Zhu et al. 2012 Donoso et al. 1993 Sanhueza et al. 1990 Passianoto et al. 2003 Verchot et al. 1999 Garcia-Mendez et al. 1991 0.83 0 3.6 0.7 4.1 5.4 0.51 3 0 0.5 1.2 6.7 28.2 33.1 7.7 2.88 1.03 3.76 0 0 1.47 2.77 4.57 3.32 1.82 4.47 7.5 2.02 1.25 3.92 1.57 2.17 0 12.55 3.44 1.2 4.1 2.4 12.55 6.53 2.4 10 0.6 8.8 0.75 0.39 4.7 9.7 8.2 13.7 1 7.75 1 0.6 -1.1 3.2 -1.9 0.32 3.42 1.24 0.17 1.69 11.13 6.53 1.21 0.65 0.31 2.76 2.21 0.82 2.12 0.98 8 1.38 12.03 12.46 0.83 0.7 2.04 1.4 1.53 -4.34 6.61 1.6 2.5 1.7 Tropical Grassland Tropical Grassland Temperate Grassland Temperate Grassland Temperate Grassland Temperate Grassland Temperate Grassland Temperate Grassland Temperate Grassland Temperate Grassland Temperate Grassland Temperate Grassland Desert Desert Desert Desert Desert Boreal Forest Boreal Forest Boreal Forest Boreal Forest Boreal Forest Boreal Forest Boreal Forest Boreal Forest Wetland Wetland Wetland Wetland Wetland Tropical Forest Tropical Forest Temperate Deciduous Temperate Coniferous Boreal Forest Tropical Grassland Tropical Grassland Temperate Grassland Desert Wetland Wetland Wetland Bruemmer et al. 2008 Livesley et al. 2011 Brown et al. 2012 Ambus and Christensen 1995 Flechard et al. 2005; 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