Summary
Plant communities comprising species with different growth strategies and belonging to different functional groups can ensure stable productivity under variable climatic conditions. However, how plant communities can influence the response of nitrogen (N) cycling, in particular, soil microbial N cycling communities, N leaching and N2O fluxes under flooding, and their capacity to suppress flooding-induced N2O fluxes, remains unresolved. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of different plant communities composed of grasses and/or legumes on N cycling soil microorganisms and N2O fluxes, and how these effects are influenced by flooding. Our field experiment consisted of monocultures and two- and four-species mixtures of two grass and two legume species with different growth strateg
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