Anthropogenic activities have increased phosphorus deposition and affected ecosystem
carbon cycles. Although soil respiration (RS) is crucial in driving the global carbon cycle and …

Because the capability of terrestrial ecosystems to fix carbon is constrained by nutrient
availability, understanding how nutrients limit plant growth is a key contemporary question …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 852–862 Abstract Synergistic interactions between multiple
limiting resources are common, highlighting the importance of co‐limitation as a constraint …

Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are essential nutrients for primary producers and
decomposers in terrestrial ecosystems. Although climate change affects terrestrial N cycling …

Plant growth is often co‐limited by nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). Plants might use one
element to acquire another (ie, trading N for P and P for N), which potentially explains …

Soil microorganisms are crucial to indicate ecosystem functions of terrestrial ecosystems.
However, the responses of microbial communities to soil nutrient limitation in desert …

Fertilisation experiments have demonstrated that nutrient availability is a key determinant of
biomass production and carbon sequestration in grasslands. However, the influence of …

The nitrogen (N) cycle is an important part of earth's biogeochemical cycles and N is a
critical element for all life. Whereas the response to N-and more rarely phosphorus, P …

The link between biodiversity and grassland productivity remains a central puzzle for both
theoretical and applied ecologists. Little is known about the response of functional diversity …

Alpine grasslands are vital in regulating carbon balance on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
(QTP) because of the large soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, while persistent disturbance …