Plant responses to nutrient addition experiments conducted in tropical forests

SJ Wright - Ecological Monographs, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
I present a meta‐analysis of plant responses to 48 nutrient addition experiments conducted
with native species in naturally growing tropical forests, exclusive of mangrove forests. The …

Global leaf nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry and their scaling exponent

D Tian, Z Yan, KJ Niklas, W Han, J Kattge… - National Science …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Leaf nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations constrain photosynthetic and
metabolic processes, growth and the productivity of plants. Their stoichiometry and scaling …

Global patterns of terrestrial nitrogen and phosphorus limitation

E Du, C Terrer, AFA Pellegrini, A Ahlström… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) limitation constrains the magnitude of terrestrial carbon
uptake in response to elevated carbon dioxide and climate change. However, global maps …

Soil parent material—A major driver of plant nutrient limitations in terrestrial ecosystems

L Augusto, DL Achat, M Jonard, D Vidal… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Nitrogen deposition is the most important environmental driver of growth of pure, even-aged and managed European forests

S Etzold, M Ferretti, GJ Reinds, S Solberg… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Changing environmental conditions may substantially interact with site quality and forest
stand characteristics, and impact forest growth and carbon sequestration. Understanding the …

Environmental versus phylogenetic controls on leaf nitrogen and phosphorous concentrations in vascular plants

D Tian, Z Yan, B Schmid, J Kattge, J Fang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Global patterns of leaf nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) stoichiometry have been interpreted
as reflecting phenotypic plasticity in response to the environment, or as an overriding effect …

Microbial nitrogen and phosphorus co‐limitation across permafrost region

D Zhang, L Wang, S Qin, D Kou, S Wang… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The status of plant and microbial nutrient limitation have profound impacts on ecosystem
carbon cycle in permafrost areas, which store large amounts of carbon and experience …

Can enzymatic stoichiometry be used to determine growth-limiting nutrients for microorganisms?-A critical assessment in two subtropical soils

C Rosinger, J Rousk, H Sandén - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
The measurement of potential enzymatic activities has been proposed as an efficient
method to infer nutrient limitations for microorganisms in environmental samples. To validate …

Rapid responses of root traits and productivity to phosphorus and cation additions in a tropical lowland forest in Amazonia

LF Lugli, JS Rosa, KM Andersen, R Di Ponzio… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soil nutrient availability can strongly affect root traits. In tropical forests, phosphorus (P) is
often considered the main limiting nutrient for plants. However, support for the P paradigm is …

Ecosystem processes and biogeochemical cycles in secondary tropical forest succession

JS Powers, E Marín-Spiotta - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Secondary tropical forests that are in a state of regeneration following clearing for agriculture
are now more abundant than primary forests. Yet, despite their large spatial extent and …