Direct evidence for phosphorus limitation on Amazon forest productivity

The productivity of rainforests growing on highly weathered tropical soils is expected to be limited by phosphorus availability 1 . Yet, controlled fertilization experiments have been unable to demonstrate a dominant role for phosphorus in controlling tropical forest net primary productivity. Recent...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 608; no. 7923; pp. 558 - 562
Main Authors:	Cunha, Hellen Fernanda Viana, Andersen, Kelly M., Lugli, Laynara Figueiredo, Santana, Flavia Delgado, Aleixo, Izabela Fonseca, Moraes, Anna Martins, Garcia, Sabrina, Di Ponzio, Raffaello, Mendoza, Erick Oblitas, Brum, Bárbara, Rosa, Jéssica Schmeisk, Cordeiro, Amanda L., Portela, Bruno Takeshi Tanaka, Ribeiro, Gyovanni, Coelho, Sara Deambrozi, de Souza, Sheila Trierveiler, Silva, Lara Siebert, Antonieto, Felipe, Pires, Maria, Salomão, Ana Cláudia, Miron, Ana Caroline, de Assis, Rafael L., Domingues, Tomas F., Aragão, Luiz E. O. C., Meir, Patrick, Camargo, José Luis, Manzi, Antonio Ocimar, Nagy, Laszlo, Mercado, Lina M., Hartley, Iain P., Quesada, Carlos Alberto
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 18.08.2022 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	631/158/2450 704/47/4113 Acclimatization Adaptation Availability Carbon Carbon dioxide Carbon Dioxide - metabolism Carbon Dioxide - pharmacology Carbon Sequestration Cations - metabolism Cations - pharmacology Climate change Climate Change - statistics & numerical data Experiments Fertilization Forest productivity Forests Humanities and Social Sciences Models, Biological multidisciplinary Net Primary Productivity Nitrogen Nitrogen - metabolism Nitrogen - pharmacology Old growth Phosphorus Phosphorus - metabolism Phosphorus - pharmacology Phosphorus content Productivity Rainforest Rainforests Science Science (multidisciplinary) Soil - chemistry Soil fertility Trees - drug effects Trees - metabolism Tropical Climate Tropical environments Tropical forests Tropical soils Uncertainty
ISSN:	0028-0836, 1476-4687, 1476-4687
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