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SUBMITTER: Hou E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6994524 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hou Enqing E Luo Yiqi Y Kuang Yuanwen Y Chen Chengrong C Lu Xiankai X Jiang Lifen L Luo Xianzhen X Wen Dazhi D
Nature communications 20200131 1
Phosphorus (P) limitation of aboveground plant production is usually assumed to occur in tropical regions but rarely elsewhere. Here we report that such P limitation is more widespread and much stronger than previously estimated. In our global meta-analysis, almost half (46.2%) of 652 P-addition field experiments reveal a significant P limitation on aboveground plant production. Globally, P additions increase aboveground plant production by 34.9% in natural terrestrial ecosystems, which is 7.0-1 ...[more]