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Competing effects of soil fertility and toxicity on tropical greening.

ABSTRACT: Tropical forests are expected to green up with increasing atmospheric CO₂ concentrations, but primary productivity may be limited by soil nutrient availability. However, rarely have canopy-scale measurements been assessed against soil measurements in the tropics. Here, we sought to assess remotely sensed canopy greenness against steep soil nutrient gradients across 50 1-ha mature forest plots in Panama. Contrary to expectations, increases in in situ extractable soil phosphorus (P) and base cations (K, Mg) corresponded to declines in remotely sensed mean annual canopy greenness (r²?=?0.77-0.85; p?2?=?0.88-0.98; p?2?=?0.94; p?2?=?0.14; p?2?=?0.97; p?2?=?0.65; p?2?=?0.62-0.71; p?

SUBMITTER: Fisher JB

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7174296 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Competing effects of soil fertility and toxicity on tropical greening.

Fisher Joshua B JB Perakalapudi Naga V NV Turner Benjamin L BL Schimel David S DS Cusack Daniela F DF

Scientific reports 20200421 1

Tropical forests are expected to green up with increasing atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> concentrations, but primary productivity may be limited by soil nutrient availability. However, rarely have canopy-scale measurements been assessed against soil measurements in the tropics. Here, we sought to assess remotely sensed canopy greenness against steep soil nutrient gradients across 50 1-ha mature forest plots in Panama. Contrary to expectations, increases in in situ extractable soil phosphorus (P) and ...[more]

PMID: 32317766

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