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Direct evidence for phosphorus limitation on Amazon forest productivity - Nature.com

Direct evidence for phosphorus limitation on Amazon forest productivity - Nature.com

Direct evidence for phosphorus limitation on Amazon forest productivity - Nature.com
Aug 10, 2022 36 secs

The productivity of rainforests growing on highly weathered tropical soils is expected to be limited by phosphorus availability1

Yet, controlled fertilization experiments have been unable to demonstrate a dominant role for phosphorus in controlling tropical forest net primary productivity

Recent syntheses have demonstrated that responses to nitrogen addition are as large as to phosphorus2, and adaptations to low phosphorus availability appear to enable net primary productivity to be maintained across major soil phosphorus gradients3

Thus, the extent to which phosphorus availability limits tropical forest productivity is highly uncertain

The direct evidence of phosphorus limitation of net primary productivity suggests that phosphorus availability may restrict Amazon forest responses to CO2 fertilization4, with major implications for future carbon sequestration and forest resilience to climate change

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