Aggravated phosphorus limitation on biomass production under increasing nitrogen loading: A meta-analysis

Global Change Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 934-943

  Li, Yong ^a   Niu, Shuli ^a   Yu, Guirui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass production; Belowground biomass production; Global synthesis; P limitation; Plant N concentration; Plant P concentration; Terrestrial ecosystem

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL;

BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM; META ANALYSIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SOIL;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SOIL;

EID: 84955665076     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13125     Document Type: Article

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