Nitrogen and phosphorus constrain the CO2 fertilization of global plant biomass
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Experimental evidence suggests that CO2 fertilization also depends on soil nutrient availability, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus.
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- Authors
- Terrer, C., Jackson, R. B., Prentice, I. C., Keenan, T. F., Kaiser, C., Vicca, S., Fisher, J. B., Reich, P. B., Stocker, B. D., Hungate, B. A., Peñuelas, J., McCallum, I., Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Cernusak, L. A., Talhelm, A. F., Van Sundert, K., Piao, S., Newton, P. C. D., Hovenden, M. J., Blumenthal, D. M., Liu, Y. Y., Müller, C., Winter, K., Field, C. B., Viechtbauer, W., Van Lissa, C. J., Hoosbeek, M. R., Watanabe, M., Koike, T., Leshyk, V. O., Polley, H. W., & Franklin, O.
- Affiliations
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
- Stanford University (US)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
- University of Vienna (AT)
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- California Institute of Technology (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications (ES)
- Northern Arizona University (US)
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (AT)
- Leiden University (NL)
- James Cook University (AU)
- University of Idaho (US)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- AgResearch (NZ)
- University of Tasmania (AU)
- Agricultural Research Service (US)
- Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (CN)
- University College Dublin (IE)
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (PA)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
- Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (JP)
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Terrer, César
- ORCID
- Terrer, César
- Jackson, Robert B.
- Prentice, I. Colin
- Keenan, Trevor F.
- Kaiser, Christina
- Vicca, Sara
- Fisher, Joshua B.
- Reich, Peter B.
- Stocker, Benjamin D.
- Hungate, Bruce A.
- Peñuelas, Josep
- McCallum, Ian
- Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A.
- Cernusak, Lucas A.
- Talhelm, Alan F.
- Van Sundert, Kevin
- Piao, Shilong
- Newton, Paul C. D.
- Hovenden, Mark J.
- Blumenthal, Dana M.
- Liu, Yi Y.
- Müller, Christoph
- Winter, Klaus
- Field, Christopher B.
- Viechtbauer, Wolfgang
- Hoosbeek, Marcel R.
- Watanabe, Makoto
- Koike, Takayoshi
- Polley, H. Wayne
- Franklin, Oskar
- Venue
- Nature Climate Change
- Published
- 2019-08-12
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 684-689
- ISSN
- 1758-678X (ISSN-L)
- 1758-6798
- OpenAlex
- W2967284202
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- en
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- Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy (-AC02-05CH11231, 05CH11231, DE AC02 05CH11231, DE-AC02-)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (DE-AC02-05CH11231, NNH17AE86I)
- California Institute of Technology
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MDM2015-0552)
- Imperial College London
- European Commission (610028, HORIZON2020, DE-AC02-05CH11231, 787203, ERC-2013-SyG-610028)
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (016.161.318)
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- Office of Science (DEAC02–05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02, -610028, 05CH11231)
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Natural Environment Research Council (DE-AC02-05CH11231)
- Biological and Environmental Research (05CH11231, DE-AC02 − 05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Keywords
- plant biomass, nitrogen limitation, phosphorus limitation, nutrient limitation, mycorrhizal symbiosis, global vegetation, carbon storage, climate feedbacks
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