ArticlePloS one2012
Tropical Andean forests are highly susceptible to nutrient inputs--rapid effects of experimental N and P addition to an Ecuadorian montane forest.
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- Nitrogen and potassium limit fine root growth in a humid Afrotropical forest.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Fern mycorrhizae do not respond to fertilization in a tropical montane forest.Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2024Article
- Screening of Antibacterial Activity of Some Resupinate Fungi, RevealJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Experimental evidence shows minor contribution of nitrogen deposition to global forest carbon sequestration.Global change biology · 2022Article
- Leaf trait variation in species-rich tropical Andean forests.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Stoichiometric traits (N:P) of understory plants contribute to reductions in plant diversity following long-term nitrogen addition in subtropical forest.Ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Nutrient enrichment effects on mycorrhizal fungi in an Andean tropical montane Forest.Mycorrhiza · 2017Article
- Ecology of Nitrogen Fixing, Nitrifying, and Denitrifying Microorganisms in Tropical Forest Soils.Frontiers in microbiology · 2016Review
- Exploring the Leaf Beetle Fauna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of an Ecuadorian Mountain Forest Using DNA Barcoding.PloS one · 2016Article
- Deforestation and Forest Fragmentation in South Ecuador since the 1970s - Losing a Hotspot of Biodiversity.PloS one · 2015Article
- Moderate changes in nutrient input alter tropical microbial and protist communities and belowground linkages.The ISME journal · 2014Article
- Land-use and soil depth affect resource and microbial stoichiometry in a tropical mountain rainforest region of southern Ecuador.Oecologia · 2014Article
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Abstract
Tropical regions are facing increasing atmospheric inputs of nutrients, which will have unknown consequences for the structure and functioning of these systems. Here, we show that Neotropical montane rainforests respond rapidly to moderate additions of N (50 kg ha(-1) yr(-1)) and P (10 kg ha(-1) yr(-1)). Monitoring of nutrient fluxes demonstrated that the majority of added nutrients remained in the system, in either soil or vegetation. N and P additions led to not only an increase in foliar N and P concentrations, but also altered soil microbial biomass, standing fine root biomass, stem growth, and litterfall. The different effects suggest that trees are primarily limited by P, whereas some processes-notably aboveground productivity--are limited by both N and P. Highly variable and partly contrasting responses of different tree species suggest marked changes in species composition and diversity of these forests by nutrient inputs in the long term. The unexpectedly fast response of the ecosystem to moderate nutrient additions suggests high vulnerability of tropical montane forests to the expected increase in nutrient inputs.
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