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SynthesisScientific reports2017

Global patterns of phosphatase activity in natural soils.

O Margalef, J Sardans, M Fernández-Martínez, R Molowny-Horas, I A Janssens, P Ciais, D Goll, A Richter, M Obersteiner, D Asensio and 1 more

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Synthesis in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers.

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84citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

84 citing papers in PubMed.

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  19. Thermotolerant class A acid phosphatase active across broad pH range and diverse substrates.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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24 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

O MargalefCSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Catalonia, Spain. omargalefgeo@gmail.com.
J SardansCSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Catalonia, Spain.
M Fernández-MartínezCSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-3610
R Molowny-HorasCREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Catalonia, Spain.
I A JanssensDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B‑2610, Wilrijk, Belgium.
P CiaisLaboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-LSCE CEA CNRS UVSQ UPSaclay, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
D GollLaboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-LSCE CEA CNRS UVSQ UPSaclay, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
A RichterDepartment of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, A‑1090, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3282-4808
M ObersteinerInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Ecosystem s Services and Management, Schlossplatz 1, A-2361, Laxenburg, Austria.
D AsensioCSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Catalonia, Spain.
J PeñuelasCSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7215-0150

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soil phosphatase levels strongly control the biotic pathways of phosphorus (P), an essential element for life, which is often limiting in terrestrial ecosystems. We investigated the influence of climatic and soil traits on phosphatase activity in terrestrial systems using metadata analysis from published studies. This is the first analysis of global measurements of phosphatase in natural soils. Our results suggest that organic P (P

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EcosystemClimateForestsPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesPhosphorusSoilSoil MicrobiologyPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesPhosphorusSoil

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PMID28465504
PMCPMC5431046

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