ArticleNature communications2021
Fire-derived phosphorus fertilization of African tropical forests.
Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Soil fertility controls on tropical forest productivity and mortality: synthesis and roadmap.The New phytologist · 2026Review
- Ectomycorrhizal fungi in tropical Africa: hidden diversity, spatial turnover, and functional effects on tree growth.Mycorrhiza · 2026Review
- Smoke-Affected Rain Fertilizes Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems.Global change biology · 2026Article
- Atmospheric dust is a global nutrient source for plants via foliar uptake.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Congo Basin Carbon Cycle Responses to Global Change.Global change biology · 2026Review
- Silicate chemical weathering disrupts the global patterns of phosphorus limitation.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Phosphorus mining and bioavailability for plant acquisition: environmental sustainability perspectives.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2025Review
- Phosphorus transitions driven by cyclone biparjoy linked middle east North Africa (MENA) and Indian Thar Desert dust storm pathways in Asia's largest grassland.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Fire-driven disruptions of global soil biochemical relationships.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Nitrogen and potassium limit fine root growth in a humid Afrotropical forest.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Atmospheric Dry and Wet Deposition of Total Phosphorus to the Great Lakes.Atmospheric Environment: X · 2023Article
- Feedback in tropical forests of the Anthropocene.Global change biology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Central African tropical forests face increasing anthropogenic pressures, particularly in the form of deforestation and land-use conversion to agriculture. The long-term effects of this transformation of pristine forests to fallow-based agroecosystems and secondary forests on biogeochemical cycles that drive forest functioning are poorly understood. Here, we show that biomass burning on the African continent results in high phosphorus (P) deposition on an equatorial forest via fire-derived atmospheric emissions. Furthermore, we show that deposition loads increase with forest regrowth age, likely due to increasing canopy complexity, ranging from 0.4 kg P ha
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