ArticleNature2022
Direct evidence for phosphorus limitation on Amazon forest productivity.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Limited plastic responses in safety traits support greater hydraulic risk under drier conditions.Nature ecology & evolution · 2025Pooled it
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- Soil fertility controls on tropical forest productivity and mortality: synthesis and roadmap.The New phytologist · 2026Review
- Simulated COGlobal change biology · 2026Article
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- Can Phosphate-Solubilizing Microorganisms Unlock the Path to Sustainable Amazonian Forest Restoration?Current microbiology · 2026Review
- Amazonian understory forests change phosphorus acquisition strategies under elevated CONature communications · 2026Article
- Phosphorus enrichment does not enlarge the predicted COProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Rhizosheath-Mycorrhizal Interactions inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Kinship Modulates Carbon Allocation and Phosphorus Acquisition in Chinese Fir-AMF Networks Under Neighbor P Limitation.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi-Mediated Reconfiguration of Poplar Leaf C-N-P Metabolic Networks: Environment-Dependent Synergies and Nutrient Interactions.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The frequency and importance of polyploidy in tropical rainforest tree radiations.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Tropical forest carbon sequestration accelerated by nitrogen.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Land-use intensification reshapes microbial phosphorus cycling, organic matter composition, and phosphorus fractions in Amazonian soils.ISME communications · 2026Article
- Soil N and P nutrient metabolism affected by fungal community in larch plantation.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Phosphorus and base cations drive contrasting root dynamics in a central Amazon forest.Plant and soil · 2026Article
- Silicate chemical weathering disrupts the global patterns of phosphorus limitation.Nature communications · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
31 authors.
Hellen Fernanda Viana CunhaCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil. hfcunha.florestal@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9205-3895
Kelly M AndersenAsian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1460-9904
Laynara Figueiredo LugliCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.
Flavia Delgado SantanaCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3523-2456
Izabela Fonseca AleixoCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.
Anna Martins MoraesCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.
Sabrina GarciaCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7052-5257
Raffaello Di PonzioBiological Dynamics of Forest Fragment Project, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.
Erick Oblitas MendozaCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.
Bárbara BrumCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8421-3200
Jéssica Schmeisk RosaCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.
Amanda L CordeiroColorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Bruno Takeshi Tanaka PortelaCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.
Gyovanni RibeiroCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.
Sara Deambrozi CoelhoCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.
Sheila Trierveiler de SouzaCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.
Lara Siebert SilvaCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.
Felipe AntonietoCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.
Maria PiresCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.
Ana Cláudia SalomãoBiological Dynamics of Forest Fragment Project, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.
Ana Caroline MironCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.
Rafael L de AssisCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.
Tomas F DominguesFaculdade de Filosofia, Ciência e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2857-9838
Luiz E O C AragãoGeography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Patrick MeirSchool of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
José Luis CamargoBiological Dynamics of Forest Fragment Project, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0370-9878
Antonio Ocimar ManziCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.
Laszlo NagyUniversity of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
Lina M MercadoGeography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4069-0838
Iain P HartleyGeography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9183-6617
Carlos Alberto QuesadaCoordination of Environmental Dynamics, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.
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Abstract
The productivity of rainforests growing on highly weathered tropical soils is expected to be limited by phosphorus availability
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Climate ChangePhosphorusRainforestSoilTreesTropical ClimateAcclimatizationCarbon DioxideCarbon SequestrationCationsModels, BiologicalNitrogenUncertaintyCarbon DioxideCationsNitrogenPhosphorusSoil
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