ArticleNature ecology & evolution2025
Phosphorus constrains global photosynthesis more than nitrogen does.
Article in Nature ecology & evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Arbuscular mycorrhiza provides postanthesis benefits to maximize wheat grain yield and nitrogen concentration.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Microbial phosphorus cycling in terrestrial ecosystems.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Review
- Aridity-related differences in soil elemental ratios reshape microbial functional traits across global biomes.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Increased arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal biomass and diversity in soil under long-term climate drying and warming.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- PHR1 mediates rapid high light responses and acclimation to high photosynthetic activity.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2026Article
- Unveiling the hidden viral biodiversity and potential ecological functions with global coral holobiont virome database.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2026Article
- Synergistic adaptation of rice root phosphorus uptake kinetics and leaf carbon-nitrogen metabolism under low-phosphorus conditions.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Silicate chemical weathering disrupts the global patterns of phosphorus limitation.Nature communications · 2025Article
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Abstract
Global vegetation growth is thought to be limited by nitrogen (N) more than by other nutrients. Here we document a stronger phosphorus (P) limitation on global photosynthesis compared with N over the last four decades. On the basis of more than 80,000 field observations of foliar nutrients and a machine learning method, we generated a long-term global dataset of foliar N and P concentrations for the period 1980-2017. We show a larger declining rate of foliar P concentration (-0.80 ± 0.008% yr
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