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ArticleNature communications2025

Nitrogen deposition reveals global patterns in plant and animal stoichiometry.

Angélica L González, Julian Merder, Karl Andraczek, Ulrich Brose, Michał Filipiak, W Stanley Harpole, Helmut Hillebrand, Michelle C Jackson, Malte Jochum, Shawn J Leroux and 30 more

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Angélica L González *Department of Biology, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, USA. angelica.gonzalez@rutgers.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4636-6329
Julian MerderDepartment of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5958-7016
Karl AndraczekGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2711-3326
Ulrich BroseGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9156-583X
Michał FilipiakInstitute of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7438-4885
W Stanley HarpoleGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3404-9174
Helmut HillebrandInstitute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), School of Mathematics and Science, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7449-1613
Michelle C JacksonDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2227-1111
Malte JochumGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8728-1145
Shawn J LerouxDepartment of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9580-0294
Mark P NesselCenter for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9028-0143
Renske E OnsteinGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2295-3510
Rachel PasekaASRC Federal / NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3656-9496
George L W PerrySchool of Environment, University of Auckland, Auckand, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9672-9135
Angie PeaceTexas Tech University, Lubbok, TX, USA.
Amanda RugenskiOdum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Judith SittersDepartment of Biology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2926-5339
Erik SperfeldGerman Environment Agency. Section IV 2.5, Berlin, Germany.
Maren StriebelInstitute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), School of Mathematics and Science, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.
Eugenia ZandonaDepartment of Ecology, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4754-5326
Attila MozsárHUN-REN Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Tihany, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2013-3017
Sarah BluhmDepartment of Animal Ecology, J.-F. Blumenbach Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7314-7415
Hideyuki DoiGraduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2701-3982
Nico EisenhauerGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0371-6720
Vinicius F FarjallaDepartment of Ecology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4084-5983
James HoodAquatic Ecology Laboratory, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Behavior, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6365-0762
Pavel KratinaCenter for Biodiversity and Sustainability, School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9144-7937
Catherine LovelockSchool of Environment, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia, QLD.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2219-6855
Eric K MoodyDepartment of Biology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, USA.
Melanie E PolliererDepartment of Animal Ecology, J.-F. Blumenbach Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1498-2362
Anton PotapovGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Gustavo Q RomeroDepartment of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Jean-Marc RousselDECOD, L'Institut Agro, IFREMER, INRAE, Rennes, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6301-3234
Stefan ScheuDepartment of Animal Ecology, J.-F. Blumenbach Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4350-9520
Nicole ScheunemannDepartment of Animal Ecology, J.-F. Blumenbach Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Julia SeeberInstitute for Alpine Environment, Eurac Research, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0189-7377
Michael SteinwandterInstitute for Alpine Environment, Eurac Research, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8545-6047
Winda Ika SusantiDepartment of Animal Ecology, J.-F. Blumenbach Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Alexei TiunovA.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2400-3559
Olivier Dézerald *DECOD, L'Institut Agro, IFREMER, INRAE, Rennes, France. olivier.dezerald@inrae.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9987-9865

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The elemental content of organisms links cellular biochemistry to ecological processes, from physiology to nutrient dynamics. While plant stoichiometry is thought to vary with climate and nutrient availability across latitudes, the consistency of these patterns across trophic groups and realms remains unclear. Using the StoichLife database, which includes nitrogen and phosphorus content data for 5443 species across 1390 sites, we examine how solar energy (temperature, radiation) and nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) influence stoichiometric variation. We find that plant stoichiometry in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems is more strongly associated with environmental gradients, particularly nitrogen deposition, than animal stoichiometry. Contrary to expectations, temperature, radiation, and labile P show limited global effects. Latitudinal patterns in stoichiometry are more closely associated with species turnover rather than intraspecific variation. Given the strong links between stoichiometry and organismal performance, these findings underscore the need to predict the ecological consequences of anthropogenic disruption to global biogeochemical cycles.

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NitrogenPlantsAnimalsEcosystemPhosphorusTemperatureNitrogenPhosphorus

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