Species-specific responses of foliar nutrients to long-term nitrogen and phosphorus additions in a lowland tropical forest

• Published in: The Journal of ecology Vol. 102; no. 1; pp. 36 - 44
• Main Authors: Mayor, Jordan R., Wright, S. Joseph, Turner, Benjamin L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford John Wiley & Sons Ltd 01.01.2014; Blackwell; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Fertilization; Forest ecology; Forest litter; Forestry; Forests; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; General forest ecology; Generalities. Production, biomass. Quality of wood and forest products. General forest ecology; gigante fertilization experiment; Human ecology; Leaves; Limiting nutrients; luxury consumption; Nitrogen; Nutrient availability; Nutrient concentrations; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Plant ecology; Plant nutrition; Plant species; Plant–soil (below-ground) interactions; plant–soil interactions; Rainforests; resorption; Soil ecology; Soil nutrients; stoichiometry; Tetragastris; Trees; Tropical forests; Stoichiometry; plant―soil interactions; Fertilization; luxury consumption; gigante fertilization experiment; Resorption; Phosphorus; Tropical forest; Species specificity; Nitrogen; Long term; Nutrient; Soil plant relation; Lowland

1. The concentration, stoichiometry and resorption of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in plant leaves are often used as proxies of the availability of these growth-limiting nutrients, but the responses of these metrics to changes in nutrient availability remain largely untested for tropical forest t...