Mineral nutrition of campos rupestres plant species on contrasting nutrient‐impoverished soil types

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 205; no. 3; pp. 1183 - 1194
• Main Authors: Oliveira, Rafael S, Galvão, Hugo C, Campos, Mariana C. R, Eller, Cleiton B, Pearse, Stuart J, Lambers, Hans
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Academic Press 01.02.2015; New Phytologist Trust; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Acid soils; Arbuscular mycorrhizas; Biodiversity; Biodiversity hot spots; Brazil; cerrado; Colonization; Concentration gradient; dauciform roots; Dominant species; Ecosystem; ecosystems; Forest soils; functional diversity; Herbs; leaf manganese (Mn) concentration; leaf nutrient concentrations; Leaves; Manganese; Mineral nutrients; Minerals - analysis; Morphology; Mycorrhizae; mycorrhizas; Nitrogen; Nitrogen - analysis; nitrogen : phosphorus (N : P) ratio; Nutrients; Nutrition; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Phosphorus; Phosphorus - analysis; phosphorus nutrition; Plant Leaves - chemistry; Plant nutrition; Plant roots; Plant Roots - chemistry; Plant species; Plants; Plants - metabolism; Sandy soils; sand‐binding roots; Savanna soils; Soil; Soil - chemistry; Soil ecology; Soil science; Soil types; Soils; Species; Species Specificity; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; Brazil; dauciform roots; cerrado; sand-binding roots; leaf nutrient concentrations; nitrogen : phosphorus (N : P) ratio; mycorrhizas; leaf manganese (Mn) concentration; phosphorus nutrition

In Brazil, the campos rupestres occur over the Brazilian shield, and are characterized by acidic nutrient‐impoverished soils, which are particularly low in phosphorus (P). Despite recognition of the campos rupestres as a global biodiversity hotspot, little is known about the diversity of P‐acquisiti...