Authors
Jordi Sardans, Rocio Alonso, Ivan A Janssens, Jofre Carnicer, Stavros Vereseglou, Matthias C Rillig, Marcos Fernández‐Martínez, Tanja GM Sanders, Josep Penuelas
Publication date
2016/5
Journal
Functional Ecology
Volume
30
Issue
5
Pages
676-689
Description
- This study investigated the factors underlying the variability of needle and soil elemental composition and stoichiometry and their relationships with growth in Pinus sylvestris forests throughout the species' distribution in Europe by analysing data from 2245 forest stands.
- Needle N concentrations and N:P ratios were positively correlated with total atmospheric N deposition, whereas needle P concentrations were negatively correlated. These relationships were especially pronounced at sites where high levels of N deposition coincided with both higher mean annual temperature and higher mean annual precipitation. Trends towards foliar P deficiency were thus more marked when high N deposition coincided with climatic conditions favourable to plant production.
- Atmospheric N deposition was positively correlated with soil solution , , K+, P and Ca2+ concentrations, the soil solution :P ratio, total soil N and the total …
Scholar articles
J Sardans, R Alonso, IA Janssens, J Carnicer… - Functional Ecology, 2016