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Conditions Under Which Nitrogen Can Limit Steady-State Net Primary Production in a General Class of Ecosystem Models

2011-06-01

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Human activity is drastically altering global nitrogen (N) availability. The extent to which ecosystems absorb additional N--and with it, additional CO₂--depends on whether net primary production (NPP) is N-limited, so it is important to understand conditions under which N can limit NPP. Here I use a general dynamical model to show that N limitation at steady-state--such as in old-growth forests--depends on the ba...

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Literature Corpus work: 10fb5700-c161-5405-8ce4-a0c5c0f8b076
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9426-x

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