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dc.contributor.authorButler, Orpheus M
dc.contributor.authorElser, James J
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Tom
dc.contributor.authorMackey, Brendan
dc.contributor.authorChen, Chengrong
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-19T13:08:38Z
dc.date.available2019-06-19T13:08:38Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn1461-023X
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ele.12896
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/381056
dc.description.abstractThe biogeochemical and stoichiometric signature of vegetation fire may influence post‐fire ecosystem characteristics and the evolution of plant ‘fire traits’. Phosphorus (P), a potentially limiting nutrient in many fire‐prone environments, might be particularly important in this context; however, the effects of fire on P cycling often vary widely. We conducted a global‐scale meta‐analysis using data from 174 soil studies and 39 litter studies, and found that fire led to significantly higher concentrations of soil mineral P as well as significantly lower soil and litter carbon:P and nitrogen:P ratios. These results demonstrate that fire has a P‐rich signature in the soil–plant system that varies with vegetation type. Further, they suggest that burning can ease P limitation and decouple the biogeochemical cycling of P, carbon and nitrogen. These effects resemble a transient reversion to an earlier stage of ecosystem development, and likely underpin at least some of fire's impacts on ecosystems and organisms.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom335
dc.relation.ispartofpageto344
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEcology Letters
dc.relation.ispartofvolume21
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSoil sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEvolutionary biology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcological applications
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4106
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3103
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode310399
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3104
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4102
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4104
dc.titleThe phosphorus-rich signature of fire in the soil-plant system: a global meta-analysis
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyAn Unassigned Group, An Unassigned Department
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorChen, Chengrong
gro.griffith.authorButler, Orpheus M.
gro.griffith.authorMackey, Brendan


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