dc.contributor.author | Butler, Orpheus M | |
dc.contributor.author | Elser, James J | |
dc.contributor.author | Lewis, Tom | |
dc.contributor.author | Mackey, Brendan | |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, Chengrong | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-19T13:08:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-19T13:08:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1461-023X | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/ele.12896 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/381056 | |
dc.description.abstract | The 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.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 335 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 344 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 3 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Ecology Letters | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 21 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Soil sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Ecology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Ecology not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Evolutionary biology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Ecological applications | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Environmental management | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4106 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3103 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 310399 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3104 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4102 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4104 | |
dc.title | The phosphorus-rich signature of fire in the soil-plant system: a global meta-analysis | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.faculty | An Unassigned Group, An Unassigned Department | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Chen, Chengrong | |
gro.griffith.author | Butler, Orpheus M. | |
gro.griffith.author | Mackey, Brendan | |