Articles | Volume 15, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3475-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3475-2018
Research article
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13 Jun 2018
Research article |  | 13 Jun 2018

The influence of soil properties and nutrients on conifer forest growth in Sweden, and the first steps in developing a nutrient availability metric

Kevin Van Sundert, Joanna A. Horemans, Johan Stendahl, and Sara Vicca

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Nutrient availability regulates terrestrial ecosystem function and global change responses, and thus the capacity to buffer climate change by CO2 uptake. Large-scale studies allow generalizing on the role of nutrients, but comparing the nutrient status among sites poses a bottleneck. In this study, we adjust a nutrient availability metric for seminatural systems, using Swedish forest data. Future studies should evaluate metric performance outside boreal forests and provide further adjustments.
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