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Potassium limitation of forest productivity – Part 1: A mechanistic model simulating the effects of potassium availability on canopy carbon and water fluxes in tropical eucalypt stands
Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, Orsay, France
CIRAD, UMR Eco&Sols, Montpellier, France
Eco&Sols, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAe, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
Nicolas Delpierre
Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, Orsay, France
Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Paris, France
Jean-Paul Laclau
CIRAD, UMR Eco&Sols, Montpellier, France
Eco&Sols, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAe, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
Joannès Guillemot
CIRAD, UMR Eco&Sols, Montpellier, France
Department of Forest Sciences ESALQ, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
Eco&Sols, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAe, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
Yann Nouvellon
CIRAD, UMR Eco&Sols, Montpellier, France
Departmento de Ciências Florestais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, Brazil
Otavio Campoe
Departmento de Ciências Florestais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, Brazil
Jose Luiz Stape
Department of Forest Science, São Paulo State University, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
Vitoria Fernanda Santos
Suzano Papel e Celulose, Salvador, BA, Brazil
Guerric le Maire
CIRAD, UMR Eco&Sols, Montpellier, France
Eco&Sols, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAe, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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Short summary
Potassium is an essential element for living organisms. Trees are dependent upon this element for certain functions that allow them to build their trunks using carbon dioxide. Using data from experiments in eucalypt plantations in Brazil and a simplified computer model of the plantations, we were able to investigate the effect that a lack of potassium can have on the production of wood. Understanding nutrient cycles is useful to understand the response of forests to environmental change.
Potassium is an essential element for living organisms. Trees are dependent upon this element...
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