Articles | Volume 20, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4147-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4147-2023
Research article
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11 Oct 2023
Research article |  | 11 Oct 2023

Global patterns and drivers of phosphorus fractions in natural soils

Xianjin He, Laurent Augusto, Daniel S. Goll, Bruno Ringeval, Ying-Ping Wang, Julian Helfenstein, Yuanyuan Huang, and Enqing Hou

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We identified total soil P concentration as the most important predictor of all soil P pool concentrations, except for primary mineral P concentration, which is primarily controlled by soil pH and only secondarily by total soil P concentration. We predicted soil P pools’ distributions in natural systems, which can inform assessments of the role of natural P availability for ecosystem productivity, climate change mitigation, and the functioning of the Earth system.
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