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Nutrient Manipulations in Terrestrial Ecosystems

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Methods in Ecosystem Science

Abstract

Nutrient addition experiments are the ecosystem manipulations that are undertaken most frequently, because they are relatively easy and inexpensive to perform. In addition, because of the widespread nature of nutrient limitation in terrestrial ecosystems (Vitousek and Howarth 1991), these experiments almost always show dramatic results. As with much of ecology, the roots of nutrient manipulation experiments come from agriculture, where fertilizer trials are regularly used to determine which nutrients most strongly limit plant growth and what the biological and economic returns are for different levels of nutrient addition.

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Eviner, V.T., Chapin, F.S., Vaughn, C.E. (2000). Nutrient Manipulations in Terrestrial Ecosystems. In: Sala, O.E., Jackson, R.B., Mooney, H.A., Howarth, R.W. (eds) Methods in Ecosystem Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1224-9_20

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  • Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY

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  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4612-1224-9

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

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