Domestic herbivores, the crucial trophic level for sustainable agriculture: avenues for reconnecting livestock to crop** systems

G Lemaire, J Garnier, L da Silveira Pontes… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Domestic herbivores have been closely associated with the historical evolution and
development of agriculture systems worldwide as a complementary system for providing …

Macro-and micronutrient cycling and crucial linkages to geochemical processes in mangrove ecosystems

DM Alongi - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021 - mdpi.com
High mangrove productivity is sustained by rapid utilization, high retention efficiency and
maximum storage of nutrients in leaves, roots, and soils. Rapid microbial transformations …

A meta‐analysis highlights globally widespread potassium limitation in terrestrial ecosystems

B Chen, J Fang, S Piao, P Ciais, TA Black… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Potassium (K+) is the most abundant inorganic cation in plant cells, playing a critical role in
various plant functions. However, the impacts of K on natural terrestrial ecosystems have …

Increasing calcium scarcity along Afrotropical forest succession

M Bauters, IA Janssens, D Wasner, S Doetterl… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Secondary forests constitute an increasingly important component of tropical forests
worldwide. Although cycling of essential nutrients affects recovery trajectories of secondary …

Phosphorus scarcity contributes to nitrogen limitation in lowland tropical rainforests

H Vallicrosa, LF Lugli, L Fuchslueger, J Sardans… - Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing evidence to suggest that soil nutrient availability can limit the carbon sink
capacity of forests, a particularly relevant issue considering today's changing climate. This …

Direct foliar uptake of phosphorus from desert dust

A Gross, S Tiwari, I Shtein, R Erel - New Phytologist, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphorus (P) scarcity constrains plant growth in many ecosystems worldwide. In P‐poor
ecosystems, the biogeochemical paradigm links plant productivity with the deposition of P …

Potassium limitation of wood productivity: A review of elementary processes and ways forward to modelling illustrated by Eucalyptus plantations

I Cornut, G Le Maire, JP Laclau, J Guillemot… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Potassium (K) is essential for a wide range of physiological functions in plants, and a limiting
element for wood productivity in numerous forest ecosystems. However, the contribution of …

Aeolian dust and sea salt in marine aerosols over the Arabian Sea during the southwest monsoon: sources and spatial variability

MA Aswini, S Tiwari, U Singh, S Kurian… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The nutrient supply to the oceanic surface water is largely regulated by the extrinsic and
intrinsic ambient atmospheric aerosol properties, particularly chemistry. In this context, we …

Canopy exchange and modification of nitrogen fluxes in forest ecosystems

R Guerrieri, P Templer, F Magnani - Current Forestry Reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We provide an overview of the main processes occurring during
the interactions between atmospheric nitrogen and forest canopies, by bringing together …

Some thoughts on the biogeochemical cycling of potassium in terrestrial ecosystems

WH Schlesinger - Biogeochemistry, 2021 - Springer
Potassium presents a conundrum for biogeochemists. Potassium is cycled wastefully at the
plant level, but it appears to be conserved in the nutrient budgets of entire ecosystems …