The human‐induced imbalance between C,N and P in Earth's life system |
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| Authors: | Josep Peñuelas Jordi Sardans Albert Rivas‐ubach Ivan A Janssens |
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| Institution: | 1. Global Ecology Unit CREAF‐CEAB‐CSIC, CREAF (Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications), Edifici C, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, , 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain;2. Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, , B‐2610 Wilrijk, Flanders, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | Human‐induced carbon and nitrogen fertilization are generating a strong imbalance with P. This imbalance confers an increasingly important role to P availability and N : P ratio in the Earth's life system, affecting carbon sequestration potential and the structure, function and evolution of the Earth's ecosystems. |
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| Keywords: | CO2 fertilization eutrophication evolutive driver N and P deposition N : P ratio |
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