The Nature of Nutrient Limitation in Plant Communities
Chapin FS, Vitousek PM, Van Cleve K. 1986. The Nature of Nutrient Limitation in Plant Communities. The American Naturalist. 127(1):48-58
The concept of nutrient limitation was developed in agriculture to refer to the limitation of productivity in an individual plant or monospecific stand because of an inadequate supply of an essential nutrient in the soil. We suggest that this concept cannot be extrapolated simply to natural plant communities. For several reasons, plant communities occupying the most infertile sites are not always the most responsive to nutrient addition.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Chapin, F; Vitousek, Peter; Van Cleve, Keith
- Units
- CAKN , DENA , WRST , YUCH
- Keywords
- Competition, nutrient limitation, Physiology, Vegetation