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Soil carbon loss by experimental warming in a tropical forest by Nottingham, Andrew T., Meir, Patrick, Velasquez, Esther, Turner, Benjamin L.

“…Tropical soils contain one-third of the carbon stored in soils globally 1 , so destabilization of soil organic matter caused by the warming predicted for…”
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Variation in pH Optima of Hydrolytic Enzyme Activities in Tropical Rain Forest Soils by Turner, Benjamin L

“…Extracellular enzymes synthesized by soil microbes play a central role in the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients in the environment. The pH optima of eight…”
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Mycorrhiza-mediated competition between plants and decomposers drives soil carbon storage by Averill, Colin, Turner, Benjamin L., Finzi, Adrien C.

“…Ecosystem mycorrhizal type is shown to have a stronger effect on soil carbon storage than temperature, precipitation, clay content and primary production;…”
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Resource partitioning for soil phosphorus: a hypothesis by Turner, Benjamin L.

“…1. Organic phosphorus is abundant in soil and its turnover can supply a considerable fraction of the phosphorus taken up by natural vegetation. Despite this,…”
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Environmental filtering explains variation in plant diversity along resource gradients by Laliberté, Etienne, Zemunik, Graham, Turner, Benjamin L.

“…The mechanisms that shape plant diversity along resource gradients remain unresolved because competing theories have been evaluated in isolation. By testing…”
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Foliar nutrient concentrations and resorption efficiency in plants of contrasting nutrient‐acquisition strategies along a 2‐million‐year dune chronosequence by Hayes, Patrick, Turner, Benjamin L, Lambers, Hans, Laliberté, Etienne, Bellingham, Peter

“…Long‐term pedogenesis leads to important changes in the availability of soil nutrients, especially nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). Changes in the availability…”
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Soil Development and Nutrient Availability Along a 2 Million-Year Coastal Dune Chronosequence Under Species-Rich Mediterranean Shrubland in Southwestern Australia by Turner, Benjamin L, Laliberté, Etienne

“…Soil chronosequences provide valuable model systems to investigate pedogenesis and associated effects of nutrient availability on biological communities…”
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Enhancing Phytate Availability in Soils and Phytate‑P Acquisition by Plants: A Review by Liu, Xue, Han, Ran, Cao, Yue, Turner, Benjamin L., Ma, Lena Q.

“…Phytate (myo-inositol hexakisphosphate salts) can constitute a large fraction of the organic P in soils. As a more recalcitrant form of soil organic P, up to…”
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Plant-soil feedback and the maintenance of diversity in Mediterranean-climate shrublands by Teste, François P., Kardol, Paul, Turner, Benjamin L., Wardle, David A., Zemunik, Graham, Renton, Michael, Laliberté, Etienne

“…Soil biota influence plant performance through plant-soil feedback, but it is unclear whether the strength of such feedback depends on plant traits and whether…”
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response of microbial biomass and hydrolytic enzymes to a decade of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium addition in a lowland tropical rain forest by Turner, Benjamin L, Joseph Wright, S

“…Nutrient availability is widely considered to constrain primary productivity in lowland tropical forests, yet there is little comparable information for the…”
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Fine Root and Soil Organic Carbon Depth Distributions are Inversely Related Across Fertility and Rainfall Gradients in Lowland Tropical Forests by Cusack, Daniela F., Turner, Benjamin L.

“…Humid tropical forests contain some of the largest soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks on Earth. Much of this SOC is in subsoil, yet variation in the distribution…”
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Tree mycorrhizal type predicts within‐site variability in the storage and distribution of soil organic matter by Craig, Matthew E., Turner, Benjamin L., Liang, Chao, Clay, Keith, Johnson, Daniel J., Phillips, Richard P.

“…Forest soils store large amounts of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), yet how predicted shifts in forest composition will impact long‐term C and N persistence…”
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Greater root phosphatase activity of tropical trees at low phosphorus despite strong variation among species by Guilbeault-Mayers, Xavier, Turner, Benjamin L., Laliberté, Etienne

“…Soil phosphorus (P) availability in lowland tropical rainforests influences the distribution and growth of tropical tree species. Determining the P-acquisition…”
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The Role of Phosphorus Limitation in Shaping Soil Bacterial Communities and Their Metabolic Capabilities by Oliverio, Angela M., Bissett, Andrew, McGuire, Krista, Saltonstall, Kristin, Turner, Benjamin L., Fierer, Noah

“…Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient that is often in limited supply, with P availability constraining biomass production in many terrestrial ecosystems…”
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Microbes follow Humboldt: temperature drives plant and soil microbial diversity patterns from the Amazon to the Andes by Nottingham, Andrew T., Fierer, Noah, Turner, Benjamin L., Whitaker, Jeanette, Ostle, Nick J., Mcnamara, Niall P., Bardgett, Richard D., Leff, Jonathan W., Salinas, Norma, Silman, Miles R., Kruuk, Loeske E. B., Meir, Patrick

“…More than 200 years ago, Alexander von Humboldt reported that tropical plant species richness decreased with increasing elevation and decreasing temperature…”
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ectomycorrhizal nitrogen economy facilitates monodominance in a neotropical forest by Corrales, Adriana, Mangan, Scott A, Turner, Benjamin L, Dalling, James W, Chave, Jerome

“…Tropical forests are renowned for their high diversity, yet in many sites a single tree species accounts for the majority of the individuals in a stand. An…”
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Species distributions in response to individual soil nutrients and seasonal drought across a community of tropical trees by Condit, Richard, Engelbrecht, Bettina M. J., Pino, Delicia, Pérez, Rolando, Turner, Benjamin L.

“…Tropical forest vegetation is shaped by climate and by soil, but understanding how the distributions of individual tree species respond to specific resources…”
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Variation in wood nutrients along a tropical soil fertility gradient by Heineman, Katherine D., Turner, Benjamin L., Dalling, James W.

“…Wood contains the majority of the nutrients in tropical trees, yet controls over wood nutrient concentrations and their function are poorly understood. We…”
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Increasing plant species diversity and extreme species turnover accompany declining soil fertility along a long‐term chronosequence in a biodiversity hotspot by Zemunik, Graham, Turner, Benjamin L., Lambers, Hans, Laliberté, Etienne

“…Long‐term soil chronosequences provide natural soil fertility gradients that can be used to explore linkages between soils and plant community composition and…”
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Extinction at the end-Cretaceous and the origin of modern Neotropical rainforests by Carvalho, Mónica R, Jaramillo, Carlos, de la Parra, Felipe, Caballero-Rodríguez, Dayenari, Herrera, Fabiany, Wing, Scott, Turner, Benjamin L, D'Apolito, Carlos, Romero-Báez, Millerlandy, Narváez, Paula, Martínez, Camila, Gutierrez, Mauricio, Labandeira, Conrad, Bayona, German, Rueda, Milton, Paez-Reyes, Manuel, Cárdenas, Dairon, Duque, Álvaro, Crowley, James L, Santos, Carlos, Silvestro, Daniele

“…The end-Cretaceous event was catastrophic for terrestrial communities worldwide, yet its long-lasting effect on tropical forests remains largely unknown. We…”
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