We present a meta‐analysis of plant responses to fertilization experiments conducted in
lowland, species‐rich, tropical forests. We also update a key result and present the first …

I present a meta‐analysis of plant responses to 48 nutrient addition experiments conducted
with native species in naturally growing tropical forests, exclusive of mangrove forests. The …

Tropical forest productivity is widely assumed to be limited by soil phosphorus (P), but
biogeochemical processes that deplete P also could deplete base cations, suggesting …

1. Nutrients are a critical resource for plant growth, but the elements limiting growth in
tropical forests have rarely been determined. 2. We investigated the influence of nitrogen …

Soils influence tropical forest composition at regional scales. In Panama, data on tree
communities and underlying soils indicate that species frequently show distributional …

Experimental evidence for limitation of net primary productivity (NPP) by nitrogen (N) or
phosphorus (P) in lowland tropical forests is rare, and the results from the few existing …

The concentration, stoichiometry and resorption of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in plant
leaves are often used as proxies of the availability of these growth‐limiting nutrients, but the …

Current literature on the response of tropical tree seedlings to fertilization was analysed.
Fertilization effects on biomass accumulation, relative growth rate and tissue nitrogen (N) …

Plant growth responses to resources may be an important mechanism that influences
species' distributions, coexistence, and community structure. Irradiance is considered the …

The size of the terrestrial carbon (C) sink is mediated by the availability of nutrients that limit
plant growth. However, nutrient controls on primary productivity are poorly understood in the …