Soil organic phosphorus (P) and its chemical nature change markedly during long-term pedogenesis
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Abstract Background Soil organic phosphorus (P) and its chemical nature change markedly during long-term pedogenesis, but how variation in ecosystem water balance and associated differences in vegetation impact such transformations remain u
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Sourced from the future-work section and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 2 journals. Those papers have been cited 27 times in total.
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Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps
- Decrease of soil total and organic phosphorus with ectomycorrhizal tree dominance in a subtropical mountainous forest (2026) · Journal of Soils and Sediments · doi
Investigate the effects of ECM tree dominance on phosphorus cycling in different forest types, - Examine the relationships between soil microorganisms and phosphorus fractions in more detail, - Explore the potential applications of the findings for forest management and conservation
generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5Keywords: investigate effects ecm tree dominance phosphorus cycling different - Root carboxylate release is common in phosphorus-limited forest ecosystems in China: using leaf manganese concentration as a proxy (2024) · Plant and Soil · cited 23× · doi
Abstract Background and aims Certain plant species release root carboxylates in response to phosphorus (P) limitation; however, the prevalence of root exudate release in species in P-limited forest ecosystems remains unexplored due to challenges in field assessment.
generalabstractevidence 4/5Keywords: species release root abstract background aims certain plant carboxylates response phosphorus limitation prevalence exudate limited - Soil phosphorus transformations along two long-term chronosequences with contrasting climate in south-western Australia (2025) · Plant and Soil · cited 4× · doi
Abstract Background Soil organic phosphorus (P) and its chemical nature change markedly during long-term pedogenesis, but how variation in ecosystem water balance and associated differences in vegetation impact such transformations remain unclear.
generalabstractevidence 4/5Keywords: abstract background soil organic phosphorus chemical nature change markedly long term pedogenesis variation ecosystem water
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