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Reference maps of soil phosphorus for the pan-Amazon region
João Paulo Darela-Filho
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Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Rio Claro, 13506-900, Brazil
Earth System Science Laboratory (LabTerra), University of Campinas (Unicamp) Center for Meteorological and Climatic Research Applied to Agriculture (CEPAGRI), Campinas – SP, 13083-886, Brazil
School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich (TUM), 85354 Freising, Germany
Anja Rammig
School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich (TUM), 85354 Freising, Germany
Katrin Fleischer
School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich (TUM), 85354 Freising, Germany
Department of Biogeochemical Signals, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, 07745 Jena, Germany
Tatiana Reichert
School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich (TUM), 85354 Freising, Germany
Laynara Figueiredo Lugli
School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich (TUM), 85354 Freising, Germany
Carlos Alberto Quesada
Coordination of Environmental Dynamics (CODAM), National Institute for Amazonian Research – INPA, Avenida André Araújo, 2236, Manaus, Amazonas, 69060-001, Brazil
Luis Carlos Colocho Hurtarte
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Beamline ID21, Grenoble 38100, France
Diamond Light Source Ltd., Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, UK
Mateus Dantas de Paula
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
David M. Lapola
Earth System Science Laboratory (LabTerra), University of Campinas (Unicamp) Center for Meteorological and Climatic Research Applied to Agriculture (CEPAGRI), Campinas – SP, 13083-886, Brazil
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Phosphorus (P) is crucial for plant growth, and scientists have created models to study how it interacts with carbon cycle in ecosystems. To apply these models, it is important to know the distribution of phosphorus in soil. In this study we estimated the distribution of phosphorus in the Amazon region. The results showed a clear gradient of soil development and P content. These maps can help improve ecosystem models and generate new hypotheses about phosphorus availability in the Amazon.
Phosphorus (P) is crucial for plant growth, and scientists have created models to study how it...
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