The response of tropical tree seedlings to nutrient supply: meta-analysis for understanding a changing tropical landscape

By Deborah Lawrence. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2003

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How much variation in tree mortality is predicted by soil and topography in Central Amazonia (2011, background): “Soil fertility may affect tree mortality indirectly because lightdemanding and fast-growing pioneer species are favored under higher nutrient supply (Lawrence, 2003; Ferry et al., 2010), and are more frequent in forest gaps, where soil fertility may be higher due to decomposition of debris (Denslow,”
Global assessment of nitrogen deposition effects on terrestrial plant diversity: a synthesis. (2010, background): “In a literature review, Lawrence (2003) reported growth responses of seedlings (a critical stage in recruitment following successful colonization of a site) in a total of 91 tropical forests.”
Tropical tree seedling growth responses to nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium addition (2012, background): “In other experimental studies, tropical forest tree seedlings have been shown to increase growth in response to addition of N, P and Mg in pots (Burslem, Grubb & Turner 1996; Lawrence 2003).”
Global response patterns of terrestrial plant species to nitrogen addition. (2008, result): “…woody species, our findings that N addition stimulated greater biomass in trees than in shrubs are inconsistent with the observed findings in a former meta-analysis focusing on tropical ecosystems, in which shrubs respond more strongly than trees in respect of biomass accumulation (Lawrence, 2003).”