Open AccessAn assessment on the uncertainty of the nitrogen to phosphorus ratio as a threshold for nutrient limitation in plants
Author(s) -
Zhengbing Yan,
Di Tian,
Wenxuan Han,
Zhiyao Tang,
Jingyun Fang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1095-8290
pISSN - 0305-7364
DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcx106
Subject(s) - nutrient , phosphorus , biology , nitrogen , sampling (signal processing) , statistics , human fertilization , sampling error , reliability (semiconductor) , zoology , mathematics , ecology , agronomy , observational error , computer science , physics , materials science , quantum mechanics , metallurgy , power (physics) , filter (signal processing) , computer vision
The nitrogen (N) to phosphorus (P) ratio (N:P) has been widely used as a threshold for identifying nutrient limitations in terrestrial plants; however, the associated reliability has not been well assessed.
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