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Mineral nutrition

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Statements that plant growth or the biomass production of a terrestrial ecosystem is nutrient limited are always true, and hence, reflect a truism that is of limited ecological value. Exceptions may be sites under bird cliffs or on guano benches on oceanic islands, eutrophic estuaries, or plants growing in very deep shade where C limitation rules out anything else, and of course, hydroponic and agronomic plants.

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Körner, C. (2021). Mineral nutrition. In: Alpine Plant Life. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59538-8_10

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