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Patterns of Nutrient Absorption and Use by Plants from Natural and Man-Modified Environments

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Man’s activities in natural ecosystems generally alter nutrient availability, thus affecting nutrient absorption and allocation by plants. In this way man has substantially changed plant nutrient relations on more than 75% of the continental United States (Table 1). Prior to 1940 when new lands were being developed most rapidly, the predominant effect of European man in America was to reduce the productive potential of the land, in part through depletion or loss of available nutrients. Declining soil fertility as a result of human exploitation has played a major role in the changing sociology and history of the United States (e.g. southeastern and midwestern states) and is playing a similar role today in many of the developing nations of the world.

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    M. Godron

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Chapin, F.S. (1983). Patterns of Nutrient Absorption and Use by Plants from Natural and Man-Modified Environments. In: Mooney, H.A., Godron, M. (eds) Disturbance and Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 44. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69137-9_12

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