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Water balance creates a threshold in soil pH at the global scale

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  • E. W. Slessarev

    (Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California)

  • Y. Lin

    (Policy and Management, University of California)

  • N. L. Bingham

    (University of California)

  • J. E. Johnson

    (University of Arizona
    †Present address: Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, USA.)

  • Y. Dai

    (School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University)

  • J. P. Schimel

    (Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California)

  • O. A. Chadwick

    (University of California)

Abstract

There is an abrupt transition from alkaline to acid soil pH when mean annual precipitation exceeds mean annual potential evapotranspiration, demonstrating that climate creates a nonlinear pattern in soil solution chemistry at the global scale.

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  • E. W. Slessarev & Y. Lin & N. L. Bingham & J. E. Johnson & Y. Dai & J. P. Schimel & O. A. Chadwick, 2016. "Water balance creates a threshold in soil pH at the global scale," Nature, Nature, vol. 540(7634), pages 567-569, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:540:y:2016:i:7634:d:10.1038_nature20139
    DOI: 10.1038/nature20139
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