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Phosphorus dynamics during early soil development in a cold desert: insights from oxygen isotopes in phosphate
Zuzana Frkova
University of Luxembourg, Faculty of Science, Technology and
Communication, 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, 1359, Luxembourg
Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of
Hydrobiology, Na Sádkách 7, 370 05 České Budějovice,
Czech Republic
Chiara Pistocchi
Eco&Sols, Montpellier SupAgro, CIRAD, INRAE, IRD, 34060 Montpellier, France
Yuliya Vystavna
Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of
Hydrobiology, Na Sádkách 7, 370 05 České Budějovice,
Czech Republic
Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Soil
Biology, Na Sádkách 7, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech
Republic
Katerina Capkova
Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of
Hydrobiology, Na Sádkách 7, 370 05 České Budějovice,
Czech Republic
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany v.v.i., Dukelská
135, 379 82 Třeboň, Czech Republic
Jiri Dolezal
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany v.v.i., Dukelská
135, 379 82 Třeboň, Czech Republic
Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Na Zlaté stoce
1, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Research Station
Eschikon 33, 8315 Lindau, Switzerland
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Short summary
Phosphorus (P) is essential for life. We studied microbial processes driving the P cycle in soils developed on the same rock but with different ages (0–100 years) in a cold desert. Compared to previous studies under cold climate, we found much slower weathering of P-containing minerals of soil development, likely due to aridity. However, microbes dominate short-term dynamics and progressively redistribute P from the rock into more available forms, making it available for plants at later stages.
Phosphorus (P) is essential for life. We studied microbial processes driving the P cycle in...
