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Martín Sanz, Ruth Cristina Pando Fernández, Valentín Bueis Mellado, Teresa De Los Turrión Nieves, María Belén 2025-01-09T11:08:43Z 2025-01-09T11:08:43Z 2021 Forests, October 2021, 12, 10, 1398 19994907 https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/73280 10.3390/f12101398 1398 10 Forests 12 1999-4907 Producción Científica Although soil phosphorus is essential for vegetation growth it is not always found in labile forms, hampering its absorption by plants, and is limited in forest ecosystems. This study explores soil P state and availability in calcareous soils, determining which processes affect its different pools and which soil parameters influence forest productivity of a Mediterranean pine species. We used a sequential fractionation method to determine P fractions in the soil according to their lability and their organic or inorganic nature. Those fractions were related to different soil and climatic parameters and to the site index in 32 Pinus halepensis plots of the National Spanish Forest Inventory. Soil texture, carbonates content, water retention capacity and organic matter substantially affected P fractions in the calcareous soils studied. Membrane extractable P was mainly influenced by organic matter-related parameters while the predominant P fraction in these soils, the primary P, was linked to the carbonates content. The biological mineralization processes played a key role in the soil P cycle. Total P, carbonates content, soil texture and water availability drove forest productivity in the studied plots. application/pdf spa MDPI info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Calcareous soils Fractionation Mediterranean ecosystem Phosphorus Phosphorus availability Semiarid environment Sequential extraction Influence of Soil Properties on P Pools and Its Effect on Forest Productivity in Mediterranean Calcareous Soils info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/12/10/1398 SI