Only zinc (Zn) among micronutrients is an important predictor of grassland production

Front Plant Sci. 2022 Jul 22:13:962513. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.962513. eCollection 2022.

Congcong Liu^{1

2

3}, Meng Xu⁴, Ying Li⁵, Nianpeng He³

¹ Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Areas (Minzu University of China), National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing, China.
² College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Aquatic Invasive Alien Species, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangzhou, China.
⁵ College of Grassland Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.

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Keywords: biomass production; iron; micronutrients; model selection; zinc.