Supporting Information Notes S1 and Table S3 & S4
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Table S3 Summary of results from the meta-analyses on plant [N], [P] and N : P by using the complete dataset (n = 155) and by
using one random observation per study (n = 25). Effect sizes (LogeR) are shown in bold when 95% bootstrapped intervals (95%
CI) did not overlap with zero.
Dataset
Nutrient
n
LogeR (%)
95% CI
Max
-1.00
1.61
Complete dataset
One random observation per study
N
155
25
-3.73
-5.07
Min
-6.45
-11.49
Complete dataset
One random observation per study
P
155
25
-9.18
-9.26
-13.38
-19.07
-4.72
3.37
Complete dataset
One random observation per study
N:P
155
25
6.98
6.78
2.13
-3.52
12.23
17.62
Table S4 Summary of results from the meta-analyses on plant [N], [P] and N : P. Effect sizes (LnR) are shown in bold when 95%
bootstrapped intervals (95% CI) did not overlap with zero. Differences among functional group type, N-fixation and experiment
categories are indicated by Qbetween and Prandom.
Nutrient
Category
Group
n
LogeR (%)
Plant [N]
Functional group type
tree
shrub
grass
80
7
67
-1.01
-4.67
-6.77
N-fixation
No
Yes
Experiment
Plant [P]
95% CI
Min
Max
-4.72
2.82
-18.18
11.06
-10.60
-2.78
Qbetween Prandom
4.47
0.13
122 -5.06
32 1.25
-8.08
-5.00
-1.95
7.90
3.34
0.07
Pot
Field
107 -1.78
47 -8.36
-5.01
-13.10
1.54
-3.36
4.90
0.03
Functional type
tree
shrub
grass
81
7
67
-10.27
-10.61
-7.80
-15.54
-29.44
-13.51
-4.68
13.24
-1.72
0.41
0.85
N-fixation
No
Yes
122 -10.18
32 -5.17
-14.34
-13.88
-5.82
4.41
1.05
0.37
Experiment
Pot
Field
107 -9.52
47 -8.42
-14.04
-15.27
-4.76
-1.02
0.07
0.82
Plant N : P
Functional type
tree
shrub
grass
81
7
67
N-fixation
No
Yes
Experiment
Pot
Field
10.80
5.79
2.90
3.54
-18.96
-4.32
18.59
38.11
10.67
2.21
0.32
123 6.15
32 10.21
0.64
-0.99
11.96
22.67
0.40
0.52
107 10.45
47 -0.53
4.54
-8.60
16.70
8.24
4.33
0.04