Informing models through empirical relationships between foliar phosphorus, nitrogen and photosynthesis across diverse woody species in tropical forests of Panama
Abstract
Summary Our objective was to analyze and summarize data describing photosynthetic parameters and foliar nutrient concentrations from tropical forests in Panama to inform model representation of phosphorus (P) limitation of tropical forest productivity. Gas exchange and nutrient content data were collected from 144 observations of upper canopy leaves from at least 65 species at two forest sites in Panama, differing in species composition, rainfall and soil fertility. Photosynthetic parameters were derived from analysis of assimilation rate vs internal CO 2 concentration curves ( A / C i ), and relationships with foliar nitrogen (N) and P content were developed. The relationships between area‐based photosynthetic parameters and nutrients were of similar strength for N and P and robust across diverse species and site conditions. The strongest relationship expressed maximum electron transport rate ( J max ) as a multivariate function of both N and P, and this relationship was improved with the inclusion of independent data on wood density. Models that estimate photosynthesis from foliar N would be improved only modestly by including additional data on foliar P, but doing so may increase the capability of models to predict future conditions in P‐limited tropical forests, especially when combined with data onmore »
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Linnaeus Univ., Vaxjo (Sweden)
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon (Panama)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1376318
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- OSTI ID: 1787093
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- New Phytologist
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 215; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0028-646X
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; maximal Rubisco carboxylation rate (Vcmax); maximum electron transport rate (Jmax); N : P ratio; nitrogen (N); phosphorus (P); photosynthesis; traits; tropical forest
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Norby, Richard J., Gu, Lianhong, Haworth, Ivan C., Jensen, Anna M., Turner, Benjamin L., Walker, Anthony P., Warren, Jeffrey M., Weston, David J., Xu, Chonggang, and Winter, Klaus. Informing models through empirical relationships between foliar phosphorus, nitrogen and photosynthesis across diverse woody species in tropical forests of Panama. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1111/nph.14319.
Norby, Richard J., Gu, Lianhong, Haworth, Ivan C., Jensen, Anna M., Turner, Benjamin L., Walker, Anthony P., Warren, Jeffrey M., Weston, David J., Xu, Chonggang, & Winter, Klaus. Informing models through empirical relationships between foliar phosphorus, nitrogen and photosynthesis across diverse woody species in tropical forests of Panama. United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14319
Norby, Richard J., Gu, Lianhong, Haworth, Ivan C., Jensen, Anna M., Turner, Benjamin L., Walker, Anthony P., Warren, Jeffrey M., Weston, David J., Xu, Chonggang, and Winter, Klaus. Mon .
"Informing models through empirical relationships between foliar phosphorus, nitrogen and photosynthesis across diverse woody species in tropical forests of Panama". United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14319. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1376318.
@article{osti_1376318,
title = {Informing models through empirical relationships between foliar phosphorus, nitrogen and photosynthesis across diverse woody species in tropical forests of Panama},
author = {Norby, Richard J. and Gu, Lianhong and Haworth, Ivan C. and Jensen, Anna M. and Turner, Benjamin L. and Walker, Anthony P. and Warren, Jeffrey M. and Weston, David J. and Xu, Chonggang and Winter, Klaus},
abstractNote = {Summary Our objective was to analyze and summarize data describing photosynthetic parameters and foliar nutrient concentrations from tropical forests in Panama to inform model representation of phosphorus (P) limitation of tropical forest productivity. Gas exchange and nutrient content data were collected from 144 observations of upper canopy leaves from at least 65 species at two forest sites in Panama, differing in species composition, rainfall and soil fertility. Photosynthetic parameters were derived from analysis of assimilation rate vs internal CO 2 concentration curves ( A / C i ), and relationships with foliar nitrogen (N) and P content were developed. The relationships between area‐based photosynthetic parameters and nutrients were of similar strength for N and P and robust across diverse species and site conditions. The strongest relationship expressed maximum electron transport rate ( J max ) as a multivariate function of both N and P, and this relationship was improved with the inclusion of independent data on wood density. Models that estimate photosynthesis from foliar N would be improved only modestly by including additional data on foliar P, but doing so may increase the capability of models to predict future conditions in P‐limited tropical forests, especially when combined with data on edaphic conditions and other environmental drivers.},
doi = {10.1111/nph.14319},
journal = {New Phytologist},
number = 4,
volume = 215,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Mon Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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