Informing models through empirical relationships between foliar phosphorus, nitrogen and photosynthesis across diverse woody species in tropical forests of Panama

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

doi:10.1111/nph.14319

Title: Informing models through empirical relationships between foliar phosphorus, nitrogen and photosynthesis across diverse woody species in tropical forests of Panama

Journal Article · Mon Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2016 · New Phytologist

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14319· OSTI ID:1376318

Norby, Richard J. ^[1]; Gu, Lianhong ^[1]; Haworth, Ivan C. ^[1]; Jensen, Anna M. ^[2]; Turner, Benjamin L. ^[3]; Walker, Anthony P. ^[1]; Warren, Jeffrey M. ^[1]; Weston, David J. ^[1]; Xu, Chonggang ^[4]; Winter, Klaus ^[3]

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)

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.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

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Journal Information:: New Phytologist, Vol. 215, Issue 4; ISSN 0028-646X

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