Biome-specific effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on the photosynthetic characteristics of trees at a forest-savanna boundary in Cameroon
Photosynthesis/nutrient relationships of proximally growing forest and savanna trees were determined in an ecotonal region of Cameroon (Africa). Although area-based foliar N concentrations were typically lower for savanna trees, there was no difference in photosynthetic rates between the two vegetat...
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| Outros Autores: | Ishida, Francoise Yoko, Feldpausch, Ted R., Grace, John, Meir, Patrick W., Saiz, Gustavo, Séné, Olivier, Schrodt, Franziska, Sonké, Bonaventure, Taedoumg, Hermann E., Veenendaal, Elmar M., Lewis, Simon L., Lloyd, Jon |
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oai:repositorio:1-15410 Biome-specific effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on the photosynthetic characteristics of trees at a forest-savanna boundary in Cameroon null, Tomas Ishida, Francoise Yoko Feldpausch, Ted R. Grace, John Meir, Patrick W. Saiz, Gustavo Séné, Olivier Schrodt, Franziska Sonké, Bonaventure Taedoumg, Hermann E. Veenendaal, Elmar M. Lewis, Simon L. Lloyd, Jon Biome Concentration (composition) Ecophysiology Ecotone Global Change Nitrogen Nutrient Dynamics Phosphorus Photosynthesis Rainforest Savanna Tropical Environment Woody Plant Cameroon Nitrogen Phosphorus Ribulose-bisphosphate Carboxylase Africa Biodiversity Cameroon Ecosystem Electron Transport Forest Grassland Metabolism Photosynthesis Physiology Plant Leaf Species Difference Tree Tropic Climate Africa Biodiversity Cameroon Ecosystem Electron Transport Forests Grassland Nitrogen Phosphorus Photosynthesis Plant Leaves Ribulose-bisphosphate Carboxylase Species Specificity Trees Tropical Climate Photosynthesis/nutrient relationships of proximally growing forest and savanna trees were determined in an ecotonal region of Cameroon (Africa). Although area-based foliar N concentrations were typically lower for savanna trees, there was no difference in photosynthetic rates between the two vegetation formation types. Opposite to N, area-based P concentrations were—on average—slightly lower for forest trees; a dependency of photosynthetic characteristics on foliar P was only evident for savanna trees. Thus savanna trees use N more efficiently than their forest counterparts, but only in the presence of relatively high foliar P. Along with some other recent studies, these results suggest that both N and P are important modulators of woody tropical plant photosynthetic capacities, influencing photosynthetic metabolism in different ways that are also biome specific. Attempts to find simple unifying equations to describe woody tropical vegetation photosynthesis-nutrient relationships are likely to meet with failure, with ecophysiological distinctions between forest and savanna requiring acknowledgement. © 2015, The Author(s). 2020-05-08T20:42:23Z 2020-05-08T20:42:23Z 2015 Artigo https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/15410 10.1007/s00442-015-3250-5 en Volume 178, Número 3, Pags. 659-672 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Brazil http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/br/ application/pdf Oecologia |
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Biome Concentration (composition) Ecophysiology Ecotone Global Change Nitrogen Nutrient Dynamics Phosphorus Photosynthesis Rainforest Savanna Tropical Environment Woody Plant Cameroon Nitrogen Phosphorus Ribulose-bisphosphate Carboxylase Africa Biodiversity Cameroon Ecosystem Electron Transport Forest Grassland Metabolism Photosynthesis Physiology Plant Leaf Species Difference Tree Tropic Climate Africa Biodiversity Cameroon Ecosystem Electron Transport Forests Grassland Nitrogen Phosphorus Photosynthesis Plant Leaves Ribulose-bisphosphate Carboxylase Species Specificity Trees Tropical Climate |
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Biome Concentration (composition) Ecophysiology Ecotone Global Change Nitrogen Nutrient Dynamics Phosphorus Photosynthesis Rainforest Savanna Tropical Environment Woody Plant Cameroon Nitrogen Phosphorus Ribulose-bisphosphate Carboxylase Africa Biodiversity Cameroon Ecosystem Electron Transport Forest Grassland Metabolism Photosynthesis Physiology Plant Leaf Species Difference Tree Tropic Climate Africa Biodiversity Cameroon Ecosystem Electron Transport Forests Grassland Nitrogen Phosphorus Photosynthesis Plant Leaves Ribulose-bisphosphate Carboxylase Species Specificity Trees Tropical Climate null, Tomas Biome-specific effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on the photosynthetic characteristics of trees at a forest-savanna boundary in Cameroon |
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Biome Concentration (composition) Ecophysiology Ecotone Global Change Nitrogen Nutrient Dynamics Phosphorus Photosynthesis Rainforest Savanna Tropical Environment Woody Plant Cameroon Nitrogen Phosphorus Ribulose-bisphosphate Carboxylase Africa Biodiversity Cameroon Ecosystem Electron Transport Forest Grassland Metabolism Photosynthesis Physiology Plant Leaf Species Difference Tree Tropic Climate Africa Biodiversity Cameroon Ecosystem Electron Transport Forests Grassland Nitrogen Phosphorus Photosynthesis Plant Leaves Ribulose-bisphosphate Carboxylase Species Specificity Trees Tropical Climate |
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Photosynthesis/nutrient relationships of proximally growing forest and savanna trees were determined in an ecotonal region of Cameroon (Africa). Although area-based foliar N concentrations were typically lower for savanna trees, there was no difference in photosynthetic rates between the two vegetation formation types. Opposite to N, area-based P concentrations were—on average—slightly lower for forest trees; a dependency of photosynthetic characteristics on foliar P was only evident for savanna trees. Thus savanna trees use N more efficiently than their forest counterparts, but only in the presence of relatively high foliar P. Along with some other recent studies, these results suggest that both N and P are important modulators of woody tropical plant photosynthetic capacities, influencing photosynthetic metabolism in different ways that are also biome specific. Attempts to find simple unifying equations to describe woody tropical vegetation photosynthesis-nutrient relationships are likely to meet with failure, with ecophysiological distinctions between forest and savanna requiring acknowledgement. © 2015, The Author(s). |
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Ishida, Francoise Yoko Feldpausch, Ted R. Grace, John Meir, Patrick W. Saiz, Gustavo Séné, Olivier Schrodt, Franziska Sonké, Bonaventure Taedoumg, Hermann E. Veenendaal, Elmar M. Lewis, Simon L. Lloyd, Jon |
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Ishida, Francoise Yoko Feldpausch, Ted R. Grace, John Meir, Patrick W. Saiz, Gustavo Séné, Olivier Schrodt, Franziska Sonké, Bonaventure Taedoumg, Hermann E. Veenendaal, Elmar M. Lewis, Simon L. Lloyd, Jon |
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Biome-specific effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on the photosynthetic characteristics of trees at a forest-savanna boundary in Cameroon |
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Biome-specific effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on the photosynthetic characteristics of trees at a forest-savanna boundary in Cameroon |
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Biome-specific effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on the photosynthetic characteristics of trees at a forest-savanna boundary in Cameroon |
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Biome-specific effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on the photosynthetic characteristics of trees at a forest-savanna boundary in Cameroon |
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Biome-specific effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on the photosynthetic characteristics of trees at a forest-savanna boundary in Cameroon |
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biome-specific effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on the photosynthetic characteristics of trees at a forest-savanna boundary in cameroon |
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Oecologia |
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2020 |
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