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This work was supported by the Major Science and Technology Projects in Yunnan Province (202202AE090012), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31971412, 32171505), and West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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December 11, 2024
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Leaf nutrient basis for the differentiation of photosynthetic traits between subtropical evergreen and deciduous trees

Publicated to:Plant Physiology. 197 (1): kiae566- - 2025-01-01 197(1), DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiae566

Authors: Shi, Qi; He, Bin; Knauer, Jurgen; Peguero-Pina, Jose Javier; Zhang, Shi-Bao; Huang, Wei

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Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Kunming 650201, Peoples R China - Author
Ctr Invest & Tecnol Agroalimentaria Aragon CITA, Dept Sistemas Agr Forestales & Medio Ambiente, Avda Montanana 930, Zaragoza 50059, Spain - Author
Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China - Author
Univ Zaragoza, Inst Agroalimentario Aragon IA2, CITA, Zaragoza, Spain - Author
Western Sydney Univ, Hawkesbury Inst Environm, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia - Author
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Abstract

Compared with evergreens, deciduous tree species usually have higher photosynthetic efficiency to complete vegetative and reproductive growth in a shorter growing season. However, the nutrient basis for the differentiation of photosynthesis functional traits between evergreen and deciduous tree species has not yet been clarified. Thirty evergreen and 20 deciduous angiosperm tree species from a subtropical common garden were compared in terms of photosynthetic traits and leaf nutrients. Generally, their differences in area- based photosynthetic capacity were uncorrelated with area-based leaf nutrient content but were caused by the fraction of nitrogen allocated to photosynthetic components. By comparison, the differences in mass-based photosynthetic capacity were more correlated with leaf nitrogen content than leaf phosphorus and potassium content. Convergence in phosphorus and potassium constraints to photosynthesis occurred in deciduous tree species but not in evergreen tree species. Furthermore, leaf C/N ratio played a more significant role than leaf mass per area in determining the differentiation of photosynthetic traits between evergreen and deciduous groups. Our findings provide insight into the nutrient basis for photosynthetic carbon gain and functional strategies across tree species.

Keywords

Anatomical characteristicsBiochemistry capacityBosques de frondosas caducasCalidad del sueloCarbonCarbonic-anhydraseCharacteristics explainChlorophyll fluorescenceCo2 assimilationDry masFotosíntesisGas-exchangeInternal conductanceLeaf c/n ratioLeaf mass per areaLeaf nutrient contentMesophyll conductanceMesophyll diffusion conductanceNitrogenNutrientesNutrientsPhosphorusPhotosynthesisPlant leavesPlantas perennesPotassiumSpecies specificityTemperature responseTreesTropical climate

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Plant Physiology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position 17/273, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Plant Sciences. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-08-06:

  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 2
  • Europe PMC: 2

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-06:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 2.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 2 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 18.25.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 5 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 2 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Australia; China.