Relationships Between Leaf Carbon and Macronutrients Across Woody Species and Forest Ecosystems Highlight How Carbon Is Allocated to Leaf Structural Function

Relationships Between Leaf Carbon and Macronutrients Across Woody Species and Forest Ecosystems Highlight How Carbon Is Allocated to Leaf Structural Function

Stoichiometry of leaf macronutrients can provide insight into the tradeoffs between leaf structural and metabolic investments. Structural carbon (C) in cell walls is contained in lignin and polysaccharides (cellulose, hemicellulose, and pectins). Much of leaf calcium (Ca) and a fraction of magnesium...

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Main Authors: Kaixiong Xing, Mingfei Zhao, Ülo Niinemets, Shuli Niu, Jing Tian, Yuan Jiang, Han Y. H. Chen, Philip J. White, Dali Guo, Zeqing Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
stoichiometry
leaf carbon concentration
leaf calcium concentration
leaf structural strategies
cell wall composition
leaf cellular structure
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.674932/full

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