Overlapping Water and Nutrient Use Efficiencies and Carbon Assimilation between Coexisting Simple- and Compound-Leaved Trees from a Valley Savanna

• Published in: Water (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 11; p. 3037
• Main Authors: Wang, Yang-Si-Ding, Yang, Da, Wu, Huai-Dong, Zhang, Yun-Bing, Zhang, Shu-Bin, Zhang, Yong-Jiang, Zhang, Jiao-Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 01.11.2020
• Subjects: carbon dioxide fixation; China; climate change; compound leaves; dry environmental conditions; ecophysiology; Environmental aspects; nitrogen; phosphorus; photosynthesis; Physiological aspects; Savannas; specific leaf weight; stable isotopes; stress tolerance; Trees; Water; water use efficiency; China

Identifying differences in ecophysiology between simple and compound leaves can help understand the adaptive significance of the compound leaf form and its response to climate change. However, we still know surprisingly little about differences in water and nutrient use, and photosynthetic capacity...