Responses of foliar phosphorus fractions to soil age are diverse along a 2 Myr dune chronosequence

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 223; no. 3; pp. 1621 - 1633
• Main Authors: Yan, Li, Zhang, Xinhou, Han, Zhongming, Pang, Jiayin, Lambers, Hans, Finnegan, Patrick M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley 01.08.2019; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Acacia; Age; age of soil; Australia; Australian native species; Biodiversity; Biodiversity hot spots; Body organs; chronosequences; Hakea; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; inorganic phosphorus; leaf phosphorus fractions; Leaves; Melaleuca; Metabolites; Nitrogen; Nitrogen - metabolism; nitrogen content; nucleic acid; Nucleic acids; Organic chemistry; Organs; phosphate; phospholipid; Phospholipids; Phosphorus; Phosphorus - metabolism; phosphorus allocation; Photosynthesis; Phylogeny; phytogeography; Plant Leaves - metabolism; Plants; Plants (botany); Soil; Soil characteristics; soil phosphorus gradient; Soils; Species richness; Systena; Time Factors; Variation; Australia; soil phosphorus gradient; phosphate; Australian native species; leaf phosphorus fractions; nucleic acid; phospholipid; phosphorus allocation

Plants respond to soil phosphorus (P) availability by adjusting leaf P among inorganic P (Pi) and organic P fractions (nucleic acids, phospholipids, small metabolites and a residual fraction). We tested whether phylogenetically divergent plants in a biodiversity hotspot similarly adjust leaf P alloc...