Declining global leaf nitrogen content: smart resource use by flexible plants?

New Phytol. 2022 Sep;235(5):1683-1685. doi: 10.1111/nph.18354. Epub 2022 Jul 16.
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Keywords: CO2 fertilisation; Rubisco; global land carbon sink; increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations; land surface models; leaf nitrogen (N) concentration; photosynthesis.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Nitrogen*
  • Photosynthesis
  • Plant Leaves / metabolism
  • Plants / metabolism
  • Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase* / metabolism

Substances

  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase
  • Nitrogen