ArticleEcology letters2019
Global photosynthetic capacity is optimized to the environment.
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- Global Assessment of Environmental and Plant-Trait Influences on Root: Shoot Biomass Ratios.Global change biology · 2025Article
- Temporal constraints on leaf-level trait plasticity for next-generation land surface models.Annals of botany · 2025Review
- Global photosynthetic capacity jointly determined by enzyme kinetics and eco-evo-environmental drivers.Fundamental research · 2025Article
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- Empirical evidence and theoretical understanding of ecosystem carbon and nitrogen cycle interactions.The New phytologist · 2025Review
- Evidence for widespread thermal acclimation of canopy photosynthesis.Nature plants · 2024Article
- The leaf-scale mass-based photosynthetic optimization model better predicts photosynthetic acclimation than the area-based.AoB PLANTS · 2024Article
- Environmental versus phylogenetic controls on leaf nitrogen and phosphorous concentrations in vascular plants.Nature communications · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
21 authors at 18 institutions in 12 countries.
Nicholas G SmithDepartment of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7048-4387
Trevor F KeenanClimate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
I Colin PrenticeAXA Chair of Biosphere and Climate Impacts, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Han WangDepartment of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing.
Ian J WrightDepartment of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, 2109, Australia.
Ülo NiinemetsDepartment of Plant Physiology, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia.
Kristine Y CrousHawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia.
Tomas F DominguesDepartamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto - University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Rossella GuerrieriCenter for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola, Barcelona, Spain.
F Yoko IshidaCentre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia.
Jens KattgeMax Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.
Eric L KrugerDepartment of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2463-9231
Vincent MaireDépartement des sciences de l'environnement, Université du Québec à Trois, Rivières, Trois Rivières, Canada.
Alistair RogersEnvironmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9262-7430
Shawn P SerbinEnvironmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4136-8971
Lasse TarvainenDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Henrique F TogashiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, 2109, Australia.
Philip A TownsendDepartment of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Meng WangCollege of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5291-5622
Lasantha K WeerasingheResearch School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Shuang-Xi ZhouDepartment of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, 2109, Australia.
Brookhaven National Laboratory · USMacquarie University · AUUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · USEstonian University of Life Sciences · EEGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research · DEImperial College London · GBJames Cook University · AULawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · USNortheast Normal University · CNPlant & Food Research · NZTexas Tech University · USTsinghua University · CNUniversidade de São Paulo · BRUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ESUniversité du Québec à Trois-Rivières · CAUniversity of Gothenburg · SEUniversity of Peradeniya · LKWestern Sydney University · AU
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Laboratory Directed Research and DevelopmentNASANatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada NSERC-Discovery-2016-05716The Fonds de recherché du Quebec - Nature et Technologies FRQNT-2017-NC-198009United States Department of Energy DE-SC0012704USDA
Abstract
Earth system models (ESMs) use photosynthetic capacity, indexed by the maximum Rubisco carboxylation rate (V
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AcclimatizationCarbon DioxidePhotosynthesisAdaptation, PhysiologicalNitrogenPlant LeavesRibulose-Bisphosphate CarboxylaseCarbon DioxideNitrogenRibulose-Bisphosphate CarboxylaseCarbon cycleCarboxylationcoordinationecophysiologyelectron transportJmaxlight availabilitynitrogen availabilitytemperatureVcmax
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