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ArticleNature plants2025

Plant traits shape global spatiotemporal variations in photosynthetic efficiency.

Yulin Yan, Bolun Li, Benjamin Dechant, Mingzhu Xu, Xiangzhong Luo, Sai Qu, Guofang Miao, Jiye Leng, Rong Shang, Lei Shu and 5 more

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15 authors.

Yulin YanGeography Postdoctoral Program, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China. yulin.yan@outlook.com.ORCID 0000-0001-8595-9277
Bolun LiSchool of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China.
Benjamin DechantGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5171-2364
Mingzhu XuKey Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Process (Ministry of Education), Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China.
Xiangzhong LuoDepartment of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-9546-0960
Sai QuDepartment of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Guofang MiaoKey Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Process (Ministry of Education), Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5532-932X
Jiye LengDepartment of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Rong ShangKey Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Process (Ministry of Education), Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6448-4428
Lei ShuKey Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Process (Ministry of Education), Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4099-8958
Chongya JiangCollege of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Han WangDepartment of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Sujong JeongDepartment of Environmental Planning, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-4586-4534
Youngryel RyuDepartment of Landscape Architecture and Rural Systems Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-6238-2479
Jing M ChenKey Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Process (Ministry of Education), Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China. jing.chen@utoronto.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-8682-1293

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2023M740631National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 42471356
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photosynthetic efficiency (PE) quantifies the fraction of absorbed light used in photochemistry to produce chemical energy during photosynthesis and is essential for understanding ecosystem productivity and the global carbon cycle, particularly under conditions of vegetation stress. However, nearly 60% of the global spatiotemporal variance in terrestrial PE remains unexplained. Here we integrate remote sensing and eco-evolutionary optimality theory to derive key plant traits, alongside explainable machine learning and global eddy covariance observations, to uncover the drivers of daily PE variations. Incorporating plant traits into our model increases the explained daily PE variance from 36% to 80% for C

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