Seedling leaves allocate lower fractions of nitrogen to photosynthetic apparatus in nitrogen fixing trees (Dalbergia odorifera and Erythrophleum fordii) than in non-nitrogen fixing trees (Betula alnoides and Castanopsis hystrix) in subtropical China
J. Tang, B. Sun, R. Cheng, Z. Shi, D. Luo, S. Liu, M. Centritto
The paper compares nitrogen allocation in leaves of nitrogen-fixing and non-nitrogen-fixing tree species, finding lower photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency in nitrogen-fixing species due to reduced allocation to Rubisco and bioenergetics.
bioRxiv · Nov 29, 2018Ecology