Experiments

The experiments below have been carried out or are being planned by the LEMONTREE team, click on a title for further details including lead institution, variables being test and data availability:

Investigating differences in photosynthetic traits between species grown in monocultures and multicultures, and their spectral signals for upscaling from leaf-level to canopy scale.

Leaf photosynthetic and morphological adaptations to rising CO2 levels and elevation

Testing the responses and interplays of leaf physiological and morphological traits at elevated CO2 levels in five common crop species

Optimality along a nutrient stoichiometric gradient

The temperature response of photosynthesis: Biochemical acclimation timeframes and the optimal temperature of ΦPSII

Response of C3 and C4 species to elevated CO2 and water deficit: A test of least-cost optimality theory

The acclimation of leaf level photosynthesis on CO2, with interacting effects of soil water availability and nutrient availability.

Effect of nutrient availability on plant scale carbon costs to acquire nitrogen as it relates to carbon gain and water loss.

Re-examining coordination between root and leaf economics for a general plant trait space: a case study in Fujian, China

Photosynthetic and leaf morphological adaptations to rising CO2 levels and elevation.

Testing the responses and interplay of leaf physiological and morphological traits under elevated CO2 in common crop species.

Testing the balanced carbon and water costs with contrasting resource availabilities.

Soil microbial communities influence whole plant resource allocation.

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation reduces belowground biomass carbon costs of nitrogen acquisition under low, but not high, nitrogen availability

The cost of resource use for photosynthesis drives variation in leaf nitrogen content across a climate and resource availability gradient

Nitrogen demand, availability, and acquisition strategy control plant responses to elevated CO2