New research led by LEMONTREE PhD student Jan Lankhorst reveals how plants balance carbon, water and nutrient use under different soil conditions. How efficiently do plants use their resources to…Read More >
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Trading Nitrogen for Water: What Sugar Maples Teach Us About Photosynthetic Economics
How do trees decide how to use the resources available to them? Just like any economy, plants face trade-offs. They must balance investments of nutrients and water to maintain photosynthesis….Read More >
The Land Carbon Sink: Why Plant Nutrient Strategies Hold the Key
A new study published in Nature Climate Change—Plant nutrient acquisition under elevated CO₂ and implications for the land carbon sink—offers fresh insight into a long-standing climate science puzzle: how nutrient…Read More >
