Leaf phosphorus allocation to chemical fractions and its seasonal variation in south-western Australia is a species-dependent trait

ST Liu, CE Gille, T Bird, K Ranathunge… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
South-western Australia is a global biodiversity hotspot and has some of the oldest and most
phosphorus (P)-impoverished soils in the world. Proteaceae is one of the dominant P …

[PDF][PDF] Proteaceae with low leaf nitrogen concentrations sacrificed stress-responsive and nitrogen-assimilation leaf proteins in favour of photosynthetic proteins

ST Liu, NL Taylor, T Bird… - … of Native Plants …, 2023 - research-repository.uwa.edu.au
Proteaceae evolved from extremely phosphorus (P)-impoverished soils have low leaf
nitrogen (N) concentrations while retaining rapid photosynthetic rates. In this study, we …