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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-1475-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-1475-2025
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18 Mar 2025
Research article |  | 18 Mar 2025

Nitrogen concentrations in boreal and temperate tree tissues vary with tree age/size, growth rate, and climate

Martin Thurner, Kailiang Yu, Stefano Manzoni, Anatoly Prokushkin, Melanie A. Thurner, Zhiqiang Wang, and Thomas Hickler

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Nitrogen concentrations in tree tissues (leaves, branches, stems, and roots) are related to photosynthesis, growth, and respiration and thus to vegetation carbon uptake. Our novel database allows us to identify the controls of tree tissue nitrogen concentrations in boreal and temperate forests, such as tree age/size, species, and climate. Changes therein will affect tissue nitrogen concentrations and thus also vegetation carbon uptake.
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