Evolutionary Imprints on the Foliar Elementome: Biogeochemical Niche Differentiation Among Fagus Species
Daisy Cárate Tandalla, Hermann F Jungkunst, Janice E Hudson, Delphis F Levia, Junko Nagakura, Josep Peñuelas, Vanessa M S Vetter, Jordi Sardans · 2026
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Description
Daisy Cárate Tandalla and co-authors compare the leaf chemistry of three beech tree species from three continents. Close kin often compete hard, and the team asked whether each species draws elements from the soil in its own pattern. They pooled leaf data from 328 sites for the North American, European, and Asian beeches.
Each species showed a distinct chemical signature, and a sorting method named the right species over 85 percent of the time. The European beech stood out on phosphorus and calcium, the Asian one on potassium and magnesium. The authors read the patterns as old traits shaped by ancestral climate and soil.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Daisy Cárate Tandalla, Hermann F Jungkunst, Janice E Hudson, Delphis F Levia, Junko Nagakura, Josep Peñuelas, Vanessa M S Vetter, Jordi Sardans |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 56 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |