[TF24 NSC] Literature review of Non-structural carbohydrate storage

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Data

• Adams HD et al. (2017) A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1: 1285–1291. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0248-x
• Dai Y et al. (2018) Relative contributions of hydraulic dysfunction and carbohydrate depletion during tree mortality caused by drought. AoB PLANTS 10: plx069. DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plx069
• El Omari B (2022) Accumulation versus storage of total non-structural carbohydrates in woody plants. Trees 36: 869–881. DOI: 10.1007/s00468-021-02240-6
• Granda E& Camarero JJ (2017) Drought reduces growth and stimulates sugar accumulation: new evidence of environmentally driven non-structural carbohydrate use. Tree Physiology 37: 997–1000. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpx097
• Klein T et al. (2014) Drought stress, growth and nonstructural carbohydrate dynamics of pine trees in a semi-arid forest. Tree Physiology 34: 981–992. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu071
• Lloret F et al. (2018) Non-structural carbohydrate dynamics associated with drought-induced die-off in woody species of a shrubland community. Annals of Botany 121: 1383–1396. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcy039
• Martínez-Vilalta J et al. (2016) Dynamics of non-structural carbohydrates in terrestrial plants: a global synthesis. Ecological Monographs 86: 495–516. DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1231
• Rosas T et al. (2013) Dynamics of non-structural carbohydrates in three Mediterranean woody species following long-term experimental drought. Frontiers in Plant Science 4. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00400
• Santos M et al. (2021) Whole plant water status and non‐structural carbohydrates under progressive drought in a Caatinga deciduous woody species. Trees 35: 1257–1266. DOI: 10.1007/s00468-021-02113-y
• Signori-Müller C et al. (2021) Non-structural carbohydrates mediate seasonal water stress across Amazon forests. Nature Communications 12: 2310. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22378-8
• Thompson RA et al. (2023) No carbon storage in growth-limited trees in a semi-arid woodland. Nature Communications 14: 1959. DOI: [10.1038/s41467-023-37577-8
• Urrutia-Jalabert R et al. (2020) Low Growth Sensitivity and Fast Replenishment of Non-structural Carbohydrates in a Long-Lived Endangered Conifer After Drought. Frontiers in Plant Science 11. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00905

Models

• Jones S et al. (2020) The impact of a simple representation of non-structural carbohydrates on the simulated response of tropical forests to drought. Biogeosciences 17: 3589–3612. DOI: 10.5194/bg-17-3589-2020
• Cho N et al. (2022) Modeling temporal variations of non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) storages across biomes. Forest Ecology and Management 508: 120033. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120033
• Cho N et al. (2022) Recent field findings and modeling on non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs): How to synthesize? Ecological Informatics 70: 101695. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101695
• D’Andrea E et al. (2021) Unravelling resilience mechanisms in forests: role of non-structural carbohydrates in responding to extreme weather events. Tree Physiology 41: 1808–1818. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpab044
• Fang J et al. (2020) A physiological model for predicting dynamics of tree stem-wood non-structural carbohydrates. Journal of Ecology 108: 702–718. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13274
• Hartmann H et al. (2018) Identifying differences in carbohydrate dynamics of seedlings and mature trees to improve carbon allocation in models for trees and forests. Environmental and Experimental Botany 152: 7–18. DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2018.03.011
• Stefaniak EZ et al. (2024) Optimal carbon storage during drought. Tree Physiology tpae032. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpae032

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Goals

1. Assess empirical evidence of NSCs, how much and when ? Do they vary with

• species, tissues
• environmental conditions: drought, light
• when are they deployed
• what is the evidence they defer mortality?

2. How have people modelled this? Is there an approach we can repurpose?

• what are our core requirements
• what is the simplest representation we can use?

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Uni, D., Sheffer, E., Winters, G. et al. Peak photosynthesis at summer midday in Acacia trees growing in a hyper-arid habitat. Trees 37, 255–267 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-022-02344-7