Evan Perkowski
@eaperkowski.bsky.social
Postdoc @ TTU exploring plant nutrient acquisition and allocation responses to global change | he/him 🏳️🌈
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📢New paper in @aobp.bsky.social led by LEMONTREE PhD Student Jan Lankhorst: Nutrient availability increases photosynthetic capacity without altering the cost of resource use for photosynthesis. Check it out👇
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Nutrient availability increases photosynthetic capacity without altering the cost of resource use for photosynthesis
Abstract. Eco-Evolutionary Optimality (EEO) theory predicts that plants maximize resource investment in photosynthetic capacity at the lowest costs of acqu
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November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
📢New paper in @aobp.bsky.social led by LEMONTREE PhD Student Jan Lankhorst: Nutrient availability increases photosynthetic capacity without altering the cost of resource use for photosynthesis. Check it out👇
doi.org/10.1093/aobp...
@eaperkowski.bsky.social et al.
doi.org/10.1093/aobp...
@eaperkowski.bsky.social et al.
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🌳 Sugar maples sacrifice nitrogen use efficiency for greater water use efficiency while keeping photosynthesis steady. This field test of least-cost theory has big implications for land carbon models. Blog 👇
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@eaperkowski.bsky.social @nickgregsmith.bsky.social
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@eaperkowski.bsky.social @nickgregsmith.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🌳 Sugar maples sacrifice nitrogen use efficiency for greater water use efficiency while keeping photosynthesis steady. This field test of least-cost theory has big implications for land carbon models. Blog 👇
research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/tr...
@eaperkowski.bsky.social @nickgregsmith.bsky.social
research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/tr...
@eaperkowski.bsky.social @nickgregsmith.bsky.social
🚨New paper alert! 🚨
“Increasing nitrogen availability increases water use efficiency and decreases nitrogen use efficiency in Acer saccharum” is now in press at Tree Physiology!
@nickgregsmith.bsky.social @lemontree-uofr.bsky.social
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“Increasing nitrogen availability increases water use efficiency and decreases nitrogen use efficiency in Acer saccharum” is now in press at Tree Physiology!
@nickgregsmith.bsky.social @lemontree-uofr.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/treephys/adv...
Increasing nitrogen availability increases water use efficiency and decreases nitrogen use efficiency in Acer saccharum”
Abstract. Photosynthesis links terrestrial carbon, water, and nutrient cycles. Photosynthetic least-cost theory suggests that plants optimize photosynthesi
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September 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🚨New paper alert! 🚨
“Increasing nitrogen availability increases water use efficiency and decreases nitrogen use efficiency in Acer saccharum” is now in press at Tree Physiology!
@nickgregsmith.bsky.social @lemontree-uofr.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/treephys/adv...
“Increasing nitrogen availability increases water use efficiency and decreases nitrogen use efficiency in Acer saccharum” is now in press at Tree Physiology!
@nickgregsmith.bsky.social @lemontree-uofr.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/treephys/adv...
Reposted by Evan Perkowski
Our annual meeting hosted this year by @youngryel.bsky.social at Seoul National University, brought together our international team to share research updates, plan our next steps and train our ECRs in remote sensing. A very successful week. Read more 👇
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September 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Our annual meeting hosted this year by @youngryel.bsky.social at Seoul National University, brought together our international team to share research updates, plan our next steps and train our ECRs in remote sensing. A very successful week. Read more 👇
research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/annu…
research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/annu…
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At 5pm today at #esa2025, @alissarcheaib.bsky.social will present her poster: 'The satisfaction of leaf nitrogen demand under drought is modulated by soil nitrogen availability and drought severity".
This research highlights that water-nutrient interactions must be jointly considered in models.
This research highlights that water-nutrient interactions must be jointly considered in models.
August 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
At 5pm today at #esa2025, @alissarcheaib.bsky.social will present her poster: 'The satisfaction of leaf nitrogen demand under drought is modulated by soil nitrogen availability and drought severity".
This research highlights that water-nutrient interactions must be jointly considered in models.
This research highlights that water-nutrient interactions must be jointly considered in models.
Reposted by Evan Perkowski
This pm at #esa2025, @snehanjanac.bsky.social will present her work: "The influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant resource use economics" in session COS-Mycorrhizae 2 (3.30-5pm).
This work examins how AMF affect plant resource use strategies under different water & nutrient regimes👌🌿
This work examins how AMF affect plant resource use strategies under different water & nutrient regimes👌🌿
August 13, 2025 at 6:01 AM
This pm at #esa2025, @snehanjanac.bsky.social will present her work: "The influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant resource use economics" in session COS-Mycorrhizae 2 (3.30-5pm).
This work examins how AMF affect plant resource use strategies under different water & nutrient regimes👌🌿
This work examins how AMF affect plant resource use strategies under different water & nutrient regimes👌🌿
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Thursday, August 14: I will present a poster titled "The power of traits: How population growth rate is shaped by leaf and plant traits across global environmental gradients" in LB 18-239 at 17:00 in the Exhibit Hall (poster)
August 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Thursday, August 14: I will present a poster titled "The power of traits: How population growth rate is shaped by leaf and plant traits across global environmental gradients" in LB 18-239 at 17:00 in the Exhibit Hall (poster)
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Wednesday, August 13: @alissarcheaib.bsky.social will present "The satisfaction of leaf nitrogen demand under drought is modulated by soil nitrogen availability and drought severity" in PS 29-039 at 17:00 in the Exhibit Hall (poster)
August 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Wednesday, August 13: @alissarcheaib.bsky.social will present "The satisfaction of leaf nitrogen demand under drought is modulated by soil nitrogen availability and drought severity" in PS 29-039 at 17:00 in the Exhibit Hall (poster)
Reposted by Evan Perkowski
Wednesday, August 13: @snehanjanac.bsky.social will present "The influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant resource use economics" in COS 122-02 in BCC 339
August 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Wednesday, August 13: @snehanjanac.bsky.social will present "The influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant resource use economics" in COS 122-02 in BCC 339
Come check out my talk this afternoon where I’ll try to make sense of N and P effects on leaf and whole plant traits! Starts at 14:00 in BCC 349. See ya there!
Today (Monday, August 11): @eaperkowski.bsky.social will present "Global response patterns of plant functional traits to combined nitrogen and phosphorus addition are driven by additive individual effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition" in COS 009 at 14:00 in BCC 349
August 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Come check out my talk this afternoon where I’ll try to make sense of N and P effects on leaf and whole plant traits! Starts at 14:00 in BCC 349. See ya there!
Reposted by Evan Perkowski
Today at #esa2025: @eaperkowski.bsky.social is presenting his talk:
"Global response patterns of plant functional traits to combined nitrogen and phosphorus addition are driven by additive individual effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition"
Session: COS – Physiological Ecology 1. 1.30-3pm.
"Global response patterns of plant functional traits to combined nitrogen and phosphorus addition are driven by additive individual effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition"
Session: COS – Physiological Ecology 1. 1.30-3pm.
August 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Today at #esa2025: @eaperkowski.bsky.social is presenting his talk:
"Global response patterns of plant functional traits to combined nitrogen and phosphorus addition are driven by additive individual effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition"
Session: COS – Physiological Ecology 1. 1.30-3pm.
"Global response patterns of plant functional traits to combined nitrogen and phosphorus addition are driven by additive individual effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition"
Session: COS – Physiological Ecology 1. 1.30-3pm.
Reposted by Evan Perkowski
The PhUnFETTy lab will have four presentations at #ESA2025. These will cover plant ecophysiology, trait ecology, eutrophication, water availability, mycorrhizae, demography, theory, modeling, and more!
Check out the flyer and replies below for more details. Hope to see you in Baltimore!
Check out the flyer and replies below for more details. Hope to see you in Baltimore!
August 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The PhUnFETTy lab will have four presentations at #ESA2025. These will cover plant ecophysiology, trait ecology, eutrophication, water availability, mycorrhizae, demography, theory, modeling, and more!
Check out the flyer and replies below for more details. Hope to see you in Baltimore!
Check out the flyer and replies below for more details. Hope to see you in Baltimore!
See you all at #ESA2025! Finally got a Monday afternoon talk slot 😁
It's almost time for #esa2025 and we've got @nickgregsmith.bsky.social, @eaperkowski.bsky.social @alissarcheaib.bsky.social and Snehanjana Chatterjee heading there to present their LEMONTREE research.
For more info on their talks head over to the blog...
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For more info on their talks head over to the blog...
research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/le...
LEMONTREE at ESA 2025: Exploring Trait-Based Ecology, Resource Economics & Global Change - Lemontree
Members of the LEMONTREE team are heading to the Ecological Society of America (ESA) conference in Baltimore to present new research on vegetation dynamics, climate extremes, and carbon cycle modellin...
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August 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
See you all at #ESA2025! Finally got a Monday afternoon talk slot 😁
Reposted by Evan Perkowski
The lab has new 2025 pubs on topics including:
- CO2 acclimation
- C4 trait spectra
- Stem respiration
- Phosphorus allocation
- Predicting plant communities
- Acclimation timescales
(full links in replies)
Check out more in a blog on the lab website here! www.smithecophyslab.com/news#mid2025...
- CO2 acclimation
- C4 trait spectra
- Stem respiration
- Phosphorus allocation
- Predicting plant communities
- Acclimation timescales
(full links in replies)
Check out more in a blog on the lab website here! www.smithecophyslab.com/news#mid2025...
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Website for Smith Ecophysiology Lab at Texas Tech University
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July 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The lab has new 2025 pubs on topics including:
- CO2 acclimation
- C4 trait spectra
- Stem respiration
- Phosphorus allocation
- Predicting plant communities
- Acclimation timescales
(full links in replies)
Check out more in a blog on the lab website here! www.smithecophyslab.com/news#mid2025...
- CO2 acclimation
- C4 trait spectra
- Stem respiration
- Phosphorus allocation
- Predicting plant communities
- Acclimation timescales
(full links in replies)
Check out more in a blog on the lab website here! www.smithecophyslab.com/news#mid2025...
Reposted by Evan Perkowski
We have a new paper out from our Powell Center C4 working group: "C4 photosynthesis, trait spectra, and the fast-efficient phenotype"
The @newphyt.bsky.social Tansley Review led by Russ Monson explores what we know about the C4 trait spectra
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The @newphyt.bsky.social Tansley Review led by Russ Monson explores what we know about the C4 trait spectra
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
C4 photosynthesis, trait spectra, and the fast‐efficient phenotype
It has been 60 years since the discovery of C4 photosynthesis, an event that rewrote our understanding of plant adaptation, ecosystem responses to global change, and global food security. Despite six...
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March 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
We have a new paper out from our Powell Center C4 working group: "C4 photosynthesis, trait spectra, and the fast-efficient phenotype"
The @newphyt.bsky.social Tansley Review led by Russ Monson explores what we know about the C4 trait spectra
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The @newphyt.bsky.social Tansley Review led by Russ Monson explores what we know about the C4 trait spectra
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Evan Perkowski
🌿 New research by @giulimeng.bsky.social reveals how plants in arid climates adjust carbon uptake as soil moisture declines. A new empirical function improves predictions of water stress impacts on ecosystems & models!🔗Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@globalchangebio.bsky.social
@globalchangebio.bsky.social
The Response of Carbon Uptake to Soil Moisture Stress: Adaptation to Climatic Aridity
Written Summary: Plants need water to grow, but plants in arid climates generally use water more conservatively even in wet conditions and adjust their carbon uptake as soil moisture declines. We use...
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March 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🌿 New research by @giulimeng.bsky.social reveals how plants in arid climates adjust carbon uptake as soil moisture declines. A new empirical function improves predictions of water stress impacts on ecosystems & models!🔗Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@globalchangebio.bsky.social
@globalchangebio.bsky.social
Check out this blog post summarizing our recent paper on leaf and whole plant responses to elevated CO2!
🌿 New blog post! How does nitrogen shape plant responses to rising CO₂? In short: leaf-level responses are driven by nitrogen demand, while whole-plant growth is constrained by nitrogen supply. Read more: 🔗 research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/ho... @eaperkowski.bsky.social @nickgregsmith.bsky.social
How Does Nitrogen Shape Plant Responses to Elevated CO₂? - Lemontree
Discover how nitrogen shapes plant responses to elevated CO₂ in this new study using eco-evolutionary optimality theory. Learn how nitrogen demand regulates leaf-level photosynthesis, while nitrogen a...
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March 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Check out this blog post summarizing our recent paper on leaf and whole plant responses to elevated CO2!
Check out our new paper! 2025 has already been quite the productive year for the lab!
📣📖New paper out in @newphyt.bsky.social🌿
"Soil resource acquisition strategy modulates global plant nutrient and water economics" by @alissarcheaib.bsky.social @nickgregsmith.bsky.social & @eaperkowski.bsky.social
🔗 Read it here: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #EEO #LEMONTREE
"Soil resource acquisition strategy modulates global plant nutrient and water economics" by @alissarcheaib.bsky.social @nickgregsmith.bsky.social & @eaperkowski.bsky.social
🔗 Read it here: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #EEO #LEMONTREE
Soil resource acquisition strategy modulates global plant nutrient and water economics
Natural selection favors growth by selecting a combination of plant traits that maximize photosynthetic CO2 assimilation at the lowest combined carbon costs of resource acquisition and use. We quant...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Check out our new paper! 2025 has already been quite the productive year for the lab!
Very excited to share that our (Zinny Ezekannagha and @nickgregsmith.bsky.social) new paper, "Nitrogen demand, availability, and acquisition strategy control plant responses to elevated CO2", is now in press at @jxbotany.bsky.social
Link: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
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Link: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
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Nitrogen demand, availability, and acquisition strategy control plant responses to elevated CO2
Abstract. Plants respond to increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations by reducing leaf nitrogen content and photosynthetic capacity – patterns that corresp
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March 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Very excited to share that our (Zinny Ezekannagha and @nickgregsmith.bsky.social) new paper, "Nitrogen demand, availability, and acquisition strategy control plant responses to elevated CO2", is now in press at @jxbotany.bsky.social
Link: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
(1/6)
Link: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
(1/6)
Reposted by Evan Perkowski
To find out why leaf nitrogen demands matter, check out our latest blog!
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@alissarcheaib.bsky.social @nickgregsmith.bsky.social @eaperkowski.bsky.social
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@alissarcheaib.bsky.social @nickgregsmith.bsky.social @eaperkowski.bsky.social
The Crucial Role of Climate and Nitrogen in Leaf Nitrogen Dynamics - Lemontree
A recent publication in Ecology Letters published as part of the LEMONTREE project investigates the dynamics of nitrogen allocation.
research.reading.ac.uk
January 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
To find out why leaf nitrogen demands matter, check out our latest blog!
research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/th...
@alissarcheaib.bsky.social @nickgregsmith.bsky.social @eaperkowski.bsky.social
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@alissarcheaib.bsky.social @nickgregsmith.bsky.social @eaperkowski.bsky.social
Reposted by Evan Perkowski
Really excited to see this out! We show that the responsiveness of leaf #nitrogen to soil nitrogen #fertilization is highest where leaf nitrogen demand is greatest.
We put together a short blog on the paper here: www.smithecophyslab.com/news.html#ch...
A quick synopsis also in the thread below...
We put together a short blog on the paper here: www.smithecophyslab.com/news.html#ch...
A quick synopsis also in the thread below...
January 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Really excited to see this out! We show that the responsiveness of leaf #nitrogen to soil nitrogen #fertilization is highest where leaf nitrogen demand is greatest.
We put together a short blog on the paper here: www.smithecophyslab.com/news.html#ch...
A quick synopsis also in the thread below...
We put together a short blog on the paper here: www.smithecophyslab.com/news.html#ch...
A quick synopsis also in the thread below...
Omg um… hi everyone?? I log into BlueSky for the first time in a few months and follower list has kind of gone off the charts?
Guess I should probably post a bit more frequently then, huh?
Guess I should probably post a bit more frequently then, huh?
December 11, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Omg um… hi everyone?? I log into BlueSky for the first time in a few months and follower list has kind of gone off the charts?
Guess I should probably post a bit more frequently then, huh?
Guess I should probably post a bit more frequently then, huh?
Reposted by Evan Perkowski
Interested in how and where trees move water? I'm hiring a plant ecophys postdoc to study hydraulic redistribution in Indiana forests. If you'll be at AGU and want to discuss, please reach out!
jobs.carnegiescience.edu/jobs/postdoc...
jobs.carnegiescience.edu/jobs/postdoc...
Job: Postdoctoral Opportunity: Hydraulic redistribution in forests | Carnegie Science Careers
jobs.carnegiescience.edu
December 3, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Interested in how and where trees move water? I'm hiring a plant ecophys postdoc to study hydraulic redistribution in Indiana forests. If you'll be at AGU and want to discuss, please reach out!
jobs.carnegiescience.edu/jobs/postdoc...
jobs.carnegiescience.edu/jobs/postdoc...
Reposted by Evan Perkowski
🌱 New article in @aobp.bsky.social on Glycine max and Bradyrhizobium japonicum revealing how symbiosis reduces carbon costs and boosts growth when soil nitrogen is low.
Full #openaccess
👉 https://buff.ly/3TUh3W5
@eaperkowski.bsky.social
@nickgregsmith.bsky.social
#PlantScience
Full #openaccess
👉 https://buff.ly/3TUh3W5
@eaperkowski.bsky.social
@nickgregsmith.bsky.social
#PlantScience
October 10, 2024 at 6:07 AM
🌱 New article in @aobp.bsky.social on Glycine max and Bradyrhizobium japonicum revealing how symbiosis reduces carbon costs and boosts growth when soil nitrogen is low.
Full #openaccess
👉 https://buff.ly/3TUh3W5
@eaperkowski.bsky.social
@nickgregsmith.bsky.social
#PlantScience
Full #openaccess
👉 https://buff.ly/3TUh3W5
@eaperkowski.bsky.social
@nickgregsmith.bsky.social
#PlantScience
Woo, final week or two of A/Ci curves until field season comes to a close!
Excited to see what these data show about garlic mustard impacts on native plant carbon budgets.
Excited to see what these data show about garlic mustard impacts on native plant carbon budgets.
August 20, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Woo, final week or two of A/Ci curves until field season comes to a close!
Excited to see what these data show about garlic mustard impacts on native plant carbon budgets.
Excited to see what these data show about garlic mustard impacts on native plant carbon budgets.