| P n | Photosynthetic rate |
| G s | Stomatal conductance |
| C i | Intercellular CO2 concentration |
| T r | Transpiration rate |
| CE | Carboxylation efficiency |
| L s | Value of stomatal limitation |
| WUE | Water use efficiency |
| A | Leaf area |
| N mass | Leaf N per unit mass |
| N area | Leaf N per unit area |
| PNUE | Photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency |
| N mass | Leaf N content per unit of leaf dry mass |
| M A | Leaf dry mass per unit area |
| C Chl | Leaf chlorophyll content |
| V cr | Specific activity of RuBisCO |
| J mc | Potential rate of photosynthetic electron transport per unit cytochrome f |
| C B | Ratio of leaf chlorophyll to leaf nitrogen invested in light harvesting |
| P C | Fractions of leaf N allocated to photosynthetic |
| P R | Fractions of leaf N allocated to RuBisCO |
| P B | Fractions of leaf N allocated to bioenergetics |
| P L | Fractions of leaf N allocated to light-harvesting |
| NSC | Non-structural carbohydrate |
| SSRs | The ratio of soluble sugar to starch |