Carbon isotope composition of boreal plants: Functional grouping of life forms

Oecologia

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 301-311

  Brooks, J Renée ^a,c   Flanagan, Lawrence B ^b   Buchmann, Nina ^a,d   Ehleringer, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boreal forests; Carbon isotope discrimination; Deciduous evergreen; Functional groups; Life forms

Indexed keywords

BLACK SPRUCE; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; JACK PINE; LIFE FORM; QUAKING ASPEN;

PICEA MARIANA; PINACEAE; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SALICACEAE;

EID: 0030618515     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050163     Document Type: Article

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