Carbon allocation and carbon transfer between Betula papyrifera and Pseudotsuga menziesii seedlings using a 13C pulse-labeling method

Plant and Soil

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-55

  Simard, Suzanne W ^a   Durall, Daniel M ^b   Jones, Melanie D ^b  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

13C pulse labeling; Betula papyrifera (paper birch); Carbon allocation; Carbon transfer; Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas fir)

Indexed keywords

BETULA PAPYRIFERA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0030858532     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004205727882     Document Type: Article

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