Changes in the δ13C values of trees during a tropical rainy season: Some effects in addition to diffusion and carboxylation by Rubisco?

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1693-1700

  Terwilliger, Valery J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope ratios; Leaf age; Panama; Translocated carbon; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031444743     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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