Drought reduces root respiration in sugar maple forests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 771-778

  Burton, Andrew J ^a   Pregitzer, Kurt S ^a   Zogg, Gregory P ^b   Zak, Donald R ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Carbon allocation; Drought; Nitrogen concentration; Root respiration; Soil moisture; Soil temperature; Stand level respiration; Sugar maple

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0031857178     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0771:DRRRIS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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