Interspecific and environmentally induced variation in foliar dark respiration among eighteen southeastern deciduous tree species

Tree Physiology

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 861-870

  Mitchell, Katherine A ^a   Bolstad, Paul V ^a   Vose, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Southern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide flux; Forest carbon cycling; Leaf gas exchange; Leaf respiration; Maintenance respiration

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; RESPIRATION;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

COCCOIDEA; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS COCCINEA;

EID: 0033231733     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/19.13.861     Document Type: Article

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