Seasonal patterns of carbohydrate reserves in red spruce seedlings

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 549-555

  Schaberg, P G ^a   Snyder, M C ^b   Shane, J B ^c   Donnelly, J R ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Stt of Vermont Dept of Forests P   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Needles; Picea rubens; Roots; Starch; Stems; Sugars

Indexed keywords

PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 0034176271     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.8.549     Document Type: Article

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