Canopy CO2 enrichment permits tracing the fate of recently assimilated carbon in a mature deciduous forest

New Phytologist

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 319-329

  Keel, Sonja G ^a   Siegwolf, Rolf T W ^a   Körner, Christian ^b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon allocation; Free air CO2 enrichment (FACE); Fungi; Rhizosphere; Roots; Soil; Soil respiration; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; MYCORRHIZA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TREE RING;

FUNGI; POACEAE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; TREE; WOOD;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; FUNGI; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 33748793655     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01831.x     Document Type: Article

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