Variation in below-ground carbon fluxes along a Populus hybridization gradient

New Phytologist

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 415-425

  Fischer, Dylan G ^a   Hart, Stephen C ^b   LeRoy, Carri J ^a   Whitham, Thomas G ^b  

^a EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cottonwood; Elevation gradient; Fine root production; Genetics x environment; Minirhizotron; Root production; Soil CO2 efflux; Total below ground carbon allocation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON FLUX; DECIDUOUS TREE; FINE ROOT; HYBRIDIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT ROOTS; POPULUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

POPULUS; POPULUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; POPULUS FREMONTII;

EID: 34748925306     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02167.x     Document Type: Article

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