Origin, fate and significance of CO2 in tree stems

New Phytologist

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-32

  Teskey, Robert O ^a   Saveyn, An ^b   Steppe, Kathy ^b   McGuire, Mary Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CO2 efflux; Corticular photosynthesis; Dissolved inorganic carbon; Periderm; Phloem; Respiration; Sapwood; Xylem ray cells

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DIFFUSION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; PHLOEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEM; TREE;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METABOLISM; PLANT STEM; REVIEW; TREE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; TREES;

EID: 36849084149     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02286.x     Document Type: Review

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