Carbon balance of conifer seedlings at timberline: Relative changes in uptake, storage, and utilization

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-227

  Bansal, S ^a   Germino, M J ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Nonstructural carbohydrates; Photosynthesis; Respiration; Timberline

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON;

CARBON BALANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; ELEVATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SEEDLING; TREELINE;

ABIES; ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DOUGLAS FIR; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDLING; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDLING; TREES; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 54349094224     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1145-4     Document Type: Article

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