Use of stored carbon reserves in growth of temperate tree roots and leaf buds: Analyses using radiocarbon measurements and modeling

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 992-1014

  Gaudinski, J B ^a,b,c   Torn, M S ^b,c   Riley, W J ^b   Swanston, C ^d   Trumbore, S E ^e   Joslin, J D ^f   Majdi, H ^g   Dawson, T E ^c   Hanson, P J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Belowground Forest Research   (Costa Rica)

^g SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^h OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

14C; Carbon cycling; Carbon isotope; Carbon reserves; Fine root turnover time; Mean age of carbon; Radiocarbon; Stored carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; LEAF; MODELING; RADIOCARBON DATING; ROOT; TEMPERATE FOREST; TREE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 61449253085     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01736.x     Document Type: Article

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