Controls on declining carbon balance with leaf age among 10 woody species in Australian woodland: Do leaves have zero daily net carbon balances when they die?

New Phytologist

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-166

  Reich, Peter B ^a   Falster, Daniel S ^b   Ellsworth, David S ^c   Wright, Ian J ^b   Westoby, Mark ^b   Oleksyn, Jacek ^a,d   Lee, Tali D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF DENDROLOGY   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Carbon balance; Leaf age; Light; Nitrogen; Photosynthesis; Respiration; Woody species

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AGING; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBON BALANCE; LIGHT EFFECT; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SHADING; WOODLAND;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CELL RESPIRATION; DARKNESS; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; TREE;

AUSTRALIA; CARBON; CELL RESPIRATION; DARKNESS; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; TREES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 66649109508     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02824.x     Document Type: Article

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