13C and 15N allocations of two alpine species from early and late snowmelt locations reflect their different growth strategies

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2725-2735

  Baptist, Florence ^a   Tcherkez, Guillaume ^b   Aubert, Serge ^a   Pontailler, Jean Yves ^c   Choler, Philippe ^a   Nogués, Salvador ^c,d  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCES PARIS SACLAY IPS2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

13C and 15N isotope labelling; Alpine plants; Carex foetida; Kobresia myosuroides; Photosynthesis; Respiration; Snow cover gradient

Indexed keywords

CAREX FOETIDA; KOBRESIA MYOSUROIDES;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPERACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON ISOTOPES; COLD TEMPERATURE; CYPERACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

EID: 67649319287     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp128     Document Type: Article

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