Variation in carbohydrate source-sink relations of forest and treeline white spruce in southern, interior and northern Alaska

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 833-843

  Sveinbjörnsson, Bjartmar ^a   Smith, Matthew ^a   Traustason, Tumi ^b   Ruess, Roger W ^b   Sullivan, Patrick F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Nonstructural carbohydrates; Picea glauca; Temperature; Treeline

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POPULATION DECLINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREELINE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SPRUCE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; PICEA; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; TREES;

ALASKA; BROOKS RANGE; CANEA; CHUGACH MOUNTAINS; COAST RANGES; CRETE; GREECE; UNITED STATES; WHITE MOUNTAINS [CANEA];

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 77954534772     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1597-1     Document Type: Article

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