Expanding leaves of mature deciduous forest trees rapidly become autotrophic

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1253-1259

  Keel, Sonja G ^a,b   Schädel, Christina ^c,d  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon isotope labelling; carbon limitation; Fagus sylvatica; leaf development; non structural carbohydrates; Quercus petraea; reserves; storage; Tilia platyphyllos

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

AUTOTROPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SINK; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EVERGREEN TREE; FOLIAGE; FOREST CANOPY; LEAF; LIGNIN; STARCH; SUGAR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEECH; EUROPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TILIACEAE; TREE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; EUROPE; FAGUS; ISOTOPE LABELING; PLANT LEAVES; QUERCUS; TILIA; TREES;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; MALVACEAE; QUERCUS PETRAEA; TILIA PLATYPHYLLOS;

EID: 77958105775     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq071     Document Type: Article

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