Linking carbon supply to root cell-wall chemistry and mechanics at high altitudes in Abies georgei

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-320

  Genet, Marie ^a,e   Li, Mingcai ^b   Luo, Tianxiang ^b   Fourcaud, Thierry ^c   Clément Vidal, Anne ^d   Stokes, Alexia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UMR AMAP   (France)

^d CIRAD   (France)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Abies georgei; biomechanics; cellulose content; non structural carbon; root strength; slope stability; tensile resistance; Tibet Qinghai

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIOMECHANICS; CARBON; CELLULOSE; CONIFEROUS TREE; LIMITING FACTOR; SLOPE STABILITY; TREELINE;

ABIES; ABIES GEORGEI;

EID: 79551549392     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq237     Document Type: Article

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