Attack on all fronts: Functional relationships between aerial and root parasitic plants and their woody hosts and consequences for ecosystems

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-15

  Bell, T L ^a   Adams, M A ^a   Rennenberg, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

carbon assimilation; ecosystem function; hemiparasite; mistletoe; nutrient uptake; water relations

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; WATER;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEMIPARASITE; HETEROTROPHY; HOST PLANT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PARASITIC PLANT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; RESPIRATION; SOLUTE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; TRANSPIRATION; WOODY PLANT;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; TREE; VISCUM ALBUM; WEED;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; MISTLETOE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANT WEEDS; TREES; WATER;

VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 79952637450     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq108     Document Type: Article

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