Seasonal patterns of carbon allocation to respiratory pools in 60-yr-old deciduous (Fagus sylvatica) and evergreen (Picea abies) trees assessed via whole-tree stable carbon isotope labeling

New Phytologist

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 160-172

  Kuptz, Daniel ^a   Fleischmann, Frank ^a   Matyssek, Rainer ^a   Grams, Thorsten E E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon allocation; Fagus sylvatica (European beech); Growth (RG) and maintenance (RM) respiration; Phloem sugars; Picea abies (Norway spruce); Seasonality; Stable carbon isotope labeling; Trunk and coarse root CO2 efflux

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSLOCATION;

ARTICLE; BEECH; CELL RESPIRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASON; SPRUCE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CELL RESPIRATION; FAGUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PICEA; SEASONS;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 79953811419     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03676.x     Document Type: Article

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