Changes in the structural composition and reactivity of Acer rubrum leaf litter tannins exposed to warming and altered precipitation: Climatic stress-induced tannins are more reactive

New Phytologist

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-145

  Tharayil, Nishanth ^a   Suseela, Vidya ^b   Triebwasser, Daniella J ^a   Preston, Caroline M ^c   Gerard, Patrick D ^a   Dukes, Jeffrey S ^b,d,e  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer rubrum; Climate change; Flavonoid; Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy; Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); Proanthocyanidin; Secondary metabolite; Tannins

Indexed keywords

CUTINE; FLAVONOID; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RAIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LEAF LITTER; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PIGMENT; POLYMERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SECONDARY METABOLITE; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY); TANNIN; WARMING;

ACER; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT LEAF; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ACER; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLAVONOIDS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PHENOLS; PLANT LEAVES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TANNINS; TEMPERATURE;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM;

EID: 79957896721     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03667.x     Document Type: Article

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