Variation in carbon isotope discrimination in Cleistogenes squarrosa (Trin.) Keng: Patterns and drivers at tiller, local, catchment, and regional scales

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4143-4152

  Yang, Hao ^a,c   Auerswald, Karl ^a   Bai, Yongfei ^b   Wittmer, Maximilian H O M ^a   Schnyder, Hans ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

13C discrimination; C 4 species; grazing; Inner Mongolian steppe; leaf nitrogen content; precipitation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; RAIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; RIVER; SEASON; SOIL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; RAIN; RIVERS; SEASONS; SOIL;

CLEISTOGENES SQUARROSA;

EID: 80051779566     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err102     Document Type: Article

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