No evidence of carbon limitation with tree age and height in Nothofagus pumilio under Mediterranean and temperate climate conditions

Annals of Botany

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 907-917

  Piper, Frida I ^a   Fajardo, Alex ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacin en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP)   (Chile)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope composition; drought; hydraulic limitation hypothesis; Mediterranean climate; non structural carbohydrates; Nothofagus pumilio; ontogeny; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AGE STRUCTURE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; ONTOGENY; SAMPLING; SHRUB;

AGE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CHILE; CLIMATE; DEHYDRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SEASON; TREE;

AGE FACTORS; ANGIOSPERMS; CARBON; CHILE; CLIMATE; DEHYDRATION; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SEASONS; TREES;

ANDES; CHILE; PATAGONIA;

NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO;

EID: 80053231593     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr195     Document Type: Article

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