Tree girdling responses simulated by a water and carbon transport model

Annals of Botany

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1147-1154

  De Schepper, Veerle ^a   Steppe, Kathy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Feedback inhibition; Girdling; Loading; Mechanistic plant modelling; Phloem turgor; Photosynthesis; Quercus robur L.; Stem diameter variations; Transport model; Unloading

Indexed keywords

CARBON; STARCH; WATER;

ADAPTATION; BARK; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DECIDUOUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INHIBITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHLOEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRESSURE EFFECT; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BARK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL RESPIRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE; OAK; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHLOEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; TIME; XYLEM;

CARBON; CELL RESPIRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROCLIMATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHLOEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT BARK; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; QUERCUS; STARCH; TIME FACTORS; WATER; XYLEM;

QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 80054702591     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr068     Document Type: Article

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