Complex aspen forest carbon and root dynamics during drought: A letter

Climatic Change

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 983-991

  Anderegg, William R L ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ALLOCATION; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON RESOURCES; CARBON UPTAKE; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; DIE-OFF; FAILURE MECHANISM; FINE ROOTS; FOREST TYPE; GROWTH DECLINE; HIGH RESOLUTION; NON-STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; ROOT BIOMASS; ROOT DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; TREMBLING ASPEN; WATER UPTAKE;

CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; TISSUE;

FORESTRY;

CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; CLIMATES; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; TISSUE;

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84857913897     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0421-9     Document Type: Letter

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