Urban environment of New York City promotes growth in northern red oak seedlings

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 389-400

  Searle, Stephanie Y ^a   Turnbull, Matthew H ^a   Boelman, Natalie T ^b   Schuster, William S F ^c   Yakir, Dan ^d   Griffin, Kevin L ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c Black Rock Forest Consortium   (United States)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^e Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

allocation; photosynthesis; Quercus rubra; respiration; temperature; urbanization

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL RESPIRATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OAK; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SEASON; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL RESPIRATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; NEW YORK CITY; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; QUERCUS; SEASONS; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION;

APPALACHIANS; CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; CENTRAL PARK; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 84860489821     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps027     Document Type: Article

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