Pulse-labelling trees to study carbon allocation dynamics: A review of methods, current knowledge and future prospects

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 776-798

  Epron, Daniel ^a,b   Bahn, Michael ^c   Derrien, Delphine ^d   Lattanzi, Fernando Alfredo ^e   Pumpanen, Jukka ^f   Gessler, Arthur ^g,h   Högberg, Peter ⁱ   Maillard, Pascale ^a,b   Dannoura, Masako ^j   Gérant, Dominique ^a,b   Buchmann, Nina ^k  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b LERFoB   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d Centre INRA de Nancy   (France)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^h HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^j KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

carbon isotope; forest; partitioning; residence time; transfer time

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; TRACER;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHENOLOGY; PHLOEM; RADIONUCLIDE; RESIDENCE TIME; RESOURCE USE; RESPIRATION; SAP FLOW; SOIL WATER; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TREE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; TREES;

EID: 84863006790     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps057     Document Type: Review

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