Comparing the intra-annual wood formation of three European species (Fagus sylvatica, Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris) as related to leaf phenology and non-structural carbohydrate dynamics

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1033-1045

  Michelot, Alice ^a,b,c   Simard, Sonia ^d   Rathgeber, Cyrille ^e   Dufrêne, Eric ^a,b,c   Damesin, Claire ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

carbohydrates; climate; European beech; intra annual growth; microcore; Scots pine; sessile oak; tree ring

Indexed keywords

CARBON; STARCH;

BUDBURST; CARBOHYDRATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEAF; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TEMPERATE FOREST; TREE RING; WOOD; XYLEM;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BEECH; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFER; EUROPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OAK; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SEASON; TREE; WOOD; XYLEM;

ANGIOSPERMS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROPHYTA; EUROPE; FAGUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; QUERCUS; SEASONS; STARCH; TREES; WOOD; XYLEM;

EUROPE;

EID: 84865164987     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps052     Document Type: Article

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