Lethal drought leads to reduction in nonstructural carbohydrates in Norway spruce tree roots but not in the canopy

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 413-427

  Hartmann, Henrik ^a   Ziegler, Waldemar ^a   Trumbore, Susan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon assimilation; Carbon balance; Carbon reserves; Drought induced tree mortality; Respiration; Sapflow; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORTALITY; OSMOREGULATION; PHLOEM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SAP FLOW; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURVIVAL; TRANSLOCATION; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84875605410     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12046     Document Type: Article

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