Stable carbon isotope labeling reveals different carry-over effects between functional types of tropical trees in an Ethiopian mountain forest

New Phytologist

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 431-440

  Krepkowski, Julia ^a   Gebrekirstos, Aster ^b   Shibistova, Olga ^c,d   Bräuning, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carryover effect; Dendrometer; Ethiopia; Growth dynamics; Stable carbon isotopes; Tropical dendrochronology; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RATE; MONTANE FOREST; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPICAL REGION; WOOD;

ETHIOPIA;

AFROCARPUS FALCATUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS;

EID: 84879686321     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12266     Document Type: Article

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