Similar variation in carbon storage between deciduous and evergreen treeline species across elevational gradients

Annals of Botany

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 623-631

  Fajardo, Alex ^a   Piper, Frida I ^a   Hoch, Günter ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine treeline; Carbon supply; elevational gradient; Larix decidua; Nothofagus betuloides; Nothofagus pumilio; Patagonia; Pinus cembra; Pinus sylvestris; Swiss Alps

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BASAL AREA; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOTONE; ELEVATION; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RATE; MIXED FOREST; STEM; TREELINE;

ALPINE TREELINE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON SUPPLY; CHILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELEVATIONAL GRADIENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; METABOLISM; NOTHOFAGUS BETULOIDES; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO; PATAGONIA; PINE; PINUS CEMBRA; SCOTS PINE; SWISS ALPS; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE; TREE;

ALPINE TREELINE; CARBON SUPPLY; ELEVATIONAL GRADIENT; LARIX DECIDUA; NOTHOFAGUS BETULOIDES; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO; PATAGONIA; PINUS CEMBRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SWISS ALPS;

ALTITUDE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON; CHILE; LARIX; PINUS; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

ALPS; ANDES; CHILE; PATAGONIA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84880865242     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct127     Document Type: Article

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