Constraining 3-PG with a new δ13C submodel: A test using the δ13C of tree rings

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 82-100

  Wei, Liang ^a   Marshall, John D ^a,b   Link, Timothy E ^a   Kavanagh, Kathleen L ^a   Du, Enhao ^c   Pangle, Robert E ^d   Gag, Peter J ^e   Ubierna, Nerea ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grand fir; Litterfall; Model tuning; Quantum yield; Radiation use efficiency; Sap flux; Stable carbon isotope ratio

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; LITTERFALL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER; TRANSPIRATION; TREE RING;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES GRANDIS;

CARBON; WATER;

ABIES; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRAND FIR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LITTERFALL; METABOLISM; MODEL TUNING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; QUANTUM YIELD; RADIATION-USE EFFICIENCY; SAP FLUX; SOIL; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; UNITED STATES;

GRAND FIR; LITTERFALL; MODEL TUNING; QUANTUM YIELD; RADIATION-USE EFFICIENCY; SAP FLUX; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO;

ABIES; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IDAHO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 84888401483     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12133     Document Type: Article

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