Mineral nutrition and elevated [CO2] interact to modify 13C, an index of gas exchange, in Norway spruce

Tree Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1132-1144

  Marshall, John D ^a,b   Linder, Sune ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Nitrogen fertilization; Picea abies; Stable carbon isotope; Stomatal conductance; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOLIAGE; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWING SEASON; HOMEOSTASIS; ISOTOPE; LEAF; MINERAL; NUTRITION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE RING;

SWEDEN;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; MINERAL;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FERTILIZATION; NORWAY; NORWAY SPRUCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; SEASON; SPRUCE; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TAIGA; TEMPERATURE; TREE; TREE RING; WOOD;

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; NITROGEN FERTILIZATION; PICEA ABIES; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE RING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; MINERALS; NORWAY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PICEA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 84890259501     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt004     Document Type: Article

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