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Tree Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1123-1131

  Ryan, Michael G ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; Autotrophic respiration; Elevated CO2 ; Long term research; Norway spruce; Photosynthetic recovery; Picea abies; Soil respiration; Soil warming; Temperature; Tree nutrition; Whole tree chamber; Wood formation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAS EXCHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; SHOOT; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER; TREE;

FLAKALIDEN; SWEDEN; VASTERBOTTEN;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHIC RESPIRATION; ECOSYSTEM; ELEVATED [CO2]; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONG-TERM RESEARCH; NORWAY; NORWAY SPRUCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RECOVERY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WARMING; SPRUCE; TEMPERATURE; TREE; TREE NUTRITION; WHOLE-TREE CHAMBER; WOOD; WOOD FORMATION; Δ13C;

AUTOTROPHIC RESPIRATION; ELEVATED [CO2]; LONG-TERM RESEARCH; NORWAY SPRUCE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RECOVERY; PICEA ABIES; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WARMING; TEMPERATURE; TREE NUTRITION; WHOLE-TREE CHAMBER; WOOD FORMATION; Δ13C;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; NORWAY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PICEA; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 84890304283     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt100     Document Type: Article

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