Fate of recently fixed carbon in European beech (Fagus sylvatica) saplings during drought and subsequent recovery

Tree Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-38

  Zang, Ulrich ^a   Goisser, Michael ^b   Grams, Thorsten E E ^b   Häberle, Karl Heinz ^b   Matyssek, Rainer ^b   Matzner, Egbert ^a   Borken, Werner ^a   Epron, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

carbon balance; carbon fluxes; drought stress quantification; labeling; recovery

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; DROUGHT; GROWING SEASON; MASS BALANCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REWETTING; SAPLING; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; TREE; WATER SUPPLY;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BEECH; BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON FLUXES; CELL RESPIRATION; CHEMISTRY; DROUGHT; DROUGHT STRESS QUANTIFICATION; LABELING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; RECOVERY; SEEDLING; SOIL; TIME; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TREE;

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON FLUXES; DROUGHT STRESS QUANTIFICATION; LABELING; RECOVERY;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CELL RESPIRATION; DROUGHTS; FAGUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDLING; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84893134105     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt110     Document Type: Article

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