Does carbon storage limit tree growth?

New Phytologist

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1096-1100

  Palacio, Sara ^a   Hoch, Günter ^b   Sala, Anna ^c   Körner, Christian ^b   Millard, Pete ^d  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

C allocation; C limitation; Non structural carbon; Reserves; Storage; Tradeoff; Tree growth; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARABIDOPSIS; C-ALLOCATION; C-LIMITATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LETTER; METABOLISM; NON-STRUCTURAL CARBON; PHYSIOLOGY; RESERVES; STORAGE; TRADEOFF; TREE; TREE GROWTH; WOODY PLANTS;

C-ALLOCATION; C-LIMITATION; NON-STRUCTURAL CARBON; RESERVES; STORAGE; TRADEOFF; TREE GROWTH; WOODY PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; TREES;

EID: 84894949314     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12602     Document Type: Letter

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