Temporal variations of mobile carbohydrates in Abies fargesii at the upper tree limits

Plant Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 106-113

  Dang, H S ^a   Zhang, K R ^a   Zhang, Q F ^a   Xu, Y M ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Abies fargesii; Carbon limitation; Growth limitation; Non structural carbohydrates; Temporal variations; Treeline formation

Indexed keywords

ABIES FARGESII;

CARBON; STARCH;

ABIES; ALTITUDE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COLD; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SEASON; TREE; WOOD;

ABIES; ALTITUDE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON; COLD TEMPERATURE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SEASONS; STARCH; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 84923225779     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/plb.12191     Document Type: Article

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