Distribution and mixing of old and new nonstructural carbon in two temperate trees

New Phytologist

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 590-597

  Richardson, Andrew D ^a   Carbone, Mariah S ^a,b   Huggett, Brett A ^a,c   Furze, Morgan E ^a   Czimczik, Claudia I ^d   Walker, Jennifer C ^d   Xu, Xiaomei ^d   Schaberg, Paul G ^e   Murakami, Paula ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Carbon allocation; Harvard forest; Radiocarbon (14C); Storage; Tree rings; Wood

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON BUDGET; FOREST COVER; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; TREE RING;

CARBON; STARCH;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; TREE; WOOD;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; STARCH; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 84925233022     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13273     Document Type: Article

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