Allocation to carbon storage pools in Norway spruce saplings under drought and low CO2

Tree Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 243-252

  Hartmann, Henrik ^a   McDowell, Nate G ^b   Trumbore, Susan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Carbon starvation; Carbon storage control; Stress physiology; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SAPLING;

PICEA ABIES;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DROUGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRUCE;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DROUGHTS; PICEA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84930222304     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpv019     Document Type: Article

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