Defoliation reduces growth but not carbon reserves in Mediterranean Pinus pinaster trees

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1187-1196

  Puri, Elena ^a   Hoch, Günter ^a   Körner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon limitation; Conifers; Herbivory; Non structural carbohydrates; Starch; Storage; Sugars

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY STORAGE; NEEDLES; STARCH; SUGARS;

BASAL AREA INCREMENT; CAMBIAL ACTIVITY; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON LIMITATION; CONIFERS; HERBIVORY; HORMONAL CHANGES; NON-STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES;

FORESTRY;

STARCH; STORAGE; SUGARS;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 84932632263     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-015-1199-y     Document Type: Article

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