Non-structural carbon dynamics and allocation relate to growth rate and leaf habit in California oaks

Tree Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1206-1222

  Trumbore, Susan ^a,b   Czimczik, Claudia I ^a   Sierra, Carlos A ^b   Muhr, Jan ^b   Xu, Xiaomei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope composition; Stable carbon isotope; Stem CO2 efflux; Sugar

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAF; STABLE ISOTOPE; STEM; SUGAR; SYMPATRY; VIGOR;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; WOOD;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; QUERCUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WOOD;

EID: 84959048747     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpv097     Document Type: Article

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