Effects of mistletoe removal on growth, N and C reserves, and carbon and oxygen isotope composition in Scots pine hosts

Tree Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 562-575

  Yan, Cai Feng ^a,b,c   Gessler, Arthur ^b,d,e   Rigling, Andreas ^b   Dobbertin, Matthias ^b   Han, Xing Guo ^a,c   Li, Mai He ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^d LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^e BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

Author keywords

mistletoes; nitrogen; nonstructural carbohydrates; soluble sugars; stable carbon isotope; stable oxygen isotope; starch

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PARASITIC PLANT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; STARCH; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SUGAR;

SWITZERLAND;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS; VISCUM ALBUM;

CARBON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STOMA; SCOTS PINE; SWITZERLAND; VISCUM ALBUM;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT STOMATA; SWITZERLAND; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 84971553858     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpw024     Document Type: Article

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