Dynamics of non-structural carbohydrates in terrestrial plants: A global synthesis

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 495-516

  Martínez Vilalta, Jordi ^a,b   Sala, Anna ^c   Asensio, Dolores ^a   Galiano, Lucía ^d,e   Hoch, Günter ^f   Palacio, Sara ^g   Piper, Frida I ^h,i   Lloret, Francisco ^a,b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^h CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ECOSISTEMAS DE LA PATAGONIA CIEP   (Chile)

ⁱ INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Global synthesis; Non structural carbohydrates; Non structural carbon compounds; Osmoregulation; Plant carbon economy; Seasonal dynamics; Soluble sugars; Source sink imbalances; Starch; Stress responses; Terrestrial plants

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HERB; OSMOREGULATION; PHYTOMASS; RESPIRATION; SEASONALITY; STARCH; STRESS RESISTANCE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84994632195     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1231     Document Type: Article

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