Understanding the roles of nonstructural carbohydrates in forest trees–from what we can measure to what we want to know

H Hartmann, S Trumbore - New phytologist, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Carbohydrates provide the building blocks for plant structures as well as versatile resources
for metabolic processes. The nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC), mainly sugars and starch …

Nonstructural carbon in woody plants

MC Dietze, A Sala, MS Carbone… - Annual review of …, 2014‏ - annualreviews.org
Nonstructural carbon (NSC) provides the carbon and energy for plant growth and survival. In
woody plants, fundamental questions about NSC remain unresolved: Is NSC storage an …

The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi–recent updates and future perspectives

K Abarenkov, RH Nilsson, KH Larsson, IJ Alexander… - The New …, 2010‏ - JSTOR
Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi are typically examined for taxonomic affiliation through
sequence similarity searches involving the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the …

Quantifying ecological memory in plant and ecosystem processes

K Ogle, JJ Barber, GA Barron‐Gafford… - Ecology …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
The role of time in ecology has a long history of investigation, but ecologists have largely
restricted their attention to the influence of concurrent abiotic conditions on rates and …

Seasonal dynamics and age of stemwood nonstructural carbohydrates in temperate forest trees

AD Richardson, MS Carbone, TF Keenan, CI Czimczik… - New Phytologist, 2013‏ - JSTOR
Nonstructural carbohydrate reserves support tree metabolism and growth when current
photosynthates are insufficient, offering resilience in times of stress. We monitored …

Time lag between photosynthesis and carbon dioxide efflux from soil: a review of mechanisms and controls

Y Kuzyakov, O Gavrichkova - Global Change Biology, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
CO2 efflux from soil depends on the availability of organic substances respired by roots and
microorganisms. Therefore, photosynthetic activity supplying carbohydrates from leaves to …

Physiological mechanisms of drought-induced tree mortality are far from being resolved

A Sala, F Piper, G Hoch - The New Phytologist, 2010‏ - JSTOR
The recent worldwide increase of drought-induced tree mortality exacerbated by climate
change (see review by Allen et al, 2009 and references therein) has triggered strong interest …

Carbon isotopes in terrestrial ecosystem pools and CO2 fluxes

DR Bowling, DE Pataki, JT Randerson - New Phytologist, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
Stable carbon isotopes are used extensively to examine physiological, ecological, and
biogeochemical processes related to ecosystem, regional, and global carbon cycles and …

Carbon allocation and carbon isotope fluxes in the plant-soil-atmosphere continuum: a review

N Brüggemann, A Gessler, Z Kayler, SG Keel… - …, 2011‏ - bg.copernicus.org
The terrestrial carbon (C) cycle has received increasing interest over the past few decades,
however, there is still a lack of understanding of the fate of newly assimilated C allocated …

The mechanisms of carbon starvation: how, when, or does it even occur at all?

NG McDowell, S Sevanto - The New Phytologist, 2010‏ - JSTOR
S. 2010. Moving water well: comparing hydraulic efficiency in twigs and trunks of coniferous,
ring-porous, and diffuse-porous saplings from temperate and tropical forests. New …