The key factor limiting plant growth in cold and humid alpine areas also plays a dominant role in plant carbon isotope discrimination

Many environmental factors affect carbon isotope discrimination in plants, yet the predominant factor influencing this process is generally assumed to be the key growth-limiting factor. However, to our knowledge this hypothesis has not been confirmed. We therefore determined the carbon isotope compo...

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Main Authors: Xu, Meng, Wang, Guoan, Li, Xiaoliang, Cai, Xiaobu, Li, Xiaolin, Christie, Peter, Zhang, Junling
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4630956/