Investigating rules of reserve mobilization and assimilate partitioning in young shaded beech through integrative modelling
Investigations sur le rôle de la mobilisation des réserves et le partage des assimilats chez le jeune hêtre à l'ombre à l'aide d'une approche de modélisation intégrée
Résumé
Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is a species of temperate broadleaved forests known to be very shade-tolerant. How does it manage to sustainably cope with very limited light resource? Processes must involve both C balance components (mainly photosynthesis vs. respiration) and efficient utilization/partitioning of the available C resource among the different sinks (mainly growth vs. reserve storage). We investigated them by combined experimental and integrated modelling approach.