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The balance between carbon inputs through gross primary production (GPP) and carbon losses through plant respiration and tissue turnover govern the carbon balance of plants. This chapter describes the factors that regulate this balance.

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  1. Institute of Arctic Biology Department of Biology & Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA

    F. Stuart Chapin III

  2. School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Pamela A. Matson

  3. Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Peter M. Vitousek

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Chapin, F.S., Matson, P.A., Vitousek, P.M. (2011). Plant Carbon Budgets. In: Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9504-9_6

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