"carbon allocation" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used in scientific and economic contexts referring to the way in which resources are divided among different entities. For example: "The new model of carbon allocation among countries has been released."
But a shift in microbial carbon allocation could mitigate this response over longer periods of time.
Common allocation models usually express the carbon allocation as linear or monotonic functions of time.
Carbon allocation in plants is generally partitioned between reserve accumulation and growth and development.
Enzymatic activities are responsible for carbon allocation and hence for carbohydrate profiles.
EcoFL indicated that carbon allocation had to be parameterized accurately to predict fuel loading precisely.
Drought pruning, the shedding of above-ground biomass to reduce carbon allocation, increased substantially during drought.
A correct mechanism of source-sink relationship allows carbon allocation during abiotic and biotic stress consequently improves plant performance in harsh environments19.
Holland, J. N., Cheng, W. & Crossley, D. A. Herbivore-induced changes in plant carbon allocation: Assessment of below-ground C fluxes using carbon-14.
The high root turnover documented here implies greater carbon inputs into soils than previously thought which has wide-ranging implications for quantifying ecosystem carbon allocation.
Hasibeder R, Fuchslueger L, Richter A, Bahn M. Summer drought alters carbon allocation to roots and root respiration in mountain grassland.
That level of sophistication will come with better data and carbon allocation methods (mirroring, I suspect, the cost allocation tools accountants have developed for a century).
