Variation in carbon isotope composition among years in the riparian tree Populus fremontii

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-319

  Leffler, A Joshua ^a   Evans, Ann S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope composition; Climate; Populus fremontii; Riparian tree physiology; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAINFALL; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STREAMFLOW;

UNITED STATES;

POPULUS FREMONTII;

EID: 0032997166     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050791     Document Type: Article

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