Environmental and physiological controls over oxygen and carbon isotope composition of Tasmanian blue gum, Eucalyptus globulus

Tree Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-146

  Cernusak, Lucas A ^a,b   Farquhar, Graham D ^a   Pate, John S ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Isotope signal; Isotopic fractionation; Leaf water enrichment; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DRY MATTER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHLOEM; XYLEM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 14344252948     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/25.2.129     Document Type: Article

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