Application of stable isotope technique in the study of plant water use

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2362-2371

  Sun, Shuang Feng ^a,b   Huang, Jian Hui ^a   Lin, Guang Hui ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a,b   Han, Xing Guo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Stable carbon isotope; Stable hydrogen isotope; Stable oxygen isotope; Water source; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 26244467686     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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