Tissue-specific variation of δ13C in mature canopy trees in a temperate forest in central Europe

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 519-534

  Chevillat, Véronique S ^a   Siegwolf, Rolf T W ^b   Pepin, Steeve ^a,c   Körner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Natural abundance; Spatial variation; Stable carbon isotope; Swiss canopy crane; Temporal 13C variability

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ACER; CARPINUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS; LARIX; MALVACEAE; PICEA; PRUNUS; QUERCUS; TILIA;

EID: 27744523607     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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