Hair of grazing cattle provides an integrated measure of the effects of site conditions and interannual weather variability on δ13C of temperature humid grassland

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1315-1329

  Schnyder, Hans ^a   Schwertl, Michael ^a   Auerswald, Karl ^a   Schäufele, Rudi ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C discrimination; Drought; Evapotranspiration; Hair; Mineral soil; Peat soil; Plant available soil water; Precipitation; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CATTLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASSLAND; SOIL WATER; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33745210769     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01169.x     Document Type: Article

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