Assessing environmental and physiological controls over water relations in a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stand through analyses of stable isotope composition of water and organic matter

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-127

  Brandes, Elke ^a   Wenninger, Jochen ^a   Koeniger, Paul ^a,b   Schindler, Dirk ^a   Rennenberg, Heinz ^a   Leibundgut, Christian ^a   Mayer, Helmut ^a   Gessler, Arthur ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

13C; 18O; 2H; Canopy stomatal conductance; Evaporative enrichment; Phloem; Transpiration; Water availability

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; WATER;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEUTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHLOEM; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER UPTAKE; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE;

CARBON ISOTOPES; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PINUS; WATER;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33845541016     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2006.01609.x     Document Type: Article

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