The variations of stable-carbon isotope ratios in Qilian juniper in northwestern China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-136

  Zhang, Youfu ^a   Chen, Tuo ^a   An, Lizhe ^a,b   Li, Youbin ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

13C; Atmospheric CO2; Isotopic fractionation; Sabina przewalskii Kom.

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC EFFECTS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; TRUNK WOOD;

FORESTRY;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVERGREEN TREE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; ISOTOPES; JUNIPERUS; LEAVES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

JUNIPERUS; SABINA PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 33847300979     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0466-z     Document Type: Article

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