Past climate changes and ecophysiological responses recorded in the isotope ratios of saguaro cactus spines

Oecologia

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-258

  English, Nathan B ^a   Dettman, David L ^a   Sandquist, Darren R ^b   Williams, David G ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactus; Carbon 13; Carnegiea gigantea; El Ni o southern oscillation (ENSO); Growth rate; Oxygen 18; Radiocarbon; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; OXYGEN;

CACTUS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RECORD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CACTACEAE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PLANT LEAF; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CACTACEAE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT LEAVES;

BELEMNOIDEA; CACTACEAE; CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA;

EID: 35948977713     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0832-x     Document Type: Article

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