Using stable oxygen isotopes to quantify the water source used for transpiration by native shrubs in the San Luis Valley, Colorado U.S.A.

Plant and Soil

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 225-236

  Chimner, Rodney A ^a   Cooper, David J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; phreatophyte; stable oxygen isotopes; water sources; water uptake patterns

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; NATIVE SPECIES; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER UPTAKE;

NORTH AMERICA; SAN LUIS VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

CHRYSOTHAMNUS; CHRYSOTHAMNUS GREENEI; ERICAMERIA NAUSEOSA; SARCOBATUS; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS;

EID: 4043079425     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PLSO.0000030190.70085.e9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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