Water sources of dominant species in three alpine ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau, China

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-264

  Duan, De Yu ^a,b   Ouyang, Hua ^a   Song, Ming Hua ^a   Hu, Qi Wu ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

18O; D; Precipitation; River water; Soil water; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; RAIN; WATER;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINWATER; RIVER WATER; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; SEASON; SOIL; TREE; WILLOW; XYLEM;

CHINA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PINUS; QUERCUS; RAIN; SALIX; SEASONS; SOIL; TREES; WATER; XYLEM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

NITRARIA TANGUTORUM; PINUS TABULIFORMIS; QUERCUS AQUIFOLIOIDES; SALIX;

EID: 40449118647     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2007.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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