The Stable Isotopes δ13C and δ18O of Lichens Can Be Used as Tracers of Microenvironmental Carbon and Water Sources

Terrestrial Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 77-92

  Lakatos, Michael ^a,b   Hartard, Britta ^a,b   Máguas, Cristina ^b  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau

^b Stable Isotopes Laboratory

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EID: 44349105855     PISSN: 19367961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1936-7961(07)01006-8     Document Type: Review

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