Environmental controls on the stable carbon isotopic composition of soil organic carbon: Implications for modelling the distribution of C3 and C4 plants, Australia

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 604-621

  Wynn, Jonathan G ^a   Bird, Michael I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MODELING; ORGANIC CARBON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 50649113119     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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