Temperature versus species-specific influences on the stable oxygen isotope ratio of tree rings

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 801-811

  Reynolds Henne, Christina E ^a,b   Saurer, Matthias ^a   Siegwolf, Rolf T W ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Oxygen isotope; Temperature; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; ECOSYSTEM VARIABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; INDIVIDUAL TREE; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; LEAF WATER; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; MIXED FORESTS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPIC; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS ROBUR; SOIL WATER; STABLE OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATE FORESTS; TEMPERATURE SIGNAL; TREE GROWTH; TREE RING; TREE RINGS;

CELLULOSE; ISOTOPES; LINEAR REGRESSION; OXYGEN; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS;

FORESTRY;

FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

CARPINUS BETULUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 70349690289     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-009-0321-4     Document Type: Article

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