Isotopic values of plants in relation to water availability in the Eastern Mediterranean region

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 837-852

  Hartman, Gideon ^a   Danin, Avinoam ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopic composition; Nitrogen isotopic composition; Plant community; Rainfall; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN; RAIN; WATER;

C3 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CARBON ISOTOPES; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; SEASONS; WATER;

EID: 77949772519     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1514-7     Document Type: Article

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