Twentieth century trends in tree ring stable isotopes (δ 13C and δ18O) of Larix sibirica under dry conditions in the forest steppe in Siberia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Knorre, Anastasia A ^a,b   Siegwolf, Rolf T W ^c   Saurer, Matthias ^c   Sidorova, Olga V ^a,c   Vaganov, Eugene A ^b   Kirdyanov, Alexander V ^a  

^a SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

^b SIBERIAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CELLULOSE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STABLE ISOTOPE; STEPPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WOOD;

SIBERIA;

LARIX; LARIX SIBIRICA;

EID: 77955606950     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JG000930     Document Type: Article

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