Hydrogen isotope ratios of leaf wax n-alkanes in grasses are insensitive to transpiration

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 541-554

  McInerney, Francesca A ^a   Helliker, Brent R ^b   Freeman, Katherine H ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; CELLULOSE; ENRICHMENT; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAF; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TRANSPIRATION; WAX;

POACEAE;

EID: 78650218112     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.10.022     Document Type: Article

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