Stable carbon isotopes in tree rings indicate improved water use efficiency and drought responses of a tropical dry forest tree species

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-113

  Brienen, Roel J W ^a,b   Wanek, Wolfgang ^c   Hietz, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Isotope discrimination; Mexico; Tropical dendrochronology

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EFFICIENCY; ISOTOPES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TROPICS;

INTERANNUAL VARIATION; INTRINSIC WATER-USE EFFICIENCIES; ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION; ME-XICO; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; TROPICAL DENDROCHRONOLOGY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

FORESTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATES; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; MEXICO; SUN LIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TREES; TROPICS; WATER SUPPLY;

MIMOSA;

EID: 78651413104     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0474-1     Document Type: Article

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