The influence of climate on 13C/12C and 18O/16O ratios in tree ring cellulose of Pinus sylvestris L. growing in the central Scandinavian Mountains

Chemical Geology

Volumn 286, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 84-93

  Seftigen, Kristina ^a   Linderholm, Hans W ^a   Loader, Neil J ^b   Liu, Yu ^c   Young, Giles H F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Central Scandinavian Mountains; Climate; Pinus sylvestris L.; Stable isotopes; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL SCANDINAVIAN MOUNTAINS; CLIMATE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TREE RINGS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CELLULOSE; CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; OXYGEN;

PLANT EXTRACTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CELLULOSE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE SIGNAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE RING;

CELLULOSE; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGY; OXYGEN; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RINGS; TREES;

NORWAY; SWEDEN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 79959784352     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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