Examining the large-scale convergence of photosynthesis-weighted tree leaf temperatures through stable oxygen isotope analysis of multiple data sets

New Phytologist

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 912-924

  Song, Xin ^a   Barbour, Margaret M ^b   Saurer, Matthias ^c   Helliker, Brent R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Large scale convergence; Leaf temperature; Oxygen isotope; Tree canopy

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; OXYGEN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BOREAL FOREST; CANOPY; CELLULOSE; DATA SET; GROWING SEASON; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAF; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WOOD;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TEMPERATURE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WOOD;

CELLULOSE; DATABASES AS TOPIC; GEOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; TEMPERATURE; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WOOD;

EID: 81055157840     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03851.x     Document Type: Article

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