Carbon isotope variation in shrub willow (Salix spp.) ring-wood as an indicator of long-term water status, growth and survival

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 316-326

  Schifman, Laura A ^a,b   Stella, John C ^a   Volk, Timothy A ^a   Teece, Mark A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass energy; Carbon stable isotope; Phytoremediation; Restoration; Shrub willow management; Water stress

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIO-MASS ENERGY; BIOMASS CROP; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON STABLE ISOTOPE; COMPOSITE SAMPLES; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GROWING SEASON; INTERANNUAL; NEGATIVE INFLUENCE; NEW YORK STATE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT LEVEL; PLANT SIZE; SALIX SPP; SAMPLING METHOD; SENSITIVE INDICATOR; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; VARIABLE ENVIRONMENT; WATER STATUS; WATER STRESS; WOOD TISSUES; WOODY PLANTS;

BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON; FORESTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ISOTOPES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE; WOOD;

ECOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPOSITE; CROP PLANT; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SHRUB; SURVIVAL; WATER STRESS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOLOGY; GROWTH; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPES; RESTORATION; SALIX; SHRUBS; SURVIVAL; TISSUE; WATER; WOOD;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

SALIX;

EID: 84355162836     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.042     Document Type: Article

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