A controlled test of the dual-isotope approach for the interpretation of stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratio variation in tree rings

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 490-503

  Roden, John S ^a,b   Farquhar, Graham D ^b  

^a SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

13C; 18O; cellulose; conceptual models; eucalypt, pine; wood

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELLULOSE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; WATER;

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CELLULOSE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEEDLING; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE RING; WOOD;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; EUCALYPTUS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT LEAF; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION STUDY; WOOD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CELLULOSE; ENVIRONMENT; EUCALYPTUS; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WOOD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 84860425363     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps019     Document Type: Article

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