Assessing the effects of nitrogen deposition and climate on carbon isotope discrimination and intrinsic water-use efficiency of angiosperm and conifer trees under rising CO 2 conditions

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2925-2944

  Leonardi, Stefano ^a   Gentilesca, Tiziana ^b   Guerrieri, Rossella ^c   Ripullone, Francesco ^b   Magnani, Federico ^d   Mencuccini, Maurizio ^c   Noije, Twan V ^e   Borghetti, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Carbon isotope discrimination; Climate; Forest; Linear Mixed Effect Model; Nitrogen deposition; Tree ring; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; NITROGEN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84864614079     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02757.x     Document Type: Article

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