Variation in the carbon and oxygen isotope composition of plant biomass and its relationship to water-use efficiency at the leaf- and ecosystem-scales in a northern Great Plains grassland

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 425-438

  Flanagan, Lawrence B ^a   Farquhar, Graham D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem productivity; Eddy covariance; Fluxnet Canada Research Network; Photosynthesis; Precipitation; Soil moisture; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; C3 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPORATION; GRASSLAND; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOMASS; RESPIRATION; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; LETHBRIDGE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; RAIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY; EDDY COVARIANCE; FLUXNET-CANADA RESEARCH NETWORK; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STOMA; POACEAE; PRECIPITATION; SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY; EDDY COVARIANCE; FLUXNET-CANADA RESEARCH NETWORK; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

BIOMASS; CANADA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; OXYGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT STOMATA; POACEAE; RAIN; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84891635198     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12165     Document Type: Article

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