UV-laser-based microscopic dissection of tree rings - a novel sampling tool for δ13C and δ18O studies

New Phytologist

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1045-1055

  Schollaen, Karina ^a   Heinrich, Ingo ^a   Helle, Gerhard ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; High precision sampling; High resolution stable isotope analysis; Plant physiology; Tree rings; UV laser microdissection; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DISSECTION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRECISION; SAMPLING; STABLE ISOTOPE; TREE RING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WOOD;

TECTONA GRANDIS;

CARBON; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH-PRECISION SAMPLING; HIGH-RESOLUTION STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OAK; PINE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TREE; TREE RINGS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UV-LASER MICRODISSECTION; WOOD; WOOD ANATOMY;

DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; HIGH-PRECISION SAMPLING; HIGH-RESOLUTION STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; TREE RINGS; UV-LASER MICRODISSECTION; WOOD ANATOMY;

CARBON ISOTOPES; LASERS; MICROSCOPY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PINUS; QUERCUS; SEASONS; TREES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WOOD;

EID: 84891901826     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12587     Document Type: Article

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