Determination of spatiotemporal variability of tree water uptake using stable isotopes (δ18O, δ2H) in an alluvial system supplied by a high-altitude watershed, Pfyn forest, Switzerland

Ecohydrology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 319-333

  Bertrand, Guillaume ^a   Masini, Jean ^a   Goldscheider, Nico ^b   Meeks, Jessica ^a   Lavastre, Véronique ^c   Celle Jeanton, Hélène ^d   Gobat, Jean Michel ^e   Hunkeler, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alluvial ecosystem; Deuterium; Oxygen 18; Switzerland; Trees; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEUTERIUM; ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE WATERS; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY;

ECOLOGICAL SITUATION; KINETIC FRACTIONATIONS; OXYGEN-18; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SWITZERLAND; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TREES; WATER UPTAKE;

FORESTRY;

COLONIZATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEUTERIUM; ECOHYDROLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TREE; WATER CONTENT; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WATERSHED;

DEUTERIUM; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; ISOTOPES; SURFACE WATER; SWITZERLAND; TREES; WATER SUPPLY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84897539195     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1347     Document Type: Article

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