Tree-ring stable isotopes reveal twentieth-century increases in water-use efficiency of fagus sylvatica and nothofagus spp. in Italian and Chilean Mountains

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Tognetti, Roberto ^a,b   Lombardi, Fabio ^a   Lasserre, Bruno ^a   Cherubini, Paolo ^c   Marchetti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE; OXYGEN 18; CARBON; OXYGEN; WATER;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC CHANGE; BASAL AREA INCREMENT; BEECH; CHILE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FERTILIZATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HISTORY; INTRINSIC WATER USE EFFICIENCY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ITALY; LATITUDE; LEAF GAS EXCHANGE; NONHUMAN; NOTHOFAGUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANT WATER USE; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE GROWTH; TREE RING; TREND STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

FAGUS SYLVATICA; NOTHOFAGUS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHILE; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; FAGUS; ITALY; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84911917183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113136     Document Type: Article

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