Laser ablation-combustion-GC-IRMS - A new method for online analysis of intra-annual variation of δ13C in tree rings

Tree Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1193-1201

  Schulze, Birgit ^a   Wirth, Christian ^a   Linke, Petra ^a   Brand, Willi A ^a   Kuhlmann, Iris ^a   Horna, Viviana ^a   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Cellulose; Dendroclimatology; Earlywood; Fractionation; Lignin; Palaeoclimatology; Pinus sylvestris; Water relations; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CARBON ISOTOPE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; TREE RING;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 9244261649     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/24.11.1193     Document Type: Article

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