Progress and challenges in using stable isotopes to trace plant carbon and water relations across scales

C Werner, H Schnyder, M Cuntz, C Keitel… - …, 2012 - bg.copernicus.org
Stable isotope analysis is a powerful tool for assessing plant carbon and water relations and
their impact on biogeochemical processes at different scales. Our process-based …

Diel variations in the carbon isotope composition of respired CO2 and associated carbon sources: a review of dynamics and mechanisms

C Werner, A Gessler - Biogeosciences, 2011 - bg.copernicus.org
Recent advances have improved our methodological approaches and theoretical
understanding of post-photosynthetic carbon isotope fractionation processes. Nevertheless …

The influence of precipitation pulses on soil respiration–Assessing the “Birch effect” by stable carbon isotopes

S Unger, C Máguas, JS Pereira, TS David… - Soil Biology and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Sudden pulse-like events of rapidly increasing CO2-efflux occur in soils under seasonally
dry climates in response to rewetting after drought. These occurrences, termed “Birch effect” …

Seasonal patterns of carbon allocation to respiratory pools in 60‐yr‐old deciduous (Fagus sylvatica) and evergreen (Picea abies) trees assessed via whole‐tree …

D Kuptz, F Fleischmann, R Matyssek… - New …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The CO2 efflux of adult trees is supplied by recent photosynthates and carbon (C) stores.
The extent to which these C pools contribute to growth and maintenance respiration (RG …

Temporal dynamics of the carbon isotope composition in a Pinus sylvestris stand: from newly assimilated organic carbon to respired carbon dioxide

N Kodama, RL Barnard, Y Salmon, C Weston, JP Ferrio… - Oecologia, 2008 - Springer
The 13 C isotopic signature (C stable isotope ratio; δ 13 C) of CO 2 respired from forest
ecosystems and their particular compartments are known to be influenced by temporal …

Experimental evidence for diel variations of the carbon isotope composition in leaf, stem and phloem sap organic matter in Ricinus communis

A Gessler, G Tcherkez, AD Peuke… - Plant, Cell & …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon isotope fractionation in metabolic processes following carboxylation of ribulose‐1, 5‐
bisphosphate (RuBP) is not as well described as the discrimination during photosynthetic …

Stable oxygen isotope and flux partitioning demonstrates understory of an oak savanna contributes up to half of ecosystem carbon and water exchange

M Dubbert, A Piayda, M Cuntz, AC Correia… - Frontiers in plant …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Semi-arid ecosystems contribute about 40% to global net primary production (GPP) even
though water is a major factor limiting carbon uptake. Evapotranspiration (ET) accounts for …

Modulation of leaf attributes and water use efficiency in Quercus suber along a rainfall gradient

AC Gouveia, H Freitas - Trees, 2009 - Springer
The aim of our study was to assess the intraspecific variation of a range of leaf attributes and
carbon isotope discrimination (Δ), in Quercus suber, along an 800 mm rainfall gradient in …

Environmental effects on carbon isotope discrimination from assimilation to respiration in a coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest of Northeast China

H Diao, A Wang, F Yuan, D Guan, G Dai, J Wu - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Carbon (C) isotope discrimination during photosynthetic CO2 assimilation has been
extensively studied, but the whole process of fractionation from leaf to soil has been less …

Interpreting post-drought rewetting effects on soil and ecosystem carbon dynamics in a Mediterranean oak savannah

S Unger, C Máguas, JS Pereira, TS David… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2012 - Elsevier
A transient increase in soil carbon dioxide efflux after rewetting of previously dry soils,
termed the Birch effect, can significantly influence the ecosystem carbon balance. This has …