Remotely sensed soil moisture can capture dynamics relevant to plant water uptake

AF Feldman, DJ Short Gianotti, J Dong… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A frequently expressed viewpoint across the Earth science community is that global soil
moisture estimates from satellite L‐band (1.4 GHz) measurements represent moisture only …

Controls on the D/H ratios of plant leaf waxes in an arid ecosystem

SJ Feakins, AL Sessions - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2010 - Elsevier
The extent to which leaf water D-enrichment (transpiration) and soil water D-enrichment
(evaporation) affect the D/H ratio of plant leaf waxes remains a contentious issue, with …

Established methods and new opportunities for pore water stable isotope analysis

M Sprenger, B Herbstritt, M Weiler - Hydrological Processes, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The vadose zone plays a crucial role in the water cycle for storing water, providing water to
vegetation and transporting solutes or degrading contaminants. Earth scientists have long …

An overview of the rangelands atmosphere–hydrosphere–biosphere interaction study experiment in northeastern Asia (RAISE)

M Sugita, J Asanuma, M Tsujimura, S Mariko, M Lu… - Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Intensive observations, analysis and modeling within the framework of the rangelands
atmosphere–hydrosphere–biosphere interaction study experiment in northeastern Asia …

Plant leaf wax biomarkers capture gradients in hydrogen isotopes of precipitation from the Andes and Amazon

SJ Feakins, LP Bentley, N Salinas, A Shenkin… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Plant leaf waxes have been found to record the hydrogen isotopic composition of
precipitation and are thus used to reconstruct past climate. To assess how faithfully they …

Tree water uptake patterns across the globe

C Bachofen, SJ Tumber‐Dávila, DS Mackay… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Plant water uptake from the soil is a crucial element of the global hydrological cycle and
essential for vegetation drought resilience. Yet, knowledge of how the distribution of water …

Complementarity in water sources among dominant species in typical steppe ecosystems of Inner Mongolia, China

H Yang, K Auerswald, Y Bai, X Han - Plant and Soil, 2011 - Springer
Water is the most important factor controlling plant growth, primary production, and
ecosystem stability in arid and semi-arid grasslands. Here we conducted a 2-year field study …

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

G Bertrand, J Masini, N Goldscheider, J Meeks… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Sources of water use by 10 alluvial trees in various hydrogeological and ecological
situations at the Pfyn forest (Wallis canton, Switzerland) were assessed by analysing 18O …

Plant water sources in the cold semiarid ecosystem of the upper Kherlen River catchment in Mongolia: A stable isotope approach

SG Li, H Romero-Saltos, M Tsujimura, A Sugimoto… - Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
In the cold semiarid region of northeastern Mongolia, we used stable isotopes (18O and D)
to determine potential plant water sources during the 2003 growing season (June to …

Water stable isotope characteristics and water use strategies of co-occurring plants in ecological and economic forests in subtropical monsoon regions

J Dai, X Zhang, L Wang, R Wang, Z Luo, X He… - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Identifying the spatio-temporal variation in water use by co-occurring species in mixed
forests can determine whether there is hydrological niche partitioning or niche overlap** …