Plant-groundwater interactions in drylands: A review of current research and future perspectives

T Wang, Z Wu, P Wang, T Wu, Y Zhang, J Yin… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Global dryland areas are expanding due to climate change, and this expansion is
accompanied by an increased frequency and intensity of drought occurrences. The degree …

Why aquatic scientists should use sulfur stable isotope ratios (ẟ34S) more often

V Raoult, AA Phillips, J Nelson, Y Niella, C Skinner… - Chemosphere, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Over the last few decades, measurements of light stable isotope ratios have been
increasingly used to answer questions across physiology, biology, ecology, and …

[HTML][HTML] Analyzing mixing systems using a new generation of Bayesian tracer mixing models

BC Stock, AL Jackson, EJ Ward, AC Parnell… - PeerJ, 2018‏ - peerj.com
The ongoing evolution of tracer mixing models has resulted in a confusing array of software
tools that differ in terms of data inputs, model assumptions, and associated analytic products …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking nitrate and sulfate sources in groundwater of an urbanized valley using a multi-tracer approach combined with a Bayesian isotope mixing model

JA Torres-Martínez, A Mora, PSK Knappett… - Water Research, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Over the past decades, groundwater quality has deteriorated worldwide by nitrate pollution
due to the intensive use of fertilizers in agriculture, release of untreated urban sewage and …

Best practices for use of stable isotope mixing models in food-web studies

DL Phillips, R Inger, S Bearhop… - Canadian Journal of …, 2014‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
Stable isotope mixing models are increasingly used to quantify consumer diets, but may be
misused and misinterpreted. We address major challenges to their effective application …

Sediment source fingerprinting: benchmarking recent outputs, remaining challenges and emerging themes

AL Collins, M Blackwell, P Boeckx, CA Chivers… - Journal of Soils and …, 2020‏ - Springer
Purpose This review of sediment source fingerprinting assesses the current state-of-the-art,
remaining challenges and emerging themes. It combines inputs from international scientists …

Bayesian stable isotope mixing models

AC Parnell, DL Phillips, S Bearhop… - …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we review recent advances in stable isotope mixing models (SIMMs) and place
them into an overarching Bayesian statistical framework, which allows for several useful …

Dietary reconstruction, mobility, and the analysis of ancient skeletal tissues: Expanding the prospects of stable isotope research in archaeology

CA Makarewicz, J Sealy - Journal of archaeological science, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The use of stable isotope ratio analysis in archaeology has exploded over the past few
decades to the point where it is now an established tool that is routinely used to investigate …

Bone deep: Variation in stable isotope ratios and histomorphometric measurements of bone remodelling within adult humans

GE Fahy, C Deter, R Pitfield, JJ Miszkiewicz… - Journal of …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Stable carbon (δ 13 C) and nitrogen (δ 15 N) isotope studies of ancient human diet
increasingly sample several skeletal elements within an individual. Such studies draw upon …

To fit or not to fit: evaluating stable isotope mixing models using simulated mixing polygons

JA Smith, D Mazumder, IM Suthers… - Methods in Ecology …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope analysis is often used to identify the relative contributions of various food
resources to a consumer's diet. Some Bayesian isotopic mixing models now incorporate …