Carbon isotopes and water use efficiency: sense and sensitivity

U Seibt, A Rajabi, H Griffiths, JA Berry - Oecologia, 2008 - Springer
We revisit the relationship between plant water use efficiency and carbon isotope signatures
(δ 13 C) of plant material. Based on the definitions of intrinsic, instantaneous and integrated …

Carbon isotopes in terrestrial ecosystem pools and CO2 fluxes

DR Bowling, DE Pataki, JT Randerson - New Phytologist, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Stable carbon isotopes are used extensively to examine physiological, ecological, and
biogeochemical processes related to ecosystem, regional, and global carbon cycles and …

Global patterns in leaf 13C discrimination and implications for studies of past and future climate

AF Diefendorf, KE Mueller, SL Wing, PL Koch… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - pnas.org
Fractionation of carbon isotopes by plants during CO2 uptake and fixation (Δleaf) varies with
environmental conditions, but quantitative patterns of Δleaf across environmental gradients …

Towards a more plant physiological perspective on soil ecology

P Högberg, DJ Read - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2006 - cell.com
Soil respiration almost balances carbon fixation by terrestrial photosynthesis and exceeds
all anthropogenic carbon emissions by an order of magnitude, yet we lack precise …

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 …

Increase in water-use efficiency and underlying processes in pine forests across a precipitation gradient in the dry Mediterranean region over the past 30 years

K Maseyk, D Hemming, A Angert, SW Leavitt, D Yakir - Oecologia, 2011 - Springer
Motivated by persistent predictions of warming and drying in the entire Mediterranean and
other regions, we have examined the interactions of intrinsic water-use efficiency (W i) with …

Sensitivity analysis and quantification of uncertainty for isotopic mixing relationships in carbon cycle research

JM Zobitz, JP Keener, H Schnyder… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2006 - Elsevier
Quantifying and understanding the uncertainty in isotopic mixing relationships is critical to
isotopic applications in carbon cycle studies at all spatial and temporal scales. Studies that …

Urban environment of New York City promotes growth in northern red oak seedlings

SY Searle, MH Turnbull, NT Boelman… - Tree …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Urbanization is accelerating across the globe, elevating the importance of studying urban
ecology. Urban environments exhibit several factors affecting plant growth and function …

Carbon isotopic composition and oxygen isotopic enrichment in phloem and total leaf organic matter of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) along a climate gradient

C Keitel, A Matzarakis, H Rennenberg… - Plant, Cell & …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated the influence of climate on the carbon isotopic composition (δ13C)
and oxygen isotopic enrichment (Δ18O) above the source water of different organic matter …

Thermal imaging and carbon isotope composition indicate variation amongst strawberry (Fragaria× ananassa) cultivars in stomatal conductance and water use …

OM Grant, MJ Davies, CM James, AW Johnson… - Environmental and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Cultivars with low stomatal conductance (gs) may show high water use efficiency (WUE)
under drought conditions, but under optimal conditions low gs may result in low vigour. A …