Stable isotopes in tree rings could provide palaeoclimate reconstructions with perfect annual
resolution and statistically defined confidence limits. Recent advances make the approach …

High-resolution stable isotope analyses were carried out on a sample of oak (Quercus
petraea) from Cultra, Co Down, UK. A sampling strategy of unparallelled resolution was …

Publisher Summary Trees provide within the physical characteristics of their rings (width,
relative density, reflectance), a record of past environmental changes, which, when …

Across much of Europe, Eurasia and N. America there exist networks of long tree-ring
chronologies which, under favourable circumstances, may be used to provide a record of …

This volume is intended to show how stable isotopes can be applied to understanding the
palaeoenvironment. There are chapters on the interpretation of isotopes in water, tree rings …

Tree-ring stable isotopes, providing insight into drought-induced eco-physiological
mechanisms, are frequently used to reconstruct past changes in growing season …

It is currently not well known how coherent carbon and oxygen isotope chronologies from
different species and sites are under temperate climate conditions. Here we investigated …

The mechanistic understanding of isotope fractionation processes is increasing but we still
lack detailed knowledge of the processes that determine the isotopic composition of the tree …

Climate reconstructions based on stable isotopes in tree rings rely on the assumption that
fractionation‐controlling processes are strongly linked to meteorological variables. In this …

Ring‐width dendrochronology, based on matching patterns of ring width variability, works
best when trees are growing under significant environmental (climatic) stress. In the UK, and …