Stable isotopes in tree rings

D McCarroll, NJ Loader - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
… each annual tree ring has its origin in the CO 2 of air, and O and H come from soil water and
… exchange with xylem water, which will push δD of tree rings back towards that of the source …

Tree growth and intrinsic water-use efficiency of inland riparian forests in northwestern China: evaluation via δ13C and δ18O analysis of tree rings

X Liu, W Wang, G Xu, X Zeng, G Wu, X Zhang… - Tree …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
… Thus, combined analyses of carbon and oxygen isotopes in tree rings is probably the best
way to investigate changes in tree physiological responses (McCarroll and Loader 2004, …

Twentieth century changes of treering δ13C at the southern range‐edge of Fagus sylvatica: increasing wateruse efficiency does not avoid the growth decline …

J Penuelas, JM Hunt, R Ogaya… - Global Change …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… We aimed to gain knowledge on the changes in intrinsic water use efficiency (iWUE) in
response to increasing atmospheric CO 2 concentrations and climate change over the last …

Leaf traits and tree rings suggest different water-use and carbon assimilation strategies by two co-occurring Quercus species in a Mediterranean mixed-forest stand in …

R Tognetti, P Cherubini, S Marchi, A Raschi - Tree Physiology, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Tree rings The synchronous occurrence of pointer years, ie, very narrow and very wide tree
rings, in both species indicates that tree rings … , tree-ring growth is mainly limited by soil water

Tree-ring carbon and oxygen isotopes indicate different water use strategies in three Mediterranean shrubs at Capo Caccia (Sardinia, Italy)

S Altieri, S Mereu, P Cherubini, S Castaldi, C Sirignano… - Trees, 2015 - Springer
… In this paper, we evaluate interspecific differences in intrinsic water use efficiency (WUE i )
… We used δ 13 C in rings to assess inter-annual changes in WUE i while the influence of the …

Tree rings in the tropics: insights into the ecology and climate sensitivity of tropical trees

RJW Brienen, J Schöngart, PA Zuidema - … tree physiology: Adaptations and …, 2016 - Springer
… reported increases in intrinsic water use efficiency based on δ 13 C measurements in tree
rings are formed annually, we provide a review of 130 studies on tree rings in tropical trees (…

Drought, tree rings and water resource management in Colorado

CA Woodhouse, JJ Lukas - Canadian Water Resources Journal, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
… The RGWCD monitors wells and water use, funds studies for water quality and other
environmental issues, and is involved in outreach and education efforts. It takes a leadership role in …

Evidence of changing intrinsic wateruse efficiency under rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations in Boreal Fennoscandia from subfossil leaves and tree ring δ13C …

M Gagen, W Finsinger… - Global Change …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… CO 2 concentrations, increasing water-use efficiency (WUE) … Here we use time series of tree
ring (Pinus sylvestris L.) δ 13 … records of changes in intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) and …

[HTML][HTML] Tree-Ring Stable Isotopes Reveal Twentieth-Century Increases in Water-Use Efficiency of Fagus sylvatica and Nothofagus spp. in Italian and Chilean …

R Tognetti, F Lombardi, B Lasserre, P Cherubini… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
… However, our results support only in part the prediction that tree ring cellulose δ 18 O will
necessarily increase with aridity, because significant correlations between drought index and …

Stories hidden in tree rings: a review on the application of stable carbon isotopes to dendrosciences

TA Shestakova, E Martínez-Sancho - Dendrochronologia, 2021 - Elsevier
… Scholarly output of the subject area published as derived from a search for (“tree rings” AND
“carbon isotopes” AND “water-use efficiency”) in the title, abstract, or keywords of scientific …