Terrestrial plant biomarkers and their carbon isotopes provide insights into carbon cycling,
paleovegetation and paleoclimate, ranging in scale from local to global. Over the past …

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 …

Tree-ring dating (dendrochronology) is a method of scientific dating based on the analysis of
tree-ring growth patterns. As author James Speer notes, trees are remarkable bioindicators …

In the last decade, our understanding of the processes underlying plant response to drought,
at the molecular and whole-plant levels, has rapidly progressed. Here, we review that …

▪ Abstract The use of stable isotope techniques in plant ecological research has grown
steadily during the past two decades. This trend will continue as investigators realize that …

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

The rate of CO 2 assimilation by plants is directly influenced by the concentration of CO 2 in
the atmosphere, ca. As an environmental variable, ca also has a unique global and historic …

Aim The goals of this study are:(1) to determine whether increasing atmospheric CO2
concentrations and changing climate increased intrinsic water use efficiency (iWUE, as …

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 …

For north-eastern Germany regional climate models project rising temperatures in
combination with decreasing summer and increasing winter precipitation. The resulting …