Convergent approaches to determine an ecosystem's transpiration fraction

M Berkelhammer, DC Noone, TE Wong… - Global …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The transpiration (T) fraction of total terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET), T/ET, can vary across
ecosystems between 20–95% with a global average of∼ 60%. The wide range may either …

20th century changes in carbon isotopes and water-use efficiency: tree-ring-based evaluation of the CLM4. 5 and LPX-Bern models

KM Keller, S Lienert, A Bozbiyik, TF Stocker… - …, 2017 - bg.copernicus.org
Measurements of the stable carbon isotope ratio (δ 13 C) on annual tree rings offer new
opportunities to evaluate mechanisms of variations in photosynthesis and stomatal …

Pigments, binders, and ages of rock art at Viuda Quenzana, Santa Cruz, Patagonia (Argentina)

GA Brook, NV Franco, A Cherkinsky, A Acevedo… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The first direct AMS radiocarbon dating of two rock art motifs in separate rock shelters (VQ1
and VQ2) at the Viuda Quenzana (VQ) archaeological locality in Patagonia, has provided …

An improved isotopic method for partitioning net ecosystem–atmosphere CO2 exchange

R Wehr, SR Saleska - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2015 - Elsevier
Stable carbon isotopes can be used to partition the net ecosystem–atmosphere exchange
(NEE) of carbon dioxide (CO 2) into its photosynthetic and respiratory components, but the …

The influence of warm-season precipitation on the diel cycle of the surface energy balance and carbon dioxide at a Colorado subalpine forest site

SP Burns, PD Blanken, AA Turnipseed, J Hu… - …, 2015 - bg.copernicus.org
Precipitation changes the physical and biological characteristics of an ecosystem. Using a
precipitation-based conditional sampling technique and a 14 year data set from a 25 m …

An observational constraint on stomatal function in forests: evaluating coupled carbon and water vapor exchange with carbon isotopes in the Community Land Model …

B Raczka, HF Duarte, CD Koven, D Ricciuto… - …, 2016 - bg.copernicus.org
Land surface models are useful tools to quantify contemporary and future climate impact on
terrestrial carbon cycle processes, provided they can be appropriately constrained and …

Environmental forcing does not induce diel or synoptic variation in the carbon isotope content of forest soil respiration

DR Bowling, JE Egan, SJ Hall, DA Risk - Biogeosciences, 2015 - bg.copernicus.org
Recent studies have examined temporal fluctuations in the amount and carbon isotope
content (δ 13 C) of CO 2 produced by the respiration of roots and soil organisms. These …

Whole‐tree mesophyll conductance reconciles isotopic and gas‐exchange estimates of water‐use efficiency

TE Gimeno, CE Campany, JE Drake… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photosynthetic water‐use efficiency (WUE) describes the link between terrestrial carbon (C)
and water cycles. Estimates of intrinsic WUE (iWUE) from gas exchange and C isotopic …

The long-solved problem of the best-fit straight line: application to isotopic mixing lines

R Wehr, SR Saleska - Biogeosciences, 2017 - bg.copernicus.org
It has been almost 50 years since York published an exact and general solution for the best-
fit straight line to independent points with normally distributed errors in both x and y. York's …

Large impacts of small methane fluxes on carbon isotope values of soil respiration

W Huang, SJ Hall - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide isotope (δ 13 C of CO 2) analysis is increasingly used to address a broad
range of questions involving soil C dynamics and respiration sources. However, attaining δ …