Time lag between photosynthesis and carbon dioxide efflux from soil: a review of mechanisms and controls

Y Kuzyakov, O Gavrichkova - Global Change Biology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
CO2 efflux from soil depends on the availability of organic substances respired by roots and
microorganisms. Therefore, photosynthetic activity supplying carbohydrates from leaves to …

Stable isotopes as one of nature's ecological recorders

JB West, GJ Bowen, TE Cerling… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2006 - cell.com
Analyses of the natural variation in stable isotopes of components of ecological systems
have provided new insights into how these systems function across paleoecological to …

Joint control of terrestrial gross primary productivity by plant phenology and physiology

J Xia, S Niu, P Ciais, IA Janssens… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Terrestrial gross primary productivity (GPP) varies greatly over time and space. A better
understanding of this variability is necessary for more accurate predictions of the future …

Carbon allocation and carbon isotope fluxes in the plant-soil-atmosphere continuum: a review

N Brüggemann, A Gessler, Z Kayler, SG Keel… - …, 2011 - bg.copernicus.org
The terrestrial carbon (C) cycle has received increasing interest over the past few decades,
however, there is still a lack of understanding of the fate of newly assimilated C allocated …

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 …

Why are non-photosynthetic tissues generally 13C enriched compared with leaves in C3 plants? Review and synthesis of current hypotheses

LA Cernusak, G Tcherkez, C Keitel… - Functional Plant …, 2009 - CSIRO Publishing
Non-photosynthetic, or heterotrophic, tissues in C3 plants tend to be enriched in 13C
compared with the leaves that supply them with photosynthate. This isotopic pattern has …

Post‐photosynthetic fractionation of stable carbon isotopes between plant organs—a widespread phenomenon

FW Badeck, G Tcherkez, S Nogués… - … Journal Devoted to …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Discrimination against 13C during photosynthesis is a well‐characterised phenomenon. It
leaves behind distinct signatures in organic matter of plants and in the atmosphere. The …

Comparison of ecosystem water‐use efficiency among Douglas‐fir forest, aspen forest and grassland using eddy covariance and carbon isotope techniques

S Ponton, LB Flanagan, KP Alstad… - Global Change …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Comparisons were made among Douglas‐fir forest, aspen (broad leaf deciduous) forest and
wheatgrass (C3) grassland for ecosystem‐level water‐use efficiency (WUE). WUE was …

Tracing carbon and oxygen isotope signals from newly assimilated sugars in the leaves to the tree‐ring archive

A Gessler, E Brandes, N Buchmann… - Plant, Cell & …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The analysis of δ13C and δ18O in tree‐ring archives offers retrospective insights into
environmental conditions and ecophysiological processes. While photosynthetic carbon …

Ecosystem variability and early human habitats in eastern Africa

CR Magill, GM Ashley… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
The role of savannas during the course of early human evolution has been debated for
nearly a century, in part because of difficulties in characterizing local ecosystems from fossil …