Stable isotopes in tree rings: towards a mechanistic understanding of isotope fractionation and mixing processes from the leaves to the wood

A Gessler, JP Ferrio, R Hommel, K Treydte… - Tree …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Sensitivity of plants to changing atmospheric CO2 concentration: from the geological past to the next century

PJ Franks, MA Adams, JS Amthor, MM Barbour… - New …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

The energetic and carbon economic origins of leaf thermoregulation

ST Michaletz, MD Weiser, NG McDowell, J Zhou… - Nature plants, 2016 - nature.com
Leaf thermoregulation has been documented in a handful of studies, but the generality and
origins of this pattern are unclear. We suggest that leaf thermoregulation is widespread in …

New constraints on atmospheric CO2 concentration for the Phanerozoic

PJ Franks, DL Royer, DJ Beerling… - Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Earth's atmospheric CO2 concentration (ca) for the Phanerozoic Eon is estimated from
proxies and geochemical carbon cycle models. Most estimates come with large, sometimes …

Plant thermoregulation: energetics, trait–environment interactions, and carbon economics

ST Michaletz, MD Weiser, J Zhou, M Kaspari… - Trends in ecology & …, 2015 - cell.com
Building a more predictive trait-based ecology requires mechanistic theory based on first
principles. We present a general theoretical approach to link traits and climate. We use plant …

Updating the dual C and O isotope—Gas‐exchange model: A concept to understand plant responses to the environment and its implications for tree rings

RTW Siegwolf, MM Lehmann… - Plant, Cell & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The combined study of carbon (C) and oxygen (O) isotopes in plant organic matter has
emerged as a powerful tool for understanding plant functional responses to environmental …

Covariation between oxygen and hydrogen stable isotopes declines along the path from xylem water to wood cellulose across an aridity gradient

M Holloway‐Phillips, LA Cernusak, DB Nelson… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen and hydrogen isotopes of cellulose in plant biology are commonly used to infer
environmental conditions, often from time series measurements of tree rings. However, the …

Leaf thermotolerance in tropical trees from a seasonally dry climate varies along the slow-fast resource acquisition spectrum

A Sastry, D Barua - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Knowledge of the upper limits of temperature tolerance is essential to understand
how tropical trees will respond to global warming. We quantified leaf thermotolerance in 41 …

Variation in the carbon and oxygen isotope composition of plant biomass and its relationship to water‐use efficiency at the leaf‐and ecosystem‐scales in a northern G …

LB Flanagan, GD Farquhar - Plant, Cell & Environment, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements of the carbon (δ 13Cm) and oxygen (δ 18Om) isotope composition of C3
plant tissue provide important insights into controls on water‐use efficiency. We investigated …

[PDF][PDF] Environmental, physiological and biochemical processes determining the oxygen isotope ratio of tree-ring cellulose

X Song, A Lorrey, MM Barbour - Stable isotopes in tree rings …, 2022 - library.oapen.org
Abstract Analysis of the oxygen isotope ratio of tree-ring cellulose (δ18Ocell) is a promising
tool for reconstructingpast climatic variations and their influence on terrestrial ecosystems …