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 …

Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Anthropocene Series: Where and how to look for potential candidates

CN Waters, J Zalasiewicz, C Summerhayes… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Anthropocene as a potential new unit of the International Chronostratigraphic Chart
(which serves as the basis of the Geological Time Scale) is assessed in terms of the …

Recent human-induced atmospheric drying across Europe unprecedented in the last 400 years

K Treydte, L Liu, RS Padrón, E Martínez-Sancho… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The vapor pressure deficit reflects the difference between how much moisture the
atmosphere could and actually does hold, a factor that fundamentally affects …

Atmospheric evidence for a global secular increase in carbon isotopic discrimination of land photosynthesis

RF Keeling, HD Graven, LR Welp… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
A decrease in the 13C/12C ratio of atmospheric CO2 has been documented by direct
observations since 1978 and from ice core measurements since the industrial revolution …

The effect of atmospheric CO2 concentration on carbon isotope fractionation in C3 land plants

BA Schubert, AH Jahren - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2012 - Elsevier
Because atmospheric carbon dioxide is the ultimate source of all land-plant carbon, workers
have suggested that pCO2 level may exert control over the amount of 13C incorporated into …

The extra-tropical Northern Hemisphere temperature in the last two millennia: reconstructions of low-frequency variability

B Christiansen, FC Ljungqvist - Climate of the Past, 2012 - cp.copernicus.org
We present two new multi-proxy reconstructions of the extra-tropical Northern Hemisphere
(30–90° N) mean temperature: a two-millennia long reconstruction reaching back to 1 AD …

Tree-ring C–H–O isotope variability and sampling

SW Leavitt - Science of the Total Environment, 2010 - Elsevier
In light of the proliferation of tree-ring isotope studies, the magnitude and cause of variability
of tree-ring δ13C, δ18O and δ2H within individual trees (circumferential) and among trees at …

Observed and modelled historical trends in the water‐use efficiency of plants and ecosystems

A Lavergne, H Graven, MG De Kauwe… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Plant water‐use efficiency (WUE, the carbon gained through photosynthesis per unit of
water lost through transpiration) is a tracer of the plant physiological controls on the …

The what, how, why, and when of dendrochemistry:(paleo) environmental information from the chemical analysis of tree rings

G Binda, A Di Iorio, D Monticelli - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The chemical analysis of tree rings has attracted the interest of researchers in the past five
decades in view of the possibility of exploiting this biological indicator as a widely available …

Improvement of water and light availability after thinning at a xeric site: which matters more? A dual isotope approach

A Giuggiola, J Ogée, A Rigling, A Gessler… - New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Thinning fosters individual tree growth by increasing the availability of water, light and
nutrients. At sites where water rather than light is limiting, thinning also enhances soil …