Understanding the roles of nonstructural carbohydrates in forest trees–from what we can measure to what we want to know

H Hartmann, S Trumbore - New phytologist, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Carbohydrates provide the building blocks for plant structures as well as versatile resources
for metabolic processes. The nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC), mainly sugars and starch …

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 …

Contrasting resistance and resilience to extreme drought and late spring frost in five major European tree species

Y Vitasse, A Bottero, M Cailleret, C Bigler… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Extreme climate events (ECEs) such as severe droughts, heat waves, and late spring frosts
are rare but exert a paramount role in shaping tree species distributions. The frequency of …

Disentangling the role of photosynthesis and stomatal conductance on rising forest water-use efficiency

R Guerrieri, S Belmecheri, SV Ollinger… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Multiple lines of evidence suggest that plant water-use efficiency (WUE)—the ratio of carbon
assimilation to water loss—has increased in recent decades. Although rising atmospheric …

What we talk about when we talk about seasonality–A transdisciplinary review

O Kwiecien, T Braun, CF Brunello, P Faulkner… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The role of seasonality is indisputable in climate and ecosystem dynamics. Seasonal
temperature and precipitation variability are of vital importance for the availability of food …

Comparing the intra-annual wood formation of three European species (Fagus sylvatica, Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris) as related to leaf phenology and non …

A Michelot, S Simard, C Rathgeber, E Dufrêne… - Tree …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Monitoring cambial phenology and intra-annual growth dynamics is a useful approach for
characterizing the tree growth response to climate change. However, there have been few …

Stable oxygen isotope composition of plant tissue: a review

MM Barbour - Functional Plant Biology, 2007 - CSIRO Publishing
With the development of rapid measurement techniques, stable oxygen isotope analysis of
plant tissue is poised to become an important tool in plant physiological, ecological …

Kinetics of tracheid development explain conifer tree‐ring structure

HE Cuny, CBK Rathgeber, D Frank, P Fonti… - New …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Conifer tree rings are generally composed of large, thin‐walled cells of light earlywood
followed by narrow, thick‐walled cells of dense latewood. Yet, how wood formation …

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 …