Environmental and physiological determinants of carbon isotope discrimination in terrestrial plants

LA Cernusak, N Ubierna, K Winter… - New …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Stable carbon isotope ratios (δ13 C) of terrestrial plants are employed across a diverse
range of applications in environmental and plant sciences; however, the kind of information …

Evidence of current impact of climate change on life: a walk from genes to the biosphere

J Peñuelas, J Sardans, M Estiarte… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We review the evidence of how organisms and populations are currently responding to
climate change through phenotypic plasticity, genotypic evolution, changes in distribution …

Decline of a biome: evolution, contraction, fragmentation, extinction and invasion of the Australian mesic zone biota

M Byrne, DA Steane, L Joseph, DK Yeates… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The mesic biome, encompassing both rain forest and open sclerophyllous forests, is
central to understanding the evolution of Australia's terrestrial biota and has long been …

Photosynthetic fractionation of carbon isotopes

E Brugnoli, GD Farquhar - Photosynthesis: physiology and metabolism, 2000 - Springer
During photosynthetic CO 2 fixation fractionation of stable carbon isotopes occurs and,
consequently, plants are generally depleted in the heavier isotope 13 C. Carbon isotope …

Hygroscopic particles on leaves: nutrients or desiccants?

J Burkhardt - Ecological Monographs, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosols have always been part of the atmosphere, and plant surfaces are a major aerosol
sink. Given the nutrient content of aerosols and the natural stability of aerosol concentrations …

Early growth, dry matter allocation and water use efficiency of two sympatric Populus species as affected by water stress

C Yin, X Wang, B Duan, J Luo, C Li - Environmental and Experimental …, 2005 - Elsevier
We exposed cuttings of two sympatric species of Sect. Tacamahaca Spach, Populus
cathayana Rehder and Populus przewalskii Maximowicz, to two watering regimes in a …

Elegance versus speed: examining the competition between conifer and angiosperm trees

TJ Brodribb, J Pittermann… - International Journal of …, 2012 - journals.uchicago.edu
Angiosperm radiation in the Cretaceous is thought to have profoundly diminished the
success of the conifers, the other major woody plant group present at the time. However …

How did the ultramafic soils shape the flora of the New Caledonian hotspot?

S Isnard, L L'huillier, F Rigault, T Jaffré - Plant and Soil, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background New Caledonia is renowned as one of the world's most significant
biodiversity hotpots. The nutrient-deficiency and cations imbalances of ultramafic soils …

Population differences in physiological and morphological adaptations of Populus davidiana seedlings in response to progressive drought stress

X Zhang, R Zang, C Li - Plant Science, 2004 - Elsevier
Population differences in dry matter accumulation and allocation, gas exchange, abscisic
acid content and water use efficiency of Populus davidiana seedlings were measured after …

Inter‐tracheid pitting and the hydraulic efficiency of conifer wood: the role of tracheid allometry and cavitation protection

J Pittermann, JS Sperry, UG Hacke… - American journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Plant xylem must balance efficient delivery of water to the canopy against protection from air
entry into the conduits via air‐seeding. We investigated the relationship between tracheid …