Reviews and syntheses: Isotopic approaches to quantify root water uptake: a review and comparison of methods

Y Rothfuss, M Javaux - Biogeosciences, 2017 - bg.copernicus.org
Plant root water uptake (RWU) has been documented for the past five decades from water
stable isotopic analysis. By comparing the (hydrogen or oxygen) stable isotopic …

Plant and root‐zone water isotopes are difficult to measure, explain, and predict: Some practical recommendations for determining plant water sources

J von Freyberg, ST Allen, C Grossiord… - Methods in Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope ratios of water (δ18O, δ2H) have long been used to study a core question in
plant ecology and ecohydrology:'From where do plants take up water?'Indeed, decades of …

Reviews and syntheses: Turning the challenges of partitioning ecosystem evaporation and transpiration into opportunities

PC Stoy, TS El-Madany, JB Fisher, P Gentine… - …, 2019 - bg.copernicus.org
Evaporation (E) and transpiration (T) respond differently to ongoing changes in climate,
atmospheric composition, and land use. It is difficult to partition ecosystem-scale …

Ideas and perspectives: Tracing terrestrial ecosystem water fluxes using hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes–challenges and opportunities from an interdisciplinary …

D Penna, L Hopp, F Scandellari, ST Allen… - …, 2018 - bg.copernicus.org
In this commentary, we summarize and build upon discussions that emerged during the
workshop “Isotope-based studies of water partitioning and plant–soil interactions in forested …

[HTML][HTML] In situ measurements of soil and plant water isotopes: a review of approaches, practical considerations and a vision for the future

M Beyer, K Kühnhammer… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2020 - hess.copernicus.org
The number of ecohydrological studies involving water stable isotope measurements has
been increasing steadily due to technological (eg, field-deployable laser spectroscopy and …

Evapotranspiration partitioning at the ecosystem scale using the stable isotope method—A review

W Xiao, Z Wei, X Wen - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2018 - Elsevier
Terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET) consists of evaporation (E) from canopy-intercepted
water, evaporation from soil and open water, and transpiration (T) from plants. Determining …

Challenges in studying water fluxes within the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum: A tracer-based perspective on pathways to progress

N Orlowski, M Rinderer, M Dubbert, N Ceperley… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tracing and quantifying water fluxes in the hydrological cycle is crucial for understanding the
current state of ecohydrological systems and their vulnerability to environmental change …

Spatial variation in throughfall, soil, and plant water isotopes in a temperate forest

GR Goldsmith, ST Allen, S Braun, N Engbersen… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Studies of stable isotopes of water in the environment have been fundamental to advancing
our understanding of how water moves through the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum; …

Spatio‐temporal heterogeneity in soil water stable isotopic composition and its ecohydrologic implications in semiarid ecosystems

EJ Oerter, GJ Bowen - Hydrological Processes, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Spatio‐temporal heterogeneity in soil water content is recognized as a common
phenomenon, but heterogeneity in the hydrogen and oxygen isotope composition of soil …

In situ monitoring of H and O stable isotopes in soil water reveals ecohydrologic dynamics in managed soil systems

EJ Oerter, G Bowen - Ecohydrology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The water cycle in urban and hydrologically managed settings is subject to perturbations
that are dynamic on small spatial and temporal scales; the effects of which may be …