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 …

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 …

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 …

Unenriched xylem water contribution during cellulose synthesis influenced by atmospheric demand governs the intra‐annual tree‐ring δ18O signature

E Martínez‐Sancho, LA Cernusak, P Fonti… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The oxygen isotope composition (δ18O) of tree‐ring cellulose is used to evaluate tree
physiological responses to climate, but their interpretation is still limited due to the …

Plant water relations

H Lambers, RS Oliveira, H Lambers… - Plant physiological …, 2019 - Springer
Although water is the most abundant molecule on the Earth's surface, the availability of
water is the factor that most strongly restricts terrestrial plant production on a global scale …

Oxygen stable isotope ratios of tree‐ring cellulose: The next phase of understanding

LSLOR Sternberg - New Phytologist, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Analysis of the oxygen isotope ratio of tree‐ring cellulose is a valuable tool that can be used
as a paleoclimate proxy. Our ability to use this tool has gone through different phases. The …

Progress and challenges in using stable isotopes to trace plant carbon and water relations across scales

C Werner, H Schnyder, M Cuntz, C Keitel… - …, 2012 - bg.copernicus.org
Stable isotope analysis is a powerful tool for assessing plant carbon and water relations and
their impact on biogeochemical processes at different scales. Our process-based …

Comprehensive inter‐laboratory calibration of reference materials for δ18O versus VSMOW using various on‐line high‐temperature conversion techniques

WA Brand, TB Coplen, AT Aerts‐Bijma… - … Journal Devoted to …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Internationally distributed organic and inorganic oxygen isotopic reference materials have
been calibrated by six laboratories carrying out more than 5300 measurements using a …

Divergent biochemical fractionation, not convergent temperature, explains cellulose oxygen isotope enrichment across latitudes

L Sternberg, PFV Ellsworth - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Recent findings based on the oxygen isotope ratios of tree trunk cellulose indicate that the
temperature of biomass production in biomes ranging from boreal to subtropical forests …

Carbon and oxygen isotope fractionations in tree rings reveal interactions between cambial phenology and seasonal climate

S Belmecheri, WE Wright, P Szejner… - Plant, Cell & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We developed novel approaches for using the isotope composition of tree‐ring subdivisions
to study seasonal dynamics in tree–climate relations. Across a 30‐year time series, the …