Stable Isotopes in Tree Rings Inferring Physiological, Climatic and Environmental Responses

This Open Access volume highlights how tree ring stable isotopes have been used to address a range of environmental issues from paleoclimatology to forest management, and anthropogenic impacts on forest growth. It will further evaluate weaknesses and strengths of isotope applications in tree rings....

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Other Authors: Siegwolf, Rolf T. W. (Editor), Brooks, J. Renée (Editor), Roden, John (Editor), Saurer, Matthias (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Tree Physiology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • PART I INTRODUCTION: 1. Isotope Dendrochronology: Historical Perspective
  • 2. Dendrochronology: Fundamentals and Innovations
  • 3. Anatomical, developmental and physiological bases of tree-ring formation in relation to environmental factors
  • PART II METHODS: 4. Sample collection and preparation for annual and intra-annual tree-ring isotope chronologies
  • 5. Stable isotope signatures of wood, its constituents and methods of cellulose extraction
  • 6. Tree-Ring Stable Isotope Measurements: The Role of Quality Assurance and Quality Control to Ensure High Quality Data
  • 7. Newer Developments in Tree-Ring Stable Isotope Methods
  • PART III: ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS FROM SOURCE TO WOOD: 8. Isotopes – terminology, definitions and properties
  • 9. Carbon isotope effects in relation to CO2 assimilation by tree canopies
  • 10. Environmental, physiological and biochemical processes determining the oxygen isotope ratio of tree-ring cellulose
  • 20. Stable isotopes in tree rings of Boreal Forests
  • 21. Stable isotopes in tree rings of Mediterranean Forests
  • 22. Stable isotopes in tree rings of Tropical forests
  • 23. Forest Management and Tree-Ring Isotopes
  • 24. Impact of increasing CO2, and air pollutants (NOx, SO2, O3) on the stable isotope ratios in tree rings
  • 25. Insect and pathogen influences on tree-ring stable isotopes
  • 26. Process-based ecophysiological models of tree-ring stable isotopes
  • 11. The stable hydrogen isotopic signature: From source water to tree rings
  • 12. Nitrogen isotopes in tree rings – Challenges and prospects
  • 13. Postphotosynthetic fractionation in leaves, phloem and stem
  • PART IV PHYSIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS: 14. Environmental fingerprints in tree-ring stable isotopes: Limits and strengths in mirroring environmental impacts
  • 15. Post-photosynthetic carbon, oxygen and hydrogen isotope signal transfer to tree rings – how timing of cell formations and turnover of stored carbohydrates affect intra-annual isotope variations
  • 16. Probing tree physiology using the dual-isotope approach
  • 17. Intrinsic water-use efficiency derived from stable carbon isotopes of tree-rings
  • PART V: ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IMPACTING THE ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION: 18. Spatial and temporal variations in plant source water: O and H isotoperatiosfrom precipitation to xylem water
  • 19. Climate signals in stable isotope tree ring records