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Stable Isotopes and Plant Carbon-Water Relations
Author(s): James R. Ehleringer (Editor), Anthony E. Hall (Editor), Graham D. Farquhar (Editor), Bernard Saugier (Series Editor)
- Publisher: Academic Press
- Publication Date: 11 Dec. 1993
- Language: English
- Print length: 555 pages
- ISBN-10: 0122333802
- ISBN-13: 9780122333804
Book Description
This 33-chapter volume presents a critical examination of the importance of stable isotopes in understanding key plant metabolic processes.
- Carbon isotope analyses for estimates of plant water use and metabolism
- Integrated estimates of stress impacts and life history in ecological systems
- Hydrogen and oxygen isotope analyses for evaluating water sources and transpiration
- Use of stable isotopes in scaling from leaf to global levels
- Sections include: History and Theoretical Considerations, Ecological Aspects of Carbon Isotope Variation, Agricultural Aspects of Carbon Isotope Variation, Genetics and Isotopic Variation, Water Relations and Isotopic Composition
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This 33-chapter volume presents a critical examination of the importance of stable isotopes in understanding key plant metabolic processes.
@introbul:Coverage includes:
@bul:* Carbon isotope analyses for estimates of plant water use and metabolism
* Integrated estimates of stress impacts and life history in ecological systems
* Hydrogen and oxygen isotope analyses for evaluating water sources and transpiration
* Use of stable isotopes in scaling from leaf to global levels
@introbul:Sections include:
@bul:* History and Theoretical Considerations
* Ecological Aspects of Carbon Isotope Variation
* Agricultural Aspects of Carbon Isotope Variation
* Genetics and Isotopic Variation
* Water Relations and Isotopic Composition
@introbul:Coverage includes:
@bul:* Carbon isotope analyses for estimates of plant water use and metabolism
* Integrated estimates of stress impacts and life history in ecological systems
* Hydrogen and oxygen isotope analyses for evaluating water sources and transpiration
* Use of stable isotopes in scaling from leaf to global levels
@introbul:Sections include:
@bul:* History and Theoretical Considerations
* Ecological Aspects of Carbon Isotope Variation
* Agricultural Aspects of Carbon Isotope Variation
* Genetics and Isotopic Variation
* Water Relations and Isotopic Composition
