Isoscapes: a new dimension in community ecology

Cheesman, Alex W., and Cernusak, Lucas A. (2016) Isoscapes: a new dimension in community ecology. Tree Physiology, 36 (12). pp. 1456-1459.

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Abstract

[Extract] The utility of stable isotopes in interpreting and recording aspects of environmental science, biogeochemistry, ecology and organismal physiology has long been established (Peterson and Fry 1987, Dawson et al. 2002). Examples range from the reconstruction of prehistoric human diets (Schoeninger et al. 1983) and tracing components of the hydrological cycle (Gat 1996), to differentiating C3 and C4 photosynthesis (Farquhar et al. 1989) and recording the humidity under which plants grow (Kahmen et al. 2011). Stable isotopes have proved invaluable in elucidating biological processes at multiple levels, and along with this there has been a recognition of the intrinsic information held within the observed patterns of stable isotopes across landscapes. For example, δ2H of stem water in understorey plants has been used to define areas influenced by hydraulic lift (Dawson 1993), while patterns of δ15N have been used to calculate the contribution of marine-derived nitrogen to Sitka spruce growing near salmon-spawning streams (Helfield and Naiman 2001).

Item ID: 49598
Item Type: Article (Commentary)
ISSN: 1758-4469
Funders: Australian Research Council (ARC)
Projects and Grants: ARC Discovery Project DP120102965
Date Deposited: 21 Jul 2017 05:16
FoR Codes: 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0602 Ecology > 060202 Community Ecology (excl Invasive Species Ecology) @ 100%
SEO Codes: 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9608 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity > 960806 Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity @ 100%
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